Escape Hatch (formerly Dune Pod)
by Haitch Industries
Your portal into cinematic pocket universes, fostering community far from the digital chaos. Join co-hosts Haitch and Jason as we welcome special guests and talk about their favorite movies. We love the genre films that inspired the creation of this show, but we talk about all kinds of movies. Just look at our episodes, choose your favorite movie, and dive right in!
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Episodes
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)
We welcome the author of Biological War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen! We landed a true dream guest, who we learned on the air was a MAJOR film nerd! We welcome the author of Biological War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen! She has spent her career reporting on exactly how the world ends, so who better…
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The Conversation (1974)
It’s the return of New York Times columnist, the one and only Jamelle Bouie! One week out from the midterms, we check in on where Jamelle’s head is at, then put on the clear raincoat and go to work on Jason’s favorite Francis Ford Coppola, his 1974 paranoid San Francisco masterpiece, The...
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Full Metal Jacket (1987)
It’s the return of former Deputy National Security Adviser and Pod Save the World co-host Ben Rhodes! Ben helps us make sense of the current unprecedented geopolitical events unfolding in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States, and then we take on Stanley Kubrick’s 1987 Vietnam…
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Barry Lyndon (1975)
It’s the return of NY Times Bestselling author Dave Itzkoff! He’s firmly established his Escape Hatch beat as gritty New York City movies from the 70s and 80s, so this week he leaves the subway behind for the candlelit drawing rooms of 18th-century Europe, as we FINALLY tackle Stanley Kubrick’s...
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Dunkirk (2017)
After 6 years, we finally have the Voltron style crossover we’ve always dreamed of: Dune Pod x Gom Jabbar! We’re joined by their co-host and producer, Abu Zafar! He’s also the super producer of our beloved sister pod X-Ray Vision. We keep Hot Nolan Summer going with Christopher’s under-rated 2017...
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The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
Jason drops a bombshell announcement on the podcast! Plus: we talk romantic three-ways with Grok and then keep the romance theme going with Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart’s 3rd outing together, 2010’s The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. We’re joined by Chief Instigator of Bad Movies, co-host of the...
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The Lost Boys (1987)
It's the return of two of our favorite Lucasfilm friends — ILM's Lorelei David and Lucasfilm Animation's Nico Anastassiou! The SUMMER OF JASON continues with Joel Schumacher's 1987 dark and sexy vampire classic, The Lost Boys. Chapters Introduction (00:00:00) Hatch News (00:23:38) The Lost Boys...
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
2 years ago we tried to do Iron Giant, and Haitch crashed his car. This week we tried again, but were blocked by a guest’s shooting schedules. The universe is trying to hold us back, but the SUMMER OF JASON persists, as we pivot to the hilarious and fantastically fun 2023 adventure movie…
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The Fly (1986)
It’s the return of our scream queen, Senior Editor at FANGORIA and author of First in Fright: The FANGORIA Compendium, Meredith Borders! The SUMMER OF JASON continues (whereby Jason learns that even I don’t actually get to pick the movies) as we finally cover David Cronenberg's 1986 absolutely...
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Deep Blue Sea (1999)
It’s Shark Week on Escape Hatch as we welcome back the director of Sharksploitation, producer of Jodorowsky's Dune, co-host of Best Movies Never Made, Stephen Scarlata. He last joined us with @dale_a for Jaws, and this time we cover ‘the #2 most important shark movie of all time”, LL Cool J’s…
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The Dark Knight (2008)
We’re back from our late summer vacation and we're joined by the CEO of Particle News, Sara Beykpour. We catch up on the last 2 weeks with updates on the Democratic Civil War, dispatches from the AI wilds, and why these insufferable tech bros won’t stop being so insufferable. Then, the SUMMER OF...
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Look, when you’re discussing one of most beloved films in the history of cinema, you want to make sure you have your bases covered. So we turned to the man who literally wrote the book (Stranded on Earth: How Night Skies Became E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), film journalist and author Max Evry....
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Barton Fink (1991)
The SUMMER OF JASON continues as we finally cover the Coen Brothers' 1991 Hollywood writer’s block nightmare starring John Turturo and John Goodman, Barton Fink. Joining us is the showrunner of Veep, writer/director (Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, White House Plumbers) and co-host of The Stuff...
