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Reality Escape Pod - Escape Rooms & Immersive Games

David Spira & Peih-Gee Law

A Room Escape Artist Production In a world gone digital, doing things in person is strangely revolutionary. Reality Escape Pod is an interview podcast diving deep with people who make the world’s best immersive games and experiences: ARGs, puzzle hunts, tabletop games, theme parks, and of course, escape rooms. Our aim is to bring together different segments of the gaming world to share ideas between them. Hosts David Spira & Peih-Gee Law explore immersive gaming from all angles with a unique

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68:27

"They cry" Laura Kröger on Odysseus & Finnish Larp ...

Reality Escape Pod - Escape Rooms & Immersive Games ·

2026/04/07

"One of the highlights of the Finnish larp is heavy, hard emotions. Crying is very much associated with Nordic style and Finnish style larping."Have you ever wanted to trauma bond with a hundred strangers aboard a spaceship while fleeing an alien threat? Do you want to be emotionally devastated while making hard choices about love, sacrifice, and humanity? Then Finnish larp is for you! Laura Kröger is the lead producer and narrative director of Odysseus, a large-scale sci-fi larp run in

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59:51

Puzzle Master Will Shortz, The Complete Bonus Episode

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2026/03/24

In the first half of this episode, David and Peih-Gee were joined by episode guest Will Shortz. Together they discussed the proliferation of daily puzzles, talked about global trends in puzzling, and did an ideation session with WIll on how to add puzzles to the park that he is creating in Indiana. In the second half of the episode David and Peih-Gee were joined by Editor Steve. They gush about how great Will Shortz is, talk about some of the questions that they didn't ask in the main episode, and

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9:52

Neil Patrick Harris Commits Murder (Mystery)

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2026/03/17

Neil Patrick Harris & Chris Waters - The Capital One Neil Patrick Harris Murder Mystery: Paradise Lost (2025)In this episode, Neil Patrick Harris and Chris Waters of Constructed Adventures joined David and Peih-Gee to spoil the second Capital One Murder Mystery, this one on a private island. Want to listen to the rest of the episode? Support us on Patreon. When you support Room Escape Artist on Patreon at $15 per month (or above), you get access to the Spoilers Club, our exclusive podcast

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80:13

Best of Season 10: Editor’s Choice by Steve Ewing

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2026/03/10

Disney, Trivia Contests, Escape Rooms, Stephen Sondheim, Crosswords, and PuzzlesEagerly awaiting the next season of Reality Escape Pod? Great news! Season 11 is just around the corner. While you wait, enjoy a special compilation from Season 10. Our editor Steve Ewing, has chosen a memorable clip from every episode. It's the ideal way for new listeners to get acquainted with the podcast, and the perfect trip down memory lane for our devoted fans. This season featured a variety of talented

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80:57

NYC's $42,000 Puzzle Competition - Midnight Madness 2025

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2026/02/24

Nineteen teams of six players each descend on the streets of New York City. The entry fee is $42,000 per team, and the only prize is bragging rights. For twelve puzzle-packed hours, the teams must navigate New York City, all the way from the furthest reaches of Coney Island to the heart of Manhattan. This is Midnight Madness, New York City's most exclusive puzzle hunt.When you support Room Escape Artist on Patreon at $15 per month (or above), you get access to the Spoilers Club, our exclusive

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58:24

David & Lisa on Marriage Therapy Radio

Reality Escape Pod - Escape Rooms & Immersive Games ·

2026/02/17

This is a special one. Last month Zach Brittle, host of Marriage Therapy Radio reached out because he was curious what escape rooms could teach couples. After looking into his show and realizing that it's phenomenal, we decided to sit down for a conversation with him. What ensued was really special for both David and Lisa.

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The Gen Con Genesis of Game Night by CU Adventures

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2026/02/03

Anne and Chris Lukeman did something totally crazy when the brought a pipelined, actor-driven, escape room sampler complete with a boss battle to Gen Con in 2019.When you support Room Escape Artist on Patreon at $15 per month (or above), you get access to the Spoilers Club, our exclusive podcast where hosts David Spira and Peih-Gee Law chat in depth with creators about iconic escape rooms... spoilers and all! https://www.patreon.com/roomescapeartist

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80:44

S10E13: State of the Escapes with Lisa Spira

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2025/12/30

" I love shining a light on escape room creators and telling their stories."For the last 10 years, Lisa Spira of Room Escape Artist has been tracking the growth of the US Escape Room industry and publishing industry reports. For our Season 10 finale episode, Lisa joins us to talk about this year's annual report. New this year is a collaboration with previous REPOD sponsor Morty, an app that tracks individual games as well as escape room companies. Through this collaboration, Lisa was able to

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32:24

S10E12: Holiday Special (ft. The REA Team)

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2025/12/23

"A very twist ending. I don't think we were expecting it to go quite that way."The scent of cedar and cloves drift through the air, and all around the lights are twinkling. Boughs of holly and mistletoe decorate the rafters, and you've gathered friends and loved ones to celebrate. It's our first REPOD and PG's Playhouse crossover Holiday Special! To celebrate, we've invited our Podcast Producer, Theresa Piazza, and Room Escape Artist Contributor, Andrew Reynolds to join us for games, trivia,

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96:09

S10E11: BLOT, the RECON Game - starring Lyra Levin,...

