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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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04:11:38

Episode 69 - The EscapeGoat Podcast 5th Anniversary...

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2025/05/07

The celebration concludes! With a final set of chats about favourite television episodes. First up, we welcome back my brother Matt, with his formative memories of Jackass (Season 2, Episode 6 'Slingshot' from 2001). Next up we have Cat, returning to teach me the good word about the finale of much-loved sitcom The Good Place (Season 4, Episodes 13 & 14, 'Whenever You're Ready' from 2020). Then we have John, bringing the sunshine and illuminating the Christmas Special of The Morecambe and Wise

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01:36:34

And Ninthly... An Inside No 9 Podcast: Stage/Fright

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2025/04/23

So, here we are... and here, belatedly, is this special episode, with David and John's account of their trip to see the Inside No 9 stage show Stage/Fright in February 2025! And, at time of recording in mid April, it's been announced to be having a UK tour in the autumn! We discuss the show and our thoughts on it in general - SPOILERS start from 15 minutes in. Be warned. This is the end of And Ninthly... Thanks for listening, everyone. We've loved doing it :) If you want to hear previous bits of

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02:25:57

Episode 69 - The EscapeGoat Podcast 5th Anniversary...

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2025/04/18

The celebration of the Goat continues! In this episode, Isobel gloriously adapts the brief, and talks to me about the work of one of her favourite authors, the hilarious Jason Pargin (AKA David Wong), author of books including John Dies At The End and If This Book Exists, You're In The Wrong Universe. Following that, Jonny pops up to introduce me to a creative, award-winning (and memeable) episode of Community (Season 3, Episode 4 'Remedial Chaos Theory' from 2011). Shame I only had him for about 10

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03:02:37

Episode 69 - The EscapeGoat Podcast 5th Anniversary...

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2025/03/29

Happy 5th Anniversary to The EscapeGoat Podcast! And to mark it, we're doing a run of special episodes bringing back guests from all stages of the show's lifespan, talking (mostly) about some of their favourite episodes of television! This first installment is a dinosaur sandwich on cowboy bread (so to speak). First, we feature Nannina talking about the much-loved Firefly (Episode 11, "Jaynestown" from 2002). Secondly, Dru brings me an all-time double bill with The Jim Henson Hour episode "Living

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05:14:02

Episode 68 - Nightmares and Dreamscapes

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2024/12/31

Happy New Year! And here, for your unhinged pleasure, is me and returning guest Kit Power discussing our highlights of the 1993 Stephen King short story anthology Nightmares and Dreamscapes. For over (checks notes) 5 hours. An all-time record. Yikes. Vital timestamps below. ENJOY! And we'll be back with more later in the the year! 0.00 - Penguin/Joker 0.26 - N&D/the Intro 1.03 - Dolan's Cadillac 1.43 - Popsy 2.15 - The Doctor's Case 2.49 - Crouch End 3.20 - The End Of The Whole Mess 3.51 - It Grows

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02:09:35

Episode 67 - Return of the Jedi

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2024/10/17

Join me for our final episode of Series 5 in which Matt and Patrick gather with me to discuss the classic Star Wars movie (and shared personal treasure) Return of the Jedi (1983, Richard Marquand). Brace yourself for Sith, Walkers, Ewoks and Harrison Ford impressions! Yub Nub! The EscapeGoat Podcast will revenge... I mean, return..... 0.00 Intro 0.08 Star Wars in general 0.53 Return of the Jedi You can find the show on X at @EGoat_pod (or post at me on @D_Faggiani) and email us with any feedback

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03:53:29

Episode 66 - South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut/The...

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2024/10/04

On the penultimate episode of Series 5, we bring Kit back onto the show, to discuss two exemplars from the early years of South Park (Comedy Central, 1997-present). After a bit of chat about Kit's new horror short story podcast, we firstly delve into the movie South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (Trey Parker, 1999) - and how our thoughts on it in 2024 might differ from our teenage ones. We then have a discussion of Isaac Hayes, his relationship with the show, and, specifically, the end of said

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01:48:07

Episode 65 - Red Dwarf VII

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2024/07/27

We're back with a few more! James Murphy returns, to have a terrific chat about an influential, interesting but most-definitely flawed piece of media for both of us - that is, the seventh series of the sci-fi/comedy/drama show Red Dwarf (BBC, 1997). We cover Lister, Rimmer (and his departure!), The Cat, Kryten and his neuroses, Holly and, of course, Kochanski. Also, fan fiction, addiction, paradoxical assassinations and unlikely heroism. Gum? 0.00 Intro/preamble 0.12 Red Dwarf and our backgrounds

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02:07:32

And Ninthly... An Inside No 9 Podcast: S9 Ep6 -...

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2024/06/14

In this pretty-much-final helping of And Ninthly.. David and John are... well... a little bit overwhelmed, excited and emotional about the LAST EVER episode of Inside No 9 'Plodding On', which aired on 12 June 2024. And then we give our rankings for Series 9. Includes SPOILERS for... I'd say most IN9 episodes (this one, obviously, and quite a few others). Be warned! It's been a real trip, folks. Thank you anyone who listened and shared the episodes - we very much loved doing them, through the

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01:26:22

And Ninthly... An Inside No 9 Podcast: S9 Ep5 - Curse...

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2024/06/11

In this stirring movement of And Ninthly.. David and John mull the high and low notes of 'Curse of the Ninth', which aired on 5 June 2024. Includes SPOILERS for a few IN9 episodes (this one, obviously, and notably 'The Harrowing'). Be warned! And see you in a few days for our coverage of the last ever episode! Then Let Us Be. If you want to hear previous bits of David and John chatting about IN9, it's been the subject of a few EscapeGoat Podcast episodes - here are the links! Series 1-5: discussion

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01:09:45

And Ninthly... An Inside No 9 Podcast: S9 Ep4 - CTRL...

