Escape From New York Minute: Recent Episodes
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Escape From New York Minute celebrates and analyzes the 1981 dystopian classic Escape From New York one minute at a time. New episodes of the podcast are posted three times per week.
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The end credits end, and Eric and Molly look back on the show and give out guest awards.
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Guest: Daniel Gehen, the Chock Full O' Nuts contest winner
As the end credits keep rolling, we realize a lot of the people who worked on the movie are long-time John Carpenter collaborators.
Guest: Brian Campus
Interesting facts are shared about the cast and crew as the end credits continue.
Guest: Alex Thompson
The President plays the all-important tape for the all-important summit, but it turns out Snake swapped it for swing music. Then the movie fades out and the end credits begin.
Guest: Alex Thompson
Hauk offers Snake a job, which Snake isn't even remotely interested in.
Guest: Alex Thompson
Snake wants only one thing from the President for rescuing him - an answer to a simple question.
Guest: Jon Bampton
The countdown clock hits zero, and Snake is still alive. Also, our guest talks about being the inventor of the replica countdown clock wrist watch.
Guest: Jonathan Zufi
Snake makes it over the wall and has the mini bombs in his arteries neutralized. Also, our guest talks about being the writer of the Escape From New York comic book. Guest: Christopher Sebela
The President is pulled up and over the wall, but The Duke prevents Snake from also escaping.
Guest: Ryan Clarey
Maggie tries to shoot The Duke, but instead is killed when he runs her over with his car.
Guest: Ryan Clarey
Rodger Bumpass is the voice of Squidward. But he also is one of the dancers in the Broadway show scene in Escape From New York. He joins Eric and Molly to discuss that scene, plus Spongebob Squarepants and some other voice roles in his long career.
Instead of continuing to try to escape with Snake, Maggie stays behind to try to avenge Brain's death.
Guest: Pete Wright
Nicholas James has a long career in sound that includes a lot more than being the foley editor on Escape From New York. He joins Eric and Molly to discuss the interesting way he got into the industry, Terminator 2, Starship Troopers, Total Recall, and the differences of working on foley, sound effects, and dialogue editing.
Snake starts driving across the 69th Street Bridge. Also, a discussion breaks out about when kids should start watching R-rated movies.
Guest: Maddie Deutsch
Cabbie arrives in the nick of time to help Snake and the crew get away, and also reveals he has the all-important tape.
Guest: Maddie Deutsch
Snake is the only one not exhausted after walking down to the World Trade Center lobby, and Brain once again talks his way out of a jam.
Guest: Jason Stephens
Snake reaches the roof of the World Trade Center, only to find himself in the middle of a battle, and the Gullfire being tossed over the edge.
Guest: Jason Stephens
The crowd takes off after being told Brain took the President, and Snake goes back to the World Trade Center.
Guest: Jason Stephens
The crowd starts chanting Snake's name, and The Duke is made aware Brain took the President. Also, the episode goes completely off the rails after Molly disgustingly admits she likes pineapple on pizza.
Guest: Sean German
Snake wins his battle against Slag, driving a spiked bat into the back of his head.
Guest: Sean German
Brain kills Romero, and Snake gets ready for round two of his battle against Slag.
Guest: Sean German
Cinematographer Dean Cundey joins Eric and Molly to discuss the filming of Escape From New York, his frequent collaborations with John Carpenter, and his long, groundbreaking career.
Snake enters a boxing ring and meets his opponent - a gigantic, hairy brute named Slag.
Guest: C.S. Farrelly
Snake is brought down a long hallway, and enters a giant room to loud boos.
Guest: C.S. Farrelly
Brain deduces that Snake used the World Trade Center to land the Gullfire, and Hauk reads the prisoners' demands.
Guest: C.S. Farrelly
The guards find the President's briefcase, and Brain and Maggie try to figure out their next move.
Guest: Jack Stovold
Helicopters close in on Central Park as the guards continue their search for any sign of the President.
Guest: Jack Stovold
Romero primps for the President and ends up taking the all-important cassette. Also, with no guest and Producer Brad absent, Molly and Eric go a bit off-kilter.
