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The EscapeGoat Podcast

A discussion podcast about most things, flaws and all. Gruntled. Misleading, but not wrong. Hosted (usually) by David Faggiani. Now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube. Released fortnightly on Sundays.

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01:23:53

Episode 32 - System of a Down

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2021/05/23

This week... I'm not on the show! Which is a novelty. Instead, many-times-prior guests Matt and Isobel host, and discuss the innovative and eccentric Armenian-American metal band System of a Down, a topic very close to both their hearts. They chat about their fervent fandom, youthful and not-so-youthful gig and album memories, and then spend a serious negotiation coming up with a joint 'Top 5' tracks of the band. A great enthusiastic discussion, whether you love SOAD or not! 0.00 General discussion

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02:00:57

Episode 31 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

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2021/05/09

Cat returns to the show for the first of hopefully two episodes about her and David's respective favourites in the Legend of Zelda game series! After about 30 mins of chat about their recent podcasting efforts, they get onto chatting about the stone-cold N64 classic, Ocarina of Time (Nintendo, 1998). This includes digressions into fictional maps, orientalism, bisexuality, The Terminator and which tunic Adult Link looks hottest in. Enjoy! 0.00 General chat/making podcasts 0.30 Ocarina of Time You

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01:48:16

Episode 30 - The Sopranos (Seasons 3 & 4)

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2021/04/25

Matt is my guest this week for our 30th episode, discussing his first impressions of Seasons 3 and 4 of The Sopranos (1999-2007, HBO), which he's watching for the first time. This follows on from our episode on the first two seasons last year. N.B. This podcast contains no spoilers for The Sopranos beyond the end of Season 4, so if you've only seen that far, it's safe to listen! We do make references back to Seasons 1 and 2, as you might imagine. 0.00 Intro 0.08 Season 3 0.55 Season 4 You can find

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03:15:21

Episode 29 - To Play The King

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2021/04/05

In this installment, I welcome Kit back to the show, to continue our deep dive on the BBC House of Cards series, with the middle part of the trilogy To Play The King (1993, BBC). Also featuring chat about Trump, The Justice League... and, if you stick around til after the credits... some UK politics. Who are we kidding... politics throughout. SPOILERS for House Of Cards and To Play The King. We make minor veiled references to The Final Cut, but spoiler-free we hope, as we'll be back for that

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02:16:04

Episode 28 - Doctor Who (Season 6)

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2021/03/21

This time, I am joined by the wonderful Colleen Cheetham-Gerrard to talk first (relatively briefly) about the WandaVision finale, which had just aired two days ago when we recorded this! Subsequently, we talk about a mutual passion - Doctor Who (1963-, BBC) and more specifically, the Matt Smith/Karen Gillan-starring Season 6 (2011)! Is it fantastic? Flawed? As usual, a bit of both? Listen on... 0.00 WandaVision 0.33 Doctor Who and us in general 0.49 Season 6 in detail You can find the show on

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01:54:24

Episode 27 - Hail to the Thief

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2021/03/07

In this episode, Matt and Rich join me to talk about the slightly divisive 2003 album Radiohead album Hail to the Thief. We discuss what Radiohead mean and meant to us, where they were at in 2003, and the strengths and weaknesses of the album in question. Hope you enjoy! 0.00 General intro chat 0.16 Radiohead and our experience with them 0.47 Hail to the Thief specifically You can find the show on Twitter at @EGoat_pod (or tweet at me on @D_Faggiani) and email us with any feedback

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02:43:09

Episode 26 - Gormenghast (2000)

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2021/02/21

New episode, featuring YouTube creator and author George Daniel Lea! After a fun time discussing everything from contemporary horror game Visage to puzzle game classic Lemmings 2 to The Chronicles of Narnia to the ITV sitcom Vicious... we finally (at the 1hr mark) get around to chatting about the main focus of the episode, the Mervyn Peake adaptation Gormenghast (2000, BBC). We talk about the show's amazing ensemble cast, its startling aesthetics, and its differences from Peake's very idiosyncratic

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02:01:27

Episode 25 - The Time Machine (1960)

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2021/02/07

For this edition, I welcome back Nannina Gilder, to talk about another Rod Taylor movie (and another of my all time favourites!). We discuss The Time Machine (1960, George Pal) as well as our backgrounds with the Wells novella from 1895, sci-fi in general, and what little we can remember of the 2002 adaptation! Enjoy chat about Morlocks, Eloi, pre-Facebook Asimov internet message boards, offensive adventure fiction tropes and The Big Lebowski. 0.00 General chat/intro 0.24 The Time Machine as a

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02:23:33

Episode 24 - Spaced

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2021/01/24

In this episode, John returns, to discuss one of his favourite shows with me, that being the cult British sitcom Spaced (1999-2001, Channel 4). We talk about the choices Jessica Hynes and Simon Pegg made in bringing the show to the screen, as well as the indelible signature of Edgar Wright as director, and what the other actors contribute to the whole mix. We then have a brief chat about the 'Cornetto Trilogy' of movies (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World's End), particularly what approaches

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01:48:30

Episode 23 - The US Presidential Election 2020 - pt 2...

