Reality Escape Pod - Escape Rooms & Immersive Games
By David Spira & Peih-Gee Law
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Carey Kwok
Apr 4, 2021
David and Peih-Gee deep dive into the amazing world of escape rooms and games like no other podcast out there. Love the content and behind the scenes info they get and discuss!
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Your hosts David Spira & Peih-Gee Law explore immersive gaming from all angles.
Our guests have made awesome stuff: ARGs, puzzle hunts, tabletop games, and of course, escape rooms. Our aim is to bring together different segments of the gaming world and share ideas between them.
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S10E10 - Zach Sherwin, Creator of The Crossword Show
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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S10E9 - Legendary Disney Imagineer: Doris Hardoon
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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S10E8 - The PuzzleTales of PostCurious with Rita Orlov & Lauren Bello
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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S10E7 - The Best Escape Room in the World: Jonathan Driscoll and Sacha St. Denis of Escaparium
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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S10E6 - Play as Learning: Breakout EDU with Adam Bellow
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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S10E5 - Ambitious and Unhinged: Stephen & Stevie Kristof of 60 to Escape
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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S10E4 - The Worlds Largest Trivia Contest with Jim "The Oz" Oliva
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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S10E3 - Will & Kim Rutherford, Escape Artist Greenville
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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S10E2 - Exploring Stephen Sondheim's Deep Relationship with Puzzles (ft. Barry Joseph)
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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S10E1 - Will Shortz, The Puzzle Master
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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From The Vault: The Nightmare of Eveline Shadow Part 1, Entered & Logiclocks
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Season 9, Best of the REPOD Bonus Show
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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REPOD Season 9 Key Moments: Editor’s Choice by Steve Ewing
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Leaked! Blood on the Clocktower Bonus Show
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Death of a Swinger And Other Mysteries (ft. Reality Escape Pod)
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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You will NEVER be able to experience the Nightmare of Eveline Shadow (Spoilers Club Preview)
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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S9E12: Lockhill - Designing for Chaos
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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S9E11: Top Takeaways from 100 Episodes of REPOD
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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S9E10: Untangling Quantum Mechanics - Paul Kwiat of LabEscape
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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How Miss Jezebel Trolled Escape Room Players
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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S9E9: Ye Olden Days of Escape Rooms with Amanda Harris
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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S9E8: The Rise of the Golden Idol
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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S9E7: Omescape Sunnyvale's Sarah Zhang
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May 27, 2025 |
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S9E6: Steven Medway, Creator of Blood on the Clocktower
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May 20, 2025 |
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S9E5: MyssTic Rooms: Challenges, Constraints & Creativity
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May 13, 2025 |
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The History Behind "The Roosevelt Room" by Palace Games
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May 10, 2025 |
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S9E4: Magical Underworld of NYC, Great Gotham Challenge
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May 06, 2025 |
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S9E3: Mama Bazooka: Finding Your Muse
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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S9E2: Empirically Impossible: Neil Patrick Harris & Jonathan Bayme, Box Two
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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S9E1: MIT Mystery Hunt - James Douberley, Benevolent Dictator of Death & Mayhem
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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An Insane Interaction in China's Tomb Raider (ft. Rich Bragg & Dan Egnor)
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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David Spira on The ESCAPUZZLED Podcast
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Spoilers Club: Escape Woods
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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REPOD Season 8 Key Moments, Editor’s Choice by Steve Ewing
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Imaginary Worlds: Unlocking the Door Between Escape Rooms and Immersive Theater
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Leaked Bonus Show! The Escape Ventures (S8E8)
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Escape Room Difficult - Hatch Escape's The Ladder (Spoilers Club Preview)
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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CU Adventures S1E4 Throwback with Anne & Chris Lukeman
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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PG's Playhouse 3: Roadside Attractions (ft CU Adventures)
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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PG's Playhouse #2: Y2K with Tommy Honton
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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Designing & Maintaining 60Out's Wizard's Treasure (Spoilers Club Preview)
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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PG's Playhouse #1: Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie?
