Escape Hatch (formerly Dune Pod)

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BONUS: Emergency - One Battle After Another (2025) Sep 30, 2025

Show notes

When the master Paul Thomas Anderson returns with a career defining film, featuring multiple Oscar worthy acting performances by Leo, Sean, Benicio, and Chase, you knew Jason and I were in the premium theatrical format venues to watch on opening weekend. But then, when the instigator of our first ever non-Dune related BONUS Emergency - Civil War (2024) episode, host of the podcast Channels with Peter Kafka, Peter Kafka hit us up on the DMs and asked us when we were gonna fire up the mics, we had to answer the call. So, please enjoy this very special bonus episode discussing this fantastic movie and the political moment we find ourselves in.

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
One Battle After Another Roundtable (00:14:27)

Notes and Links

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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.

Sunset Boulevard (1950) Sep 29, 2025

Show notes

We keep our classic Hollywood streak going (2 weeks in a row!) as I finally watch one of the highest regarded films in history, Billy Wilder’s masterpiece, Sunset Boulevard. And because this movie was a MAJOR touchstone for David Lynch, we welcome our Lynch correspondent, the co-host of the Austin Danger Podcast, McKenzie Wilkes.

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:12:10)
Sunset Boulevard Roundtable (00:25:18)
Your Letters (01:30:10)

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.

Casablanca (1942) Sep 21, 2025

Show notes

Look, there is a LOT going on in this very dangerous world right now, and we are so blessed to have the co-host of Pod Save the World, Ben Rhodes rejoining us to help make sense of it. And as we try and figure out which year is the closest analog to our current moment in history (1932, 1938, 1942 were all potential guesses), we look at things thru the light of a time when America rose to the challenge and proved the good we were capable of, in the Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart political-romantic classic, Casablanca!

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:14:01)
Casablanca Roundtable (00:18:48)
Your Letters (01:30:26)

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.

Mortal Kombat (1995) Sep 15, 2025

Show notes

MOORRRRTTAAALLLL KKKOOOMMMBBAAAATTTT!!! It’s the return of the writer of Across the Spider-Verse and Beyond the Spider-Verse, Dave Callaham. He gives us more incredible behind the scenes details of making Spider-Verse and writing Mortal Kombat (2021), and then we cover his pick, the 1995 videogame adaptation classic, Mortal Kombat.

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:19:28)
Mortal Kombat Roundtable (00:21:43)
Your Letters (01:30:25)

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 Creator (2023) Sep 08, 2025

Show notes

BIG EPISODE THIS WEEK. Jason is AWOL, so we called in the co-host of the Cinenauts podcast, ctcher. And digital set designer Timothief! We go deep DEEEEEP on Gareth Edwards 2023 sci-fi masterclass of production design and cinematography, The Creator!

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:14:00)
The Creator Roundtable (00:20:03)
Your Letters (01:40:43)

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.

Sorcerer (1977) Sep 01, 2025

Show notes

Ever feel like everything sucks and you’re going to explode at any minute? Well have we got a picture for you: Billy Friedkin’s 1977 tight wire thriller, Sorcerer! Rejoining us is the Emmy winning producer and director behind Variety’s smash hit show Actors on Actors, Rob Schroeder!

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:15:25)
Sorcerer Roundtable (00:20:38)
Your Letters (01:25:10)

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.

Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) Aug 25, 2025

Show notes

After 5 years, and one fateful voicemail from my architect Luke, we finally cover one of Jason’s touchstones, the 1973 biblical banger musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, Jesus Christ Superstar! Joining us is the co-host of the Austin Danger Podcast, Kev. He turned 33 yesterday. You do the math.

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:18:36)
Jesus Christ Superstar Roundtable (00:34:36)
Your Letters (02:00:45)

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.

Gone Girl (2014) Aug 18, 2025

Show notes

I survived 11 years only getting partially spoiled - but not in a way that ruined my viewing - for my first viewing of the thriller masterpiece from David Fincher, Ben Affleck, and Rosamund Pike, 2014’s Gone Girl. Joining us to discuss is the mighty co-host of the X-Ray Vision podcast, Rosie Knight.

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:15:47)
Gone Girl Roundtable (00:29:56)
Your Letters (01:43:57)

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 Bourne Supremacy (2004) Aug 11, 2025

Show notes

How can you tell we refuse to let go of Andor? Well, I found a way to include a clip of Diego Luna speaking in Spanish in this episode. Plus, we continue our Tony Gilroy journey with The Bourne Supremacy! We are blessed by the return of the Senior Editor of Engadget and co-host of The Filmcast, Devindra Hardawar.

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:14:09)
The Bourne Supremacy Roundtable (00:24:56)
Your Letters (01:14:02)

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.

Goldeneye (1995) Aug 04, 2025

Show notes

It’s the return of the 3rd living host of Escape Hatch, co-host of the Twin Vipers podcast, Jonesy Loves Beer. He and Jason talk for about an hour about knives and axes and then we talk about watching my first Pierce Brosnan James Bond movie, Goldeneye!

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:21:56)
Goldeneye Roundtable (00:42:23)
Your Letters (01:46:33)

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.