Escape Hatch (formerly Dune Pod)

WE’RE BACK! And we brought back the creator of Skree Magazine and OG star of the Escape Hatch Letters Segment, Corey Corcoran! After catching up on Haitch’s tennis escapades, and Andor S2 hype, we finally cover Corey’s pick, 1990’s Abel Ferrara Christopher Walken classic, King of New York.

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• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Hatch News (00:15:55)
• King of New York Roundtable (00:29:45)
• Your Letters (01:22:26)

Notes and Links

• Check out Escape Hatch Merch! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
• Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
• Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.
• See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
• Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list
• Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.
• Follow @escapehatchpod on Twitter and Instagram.
• 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.

LISTEN. We’ve been doing this for 4 ½ years, we’re coasting now, that doesn’t mean we don’t love you. We’re on ski week, but we fired up the mics to give you a 26 minute update on how things are going (SPOILER: not great!), and then we revisit this classic Dune Pod episode from all the way back in November of ‘22. Revisit my reentry into the world after having completed the Hoffman Process. Hear the final dispatch from Elon’s War of Aggression. Then listen to super guest Tom Coates as we talk about the greatest tribute in Hollywood history, 1999’s hilarious (and moving!) classic, Galaxy Quest. Never surrender, never give up!

Chapters

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Galaxy Quest Episode (00:26:51)

Notes and Links

• Check out Escape Hatch Merch! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
• Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
• Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.
• See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
• Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune NewsTwitter list
• Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.
• Follow @escapehatchpod on Twitter and Instagram.
• 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.

Can’t believe how lucky we are, cuh. We’re joined by the host of the New York Times political podcastThe Run Up,Astead Herndon. We have an amazing discussion about what Astead learned in the trenches covering the last few elections, specifically how the major parties ignore and take their voters for granted (at their own peril!) Then we get into one of his favorite nostalgia treats from his early 2000s college days in Wisconsin, the surprisingly fun sequel that cemented a franchise, 2 Fast 2 Furious. Start your engines.

Chapters

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Hatch News (00:23:37)
• 2 Fast 2 Furious Roundtable (00:30:19)
• Your Letters (01:17:55)

Notes and Links

• Check out Escape Hatch Merch! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason.Browse our collection now.
• Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out theinvite here.
• Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member ofTAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside:70mm (a podcast for film lovers),Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films),The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd),Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection),Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), andWill Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.
• See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch onLetterboxd
• Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune NewsTwitter list
• Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at[email protected] or leave us a voicemail at+1-415-534-5211.
• Follow @escapehatchpod onTwitter andInstagram.
• Music byScott Fritz andWho’z the Boss Music.
• Cover art byctcher.
• Edited and produced byHaitch.
• Escape Hatch is a production ofHaitch Industries.

We finally settle the score: is Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather any good? Joining us to make the call is [checks notes] the co-host ofPod Save America andPod Save the World,Tommy Vietor! Plus, we get an update on how Trump 2.0 is going as well as how we’re all dealing with [gestures around] all this.

Chapters

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Hatch News (00:10:07)
• Tommy Vietor Interview (00:15:45)
• The Godfather Roundtable (00:28:24)
• Your Letters (01:31:47)

Notes and Links

• Check out Escape Hatch Merch! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason.Browse our collection now.
• Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out theinvite here.
• Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member ofTAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside:70mm (a podcast for film lovers),Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films),The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd),Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection),Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), andWill Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.
• See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch onLetterboxd
• Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune NewsTwitter list
• Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at[email protected] or leave us a voicemail at+1-415-534-5211.
• Follow @escapehatchpod onTwitter andInstagram.
• Music byScott Fritz andWho’z the Boss Music.
• Cover art byctcher.
• Edited and produced byHaitch.
• Escape Hatch is a production ofHaitch Industries.

Before he was the co-host of Pod Save the World,Ben Rhodes was the Deputy National Security Advisor for President Barack Obama. In that role, he was a consumer of Top Secret intelligence collected by the intelligence services. This gives him a very unique perspective as we finally tackle the 2011 adaptation of the John Le Carré spy masterpiece, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. A phenomenal political and cinematic conversation. Not to be missed.

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Tilda is forever our angel. For Part 2 of our Tilda double header, in the movie that put her over the top in her classic portrayal as the angel Gabriel, she faces off with Keanu Reeves as Constantine! Joining us to discuss is the co-host of the X-Ray Vision podcast, Rosie Knight.

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We’re bound to learn something as we’re joined by the co-host of The Filmcast Podcast, Devindra Hardawar! We tackle Part 1 of our latest Tilda Swinton Double Header, the Coens 2008 overlooked political thriller masterpiece, Burn After Reading.

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We are back bay-bee! And we kick the doors off 2025 with the return of NY Times Bestselling author, Dave Itzkoff! He has clearly established his Escape Hatch beat as gritty New York City movies from the 70s and 80s, and today is one of the all time classics, Walter Hill’s 1979 streetgang masterpiece, The Warriors. Come out and play with us!

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We know, we know…we said we’d be back in a week during the Mailbag ep, but I didn’t realize there was ANOTHER week before we got back. So Jason and I fired up the mics from vacation, and recorded a special new retrospective of the episode our listeners selected as the greatest Escape Hatch ever (it was actually Dune Pod at this point - but STILL), the first appearance of the actor from Warrior, Banshee, and See, Hoon Lee!

Waaay back in the simple days of April of 2023, right as a little new technology known as ChatGPT was suddenly bursting into the mainstream, we covered the biggest science fiction masterpiece since Blade Runner, the Wachowski’s The Matrix. Hear our finest hour, plus catch up with what Jason and I have been up to over the holidays!

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We know, we know…the holidays are OVER! But we’re still on our winter holidays break enjoying a little time with our families. Still, we wouldn’t leave y’all hanging, so we have a special treat for you, our First Annual Escape Hatch Mail Bag Episode! And we gotta shoutout the incredible letters and voicemails sent in from the Escape Hatch community, they truly have to be heard to be believed. We love y’all, thank y’all, and we’ll see you back in just 2 short weeks!

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