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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On the Importance of Working With Nice People (Bonus Preview)
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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The Wonder Factory: Francine Boon & Victor van Doorn of Sherlocked (S8E12)
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Designing Neurodivergent-Friendly & Accessible Escape Rooms with Sera Dodd (Bonus Preview)
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Life Lessons from 3,000 Escape Rooms: Sera Dodd (S8E11)
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Teasing PG's Playhouse with Sandy Weisz
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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Elegance in Puzzles: Sandy Weisz, The Mystery League (REPOD S8E10)
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Get Packing (Puzzles) with Oskar van Deventer
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Mechanical Puzzles: Oskar van Deventer (S8E9)
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Designing For Flow & Adaptive Difficulty
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Move Fast & Make Things: The Escape Ventures (S8E8)
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Yannick Trapman O'Brian's Risky Payment System
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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"It was full of life!" Blackwell Manor's Spoilers Club Preview
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Audience of One: Yannick Trapman-O'Brien, Creator of Undersigned (REPOD S8E7)
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Word Nerdery - Writing, AI, and the Importance of Past Tense
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Celebrating Ten Years of Room Escape Artist (REPOD S8E6)
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Developing Mastery in Play (Bonus Show Preview)
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Epic & Engrossing: Jeroen van Hasselt, Co-Creator of Demise of the Gricers (REPOD S8E5)
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Defector Mechanics in Escape Rooms with Brooke Breit (Bonus Show Preview)
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Comedy & Collaboration: Brooke Breit, Creative Director at Jackbox Games (S8E4)
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Solving the Titanium Jigsaw Puzzles of Lazels (Bonus Show Preview)
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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The User-Centric Design of Boxaroo with Fro Myers (REPOD S8E3)
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Escape from Godot's onboarding (Spoilers Club Preview)
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Magic, Social Media, & the Future of the Art with David Kwong (Bonus Show Preview)
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Puzzles & Prestidigitation: Magician David Kwong (REPOD S8E2)
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Elan Lee on designing Poetry For Neanderthals (Bonus Show Preview)
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Exploding Onto Netflix: Elan Lee (S8E1)
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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REPOD Special Release: Escape Room Adventures Bonus Preview
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Peih-Gee Law on Brentfast, Episode 100
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Treasure Island (Spoilers Club Preview)
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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REPOD Bonus Show: Michael Borys (Special Release)
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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13th Basement (Spoilers Club Preview)
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Leaked! Spoilers Club: Sleep No More – Part 1
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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REPOD Season 7 Key Moments, Editor’s Choice by Steve Ewing
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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The Wicker Plan – David & Peih-Gee on The Infinite Escape Room
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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S7E12 Bonus After-Show Teaser: Hatch Escapes
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May 30, 2024 |
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S7E12 - Dreaming & Betting Big: Terry Pettigrew-Rolapp & Tommy Wallach of Hatch Escapes
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May 28, 2024 |
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S7E11 Bonus After-Show Teaser: The Great Lore Debate
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May 22, 2024 |
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S7E11 - Everything Immersive: Noah Nelson of No Proscenium
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May 21, 2024 |
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Spoilers Club: Stay in the Dark Part 1 Preview
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May 17, 2024 |
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S7E10 Bonus After-Show Teaser: RECON LA
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May 16, 2024 |
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S7E10 - Unlocking the Secrets of RECON LA with Lee-Fay Low and Theresa Wagner
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May 14, 2024 |
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S7E9 Bonus After-Show Teaser: Andy Crocker
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May 09, 2024 |
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S7E9 - Captain of Heartfelt Shenanigans: Andy Crocker, Immersive Performance Director
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May 07, 2024 |
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S7E8 Bonus After-Show Teaser: Cross Roads
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May 02, 2024 |
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REPOD S7E8 - Influential and Experimental: Luke & Madison Rhoades of Cross Roads Escape Games
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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S7E7 Bonus After-Show Teaser: Michael Borys
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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REPOD S7E7 - Game Design is Magic: Michael Borys of The 49 Boxes
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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S7E6 Bonus After-Show Teaser: Confusion Escapes
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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REPOD S7E6 - Engineering Fun: Al & Stacy Delcome of Confusion Escapes
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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S7E5 Bonus After-Show Teaser: Wild Heart Ranch
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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REPOD S7E5 - The Secrets of Wild Heart Ranch: Blake Hodges-Koch & Thomas Meston
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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S7E4 Bonus After-Show Teaser: Steal and Escape
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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REPOD S7E4 - Design From the Heart with Jason & Marketa Richard of Steal and Escape
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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S7E3 Bonus After-Show Teaser: Brett Jackson
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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S7E3 - Kooky and Creative Networking: Brett Jackson, Creator of Imagi-Ne'er Do-Wells
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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S7E2 Bonus After-Show Teaser: Jared Butler
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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S7E2 - Dystopian Desert Dreams: Jared Butler, Creator of Wasteland Weekend & Neotropolis