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2021/01/11

For the second part of a conversation either side of the US Election, I am joined this week by Tierney Hamilton, and also by my friends Megan and Sophie. In the first half, we discuss events since the November election, and how Trump and Biden have played the situation. We also unavoidably discuss the storming of Capitol Hill by a pro-Trump mob on 6th January (we were recording on 9th January, so it's pretty fresh). We discuss the possibilities and benefits of impeachment. In the second part we

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01:40:47

Episode 22 - Whatever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow?

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2020/12/27

To see out 2020 (phew), I am joined by Jonny Kiehlmann to chat about the Alan Moore comics gem, the Superman 'finale' Whatever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow? (1986, DC Comics). We also ramble a bit about other Moore works, and some other notable Superman stories, as well as 'endings' in popular heroic fiction generally. Give it a listen, and Happy New Year in advance! See you in 2021. 0.00 Intro and general chat 0.23 Whatever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow? 1.10 'Endings' in ongoing heroic

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02:17:50

Episode 21 - House of Cards (1990)

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2020/12/13

This week, I'm delighted to welcome Kit Power to the show! After some initial and vaguely relevant discussion about Season 4 of The Crown (Netflix, 2016-), we proceed to a thorough chat about a mutual favourite, the 1990 BBC TV political drama miniseries House of Cards, starring Ian Richardson and Susannah Harker. SPOILERS for House Of Cards itself, and very minor spoilers for the US remake show (Netflix, 2013-2018). We make minor references to To Play the King and The Final Cut, but these are

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01:42:26

Episode 20 - The Birds

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2020/11/29

On this 20th installment, I'm joined by my friend Nannina to talk about one of my favourite films, The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock, 1963). After a general catch up about the post-Election landscape in late November 2020 in the US, we turn to discussion of the indelible Hitchcock movie, in terms of its focus, its characters and its startling aesthetic style. We also touch on the original 1953 short story, by Daphne du Maurier. We then move on to the sad topic of Tippi Hedren's artistically productive but

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02:48:33

Episode 19 - Inside No 9

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2020/11/15

This week, it’s my pleasure to take a break from electoral matters, and welcome my friend John to the show (in what ended up being our longest episode yet) to talk about the dark comedy anthology TV show Inside No 9 (BBC, 2014-). We’re both big fans. After some general discussion of the show and our backgrounds with Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, we get into specific analysis of (what else?) 9 episodes that we’ve picked as favourites to chat about in more detail. SPOILERS for these episodes

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01:23:07

Episode 18 - The US Presidential Election 2020 - pt 1

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2020/10/25

For the first part of a conversation either side of 3rd November, I am joined this week by Tierney Hamilton, for a discussion of current US Politics ahead of the rapidly-approaching Presidential Election. In the first half, we have a general political discussion, and get an idea of the mood on the ground in Tierney's part of the States (Rochester, NY). From 41 minutes in, we talk more about the performance of the Trump and Biden campaigns, how we feel about how it's all going, and we make a few

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01:35:35

Episode 17 - The Sopranos (Seasons 1 & 2)

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2020/10/11

Matt joins me for a chat about his first impressions of the first two seasons of The Sopranos (1999-2007, HBO). He has just finished watching them for the first time, and I'm a massive long-term fan, so I couldn't resist getting his take on the early stages of the show! We also ramble a bit at the start about the current commercial state of cinema in late 2020, and somehow drift from The Sopranos into Close Encounters of The Third Kind at some point. N.B. This podcast contains no spoilers for The

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02:20:30

Episode 16 - Happiness

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2020/09/27

In this episode, I welcome Isobel back to the show! After getting distracted with other topics (mostly, my recent rewatch of Season 3 of The Wire - minor spoilers for that show) we turn to an examination of the VERY dark comedy/drama movie Happiness (Todd Solondz, 1998). Skip straight to 34 minutes in for that. It’s a fun conversation, but also touches on some very dark themes, as the movie does. So, content warnings for discussion of harassment, sexual abuse/paedophilia and sexual assault. 0.00

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01:45:25

Episode 15 - The Black Adder

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2020/09/13

This week, I welcome Matt back to the podcast, to talk about a very unusual and much maligned semi-obscurity... the first series of a subsequently highly revered UK comedy, The Black Adder (1983, BBC Television). Is it as bad as its reputation suggests? And what did the following more acclaimed Blackadder series take from it... and what did they leave behind? Matt and I recall our childhood background with the show, discuss The Black Adder in general, including its cast and style, and then examine

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01:58:19

Episode 14 - The Game of Thrones finale/The Deadwood...

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2020/08/29

For this episode... we present the unearthed EscapeGoat pilot! A conversation recorded in June 2019, with the thought of being a dry run for a potential podcast which eventually became this show! In this chat (recorded face to face in a very hot room), Rich and I talked about the then-recent finale episode of Game of Thrones (2011-19, HBO) and what we made of it, and indeed some of the general direction of the show. We go on to talk about the (again) then-recent comeback special/belated finale of

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01:40:59

Episode 13 - Pokemon/Monster In My Pocket

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2020/08/16

This week, I'm joined by Olivia, to discuss two respective childhood passions with some similarities - the Pokemon and Monster in My Pocket franchises! We discuss our introduction to the brands as kids, our passion for collecting and exploring these worlds, and the origins, inspirations and symbolism behind the monsters in each series. Olivia talks about how her recent acquisition of Pokemon Shield for the Nintendo Switch has helped her cope with lockdown, and I share how similar rediscovery of my

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