The EscapeGoat Podcast

We cap off this current series with a great finale episode, in which I am joined by the brilliant Christine Kelley for the first time. After a general chat about a few things, we turn to talking about our mutual backgrounds with the films of David Lynch, and then in the second part we focus in on Christine's favourite Lynch film - the elegiac, melancholy and tenderly unconventional road movie The Straight Story (1999). Such a lovely chat. Hope you enjoy it.

This episode is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Dr David Baume (1943-2023).

0.00 pt 1 - Intro/David Lynch chat in general

0.48 pt 2 - The Straight Story

That's it for Series 4! Thank you for listening everyone! And many many thanks to all the contributors. You're the best bunch in the world.

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Christine Kelley (@ballardiangorse on various platforms) writes about speculative fiction and radical politics from a queer revolutionary perspective. Currently her main project is Nowhere and Back Again, a psychogeography of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. Her first project was the now semi-retired blog Dreams of Orgonon, a song-by-song study of Kate Bush. Support Christine on Patreon.

All original intro, outro and other incidental music recorded and made available by kind permission of Richard Gilbert.

NOTES

This Cinephilia Beyond retrospective article on The Straight Story is well worth checking out (as is the B-roll footage it includes). Also, have a look at this wonderful piece by friend-of-the-show Kit Power on Wild at Heart, one of his long-running My Life in Horror series (now available in two-volume book form).

Oh, we mention American Beauty as (bizarrely) outshining The Straight Story at the Oscars? Here's my brother Matt and his podcast partner Mike having a chat about that film: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6tb8d05ek7XE8wRcLrmg1X?si=859df45c5d0849c7

Finally, here is Christine's post which will make you want to watch the classic surreal Czech film Daisies. WATCH DAISIES.

This week, I am joined by the fantastic Jack Graham, for his second appearance on the show. In the first hour, me and Jack chat about many things (okay, quite a lot of Star Trek, I'll be honest) and then we turn to the main topic - the classic Agatha Christie novel And Then There Were None (1939), a text that has fascinated Jack for decades. Also... Jack may read a poem insert that I wrote (on the bus) the day following the main recording. I promise, it will make sense in context. A great one, enjoy!

WARNING - contains spoilers for And Then There Were None (like, in-depth) and also for Christie's other monumental thriller The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926). Be aware!

0.00 Intro/Additionata

1.08 And Then There Were None

You can find the show on Twitter at @EGoat_pod (or tweet at me on @D_Faggiani) and email us with any feedback on [email protected]. All our episodes so far are on Spotify, our YouTube channel, and Apple Podcasts. Do spread the word! We also have a Patreon - any amount of money will get you early access to episodes, and help support the show!

Jack Graham is a writer and podcaster who is probably best known as the co-host of the anti-fascist podcast I Don't Speak German. His work can also be found on Eruditorum Press, via his discussion show The Shabcast (a huuuuuuge influence on The EscapeGoat Podcast, I don't mind telling you) and via his Patreon. He can be reached on Twitter on @_Jack_Graham_

All original intro, outro and other incidental music recorded and made available by kind permission of Richard Gilbert.

NOTES

While I was editing this episode, this apparently happened. I suspect the involvement of a giant wasp, personally: https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/live-greenway-house-agatha-christie-8601707

In this latest installment, I'm joined by film critic and pop culture commentator Darren Mooney, to have a ridiculously nerdy and only slightly rambling conversation about Star Trek - both in general terms (initially), and then our respective experiences of the various tie-in book series. Following that, we zero-in on one specific Star Trek novel - that being Star Trek: Invasion! First Strike (Diane Carey, 1996). We had a great time. If this interests anyone else, it will be a bonus. Many thanks to Darren.