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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S7E1 Bonus After-Show Teaser: The Ministry of Peculiarities
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Spoilers Club: Sleep No More - Part 1 Preview
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Mar 16, 2024 |
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S7E1: Quirky & Compelling: The Ministry of Peculiarities
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Peih-Gee's Playhouse, The LA Edition
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Spoilers Club: Ghost of Mentryville Preview
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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Season 6 Key Moments
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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The Mind Behind the Who Killed Ickey Treasure Hunt, John Bromels
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Peek Behind the Curtain with Spoilers Club
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Special Release Bonus Episode S6E3: Going Viral with Christine Barger
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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S6E13 Bonus After-Show Teaser: The Value of a Good Editor
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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S6E13 - Inside the Puzzler Podcast with A.J. Jacobs & Greg Pliska
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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S6E12 Bonus After-Show Teaser: The Case Against Animatronics in Escape Rooms
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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S6E12 - Wood, Wire, & Whimsy: Mike Dold & Rick George of Doldrick’s
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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S6E11 Bonus After-Show Teaser: Summer Herrick of Locurio
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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S6E11 - The Art of Game Flow with Summer Herrick of Locurio
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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S6E10 Bonus After-Show Teaser: Lonnie Hanzon of Camp Christmas
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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S6E10 - The Magic of Maximalism with Lonnie Hanzon of Camp Christmas
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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S6E9 Bonus After-Show Teaser: Advent of Code
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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S6E9 - Advent of Code: 25 Days of Programming Puzzles with Creator Eric Wastl
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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S6E8 Bonus After-Show Teaser: Eric Berlin
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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S6E8 - Eric Berlin Puzzle Snacks
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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S6E7 Bonus After-Show Teaser: Red Fox
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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S6E7: The Analytics of Fun: Great Escape Room Design with Marie Huber & Nico Cesar of Red Fox Escapes
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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S6E6 Bonus After-Show Teaser: Club Drosselmeyer
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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S6E6: Nutcracker in Swing Time - Kellian & Brian Pletcher, Creators of Club Drosselmeyer
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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S6E5 Bonus After-Show Teaser: Halloween Spooktacular
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Nov 04, 2023 |
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S6E5: Halloween Spooktacular Special
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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S6E4 Bonus After-Show Teaser: Shop of Theseus
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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S6E4: Hey Riddle Riddle Plays The Shop of Theseus
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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S6E3 Bonus After-Show Teaser: Christine Barger of 13th Basement
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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S6E3: Pics or It Didn’t Happen with Christine Barger, The Haunt Girl
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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S6E2 Bonus After-Show Teaser: Rich Bragg of TERPECA
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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S6E2: Hard With Pain - Rich Bragg, Creator of TERPECA
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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S6E1 Bonus After-Show Teaser: Doors of Divergence
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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S6E1: Replayability & Branching Narratives with Christian Vernon and Zac MacKrell, Creators of Doors of Divergence
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Special Release: RECON Remote 23 Recap
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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SAW(LVE) Hey Riddle Riddle with Peih-Gee Law
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Leaked Spoilers Club: Not Another Escape Room - Time Machine
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Road to Reality with Peih-Gee Law (Special Release)
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Special Release Bonus Show - Theme Park Edition: Galaxy’s Edge, DASH, and... The Unhinged Rise of Mayor Law at Ghost Town Alive
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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S5E12: Optimizing Throughput: Matthew DuPlessie, Founder & CEO of Level99 & 5 Wits
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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S5E11: Golden Lock Grand Slam: Game Designer Mark Larson
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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S5E10: Stick to Your Guns: Taylor Pfyffer and Josh Skidmore from The Exit Games
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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S5E9: Wishes & Well-Wishes, Celebrating 50 Episodes with David Spira and Peih-Gee Law
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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S5E8: Boundless Escapes - The Vast Worlds of Escape This Podcast with Bill Sunderland & Dani Siller
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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S5E7:The Widest Audience Possible - Sina Bahram, Inclusive Design Consultant
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May 29, 2023 |
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S5E6: Step Into the Darkverse - Gijs Geers, CEO and Head of Design at DarkPark
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May 22, 2023 |
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S5E5: Putting the Fun in Fungi - Joel Head from Headlock Escape Rooms
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May 15, 2023 |
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S5E4: You Are All Terrible - Advice from Magician & Comedian Harrison Greenbaum
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May 08, 2023 |
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S5E3: Leroux Botha, Executive Producer of Survivor South Africa
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May 01, 2023 |
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S5E2: Nurturing the Experience Economy with Farm-to-Spaceship: Linda Klein and Brian Corrigan
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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S5E1: Groundbreaking Immersive with Nick Moran, Co-Creator of Phantom Peak
