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The Fire Escape episodes

  • Snakes, Power Metal and More Megxit
    The Lads discuss European power metal, like Sonata Arctica and Rhapsody of Fire, a reintroduction of the indigo snake population to Alabama (and how that affects the songbird population) and dish more on Brexit and Megxit.
    54 min
  • Bid Harrywell & Megxit
    Oi, what's all this then? haha we kid.The Lads Peter and Colter are curious to get the heart of flyover Britain's response to Harry and Meghan potentially stepping aside from Royal Duties. Also, we praise Diego, a tortoise, who alsomt single-shelledly saved his species from the brink of extinction.
    50 min
  • Planes, Trains and Subways
    The Lads have their first convo of 2020 and talk high speed train travel, subway seat choice, the Australian bush fires and iced cereal. Happy New Year to all, and enjoy your wheat crunchies!
    57 min
  • Watchmen, Tulsa and Rise of Skywalker
    In this episode Peter and Colter talk about Pigeons wearing tiny cowboy hats, the discovery of mass graves from the Tulsa Massacre of 1921 and bring the mood back up at the end by making our wildest Star Wars Episode 9 The Rise of Skywalker predictions. Also, the Mormon Church is saving billions of dollars for the end times?
    1 hr 7 min
  • Republicans, Monarchists and Human Hierarchy
    Hywel is back and he might be a Republican?! (he's not, probably, and also it means something else in the UK) Pete questions the nature of hierarchies in humanity and whether it's a chicken or egg. (very zeitgeisty, because Watchmen)Colter Discusses season 3 of the crown and how Welsh it has been. (Cymru am byth!)Also, is Finland a capitalist paradise? Could be. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/opinion/sunday/finland-socialism-capitalism.html
    56 min
  • Vietnamese Mouse Deer and Veterans Day History
    Colter and Peter talk about the return of the silver-backed chevrotain after 30 years of being lost to science, the veteran Birmingham native who spearheaded Veterans Day and why people are convinced someone looks EXACTLY like someone else (who they don't).
    43 min

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Welcome to The Fire Escape, the official podcast of The Colloquial. Our purpose is to deliver easy and fun content about highbrow subjects. We want to tear down the gatekeepers. We want to use…