The Fire Escape

Today we have a very special episode where we console our good friend and co-host, Hywel, on the loss of his beloved colony some 242 years ago.We get into the way patriotism is different in the US and the UK and how maybe in a post Brexit atmosphere we could propose a new British holiday.

Kenzi Wilbur sits down with the lads to discuss 19th Century home restoration, growing up in small town Connecticut, the future of podcasting and food traditions and myths.

Hey! Send us an email or our dads will beat up your dads.In this episode we deep dive into what makes social media both problematic and essential, and how we can be better stewards of our digital resources.Don't just be slapping your pocket all day long, y'all.

Up top, we can't ignore the lovely song of the birds in the background of Hywel's recording space, and attic in Pembrokeshire, Wales.Hywel recounts his quick trip to Ibiza last week, and we forgive him (sort of) for missing last week.We take a more serious tone than usual this week as we get in to the death of Anthony Bourdain. Bourdain was an inspiration to all of us here at Fire Escape Enterprises, and we would like to do our best to be as empathetic and curious as he was and encourage you to do the same.We talk at length about mental health and our experiences with it, and want to encourage anyone who wants to talk to us about it to reach out if you are up for it.Take care of yourselves and each other, y'all.

Colter and Peter, RIP Hywel (jk he's just on vacation this week), sit down with the fine gentlemen behind Birch Coffee, Jeremy Lyman and Paul Schlader.This conversation has it all: volcanoes, automatic coffee machines, smell tests and much more.We really enjoyed our time with these guys and hope you do as well.

Hywel returns from Nashville and we discuss the Royal Wedding as well as his forays into "propah British societah" while at uni in Bristol.Colter pulls off a killer transition from the British Royal Family to global travel.We learn the history of international tourism from young aristocrats on their grand tour, to the invention of the leisure travel agency, to the internet travel age.The fellas discuss their personal philosophies on international travel and THINGS. GET. HEATED......JK we just have a good discussion about things to consider when going abroad.

The lads sat down with Gold Connections' frontman and songwriter Will Marsh to talk about their new record, Popular Fiction.We get in to musical influences, heavy metal violinists, Dave Matthews Band and much much more.

Up top, Colter updates the guys on his difficult week from having to put a dog down, to getting in a car wreck and moving apartments. He is tired.Hywel also got in a car wreck this past week, but with his body, twice! (15:04)The lads look ahead to the summer, The Wales Window project and the dreaded writer’s block. (21:43)When we finally get into format, the fellas talk about what’s not polite to discuss around the kitchen table, religion and politics. (38:41)

Peter and Colter are joined by Hannah Margaret Allen of Inverse.com to talk about secret nerd-dom, pioneers, being an only child, moving to NYC from the South, her family's history from furniture/casket makers to funeral directors and her Grandbubba's old timey town replica and classic car collection.

The much anticipated unauthorized sequel to S-Town (but better because it’s more literal, plus C-Bob and Buttermilk Pete are actually from Alabama). Today the lads talk about Parrish, AL a small town that was quite literally crapped on by NYC.At the top of the hour, Peter tries his best to channel the Yorkshire accent. (2:25)Colter both reviews and posits what The Fire Escape Bump™️ did to help propel Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War to such lofty heights (big ups to Karen DoctorWho). (8:13)The fellas explain all of the literal and metaphorical implications of 56 rail cars full of treated human waste sitting in an ex-coal mining Alabama town. (13:24)Ultimately, we are led to ask the question, if we all have to pee every day, why is it usually so inconvenient? (61:25)