The Duke makes the President quote Frank Sinatra at gun point. Guest: Christopher Weedman
Hauk contemplates what could be going on inside the prison, as helicopters search for activity. Guest: Phillip Mottaz
Snake kills a guy with a throwing star, takes an arrow to the leg, and finally finds the President.
Guest: Robert Black
Brain tries to small talk his way inside the train where the President is being held, but he isn't very good at it.
Guest: Robert Black
Snake plows through a mountain made out of cars to escape the Broadway gang.
Guest: Robert Black
Snake is running out of options to get away from the Broadway gang, and Brain isn't much help.
Guest: Andy Nelson
Snake, Brain, and Maggie drive down Broadway, where really bad things can happen, like decapitation.
Guest: Andy Nelson
Snake easily takes out two of The Duke's men, who have interesting fashion tastes.
Guest: Andy Nelson
Snake convinces Brain and Maggie to join his mission.
Guests: Jeff Glover and Jon Zabriskie
Snake meets Brain, but it turns out they've met before under bad circumstances.
Guest: Carol Pinchefsky
Maggie lets Snake and Cabbie into the library, and leads them down a hallway. Guest: Carol Pinchefsky
Snake and Cabbie meet Maggie, who is not impressed with either one of them.
Guest: Brad Mendenhall
Cabbie tells Snake who has the President - it's The Duke of New York.
Guest: Brad Mendenhall
Snake takes a quiet moment for reflection as he considers the bad situation he's in.
Guests: Niall McGowan and Jon Parker
Snake believes the mission is a failure, but Hauk won't allow him to give up.
Guests: Niall McGowan and Jon Parker
Snake thinks he’s found the president, but it turns out to be a random drunk guy. Guests: Niall McGowan and Jon Parker
In a special bonus episode, Eric and Molly discuss the deleted opening bank robbery scene, and then go off on a tangent about director's cuts, prequels, and Star Wars movies.
Snake declines to stop a horrible rape, and then fends off some attackers.
Guest: Curtis Bloes
A unique Broadway show is performed, but only Cabbie seems to be enjoying it.
Guest: Curtis Bloes
Snake finds no survivors at the plane wreck, and approaches a run-down theater.
Guest: Harper W. Harris
Snake takes in his surroundings - first inside the World Trade Center, and then on the streets of Manhattan.
Guest: Kevin Young
Snake lands the Gullfire on the top of the World Trade Center and takes a stroll across the roof.
Guest: Kevin Young
Snake navigates the Gullfire through Manhattan's streets, with the assistance of some awesome digital readouts.
Guest: Kathleen Mocklin
Snake takes him time walking down the runway and gets in the Gullfire.
Guest: Kathleen Mocklin
It turns out the thing Snake was injected with were two mini bombs in his arteries, and he's not happy about it.
Guest: Rich Drees
Snake gets injected with something, as Hauk finally gives the full details of his mission.
Guest: Rich Drees
Snake gets an awesome countdown clock to wear on his wrist, but Hauk reveals he has less time on his mission than originally told.
Guest: Rich Drees
Snake checks out all the awesome weapons he can use on his mission.
Guest: Alan Sanders
Snake lets Hauk know he doesn't care at all about the mission, the president, or the country.
Guest: Alan Sanders
Romero shows he means business, revealing that he has the President's severed finger. Guest: Chris Frain
Hauk tries to negotiate with Romero, a prisoner who is way out there. Guest: Chris Frain
Hauk and the guards search the streets for the pod and find it, but the President isn't in it.
Guest: David Forsythe
Air Force One crashes, but it looks like the President's pod escaped in time.
Guest: David Forsythe
The Secret Service can't stop the hijacker, so the President gets into a wacky escape pod.
Guest: Walt Murray
The plane in trouble turns out to be Air Force One, and it's been hijacked.
Guest: Walt Murray
Bob Hauk, the police commissioner, shows up on the scene and is told about a small plane in trouble.
Guest: Walt Murray
Two guys on a raft try to escape from New York, but it doesn't go well. Guest: Sam Stovold
A narrator and cool graphics do some Escape From New York world building. Guest: Sam Stovold
Eric and Molly introduce themselves and discuss the movie's original trailer and poster.