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The Escape Pod!
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A sci-fi film & television review podcast hosted by a couple eclectic weirdos transmitting from their escape pod adrift in the cosmos.
Silly, potentially informative, & potentially insightful; we discuss science fiction from across the years & the genre. Bi-weekly hosted by Ryen Eggleston and Nathan Hendler. We try to make as few bad jokes as possible.
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Ep. 22: Bist du da, Gott? Ich bin es, Lause (World on a Wire Part 1 , 1973)
Feb 26, 202501:04:15Tap to summarizeWe take a break this month and let our identity units discuss Part one of "Welt am Draht" (English: "World on a Wire"), a made for TV miniseries aired in 1973 West Germany. Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and shot in 16mm film. Lots of great German names (Gunther! Franz! Mann im Auto!) and lots and lots of mirrors abound in this sci-fi story that might be the best early example of the whole simulation-vs-reality trope that the Matrix ruined forever.
Transcribe →Ep. 21: But he's got shampoo (Space Hunter, 1983)
Jan 25, 202500:55:45Tap to summarize"The movie is not a masterpiece" says Roger Ebert. "I think this is an awful picture [even if] it were in 1D" says Gene Siskel. But this isn't Siskel and Ebert, it's Ryen and Nathan of the Escape Pod! reviewing 1983's "Spacehunter: Adventures in the forbidden zone". Do we agree? Will we use all of our escape pods? You might be surprised! So, come along and find out and maybe laugh at us. Staring Molly Ringwald (her second film!), Peter Strauss and Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters!).
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Ep. 20: The Horror, the horror (Star Wars Holiday, 1978)
Dec 24, 202401:10:58Tap to summarizeWhat can you say about the pinnacle of the Star Wars franchise? Come find out as Ryen and Nathan discuss Star Wars!!! The holiday special. The greatest stars of the late 70s shine bright in this universe... Bea Arthur! Art Carney! Harvey Horman! Diahann Carroll! Rediscover why we love sci-fi as we lavish praise on one of the art form's finest examples. Watch Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford phone in reprise performances and then hang-up that phone. Amazing stuff.
Transcribe →Ep. 19: The Horns of Dragnet (Countdown, 1967)
Dec 16, 202400:41:47Tap to summarizePSA: Listen to this episode but maybe don't bother watching the movie Countdown?Ryen and Nathan discuss 1967's Space Race yawnfest "Countdown" directed by seven-time Oscar nominated director Robert Altman's. This film stars James Caan and Robert Duvall and contains as much entertainment as it does cross-talk.
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Ep. 18: Candy Corn Cleavage! (The Thing, 1982)
Oct 31, 202401:03:05Tap to summarizeHappy Halloween! Join Ryen and Nathan as they watch John Carpenter's 1982 horror/sci-fi film: "The Thing!". Staring Kurt Russell. Music by Ennio Morricone. Antarctica!
Transcribe →Ep. 17: Pug Continuity (Dune, 1984)
Oct 25, 202401:24:00Tap to summarizet h e s p i c e. Join us as we review Dune, David Attenborough's policy changing documentary about the worms of Arrakis. Sounds boring? It's not! Better understand the science of lactation, genetic engineering and biogerontology now on The Escape Pod!
Transcribe →Ep. 16: Smoked by the Wilburys (Millennium, 1989)
Sep 11, 202401:16:08Tap to summarizeCan you guess how many escape pods are used in the latest episode of The Escape Pod!?Get ready to crash your plane with us and watch the time travelers come running to take you into a future where you can repopulate the earth by breeding with ordinary folks from the 1960, 70s and 80s; people who expect fine dining aboard their jetliners staffed with well groomed smiling attendants that will light your cigarettes for you and maybe tell you how good it is to see you.Only an air crash survivor can be the air crash investigator this world needs. Or maybe doesn't need as it does kind of go to hell in the end.It's 1989's Millennium! Starring Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd and Maury Chaykin. You can watch it on Youtube!
Transcribe →Season Two Teaser
Sep 7, 202400:02:40Tap to summarizeComing up this season!!!Millennium, 1989Dune, 1984Countdown, 1967Space Hunter, 1983World on a Wire Part 1 , 1973World on a Wire Part 2, 1973Predator 2, 1990
Transcribe →Ep. 15: The Full Salvo (Buck Rogers, 1979)
Sep 10, 202101:02:14Tap to summarizeThe grooviest time traveler from .... the 80's, finds himself unfrozen 500 years later in the midst of a shady trade alliance between super square future Earth & a Draconian alien Empire. But does he still have the moves? This week in the Escape Pod! Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Transcribe →Ep. 14: Quip Show (Running Man, 1987)
Aug 25, 202101:17:23Tap to summarizeContent warning: Brief mentions of sexual assault portrayed in the film.WE'RE BACK!!!Arnold is in all his 1987 glory along side Richard Dawson as his evilest gnaeshow host version of himself & Venesualan Diva Maria Conchita Alonso.Arnold & Maria are running for their lives in a dystopian gameshow nightmare, when the could have just gone to Hawaii.This week in the Escape Pod! is 1987's The Running Man.
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