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2024/06/05

On this helping of And Ninthly.. David and John analyse their confinement in 'CTRL ATL ESC', which aired on 29 May 2024. Includes SPOILERS for a few IN9 episodes (this one, obviously, and notably 'The 12 Days of Christine'). We also discuss some aspects of the later seasons of The Sopranos. Be warned! The review of this episode I mention in our discussion was indeed on Den of Geek, and was written by Louisa Mellor - and here it is:

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01:02:03

And Ninthly... An Inside No 9 Podcast: S9 Ep3 -...

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2024/05/24

On this chapter of And Ninthly.. David and John twitch their curtains at 'Mulberry Close', which aired on 22 May 2024. Includes SPOILERS for a few IN9 episodes (this one, obviously, and notably 'Dead Line'). Be warned! If you want to hear previous bits of David and John chatting about IN9, it's been the subject of a few EscapeGoat Podcast episodes - here are the links! Series 1-5: discussion and highlights Series 6 (pt 1) Series 6 (pt 2) And you can find our episode-by-episode coverage of Series

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59:16

And Ninthly... An Inside No 9 Podcast: S9 Ep2 - The...

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2024/05/16

On this installment of And Ninthly.. David and John muse over the choices made by 'The Trolley Problem', which aired on 15 May 2024. Including SPOILERS for a few IN9 episodes (most notably 'The Stakeout' and 'Riddle of the Sphinx' but quite a few, really). Be warned! If you want to hear previous bits of David and John chatting about IN9, it's been the subject of a few EscapeGoat Podcast episodes - here are the links! Series 1-5: discussion and highlights Series 6 (pt 1) Series 6 (pt 2) And you

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01:24:40

And Ninthly... An Inside No 9 Podcast: S9 Ep1 - Boo...

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2024/05/11

Welcome back to And Ninthly...! For this first episode of the ninth and final series. David and John are once again joined by the superlative George Daniel Lea to analyse 'Boo To A Goose', which aired on 8 May 2024. We also catch up with George first about his reaction to the tail end of Series 8, including SPOILERS for a few IN9 episodes (most notably '3 x 3' and 'The Last Weekend'). Be warned! George is a prolific YouTube creator, mostly on videogames, pop culture and literature, whose channel can

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02:11:49

Episode 64 - The Hitch-Hiker/Point Break

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2024/04/30

On this installment, I'm joined again by Nannina, and we're talking about some great female film directors! After a bit of initial chat about Dorothy Arzner and her pre-Code movie Nana (which Nannina and I managed to watch together recently!).. we move onto the main double bill.... a chat about The Hitch-Hiker (1953, Ida Lupino) and Point Break (1991, Kathryn Bigelow). Fun is had. Enjoy! And Vaya Con Dios. 0.00 Intro/Preamble 0.16 The Hitch-Hiker 1.07 Point Break You can find the show on Twitter

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02:00:30

Episode 63 - Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life

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2024/04/17

This week, my brother Matt returns to the show! We have a terrifically fun chat about the deeply flawed, maniacally disturbing and nasty but still kind of wonderful movie Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983, Terry Jones). In the first half, we discuss our general thoughts and reactions to the movie, from childhood exposure to it, til now. In the second half, we do a discursive trawl in rough order through the film's disparate sketches, songs and nightmare fuel. We hope it's a good listen - we

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01:34:23

Episode 62 - Calvary

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2024/03/31

For this episode, I am pleased to be able to welcome back Christine Kelley to the podcast! After a bit of intro chat, we get on to the main topic - the Irish tragic black-comedy Calvary (2014, John Michael McDonagh), pretty much exactly on its 10th anniversary. We discuss the priesthood, guilt, politics, sardonic humour and animal murder - it's a good time! 0.00 Intro/preamble 0.13 Calvary (pt 1) 0.57 Calvary (pt 2) You can find the show on Twitter at @EGoat_pod (or tweet at me on @D_Faggiani) and

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02:22:19

Episode 61 - The Long Good Friday

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2024/03/29

This is Series 5! Come on in. We kick off this run with a brilliant combination of returning guests Kit Power and James Murphy, joining me to pick apart (well, gush over) the seminal, thrilling yet melancholic and haunting British Gangster movie The Long Good Friday (1980, John Mackenzie). We discuss Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren and the snapshot of dawn-of-Thatcher London presented here. Also politics, money, racism, queerness, violence... and Razors. Oh, and THAT ending. Spoilers. 0.00 Intro/preamble

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01:22:18

Episode 60 - The 60th Anniversary of Doctor Who (pt 2)

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2023/12/30

Part 2 of our 60th Anniversary Doctor Who coverage, including hot takes on The Church on Ruby Road - featuring previous guest Olivia returning to the show, and also for the first time the brilliant Patrick! 0.00 pt 1 - General chat about the recent Specials/Tennant/RTD 0.50 pt 2 - Thoughts about The Church on Ruby Road, and the future of the show Enjoy! And see you in 2024. You can find the show on X at @EGoat_pod (or post at me on @D_Faggiani) and email us with any feedback

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01:34:32

Episode 60 - The 60th Anniversary of Doctor Who (pt 1)

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2023/12/12

We're back for a pair of specials, ahead of the end of the year! In this first part, Colleen and Andrew discuss the three November/December 2023 Doctor Who Specials, featuring David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor - particularly The Giggle, which had just aired about 24 hours before we had the chat. It's first draft of history time, folks! Join us as we discuss strange quasi-retirements, fresh starts, disquiet, and, of course, comfort and joy. 0.00 pt 1 - General chat about the Specials/Tennant/RTD

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