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The Odyssey (2026)
The Summer of Jason continues our long journey as we're joined by Homeric teacher and scholar Bijani Mizell! Bijani has taught The Odyssey for over 10 years to high school kids, so she was a lock to help us tackle Christopher Nolan’s magnum opus take.She covers (in language you can understand!)…
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O Brother Where Art Thou? (2000)
The Summer of Jason goes on a long journey as welcome long lost, yet most frequent Escape Hatch recurring guest, co-host of the Cinenauts podcast, ctcher! In preparation for Christopher Nolan’s magnum opus The Odyssey next week, we revisit one of the greatest adaptations of Homer’s classic work,...
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Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country (1991)
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...
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
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...
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Fargo (1996)
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...
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Minority Report (2002)
'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...
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The Secret of NIMH (1982)
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:...
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Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
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…
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Almost Famous (2000)
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,...
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Batman & Robin (1997)
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…
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The Last Starfighter (1984)
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...
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The Prestige (2006)
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…
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Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Set Condition 1 Throughout the Fleet: it's the return of technologist, founder and CEO of Particle News, Sara Beykpour. We announce our new hire producer of Escape Hatch, get excited about CinemaCon’s previews of Dune Part Three and Avengers Doomsday, and have a real conversation about our...
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Midnight Run (1988)
It’s the return of New York Times Bestseller Dave Itzkoff. We kick off with a Spring Break update including reviews of Virginia rollercoasters, Icelandic ice caves, cleaning up absolute adorable dog s#!t for a week. Then we tackle the 80’s buddy classic, Midnight Run. Chapters Introduction...
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Hard Boiled (1992)
It’s the return of the Senior Editor of Engadget and co-host of The Filmcast, Devindra Hardawar. We finally tackle John Woo’s final Hong Kong action masterpiece, starring the coolest motherf#%*ers in the world - Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung, in Hard Boiled. Plus, Haitch gets puppies! Chapters...
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Project Hail Mary (2026)
Dreams really can come true,but only if you make them happen. We are thrilled to be joined by the co-host of The Midnight Boys (PEW PEW!!) and Higher Learning, Van Lathan! We have a wide ranging discussion on comics, cinema, and tech policy. Then we cover Lord and Miller’s hopecore miracle of a...
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EPISODE 300 - The Shining (1980)
It’s all been leading to this. Episode 300. The BIG one. The Dune Part Three trailer dropped 3 hours before we started recording. THEY KNEW. Plus It’s the return of the co-hosts of the movie prop podcast, The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, show-runner of House of the Dragon Ryan Condal and the...
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Argo (2012)
Listen, we are all trying to make sense of our being led into another war, this time in Iran, and SHOCKINGLY have the complete imbeciles who run our country be woefully unprepared for the repercussions. Well, when former Deputy National Security Adviser and co-host of Pod Save the World, Ben…
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High Fidelity (2000)
We welcome author and former Magic the Gathering Lead Game Designer, Brian Schneider. Brian talks about how to create a Magic set and explores the surprising convergence between professional Magic and Poker players! Then wWe cover Gen X’s apotheosis, John Cusack’s 2000 classic, High Fidelity!...
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Cable Guy (1996)
We’re finally re-joined by our hero, the Silver Fox, the VP of Merch, the original Podcast BadBoy, and the co-host of the the co-host of the Bat and Spider podcast, dale_a. We tackle Ben Stiller’s 1996 cult classic the broke out Jim Carrey’s acting career, The Cable Guy. Plus we cover close-up...
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Best of Escape Hatch: No Country for Old Men (2007)
We’re on winter break, so in this special Best of episode, we start with the current state of Dems trying to appeal to the youths, Jason tells us all about vibecoding some incredible new tools for the pod, and then we go all the way back to Episode 6(!) of Dune Pod. Relive how we were dealing…
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
We’re joined by the host of the podcast Channels, Peter Kafka, as we go back to 1982’s Los Angeles, with Cameron Crowe and Amy Heckerling’s teenage masterpiece starring Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Phoebe Cates, Fast Times at Ridgemont High. We cover how The Pool Scene changed a…
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Point Blank (1967)
This is a wild one. We’re joined by House of the Dragon S3 director Loni Peristere and the creator of John Wick, Derek Kolstad! We cover Lee Marvin’s 1967 classic, Point Blank! Other topics include a S3 HotD update, that one time when Loni REINVENTED modern sci-fi visual effects with his...
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Panic Room (2002)
t’s always a great time when we’re joined by the co-host of the X-Ray Vision podcast, the incomparable Rosie Knight! We tackle David Fincher’s 2002 taut thriller starring Jodie Foster, Forrest Whitaker, and Dwight Yoakim(?!), Panic Room. Other topics include how the Dems and ordinary citizens in...
