Escape Hatch (formerly Dune Pod)

It’s the dramatic return of the show runner of Veep, and co-host of the movie props podcast The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, Dave Mandel! We cover Michael Mann’s 1986 thriller classic featuring the first onscreen appearance of Hannibal Lecter, Manhunter.

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Despite my best efforts, Jason gets his way. We finally cover what he called, ‘an under-rated science fiction masterpiece’, Vin Diesel’s The Chronicles of Riddick. Joining us, our queen, the co-host of the X-Ray Vision podcast, Rosie Knight!

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After 212 episodes, we try something different. REALLY different. Meanwhile, we’re rejoined by the host of the brand new (relaunched) media tech podcast, Channels with Peter Kafka, Peter Kafka. We cover Dustin Hoffman, Roy Scheider, and Sir Laurence Olivier in the 1976 paranoia thriller classic, Marathon Man.

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Season 8: The Great Big Ones™ continues as we finally cover Steven Spielberg’s movie that re-defined blockbusters for all time, Jaws. Joining us are not one, but TWO expert shark enthusiasts: the director of the documentary Sharksploitation, Stephen Scarlata, and the co-host of Bat & Spider, dale_a

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Look, I screwed up as my end of summer imploded, OK? So this is a rare episode with no guest host, just Jason and me (the only other movies when that has happened were Die Hard, Heat, The Dead Zone, To Live and Die in L.A., and both parts of Denis’ Dune.) Perfect timing for two old Gen X broskis to cut it up about Kevin Smith’s 1994 masterpiece, Clerks. Can you feel the nostalgia?

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Huge. Frickin’. Ep. Jason is back and we’re rejoined by the co-host of The Cinenauts, ctcher. AND called back up, out of his self imposed podcasting retirement, ctcher's now disgraced former co-host (and current Senior Director of Community and Social Media at Yuga Labs) Ian de Borja. And there are looottttttsss of firsts here: we cover our very first ever David Fincher film and our very first Aaron Sorkin film as we FINALLY take on their masterpiece, The Social Network. Join our network.

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BIG EPISODE. Jason’s on assignment so we welcome the producer and co-host of The Cinenauts, ctcher. And the co-host of The Flimcast, Devindra Hardawar. We tackle Alex Garland’s eerie sci-fi masterpiece, Annihilation.

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We finally cover our very first Martin Scorsese film! Can that be right? Check the tapes, it’s right. We cover his 1982 prescient media critique, starring Robert Deniro and Jerry Lewis, The King of Comedy. We call in the King of Podcasting, the co-host of The Austin Danger Podcast, Kev!

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For over 200 consecutive episodes (starting all the way back on Episode 12, our S2 premiere covering David Lynch’s Dune!), one man has been along for the ride every step of the way, leaving us a voicemail. And now he FINALLY joins us in the main portion of the show as guest host. The one and only, Corey from Austin, TX. And true to form, he takes us into the deep dark world of 90’s exploitation cinema, with Quentin Tarantino & Oliver Stone’s Natural Born Killers.!

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A dream come true for us. The co-host of Pod Save the World and Pod Save America, the incomparable Tommy Vietor! We cover our unfamiliar feeling of being Dems in array that Kamala Harris’ nomination has created, and Tommy and Jason debate the best bathrooms to poop in at the White House. Then, we cover Tommy’s HUGE PICK, Richard Donner and Steven Spielberg’s The Goonies. Unbelievable ep!

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