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Leaked Content: S4E4 Bonus Episode - Alexander Gierholz from Logic Locks
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Nerding Out with David Spira & Riley Stock on The Community Board Game Show
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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REPOD Season 4 - Key Moments: Editor’s Choice
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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REPOD S4E12 - Season Wrap Up: Reflecting on a Season of Global Guests
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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REPOD S4E11 - The Struggle for Greatness: Lukas Rauscher of Crime Runners, Austria
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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REPOD S4E10 - Digging for a Pony: David Spigner, CEO of Boda Borg, Sweden(ish)
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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REPOD S4E9 - Ukrainian Resilience: Tasha Tarkhanova, creator of Project Avatar, Ukraine
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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REPOD S4E8 - Expansion & Hospitality: Mark Flint, CEO of The Escape Game, USA
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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REPOD S4E7 – Fandoms & Foodies: Prolific Escape Room Designer Gai Bosco, Israel
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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REPOD S4E6 – Blacklights and Blindsides: Dino Paulo, Survivor South Africa and owner of Hinthunt Africa
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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S4E5 – Epic Proportions: Jonathan Driscoll and Sacha St.Denis, owners of Escaparium, Canada
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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S4E4 – Holistic Game Design: Alexander Gierholz, creator of Amsterdam Catacombs, Netherlands
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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S4E3 – The Doctor & The Alchemist: Creative Game Mechanics with Leanne Yong and Aaron Hooper of Next Level Escape, Australia
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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S4E2 – Paradox Project, Greece: Dimitris Varelas and the Three Hour Escape Room
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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S4E1 - Reconnecting with RECON
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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David & Peih-Gee talk pastries & puzzles on Podcast This Escape
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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David & Peih-Gee Play Escape This Podcast
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Special Release: S3E2 Bonus Episode - Johanna Koljonen
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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David & Peih-Gee get Stranger on The Infinite Escape Room
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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S3E12 - RECON Boston 22: All About the Reality Escape Convention
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May 03, 2022 |
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S3E11 - The Puzzler: Best-Selling Author A.J. Jacobs
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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S3E10 - Environmental Storytelling: Jeff Leinenveber and Jarrett Lantz Creators of The Nest
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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S3E9 - The Mailbag Episode
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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S3E8 - Chris Waters: The Architect of Constructed Adventures
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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S3E7- Adrenaline Mapping & Escape Room Design with Tommy Honton, creator of Stash House
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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S3E6 - Hillary Manning: Puzzle Design Expert on Create the Escape
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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S3E5 - Matt Leacock: Creator of Pandemic
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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S3E4 - The Nerd Whisperer: Gabby Pascuzzi of Survivor David vs. Goliath
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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S3E3 - Interactive Narrative: Kathryn Yu of No Proscenium
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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S3E2 - Pushing Boundaries Safely: Johanna Koljonen & Nordic Larp
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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S3E1 - Art Meets Gameplay at Immersia Escape Games
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Surprise Bonus Episode from Season 1, Episode 4
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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S2E8 - The Cinematic Delusions of Jon Braver
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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S2E7 - The Puzzletales of Rita Orlov, creator of The Light in the Mist
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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S2E6 - Puppets, Haunts, & Pranks—Brian Corbitt, Creator of Miss Jezebel
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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S2E5 - RECON Rising: A Look Behind the Scenes at the Reality Escape Convention
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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S2E4 - The King of Smash - Ken Hoang on Competitive Gaming
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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S2E3: Creative Alchemy: Sarah Zhang & The Pursuit of the Assassin Artist
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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S2E2: Nick Moran: Reinventing Escape Games with Innovative Structures
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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S2E1: The Curious Mind of Neil Patrick Harris, Creator of Box One
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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S1E8: Lisa Spira Room Escape Artist Puppetmaster
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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S1E7: Chris Lattner - The Gordon Ramsey of Escape Rooms
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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S1E6: Anthony Robinson On Immersion, Larp, & Survivor
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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S1E5: 6 Artists & 1 Programmer - Barry Meade on creating The Room
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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S1E4: Escape Room Storytelling Through Spectacle, CU Adventures Anne & Chris Lukeman
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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S1E3: Juliana Moreno Patel and Ariel Rubin (Wild Optimists, Escape Room in a Box)
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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S1E2: Survivor Challenge Consultant Myles Nye (Wise Guys Events)
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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S1E1: Trailblazing Game Designer Elan Lee (Exploding Kittens)
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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David & Peih-Gee Blastoff! Reality Escape Pod Launch 🚀
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Feb 23, 2021 |