Reality Escape Pod - Escape Rooms & Immersive Games ·

2025/12/16

" I appreciated your janitor's slow decline into madness."BLOT needs our help! The Bureau of Legitimate and Otherworldly Troubles has suffered a breach in their laboratory, and they need someone to clean up the mess. In the lab, there's a chalkboard to the left, a table with beakers and test tubes to the right and a small computer desk. The room is covered with a strange, gunky substance all over the walls and floor. What would you like to do? BLOT was the official game for RECON Remote 25,

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6:25

How The Hex Room makes you feel like you're in a movie

Reality Escape Pod - Escape Rooms & Immersive Games ·

2025/12/09

The Hex Room was an early iconic escape room with a unique mechanic. In fact, it is so unique, that to our best knowledge, no other escape room has attempted a similar game structure. Creators Luke and Madison Rhoades join us to talk about the history of The Hex Room. They opened this game in 2016, shortly after playing their first escape room, back in the very early years of escape rooms. I found it especially interesting learning about how this game was a response to the trend of public bookings

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80:34

S10E10 - Zach Sherwin, Creator of The Crossword Show

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2025/12/09

“ The joy of live performance is that we're all experiencing the same thing together and it unites us as a community.”When I think of crossword puzzles, I think of a quiet, cerebral exercise. It's often a solitary activity, maybe occasionally yelling out if anyone knows a four letter word for "milk's favorite cookie." When Zach Sherwin considered crossword puzzles, however, he thought, okay... but what if it also had comedians, rap, music, and just a little bit of chaos, all wrapped up in an

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S10E9 - Legendary Disney Imagineer: Doris Hardoon

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2025/12/02

"Guests have become more sophisticated and our product needs to follow suit."Disney Theme Parks have always been at the top when it comes to large scale, interactive entertainment attractions. Doris Hardoon is a legendary Imagineer, and we don't use that term lightly. Her creative vision has graced every Disney Castle Park on the planet, from EPCOT to Disneyland and Disneyland Paris to Disney's Animal Kingdom, Disney Cruise Line, and beyond. Doris took a break from Disney to run her own design

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67:51

S10E8 - The PuzzleTales of PostCurious with Rita...

Reality Escape Pod - Escape Rooms & Immersive Games ·

2025/11/25

"Screenwriting is like a puzzle that the writers are putting together."When a television screenwriter who loves puzzles and immersive experiences turns her attention to creating a boxed puzzle game, the result is beguiling and thoroughly engrossing. The Morrison Game Factory has a deeply intimate and emotional story that pulled at my heartstrings while still engaging my puzzle brain. Screenwriter Lauren Bello created The Morrison Game Factory as puzzle challenge during the pandemic. It would

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65:48

S10E7 - The Best Escape Room in the World: Jonathan...

Reality Escape Pod - Escape Rooms & Immersive Games ·

2025/11/18

" We're evolving the [escape room] experience towards something that's more theatrical, with puzzling, gaming, and immersive art all together."Magnifico is currently (as of November 2025) the top escape room in the world, as voted on by experienced escape room enthusiasts. For 2.5 hours, we were transported to another world where magic is real and anything is possible. This game was a culmination of Escaparium's signature style: epically sized and meticulously built sets with large-scale puzzles

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67:00

S10E6 - Play as Learning: Breakout EDU with Adam Bellow

Reality Escape Pod - Escape Rooms & Immersive Games ·

2025/11/11

"Bringing the escape room to the classroom."I might be just a teeny bit obsessed with disguising learning as play, and being tricked into learning. There is a joy to figuring things out for yourself, and iterating on past knowledge to further your skills. Besides the fun of solving puzzles, there is also a real sense of collaboration and the payoff from combining observation skills with critical thinking. Enter educator Adam Bellow. He saw the potential in escape rooms to hone the soft skills of

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S10E5 - Ambitious and Unhinged: Stephen & Stevie...

Reality Escape Pod - Escape Rooms & Immersive Games ·

2025/11/04

"Quietly ambitious and a bit unhinged."Somewhere in the Midwest, a talented young couple is quietly building an escape room empire. Their company, 60 to Escape, has over 12 different escape rooms across 3 locations, a puzzle-filled mini-golf experience, and a haunt so extensive and scenic that it was used as the set for a horror movie called Haunt Season on Amazon Prime. Stephen Kristof literally has entertainment in his blood. His parents owned a family entertainment center, and he grew up

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65:52

S10E4 - The Worlds Largest Trivia Contest with Jim...

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2025/10/28

" Think of it as a wild Midwestern version of the MIT mystery hunt for a slightly different crowd where people drink quite a bit more."For three whole days, over 10,000 trivia challengers descend on the tiny town of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, for The World's Largest Trivia Contest. The contest runs on the local college radio station at the University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point for 54 hours straight, asking eight questions per hour. Teams have only the length of two radio songs to call in their

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S10E3 - Will & Kim Rutherford, Escape Artist Greenville

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2025/10/21

"With a performer, players can make their own stories."Will and Kim Rutherford met at a summer pool party while in college. Kim recruited Will to help her win a floaty race across the pool. Alas, they lost. " I thought the floaty race was for fun and apparently it was for, I don't know, life bragging rights or something," says Will. Since then, the couple have gone on to many other creative adventures, including creating home haunts. Will even proposed to Kim on Halloween while they were both

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67:29

S10E2 - Exploring Stephen Sondheim's Deep...

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2025/10/14

"The Shakespeare of our time." Stephen Sondheim practically reinvented musicals with his flair for theatrical storytelling through his lyrics and music. A lesser known fact is that Sondheim also played a huge role in the puzzling world. Before he was famous for musicals like West Side Story, Sweeney Todd, and Sundays in the Park with George, Sondheim was the first puzzle editor for New York Magazine in the 1960s. Sondheim's obsession with puzzles and games lasted his whole life. He discovered

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