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Starman (1984)
It’s the dramatic return of our Scream Queen, Sr. Editor of Fangoria Magazine, Meredith Borders. Meredith is hot off the massive Kickstarter launch of her brand new book, First in Fright: The FANGORIA Compendium! We talk about John Carpenter’s forgotten masterpiece, Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen’s...
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Adaptation (2002)
We kicked Jason to the curb to allow us to record when Escape Hatch film correspondent and co-host of the Cinenauts podcast ctcher was available. And he’s joined by the Mayor of the Freak Beat and co-host of The Austin Danger Podcast, Kev. By their command, we cover Charlie Kaufman and Spike…
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The Prophecy (1995)
We’re back, baby! And joining us to kick off the new year in style it’s the 3rd living host of Escape Hatch, the co-host of the Twin Vipers podcast, Jonesy Love Beer. Not gonna lie, this was a tough one as we tackled Christopher Walken’s unhinged performance in Gregory ‘Highlander” Widen’s less...
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Mailbag (2025)
Happy Holidays from us to you! Ring in the new year with a look back at where we’ve been in 2025 and what 2026 and beyond hold for us. Then join us for an INCREDIBLE Mailbag segment, featuring our amazing voicemail friends who have truly outdone themselves all year, and scale new heights tonight....
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Best of Escape Hatch: Die Hard (1986)
Happy Holidays from our family to you! Hope you are warm and cozy and having fun recharging over the break, while Jason and I take time for ourselves and our families. To keep the home fires burning, we submit this classic Dune Pod episode from 4(!) years ago, covering our very first ever…
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The Nice Guys (2016)
It’s our first ever teamup episode featuring the director and producers of Banshee, Your Friends and Neighbors, and Lucky Greg Yaitanes and Jonathan Tropper! They talk about collaborating on projects for over 12 years, and Jonathan tells us about writing and filming the new movie Star Wars:...
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Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
We welcome one of our heroes, The New Yorker’s hard hitting political journalist, Isaac Chotiner. We discuss Sylvester Stallone’s 1985’s revenge fantasy classic, Rambo: First Blood Part II. Did you know it was written by James Cameron? Hear all about this and our take on the implications of late...
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The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (2002)
Jason is on assignment, but have no fear! Taking Seat 1 this week is a legend, the co-host of House of R and author of MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios, Joanna Robinson(!!) For her powerhouse return, we continue the journey we started last year and cover Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The...
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Best of Escape Hatch: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! We kick off the holidays by revisiting our journey with the greatest living podcaster, co-host of The Ringer’s House of R, Joanna Robinson! She joined us last year for The Lord of the RIngs: The Fellowship of the Ring and it instantly became an all time episode. Before that,...
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The Running Man (2025) - LIVE
Meetup 2025! Folks flew in from all over the country and we spent a weekend in San Francisco making memories: we saw The Running Man in IMAX, and filmed a LIVE podcast (featuring live performances by many of your favorite voicemailers!) So, DON’T LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE, WATCH IT INSTEAD! I…
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Hellraiser (1987)
Jesus wept. It’s the dramatic return of our Scream Queen, Sr. Editor of Fangoria Magazine, Meredith Borders. Meredith is hot off the massive Kickstarter launch of her brand new book, First in Fright: The FANGORIA Compendium! She guides us as we unlock the puzzle box to open up one of her favorite...
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Rushmore (1998)
We recorded this on Election Day 2025, and Jason is FIRED UP about Ezra Klein’s latest essay on how we beat Trump! He goes off on a cogent screed on what Ezra is getting wrong as we start the march to 2026 and 2028. Then, we’re joined by one of the stars of our voicemail segment, our very own...
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The Maltese Falcon (1941)
OK! So who wants to hear us talk about gooning?! Also, it’s the return of the co-hosts of the movie prop podcast, The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, show-runner of House of the Dragon Ryan Condal and the showrunner of Veep, Dave Mandel! We continue our Classic Hollywood journey with the movie that...
About this show
Your portal into cinematic pocket universes, fostering community far from the digital chaos. Join co-hosts Haitch and Jason as we welcome special guests and talk about their favorite movies. We love the genre films that inspired the creation of this show, but we talk about all kinds of movies. Just look at our episodes, choose your favorite movie, and dive right in!
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Haitch Industries