0.00 Intro chat/David and Darren's background with Star Trek in general

1.12 A selective overview of the Star Trek novel tie-ins

1.41 Star Trek: Invasion! First Strike

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Darren Mooney is a pop culture critic at large for The Escapist. He writes the twice-weekly In the Frame column, writes and voices the In the Frame videos, provides film reviews and writes the weekly Out of Focus column. Plus, occasionally he has opinions about other things as well. Darren lives and works in Dublin. He also writes for The Irish Independent and provides weekly film coverage for radio station Q102. He co-hosts the weekly 250 Podcast and he has also written three published books of criticism on The X-Files, Christopher Nolan and Doctor Who. He somehow finds time to watch movies and television on top of that. Ironically, his superpowers are at their strongest when his glasses are on. His extensive work on Star Trek (and many other topics) at The M0vie Blog is, frankly, stupendous (our words). Check it out here.

All original intro, outro and other incidental music recorded and made available by kind permission of Richard Gilbert.

NOTES

Another trove of work regarding Star Trek is this sizeable archive of essays at Eruditorum Press. Explore it by starting here.

I also greatly enjoy the long-running Pensky Podcast, who are at time of this episode covering Season 3 of Voyager, and Witney Seibold and William Bibbiani's All Our Yesterdays show, currently discussing Season 4 of TNG, and available on their Critically Acclaimed network's Patreon.

We come zooming back, to continue the fourth series! I am thrilled to welcome Jonny to the show for a second appearance, after a substantial gap, to chat about The Flash!

After a first half in which we discuss DC Comics' Scarlet Speedster generally, and a little bit about his previous incarnations and adaptations, we use the second half to review the (at-time-of-recording) new movie The Flash (2023, Andy Muschietti). We get spoilery from 1h 16 mins in, if anyone cares about that. Enjoy!

0.00 Intro/The Flash as a character and a symbol

1.02 The Flash (2023) - review and discussion

You can find the show on Twitter at @EGoat_pod (or tweet at me on @D_Faggiani) and email us with any feedback on [email protected]. All our episodes so far are on Spotify, our YouTube channel, and Apple Podcasts. Do spread the word! We also have a Patreon - any amount of money will get you early access to episodes, and help support the show!

Jonny Kiehlmann is a politics, maths, book and climbing nerd based in Aberdeen and London. He is on Twitter on @kiehlmanniac. He was previously on the show in Episode 22, chatting with me about Alan Moore's Whatever Happened To The Man of Tomorrow and the endings of superhero stories in general. Give it a listen!

Last year, we did a quite similar-in-format episode, where I reviewed The Batman movie with the aid of Matt and Mike. Listen to that here!

All original intro, outro and other incidental music recorded and made available by kind permission of Richard Gilbert.

NOTES

Yes, this is basically a scene in the movie (I'm barely exaggerating).

On this episode of And Ninthly... David and John take a deep luxurious dip into the sixth and final episode of Series 8, 'The Last Weekend', aired on 25 May 2023.

We then (from about 1h 13 mins in) give our respective episode rankings for Series 8! Will we see eye-to-eye? Find out....

(spoilers for this series in general, and also spoiler references to 'Sardines' and 'To Have and to Hold'. Once again, be warned!)

Thanks for joining us for this series of Inside No 9! It's been terrifically interesting and fun. See you again soon for more mischief.

If you want to hear previous bits of David and John chatting about IN9, it's been the subject of a few EscapeGoat Podcast episodes - here are the links!

Series 1-5: discussion and highlights

Series 6 (pt 1)

Series 6 (pt 2)

And you can find our episode-by-episode coverage of Series 7 via And Ninthly... on this thread too.

You can Tweet us at @EGoat_pod and email us with any feedback on [email protected]. We also have a Patreon - any amount of money will get you early access to episodes, and help support the show!

The outro music was recorded and made available by kind permission of Richard Gilbert.

On this episode of And Ninthly... David and John are joined by their mutual friend Dan Hunt to dissect the fifth (and rather surprising) chapter of Series 8, '3 by 3', aired on 18 May 2023. We also spend a bit of time talking about the show in general in the first ten minutes, including SPOILERS for 'Tom and Gerri'. Again, be warned!

We will be back next week to talk the final episode of this series, and to lay down our series rankings.

Dan is a human man. No other information is currently available.

If you want to hear previous bits of David and John chatting about IN9, it's been the subject of a few EscapeGoat Podcast episodes - here are the links!

