Escape Hatch (formerly Dune Pod)

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Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country (1991) Jul 13, 2026

Show notes

The Summer of Jason blasts off as we're joined for the FOURTEENTH time by [REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED] and co-host of the Twin Vipers podcast, Jonesy Loves Beer. We discuss the highs and lows of the World Cup, Jason and Jonesy revel in their new blade purchases, and then we boldly go on the original crew's final voyage, and discuss Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:17:14)
Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country Roundtable (00:28:32)
Your Letters (01:17:54)

Notes and Links

Check out Escape Hatch Merch! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.
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Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music.
Cover art by ctcher.
Edited and produced by Haitch.
Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Jul 06, 2026

Show notes

The Summer of Jason heats up, as we welcome romance storytellers, editor Liz Tingue and the author of bestsellers Dreamology, and Literally, Lucy Keating. We tackle one of the all-time great lo-fi sci-fi films, Michel Gondry’s 2004 stunning classic starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:18:38)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Roundtable (00:27:34)
Your Letters (01:22:24)

Notes and Links

Check out Escape Hatch Merch! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list
Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.
Follow @escapehatchpod on Bluesky,Instagram, and TikTok.
Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music.
Cover art by ctcher.
Edited and produced by Haitch.
Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

Fargo (1996) Jun 29, 2026

Show notes

The Summer of Jason rolls on and now we’re really getting into it as we begin our run of Coen Brothers classics, starting with their first huge breakthrough hit, 1996’s thriller Fargo. We’re joined by co-host of Nobody Knows Anything, Rob Flaherty.

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:25:15)
Fargo Roundtable (00:28:46)
Your Letters (01:14:37)

Notes and Links

Check out Escape Hatch Merch! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list
Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.
Follow @escapehatchpod on Bluesky,Instagram, and TikTok.
Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music.
Cover art by ctcher.
Edited and produced by Haitch.
Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

Minority Report (2002) Jun 15, 2026

Show notes

'Poooooooooddss out... for... SUMMER!!!' - Extremely Alice Cooper voice. We try and hang in for one final episode before taking a week off to celebrate the start of summer. With our high priest of cinema Stephen Spielberg returning to the holy theater of Summer Blockbusters this weekend for Disclosure Day, we figured what the heck, let’s finally cover one we’ve talked about for years, Minority Report. Boy is this a movie. We’re joined by the host of the podcast Channels, Peter Kafka and make a mad dash out as the bell rings.

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:19:17)
Minority Report Roundtable (00:24:01)
Your Letters (01:17:14)

Notes and Links

Check out Escape Hatch Merch! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list
Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.
Follow @escapehatchpod on Bluesky,Instagram, and TikTok.
Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music.
Cover art by ctcher.
Edited and produced by Haitch.
Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

The Secret of NIMH (1982) Jun 08, 2026

Show notes

This one is something special. We have absolute legend of the animation and comicbook world, who has written episodes of Flash Gordon, Dungeons & Dragons, He-Man, Transformers, Star Wars: Ewoks, Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Batman: The Animated Series, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, Superman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond, Justice League, Lost, Batman: Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, PAUL DINI!Paul gives us the story of his career from starting at Filmation straight out of college, being one of the only people in the world working on Star Wars when it was dormant in 1986, all the way to inventing Harley Quinn. Just unreal stuff. Then we talk about the dark 1982 animated feature that launched Don Bluth’s challenge to Disney, The Secret of NIMH. Do not miss this very special episode.

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:37:34)
The Secret of NIMH Roundtable (00:50:54)
Your Letters (01:37:31)

Notes and Links

Check out Escape Hatch Merch! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list
Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.
Follow @escapehatchpod on Bluesky,Instagram, and TikTok.
Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music.
Cover art by ctcher.
Edited and produced by Haitch.
Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

Eyes Wide Shut (1999) Jun 01, 2026

Show notes

Let’s talk about sex. At long last, we tackle the final movie from the master, Stanley Kubrick. Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman’s sexual drama Eyes Wide Shut. Joining us for the conversation is New York Times bestselling fantasy author of The School for Good and Evil and the new hit novel Young World, Soman Chainani. We cover how today’s youth are going to save us and the dream that is this masterpiece movie.

