Reality Escape Pod

Reality Escape Pod Hosts David Spira & Peih-Gee Law interview incredible creators of escape rooms and immersive games:

It’s a show about people who make amazing things.

04/24/2026

Your experience isn’t the product. Your guest is.

Most brands build immersive activations around their IP — the world, the aesthetic, the lore. And it looks incredible on a mood board.

But the experiences people can’t stop talking about? They’re built around a feeling. What does your guest touch, discover, remember? What do they tell their friends the next day?

Your IP is the invitation. The guest’s story is the event.

Stop designing for the photo op. Start designing for the person standing in the room.

04/16/2026

You’ll never guess what they told Improbable Escape owners Emma and Melissa when they told their former boss they wanted to make a career in escape rooms.

Plus hear her biggest piece of advice to aspiring escape rooms owners.

Check out Emma of and on S11E2 of REPOD.

03/21/2026

We had a great conversation with Charlie Melcher on podcast about escape rooms as a medium for story-telling.

This is a great podcast for anyone interested in how story telling continues to evolve through different mediums, especially for anyone interested in immersive theater and interactive experiences.

01/13/2026

For the last 10 years, Lisa Spira of Room Escape Artist has been tracking the growth of the US Escape Room industry and publishing industry reports. For our Season 10 finale episode, Lisa joins us to talk about this year’s annual report.

New this year is a collaboration with previous REPOD sponsor Morty, an app that tracks individual games as well as escape room companies. Through this collaboration, Lisa was able to look at additional metrics, including revenue.

The 2025 Industry report is available on the Room Escape Artist website, and Lisa shares deeper analysis on this episode.

Some interesting trends noted include consolidation of ownership, and expansion of immersive gaming business models. We also talk about some interesting stats, including which days might be better for an escape room company to go dark; it’s not what you would expect!

We close out the episode with some musings on exciting new design trends in escape room design, trends we don’t care for, and where we think the escape room industry is headed. Whether you’re an escape room owner, aspiring to work in the escape room industry, work in the immersive entertainment field, or just a data-loving enthusiast, the REA US Escape Room Industry Report is a must-read.

This is the last episode of Season 10. Thanks so much for listening. We’ll be back with a new season of REPOD in the spring of 2026. Meanwhile, consider joining our Patreon for access to our library of Bonus Aftershows and Spoilers Club episodes.

01/06/2026

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from the team at Room Escape Artist, Reality Escape Pod, and PG’s Playhouse!

We play my game It’s Not Elf on the Shelf, which challenges you to figure out the celebrity paired with a rhyming holiday tradition.

01/04/2026

Zach Sherwin’s The Crossword Show is one of the funniest, most clever shows I’ve ever seen. He joined us on REPOD to talk all about it.

Catch him performing at this August!

11/28/2025

How did a TV screenwriter end up designing an award winning tabletop narrative puzzle game?

Lauren Bello tells us how she originally designed The Morrison Game Factory for just one person to play.

This is a wonderful, emotional game that will tug at your heart strings. Our Patrons get access to the full bonus episode with Lauren Bello and Rita Orlov.

11/23/2025

Custom music for an escape room?

Magnifico is currently the #1 ranked escape room in the world. Creator Jonathan Driscoll of joins us on the podcast.

Custom music is one of the reasons this escape room is rated so highly. Jonathan talks about designing the music for Magnifico and what they were looking for in the main song.

Oh, and the composer not only created the Reality Escape Pod theme music, he is also the composer of the music for Rick and Morty.

PS. You can hear the whole soundtrack for Magnifico on Spotify.

11/19/2025

Play is learning?! We talk about how play and puzzles, especially in escape rooms can teach soft skills.

What are soft skills? Think leadership, teamwork, communication, and critical thinking.

Much of this is learned through group play activities like sports and games. Puzzles and escape rooms provide an opportunity to practice these same skills that will prove so necessary in life.

Adam Bellow guested on the podcast Reality Escape Pod S10E6 to talk about Breakout EDU, which offers escape room games for an academic setting, and how it can help children learn.

11/10/2025

In S10E5, we talk with Stephen & Stevie Kristof, owners of 60 to Escape.

They also own a haunt called that also has a “hot seat” escape room.

Have you ever heard of or played this style of escape room?!

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