Series 1-5: discussion and highlights

Series 6 (pt 1)

Series 6 (pt 2)

And you can find our episode-by-episode coverage of Series 7 via And Ninthly... on this thread too.

You can Tweet us at @EGoat_pod and email us with any feedback on [email protected]. We also have a Patreon - any amount of money will get you early access to episodes, and help support the show!

The intro music was recorded and made available by kind permission of Richard Gilbert.

On this installment of And Ninthly... David and John are joined by the brilliant George Daniel Lea to dissect the fourth episode of Series 8, 'Love Is A Stranger', aired on 11 May 2023. We also spend a bit of time talking about the show in general in the first half hour, including SPOILERS for a few IN9 episodes (most notably 'To Have and to Hold', 'The Stakeout' and the Hallowe'en live special 'Dead Line'). Be warned!

George is a prolific YouTube creator, mostly on videogames, pop culture and literature, whose channel can be found here. His horror fiction and reviews can be discovered on his website Strange Playgrounds. He can be reached on Twitter on @EnigmaticElegy. He has previously featured on The EscapeGoat Podcast talking about Gormenghast, The Flight of Dragons, Terry Pratchett's Johnny Maxwell Trilogy and Count Duckula, and David has guested on his channel a few times, most recently also alongside the equally brilliant Kit Power to discuss the fairly recent horror-comedy film The Menu.

If you want to hear previous bits of David and John chatting about IN9, it's been the subject of a few EscapeGoat Podcast episodes - here are the links!

Series 1-5: discussion and highlights

Series 6 (pt 1)

Series 6 (pt 2)

And you can find our episode-by-episode coverage of Series 7 via And Ninthly... on this thread too.

You can Tweet us at @EGoat_pod and email us with any feedback on [email protected]. We also have a Patreon - any amount of money will get you early access to episodes, and help support the show!

The intro music was recorded and made available by kind permission of Richard Gilbert.

On this installment of And Ninthly... David and John natter about the third episode of Series 8, 'Paraskevidekatriaphobia', aired on 4 May 2023.

If you want to hear previous bits of David and John chatting about IN9, it's been the subject of a few EscapeGoat Podcast episodes - here are the links!

Series 1-5: discussion and highlights

Series 6 (pt 1)

Series 6 (pt 2)

And you can find our episode-by-episode coverage of Series 7 via And Ninthly... on this thread too.

You can Tweet us at @EGoat_pod and email us with any feedback on [email protected]. We also have a Patreon - any amount of money will get you early access to episodes, and help support the show!

The intro music was recorded and made available by kind permission of Richard Gilbert.

On this edition of And Ninthly... David and John talk about the second episode of Series 8, 'Mother's Ruin', aired on 27 April 2023.

If you want to hear previous bits of David and John chatting about IN9, it's been the subject of a few EscapeGoat Podcast episodes - here are the links!

Series 1-5: discussion and highlights

Series 6 (pt 1)

Series 6 (pt 2)

And you can find our episode-by-episode coverage of Series 7 via And Ninthly... on this thread too.

You can Tweet us at @EGoat_pod and email us with any feedback on [email protected]. We also have a Patreon - any amount of money will get you early access to episodes, and help support the show!

The intro music was recorded and made available by kind permission of Richard Gilbert.

Welcome back to And Ninthly... where David, John and occasional guests chat about new episodes of the dark comedy drama BBC anthology show Inside No 9, written by and starring Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton.

In this installment we discuss the first episode of Series 8, 'The Bones of St Nicholas', aired on 23 December 2022.

If you want to hear previous chunks of David and John chatting about IN9, it's been the subject of a few EscapeGoat Podcast episodes - here are the links! The Series 1-5 episode below features us talking about 'The Devil of Christmas'

Series 1-5: discussion and highlights

Series 6 (pt 1)

Series 6 (pt 2)

And you can find our episode-by-episode coverage of Series 7 via And Ninthly... on this thread too.

You can Tweet us at @EGoat_pod and email us with any feedback on [email protected]. We also have a Patreon - any amount of money will get you early access to episodes, and help support the show!

The intro music was recorded and made available by kind permission of Richard Gilbert.