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:16:13)
Eyes Wide Shut Roundtable (00:25:41)
Your Letters (01:29:58)

Notes and Links

Check out Escape Hatch Merch! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list
Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.
Follow @escapehatchpod on Bluesky,Instagram, and TikTok.
Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music.
Cover art by ctcher.
Edited and produced by Haitch.
Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

Almost Famous (2000) May 25, 2026

Show notes

LOCK THE GATES! The SUMMER OF JASON rolls on, as we welcome Jason’s former co-worker, President Biden’s US Ambassador to ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations), Yohannes Abraham. We catch up on Trump’s China Summit, his wholesale pillaging of the US Government with his new slush fund, and Jason’s new project The Center for Shared AI Prosperity. Then we talk about Cameron Crowe's 2000 rock-and-roll memoir, Almost Famous.

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:19:56)
Almost Famous Roundtable (00:25:46)
Your Letters (01:26:04)

Notes and Links

Check out Escape Hatch Merch! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list
Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.
Follow @escapehatchpod on Bluesky,Instagram, and TikTok.
Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music.
Cover art by ctcher.
Edited and produced by Haitch.
Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

Batman & Robin (1997) May 18, 2026

Show notes

We swore we would never cover this movie. I mean just Haitch, really. Jason never cared either way - until our discord waged a multi-year campaign to break Haitch down. Now, we’re joined by literal rabble rouser, comic writer, and co-host of the X-Ray Vision podcast, the incomparable Rosie Knight, to finally cover Joel Schumacher's infamous 1997 superhero disaster, Batman and Robin. We also tackle Euphoria S3, sex workers rights, the comics that informed us, and whether camp can be good? You decide.

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:16:17)
Batman & Robin Roundtable (00:27:33)
Your Letters (01:30:49)

Notes and Links

Check out Escape Hatch Merch! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list
Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.
Follow @escapehatchpod on Bluesky,Instagram, and TikTok.
Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music.
Cover art by ctcher.
Edited and produced by Haitch.
Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

The Last Starfighter (1984) May 11, 2026

Show notes

It’s the return of the host of the movie prop podcast, The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, and showrunner of Veep, Dave Mandel! We start out with a quick pass around the wheel of where things stand politically as mid-term primary contests start and look forward to 2028 and beyond. Then, we officially kick off the SUMMER OF JASON - where Jason gets to pick all the movies we cover, with his longstanding request for the 1984 cult sci-fi classic, The Last Starfighter!

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:19:59)
The Last Starfighter Roundtable (00:40:57)
Your Letters (01:35:57)

Notes and Links

Check out Escape Hatch Merch! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list
Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.
Follow @escapehatchpod on Bluesky,Instagram, and TikTok.
Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music.
Cover art by ctcher.
Edited and produced by Haitch.
Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

The Prestige (2006) May 04, 2026

Show notes

It’s the return of technologist and writer of Spyglass, M.G. Siegler. M.G.’s one of the pre-eminent experts on Apple, so we start with The Trial of Tim Cook™, with his analysis on how Tim Apple will be remembered. Then we look at where John Ternus might begin taking Apple in the future. We announce THE SUMMER OF JASON, where Jason finally gets to make all the picks for what movies we cover! Then we tackle Christopher Nolan's magical thriller masterpiece starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, The Prestige. Don’t miss the trick!

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:17:51)
The Prestige Roundtable (00:29:29)
Your Letters (01:14:42)

Notes and Links

Check out Escape Hatch Merch! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list
Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.
Follow @escapehatchpod on Bluesky,Instagram, and TikTok.
Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music.
Cover art by ctcher.
Edited and produced by Haitch.
Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

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