The Fire Escape

Jamie Loftus (Bechdel Cast, stand-up, cartoonist, writer) joins Peter and Colter over the phone and only eight minutes in to our talk about MENSA we are hacked and the line cuts off abruptly. They don't slow us down, however, as we had set up a backchannel communication with Loftus all along. Join us as we get to know writer, comedian and podcast host, Jamie Loftus, a little bit better. Topics range from the Spotlight team at the Boston Globe, Neil Gaiman's benevolent scale-tipping and the history of ice resurfacers.

Colter and Pete sit down with past guest Henry busby and newcomer Neal Thompson to talk about their trip to Moab in a 57 horsepower tiny Japanese SUV, the Suzuki Jimny.

We sit down and talk about the nature of getting lost and the merits of the Toyota Avalon.

Hywel is cheekily checking in from Birmingham where he has had quite an eventful first few days.

This week in the Fire Escape Holdfast, the lads are joined by Lord Director Ser Mercutio Tortoraunchy (ig: @marcus_tortorici twitter @MarcustTortorici) to tell y’all about how hard storytelling is, mention LOST too many times and recap one of our favorite series ever. Beware Game of Thrones spoilers.

We summon Pete with an ancient incantation penned by Myrddin (or Merlin for non-Welsh brethren)We talk theatrical hijinks.We talk Alabama.

Towards the end of the episode (43:59) we play you the real reason we are here this week, which is an interview with the very funny and also kind, Teresa Lee. We met Teresa downtown to catch her after her last screenings of "I Think She Likes You", a short film she co-wrote and stars in, but unfortunately for all involved every location we picked kept getting shut down after a few minutes so our chat with her only ended up lasting about 16 minutes (They are sixteen solid minutes tho).Since it was essentially Pete's fault, Colter and Hywel (recently in from the cold of Des Moines) had him fired as per usual and spend the first three quarters of the episode talking a bout portals between Alabama and Wales as well as Bass Pro Shops, Avengers Endgame and much more.

Out on the fire escape Colter and Pete are rejoined by Hywel hailing from all places Des Moines.Hywel is introduced to our new game, but then the tables are turned on the other lads and hilarity ensues. Who will win the Blazer Bucks? Hard to say.The cinematographer for Game of Thrones episode The Long Night has us wondering what other artists could blame their patrons for bad equipment calibration.

Colter and Pete are joined by Van Bellman front man and American Authors guitarist, Zac Taylor, to chat music, play games and drop names.

Colter and Pete sat down with James (Jimmy) Carbonetti of Caveman and Carbonetti Guitars at the Guitar Shop NYC. We talked wtih Jimmy about starting an instrument building business and a band in the same year, growing up on Roosevelt Island and the inevitability of change, especially in New York (and how that's okay). We also play a little sample of famous Japanese jazz trumpet player, Terumasa Hino.