Escape Hatch (formerly Dune Pod)

It’s the return of the host of the movie prop podcast, The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, and showrunner of Veep, Dave Mandel! We start out with a quick pass around the wheel of where things stand politically as mid-term primary contests start and look forward to 2028 and beyond. Then, we officially kick off the SUMMER OF JASON - where Jason gets to pick all the movies we cover, with his longstanding request for the 1984 cult sci-fi classic, The Last Starfighter!

Chapters

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Hatch News (00:19:59)
• The Last Starfighter Roundtable (00:40:57)
• Your Letters (01:35:57)

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 Bluesky,Instagram, and TikTok.
• 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.

It’s the return of technologist and writer of Spyglass, M.G. Siegler. M.G.’s one of the pre-eminent experts on Apple, so we start with The Trial of Tim Cook™, with his analysis on how Tim Apple will be remembered. Then we look at where John Ternus might begin taking Apple in the future. We announce THE SUMMER OF JASON, where Jason finally gets to make all the picks for what movies we cover! Then we tackle Christopher Nolan's magical thriller masterpiece starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, The Prestige. Don’t miss the trick!

Chapters

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Hatch News (00:17:51)
• The Prestige Roundtable (00:29:29)
• Your Letters (01:14:42)

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 Bluesky,Instagram, and TikTok.
• 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.

Set Condition 1 Throughout the Fleet: it's the return of technologist, founder and CEO of Particle News, Sara Beykpour. We announce our new hire producer of Escape Hatch, get excited about CinemaCon’s previews of Dune Part Three and Avengers Doomsday, and have a real conversation about our relationships with our AI agents. Then we finally tackle one of the greatest reboots in television history, the 2003 Battlestar Galactica Miniseries. So say we all.

Chapters

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Hatch News (00:24:30)
• Battlestar Galactica Roundtable (00:32:24)
• Your Letters (01:31:37)

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 Bluesky,Instagram, and TikTok.
• 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.

It’s the return of New York Times Bestseller Dave Itzkoff. We kick off with a Spring Break update including reviews of Virginia rollercoasters, Icelandic ice caves, cleaning up absolute adorable dog s#!t for a week. Then we tackle the 80’s buddy classic, Midnight Run.

Chapters

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Hatch News (00:15:37)
• Midnight Run Roundtable (00:32:45)
• Your Letters (01:13:45)

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 Bluesky,Instagram, and TikTok.
• 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.

It’s the return of the Senior Editor of Engadget and co-host of The Filmcast, Devindra Hardawar. We finally tackle John Woo’s final Hong Kong action masterpiece, starring the coolest motherf#%*ers in the world - Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung, in Hard Boiled. Plus, Haitch gets puppies!

Chapters

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Hatch News (00:12:14)
• Hard Boiled Roundtable (00:15:10)
• Your Letters (01:12:58)

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 Bluesky,Instagram, and TikTok.
• 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.

Dreams really can come true,but only if you make them happen. We are thrilled to be joined by the co-host of The Midnight Boys (PEW PEW!!) and Higher Learning, Van Lathan! We have a wide ranging discussion on comics, cinema, and tech policy. Then we cover Lord and Miller’s hopecore miracle of a movie starring the incredible Ryan Gosling, Project Hail Mary!

Chapters

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Hatch News (00:21:58)
• Project Hail Mary Roundtable (00:46:19)
• Your Letters (01:51:05)

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 Bluesky,Instagram, and TikTok.
• 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.

It’s all been leading to this. Episode 300. The BIG one. The Dune Part Three trailer dropped 3 hours before we started recording. THEY KNEW. Plus 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! And we’re going as big into The Big Ones as you can get…Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. Also, be sure to stick around for the end of the letter segment. Our incredible voicemail cast created a 10 minute radio play that is just dynamite! Thank you to everyone who’s listened to us over the last 6(!) years.

Chapters

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Hatch News (00:25:23)
• The Shining Roundtable (00:35:17)
• Your Letters (02:04:14)

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 Bluesky,Instagram, and TikTok.
• 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 are all trying to make sense of our being led into another war, this time in Iran, and SHOCKINGLY have the complete imbeciles who run our country be woefully unprepared for the repercussions. Well, when former Deputy National Security Adviser and co-host of Pod Save the World, Ben Rhodes called us up and asked to come talk about it with us, we jumped at the chance! Plus we talk the Oscar winning Ben Affleck Iranian conflict classic, Argo. Do not miss this ep.

Chapters

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Hatch News (00:28:32)
• Argo Roundtable (00:36:49)
• Your Letters (01:52:28)

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 Bluesky,Instagram, and TikTok.
• 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 welcome author and former Magic the Gathering Lead Game Designer, Brian Schneider. Brian talks about how to create a Magic set and explores the surprising convergence between professional Magic and Poker players! Then wWe cover Gen X’s apotheosis, John Cusack’s 2000 classic, High Fidelity! Spoilers, Jason thinks the soundtrack kinda sucks.

Chapters

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Hatch News (00:21:02)
• High Fidelity Roundtable (00:22:59)
• Your Letters (01:15:38)

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 Bluesky,Instagram, and TikTok.
• 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’re finally re-joined by our hero, the Silver Fox, the VP of Merch, the original Podcast BadBoy, and the co-host of the the co-host of the Bat and Spider podcast, dale_a. We tackle Ben Stiller’s 1996 cult classic the broke out Jim Carrey’s acting career, The Cable Guy. Plus we cover close-up magic, the Winter Olympics, looming military strikes in Iran, and whether Haitch committed m#*$er at gymnastics camp in 1984.

Chapters

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Hatch News (00:20:10)
• The Cable Guy Roundtable (00:34:32)
• Your Letters (01:17:08)

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 Bluesky,Instagram, and TikTok.
• 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.