Jesus wept. It’s the dramatic return of our Scream Queen, Sr. Editor of Fangoria Magazine, Meredith Borders. Meredith is hot off the massive Kickstarter launch of her brand new book, First in Fright: The FANGORIA Compendium! She guides us as we unlock the puzzle box to open up one of her favorite horror films of all time, Hellraiser!

Chapters

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Hatch News (00:17:46)
• Hellraiser Roundtable (00:38:13)
• Your Letters (01:33:56)

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• Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music.
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We recorded this on Election Day 2025, and Jason is FIRED UP about Ezra Klein’s latest essay on how we beat Trump! He goes off on a cogent screed on what Ezra is getting wrong as we start the march to 2026 and 2028. Then, we’re joined by one of the stars of our voicemail segment, our very own Truthsayer, Birria! We discuss Wes Anderson’s breakthrough hit, shot at the very prep school where Birria (and Wes Anderson himself!) went to high school, Rushmore.

Chapters

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Hatch News (00:27:27)
• Rushmore Roundtable (00:32:38)
• Your Letters (01:30:23)

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• Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music.
• Cover art by ctcher.
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OK! So who wants to hear us talk about gooning?!

Also, it’s the return of the co-hosts of the movie prop podcast, The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, show-runner of House of the Dragon Ryan Condal and the showrunner of Veep, Dave Mandel! We continue our Classic Hollywood journey with the movie that invented the film noir genre, Humphrey Bogart’s, The Maltese Falcon.

Chapters

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Hatch News (00:19:44)
• Ryan Condal and Dave Mandel Interview (00:28:57)
• The Maltese Falcon Roundtable (00:41:57)
• Your Letters (01:50:10)

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• Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music.
• Cover art by ctcher.
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We liquidated all of the assets on our balance sheet based on this movie into our microphones for your listening pleasure. In honor of our movie this week, the 2011 financial meltdown classic starring Jeremy Irons, we also had a fun late stage capitalism discussion around the most recent near apocalyptic financial meltdowns and the impending AI bubble pop! We’re joined by the co-host of the tech media podcast Channels, Peter Kafka. We finally tackle the 2011 financial meltdown classic, Margin Call.

Chapters

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Hatch News (00:30:45)
• Margin Call Roundtable (00:37:32)
• Your Letters (01:38:07)

Notes and Links

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• Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music.
• Cover art by ctcher.
• Edited and produced by Haitch.
• Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

Look, this seemed like a good idea. We just forgot how problematic this movie is. BUT, it’s always a great time when the co-host of the X-Ray Vision podcast, the incomparable Rosie Knight joins us! Come along and feel the yearning with us, for Twilight: New Moon!

Chapters

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Hatch News (00:23:00)
• The Birdcage Roundtable (00:37:24)
• Your Letters (01:41:32)

Notes and Links

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• Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music.
• Cover art by ctcher.
• Edited and produced by Haitch.
• Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

Welp, I guess now sitting members of Congress are coming on the pod. We’re joined by the trailblazing, first ever trans representative, Congresswoman Sarah McBride. She talks about the shutdown and how we build a coalition to fight back against this hostile administration. Then we tackle the blockbuster film that changed the conversation around what was allowed for gay characters in popular culture, Robin Williams and Nathan Lane’s The Birdcage!

Chapters

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Hatch News (00:07:48)
• Interview with Congresswoman Sarah McBride (00:11:308)
• The Birdcage Roundtable (00:35:09)
• Your Letters (01:23:38)

Notes and Links

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• Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music.
• Cover art by ctcher.
• Edited and produced by Haitch.
• Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

Are you hype for TRON: Ares this weekend? We sure are, but we figured just in case we’d lend a hand to help you get there. WAAAY back in December 2021, we had the co-host of The 70MM podcast, Danny Haas, join us for the Dune Pod Season 4 Finale, TRON: Legacy. Memmmorrrieesss... ANYWAY, it instantly became one of our all time favorite episodes. So, sit back and enjoy Jason and my quick chat about Ares & Legacy, and then this classic ep from the vault.

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• Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music.
• Cover art by ctcher.
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This is a special one. First of all, we welcome someone we have looked up to for a long time, a true hero speaking truth to power and calling out the stakes of this moment with clarity and passion: New York Times contributor and prolific voice on TikTok and YouTube, the one and only Jamelle Bouie! AND, he picked one of the biggest movies we’ve ever covered on the podcast, Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 satirical sci-fi masterpiece, RoboCop. I’D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR!

Chapters

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Hatch News (00:21:22)
• RoboCop Roundtable (00:24:16)
• Your Letters (01:21:16)

Notes and Links

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• Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music.
• Cover art by ctcher.
• Edited and produced by Haitch.
• Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

When the master Paul Thomas Anderson returns with a career defining film, featuring multiple Oscar worthy acting performances by Leo, Sean, Benicio, and Chase, you knew Jason and I were in the premium theatrical format venues to watch on opening weekend. But then, when the instigator of our first ever non-Dune related BONUS Emergency - Civil War (2024) episode, host of the podcast Channels with Peter Kafka, Peter Kafka hit us up on the DMs and asked us when we were gonna fire up the mics, we had to answer the call. So, please enjoy this very special bonus episode discussing this fantastic movie and the political moment we find ourselves in.

Chapters

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• One Battle After Another Roundtable (00:14:27)

Notes and Links

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• Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music.
• Cover art by ctcher.
• Edited and produced by Haitch.
• Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

We keep our classic Hollywood streak going (2 weeks in a row!) as I finally watch one of the highest regarded films in history, Billy Wilder’s masterpiece, Sunset Boulevard. And because this movie was a MAJOR touchstone for David Lynch, we welcome our Lynch correspondent, the co-host of the Austin Danger Podcast, McKenzie Wilkes.

Chapters

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Hatch News (00:12:10)
• Sunset Boulevard Roundtable (00:25:18)
• Your Letters (01:30:10)

Notes and Links

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• Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music.
• Cover art by ctcher.
• Edited and produced by Haitch.
• Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.