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The Fire Escape

Storytelling Podcasts

Welcome to The Fire Escape, the official podcast of The Colloquial. Our purpose is to deliver easy and fun content about highbrow subjects. We want to tear down the gatekeepers. We want to use familiar language for complicated topics or discuss familiar topics with a more theoretical approach.

Location:

United States

Description:

Welcome to The Fire Escape, the official podcast of The Colloquial. Our purpose is to deliver easy and fun content about highbrow subjects. We want to tear down the gatekeepers. We want to use familiar language for complicated topics or discuss familiar topics with a more theoretical approach.

Language:

English

Contact:

12053170802


Episodes
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"Everything Everywhere All at Once" w/ Caitlin Durante

5/13/2022
The Bechdel Cast More Caitlin Durante things

Duration:01:00:06

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Hopeful Darkness in "The Batman"

5/6/2022
Colter and Pete talk about Matt Reeve's film 'The Batman" now streaming on HBO Max.

Duration:00:40:00

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Atlanta & CODA

4/29/2022
Peter and Colter kick off the new format with a simple question, what piece of storytelling is meaningful to you right now? It’s a mouthful of a question but we specifically worded it this way to take the pressure off of trying to name your favorite X or the best Y. Sometimes you are in a moment where one piece of art is taking up all of your brain space. We all have those moments where something is our favorite thing at that moment even if it won’t be in a few years/months/weeks. With that...

Duration:00:45:14

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We're Back!

4/27/2022
The Lads are back and have a new format. All will be revealed.

Duration:00:28:11

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Adult Bones

1/21/2022
Colter has big news and Peter is excited for Amazon's "The Rings of Power." She'll be right, mate.

Duration:00:43:48

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Happy Nautilus Year

1/7/2022
The Lads share their hopes for 2022 and a little about their Christmases; Peter got a mermaid carving for Christmas and Colter got Covid.

Duration:00:54:07

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Have Yerself a Happy Christmas

12/17/2021
Colter and Pete chat about Christmas traditions and "Get Back".

Duration:00:29:17

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OSPM (Outer Space Per Minute)

12/3/2021
Colter and Pete help you make an informed financial decision on your future space tourism.

Duration:00:29:58

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Mexico, Again (10 Minute Version) (Colter's Version)

11/19/2021
This time it's Colter's turn to tell Pete about Mexico, and also, kangaroos.

Duration:01:04:12

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All Hywel's Ween 2021

10/29/2021
The Lads read scary stories, such as W.W. Jacobs' classic "The Monkey's Paw" and talk about the new movie, Dune. Closing song "Is There a Ghost" by Band of Horses.

Duration:00:52:44

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Help Wanted

10/15/2021
The U.K.'s Delta Surge is Collapsing. Will Ours? - Intelligencer

Duration:00:45:03

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Long Island is Full of BMWs

10/2/2021
Please go see Neal Brennan's Unacceptable if you are able to.

Duration:00:48:24

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Oh Down in Mexico

9/18/2021
Pete tells Colter about the ancient and modern Mayans.

Duration:00:57:57

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Bishop Sycamore Booster Club

9/6/2021
Colter and Pete talk Texas, Afghanistan, and fake high school football.

Duration:01:01:53

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Expert Analysis on Afghanistan and Minneapolis

8/20/2021
Peter tries to guess at what language they speak in Afghanistan, and Colter has a theory about the Twin Cities and hotel rooms.

Duration:00:47:09

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The Olympics and Medieval Literature

7/30/2021
July is coming to a close, the Olympics are on, and the chivalric order is so in right now. Peter and Colter ask why NOBODY is talking about ANY of it.

Duration:00:58:46

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A Belated Independence Day

7/9/2021
Euro Championship Own Goal History! Lego Crime! Schadenfreude!

Duration:00:49:23

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The Saturn Conspiracy

6/23/2021
Old Saturns Are Rising In Value Faster Than Any Other Car Brand What Seaspiracy Got Wrong (Vox) 'Too big to cancel': can we still listen to Michael Jackson? (The Guardian)

Duration:00:49:22

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2003, the Best Year for Movies?

6/5/2021
Colter and Peter discuss mystery television, Nando's, Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the 76th Annual Academy Awards.

Duration:00:53:48

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He Shall be Elon

5/21/2021
The. Lads talk Tesla's "Auto Pilot".

Duration:00:49:53