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.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 118 minutes
- Episodes
- 92
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Episode 12 - The Road Runner cartoons
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 w…
Episode 11 - The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
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 shor…
Episode 10 - Romantic Comedies
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 Preside…
Episode 09 - All About Eve/Meet The Feebles
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, Al…
Episode 08 - The Pixies
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 disc…
Episode 07 - Who Framed Rodger Rabbit?
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 variou…
Episode 06 - All Good Things/The TNG movies/ST: Picard
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 suc…
Episode 05 - Ex Machina/Upgrade
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-…
Episode 04 - South Park (Season 5)
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 retros…
Episode 03 - The Dollars Trilogy/Red Dead Redemption
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 (…
Episode 02 - Star Trek: Voyager
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 Voya…
Episode 01 - Day of the Dead/World War Z
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 a…