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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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01:51:20

Episode 12 - The Road Runner cartoons

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2020/08/02

This week, I welcome back both Rich and Dru to the show, for an extremely enjoyable discussion of the classic Warner Bros Chuck Jones-directed Road Runner cartoons! We have a general chat about why we think they're so brilliant, talk a bit about the context of their creation, and get shamelessly in-depth about some of our favourite gags from the series (particularly from the first 10 films in the series, 1949-1957) and why we think they are enduringly fantastic and creative. Had such a good time

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01:30:09

Episode 11 - The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

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2020/07/19

This week, my friend Daniel joins me for the first time, to discuss a shared passion of ours, the stories of Roald Dahl! In the first half we focus pretty closely on discussion of Dahl's longish short story The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. In the second half, we broaden the scope to talk a little bit about Dahl's other works, particularly some of his more popular children's fiction, and their ideas around retributive and 'childish' justice. Works discussed include Charlie and the Chocolate

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02:04:44

Episode 10 - Romantic Comedies

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2020/07/05

In our 10th episode, Cat returns to talk to me about how the US TV industry has been faring since we spoke in April, and a little bit about how US Politics is shaping up ahead of the November Presidential, and in light of the continuing COVID chaos. We then get on to the main topic of discussion, that of romantic comedy movies. We mainly focus on 500 Days of Summer (Marc Webb, 2009), When Harry Met Sally (Rob Reiner, 1989) and Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977). Other films we touch on include Me Before

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01:47:54

Episode 09 - All About Eve/Meet The Feebles

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2020/06/14

On this episode, Matt returns, to discuss with me a film double-bill about the perils and pitfalls of getting ahead, knowing who to trust and being an older actress in the theatre world - that is, All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950) and Meet The Feebles (Peter Jackson, 1989). After that, we have a brief and hopefully mildly-amusing post-show chat about Star Wars! 0.00 All About Eve 0.56 Meet The Feebles 1.36 Post-show chat You can find the show on Twitter at @EGoat_pod (or tweet at me

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02:01:27

Episode 08 - The Pixies

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2020/05/31

On Episode 08 of the show, Rich returns! We chat for a while about some television we've been watching recently (and some old associations with it). We then move onto the meat of the episode - a discussion of the early (1987-1992) recording career of the utterly seminal US Alt Rock band The Pixies. We meanderingly traverse their discography, pick out some track highlights, and debate what the band meant to us and what they mean to us now! 0.00 Intro/TV discussion 0.35 The Pixies: Come on Pilgrim,

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01:58:22

Episode 07 - Who Framed Rodger Rabbit?

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2020/05/17

On this episode, I sit down with my friend Dru to gush lovingly about the live-action/cartoon LA noir classic Who Framed Rodger Rabbit? (Robert Zemeckis, 1988). In Part 1, we blether on about various fantastic aspects of Rodger Rabbit, the work of Bob Hoskins and Christopher Llloyd in the film, and some of the political resonances of Doom's plan and of the existence and treatment of the Toons in general, as well as our idea for a prequel comic. In Part 2, we get a little bit more into some of the

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01:54:25

Episode 06 - All Good Things/The TNG movies/ST: Picard

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2020/05/03

In this installment of the show, Isobel returns, and we discuss All Good Things, the classic finale episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994). We talk about what makes All Good Things such an effective and emotional episode of television, and touch on its themes of trauma, healing and solidarity. We then move on to kvetch about a few things which arguably provide a less-satisfying capstone to the Next Generation story - namely, the four TNG movies (1994-2002) and the recent Star Trek:

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02:22:47

Episode 05 - Ex Machina/Upgrade

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2020/04/26

In this episode, I'm joined by my friend Cat Hamilton, from LA. We talk a little bit about the current state of the US TV industry (which Cat works in), its short-term reactions to the current Covid-19 crisis, and the future directions it might evolve into, to survive. Speaking of evolution and survival, we then move onto the primary focus of the episode, in discussion of two sci-fi/AI-focused movies from the 2010s, Ex Machina (Alex Garland, 2015) and Upgrade (Leigh Whannell, 2018), and our thoughts

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01:59:06

Episode 04 - South Park (Season 5)

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2020/04/18

This week, I welcome Matt back to the podcast, and am also joined by Olivia Broome, to talk about South Park (1997-, Comedy Central) in general, as well as conducting a full episode-by-episode retrospective on Season 5 of the show, which aired over the course of 2001, and contains episodes including Scott Tenorman Must Die, Super Best Friends, Kenny Dies and Butters' Very Own Episode. We discuss the approach and attitudes of Trey Parker and Matt Stone's work as a whole, as well as their development

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01:56:47

Episode 03 - The Dollars Trilogy/Red Dead Redemption

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2020/04/11

This week, I'm joined by Richard Gilbert to discuss a fairly broad swathe of Westerns. First, we talk Sergio Leone and the 'Dollars Trilogy', with particular focus on The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Leone, 1966). We definitely touch on mythological tropes, and we probably get a bit pretentious. We then chat about the first three episodes of The Mandalorian (Disney+, 2019-) and especially how it echoes Leone stylings and themes. We then move on to me interviewing Rich about his experience playing the

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02:03:06

Episode 02 - Star Trek: Voyager

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2020/04/04

In this episode, I'm joined by my friend Isobel McNally to discuss the television series Star Trek: Voyager (UPN, 1995-2001). Isobel and I discuss our childhood and adolescent Trek fandom, where Voyager sits in our regards, and how it's aged in our eyes, and those of the wider Trek community. We review some of our highlights (and lowlights) of the seven seasons of Voyager, and talk a little bit about where the franchise has been more recently, and our current relationship with all things Trek. (N.B

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01:33:20

Episode 01 - Day of the Dead/World War Z

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2020/03/28

Welcome to the first episode of a podcast about most things, flaws and all. And thus completely impossible to promote effectively or monetize. I'm your host David Faggiani. In this first attempt, I am joined by my brother Matt to discuss two pretty important pieces of Zombie fiction - the movie Day of the Dead (George A. Romero, 1985) and the fictional oral history novel World War Z (Max Brooks, published 2006). We touch on the meaning of both these works to us, and discuss the wider Zombie genre,

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