Call Me ‘Fernando’ – Ep. 48
An email arrives in a nonprofit CEO’s inbox. The gist: An “investor” is interested in the work you do. He has connections to some of the country’s wealthiest people, and he’d like to leverage those co...
27 Dec 20241h 4min
Phreaky Phrogging Pt. 2 – Ep. 47
Summary of Episode The co-hosts return to The Escape Pod this week to wrap up a two-part series on “phrogging,” when a person occupies a home without the homeowner’s or renter’s knowledge or permissi...
20 Dec 202436min
Phreaky Phrogging Pt. 1 – Ep. 46
Summary of Episode “Phrogging” (sounds like “frogging”) refers to the act of living in someone’s home without their knowledge or permission. It is not the same as squatting, and – in many ways – phro...
13 Dec 202444min
Intel on InCels (Misogyny Pt. 2) – Ep. 45
Involuntarily celibate. It could be fodder for a standup comedian, but these days, self-proclaimed “InCels” and the InCel Movement are no joke – even landing on Secret Service threat lists. Join co-ho...
6 Dec 202442min
When Misogyny Leads to Mass Murder – Ep. 44
Ten years before the word “Columbine” became synonymous with school shootings in America, a young man in Canada carried out a massacre at a college in Montreal. His motive? An extreme hatred for women...
29 Nov 202436min
True Crime, Thanksgiving-style! – Ep. 43
We are feasting on family dysfunction in The Escape Pod this week, as true crime takes on a holiday twist. (Special thanks to Reddit for giving generously content-wise, coming through BIG for the co-h...
22 Nov 20241h 3min
Not Today, Predators! – Ep. 42
A female runner stops for a bathroom break and gets attacked from behind. Little did the predator know that he did not choose easy prey. Kelly Herron said, “Not today, mother f@#!er!” and she meant it...
15 Nov 202454min
Escaping Prison (for Good Reason!) – Ep. 41
A woman is brutally attacked and murdered in her Ohio home in 1998. The only witness? Her 6-year-old granddaughter, whose eye-witness account helps to convict her “Uncle Clarence.” But Clarence’s wife...
8 Nov 202440min
