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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 familia... more
FAQs about The Fire Escape:How many episodes does The Fire Escape have?The podcast currently has 189 episodes available.
January 31, 2020Oxford Commas and English DramasThe Lads dish on Brexit coins, Brad Pitt wearing a name tag, Johnny Depp introductions, and Hywel joins us from the field....more38minPlay
January 24, 2020Snakes, Power Metal and More MegxitThe 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....more54minPlay
January 17, 2020Bid Harrywell & MegxitOi, 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....more50minPlay
January 08, 2020Planes, Trains and SubwaysThe 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!...more57minPlay
December 18, 2019Watchmen, Tulsa and Rise of SkywalkerIn 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?...more1h 7minPlay
December 11, 2019Republicans, Monarchists and Human HierarchyHywel 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...more56minPlay
December 04, 2019Landing a Plane in ManhattanPete and Colter chat about Tommy Fitz landing a plane in Uptown NYC on a bar bet in the 50s. We get in way over our head on the primaries and talk Black Friday....more1h 7minPlay
November 29, 2019The Return of John Shults and A Very Macy's ParadeThe Lads chat about the history of the Macy's parade and, with the help of True Vintage Guitar's John Shults, talk about Papa John's day of reckoning....more1h 6minPlay
November 20, 2019Lovespoons, Phenomenology and the Sea of TimeHywel returns, just as Pete departs.Mr. John and Colter talk about time, chaos and anniversary gifts....more57minPlay
November 13, 2019Vietnamese Mouse Deer and Veterans Day HistoryColter 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)....more43minPlay
FAQs about The Fire Escape:How many episodes does The Fire Escape have?The podcast currently has 189 episodes available.