@goldman.blue and I were thrilled to welcome @jamellebouie.net onto @escapehatchpod.bsky.social to talk the classic sci-fi social satire film RoboCop and what we can learn from it about our current moment.

Full episode here (or wherever you listen to your pods): open.spotify.com/episode/2i8c...

This week we finally had the worst take in 5 years(!) of @escapehatchpod.bsky.social. Congrats @goldman.blue for winning this distinction.

Full episode on the CLASSIC Superman (1978): open.spotify.com/episode/5VjL...

Don't worry Mike, we got you. We brought in the big guns to (re)settle the score: NY Times Bestselling author of The Bible Says So: @maklelan.bsky.social!

Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/5VjL...

We had New York Times bestselling author of The Bible Says So @maklelan.bsky.social on @escapehatchpod.bsky.social for Superman (1978)!

He schooled us on the film’s translation of Karl-El from Jewish tradition to Christian Messiah figure. Dan’s smart.

Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/5VjL...

We are so lucky to have had Andor (especially S2) as a way to face the very real challenges we face in the world today and remind us that we have to stand up, fight, and call bullshit on the corruption happening in plain sight.

Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/1cpA...

We sat down and talked Hitchcock’s Rear Window with the showrunner of Max's House of the Dragon and co-host of @propspodcast.bsky.social Ryan Condal on @escapehatchpod.bsky.social. Turns out Hitch had a very specific kink.

Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/16p4...

The showrunner of Max's House of the Dragon and co-host of @propspodcast.bsky.social Ryan Condal joins @escapehatchpod.bsky.social to talk Alfred Hitchcock's incredible Rear Window. And you know us...we always gotta make it political.

Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/16p4...

Did you know George Lucas was a creative **AND** a financial genius? His deal with 20th Century Fox for The Empire Strikes Back was another banger (see @netw3rk.bsky.social’s makin’ it rain gesture.)

Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/54ya...

We also talked video games with @netw3rk.bsky.social on @escapehatchpod.bsky.social. Turns out he and @goldman.blue have played Skyrim.
A LOT. Maybe as much as @stephenscarlata.bsky.social.

Episode 250 out now! open.spotify.com/episode/54ya...

May the 4th Be With You. On this holy day, we release @escapehatchpod.bsky.social Episode 250(!!), The Empire Strikes Back! @netw3rk.bsky.social answers the tough questions and @goldman.blue raises others. 🤣

Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/54ya...

The magic of Andor is that we already know where the story's going (Rogue One). That means simultaneously savoring every moment we get with these beloved characters, and DREADING what is gonna happen to them. 😬

Andor S2 Eps 4-6 @escapehatchpod.bsky.social review: open.spotify.com/episode/21Zw...

This week @goldman.blue went deep on how the dark fantasy movies of our youths (Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, The Last Unicorn) introduced us to mortality. cc @mereborders.bsky.social

Full episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/0iJ8...

Look: our podcast fights fascists, but even we stan the unlikely romantic couple of the season: Dedra and Karn.

Hear all about it on the first part of @escapehatchpod.bsky.social’s Andor S2 coverage of the first 3 episodes: open.spotify.com/episode/7KW3...

This week on @escapehatchpod.bsky.social we had @pkafka.bsky.social on to talk 1973’s The Three Musketeers (which we learned was originally conceived as a Beatles movie!) The swashbuckling works but the Beatles-esque humor does not.

Full ep: open.spotify.com/episode/242K...

Look, @goldman.blue and I are in our video era. I just didn't realize I'd be catching strays from his mom. Then we cover the incredible final 2 episodes of Andor Season 1: Rix Road.

Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/6O1V...

Look, I reached out to @chriswarcraft.bsky.social to come on @escapehatchpod.bsky.social because of his anti-MAGA activism. But I knew the whole time that @goldman.blue was just waiting to talk Warcraft. 🤣

Listen to the full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/3jdL...