In this post we’re diving into some of the escape room podcasts the team at The Escape Roomer regularly listen to. From solve-a-long puzzles, to interviews with designers and creators, to mysterious audio dramas with hidden puzzles to solve. In these, there’s a little bit of everything for all types of podcast listeners.
So without further ado, are our absolute favourite escape room themed podcasts you should check out:
The Infinite Escape Room Podcast
“The puzzling podcast where a gaggle of geographically diverse chums come together, have a drink – and work together to solve a home made escape room of the ears.”
This one is at the top of our list for a reason – put simply, we really enjoy it. With The Infinite Escape Room, the clue is in the name. Each episode the hosts take it in turns to design the next chapter of an ongoing, everlasting escape room, whilst the other three (and whichever guests they may have on that episode) solve it to escape. The episodes have their own unique flavour of wacky and often NSFW content, but each is sure to elicit a laugh, or two, or three as the friends blunder through the most unusual puzzley situations. It’s clear the team are, as well as good hosts, also excellent escape room designers. As a bonus, the folks at The Infinite Escape Room Podcast have a Patreon, which if you subscribe you’ll be sent a pin badge-and-postcard puzzle which… Trust me, is one of the most unique little puzzle games. It’s designed by Jamie, one of the hosts of The Infinite Escape Room.
Some of the team here at The Escape Roomer have been lucky enough to be guests on The Infinite Escape Room podcast, which you can listen to here –
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Pubisode: Bad Popes and Jeff Besoz – The Infinite Escape Room October 2023
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Stop the Presses! – The Infinite Escape Room September 2023
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Pubisode: Down the Rabbit’s Hole – The Infinite Escape Room April 2023
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Down the Rabbit’s Hole – The Infinite Escape Room April 2023
Listen to The Infinite Escape Room here.
Reality Escape Podcast
“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.”
Reality Escape Podcast is the podcast produced by the team behind Room Escape Artist, and Reality Escape Con. It’s got a mix of interviewing creators, discussing big topics in the escape room industry, as well as bonus episodes titled “Spoilers Club” where specific games are discussed in detail. They cover not just escape rooms, but all things “puzzley”, from ARGs, to immersive experiences, to outdoor puzzle trails, and beyond. They’re one of the few podcasts in the industry consistently putting out high quality content, so are well worth a listen.
Listen to Reality Escape Podcast here.
Escape This Podcast
“A show that’s a mix of escape room puzzles and tabletop role-playing.”
Similar to The Infinite Escape Room, the Escape This Podcast crew are designers themselves. Each episode they invite guests to join them as they play through a new audio escape room together. The escape rooms are also available for at-home play (provided you have a Games Master to run it) after each episode is live.
Listen to Escape This Podcast here.
Cager Express: Escape Break
“Welcome to the Cager Express: Home to Southern California’s favorite Escape Room Podcast: Escape Break featuring Ezekiel Cager Ky, Beth Divel and Tatiyana Abarro: Sit down with us as we recap fun rooms, interviews and bizarre topics!”
In a much more relaxed and funny environment, Cager Express is full of charisma as the group of friends sit around the discuss escape rooms from a personal perspective. With topics such as “escape rooms as a first date”, to replaying rooms, to TERPECA discussions, to recaps of their own ‘recently played’ and notable rooms.
Listen to Cager Express: Escape Break here.
Podcasts Past
Last but not least, these podcasts have either retired, or at the time of writing this article they haven’t published content in more than 6 months. In any case, they’re still well worth checking out. Podcasts here are listed in alphabetical order.
- 3D Escape Room: Frequency
- “Pressure. Focus. Intellect. Escape Room: Frequency is an interactive 3D audio escape room where you must find and solve all the puzzles within 60 minutes. This full cast audio drama’s audio-based puzzles provide a fresh challenge for even the most seasoned escape room enthusiast. Post your time and challenge your friends to beat it using #EscapeRoomFrequency.”
- Enigmailed Puzzlecast
- “Thoughts perspectives and unpacking of ideas from the man behind Enigmailed Puzzles.”
- In this podcast, Step took listeners through the design process of coming up with Nightjar, so not quite an escape room but thoroughly entertaining and inciteful nonetheless.
- Gem the GM Podcast
- “A fun look at all things Escape Rooms including behind the scenes info from a Games Master’s perspective!”
- Locked in a Podcast
- “Locked In a Podcast” is an escape room themed podcast from the team at The Panic Room. Alex & co will take listeners on an exciting journey through the world of escape rooms.
- Life is an Escape Room
- “The Life Is An Escape Room Podcast explores how the skills you gain playing escape rooms with intention will make you more successful in all aspects of your life.”
- Bonus Fun Fact: I took part in one of their episodes, which you can listen to here
- Puzzling Company Podcast
- “Welcome to your home for at home puzzles and mysteries! On this podcast, our team (Jared, Zach, Hunter, and Matthew) meets up every 10 days to give you detailed reviews and discussions of all kinds of puzzle, mystery, and escape room style games. We talk about all there is to know going into a product, and we dissect core mechanics involved in these games and how they are applied throughout the greater world of gaming.”
- Room Escape Divas
- “Room Escape Divas is an audio program about Escape Rooms from the perspective of escape enthusiasts who have done far more escape rooms than they’d like to admit. The duration of the show is around 60 minutes. Listen in as we sing songs, interview guests within the industry, and gush and rant about our favourite hobby.”
Have we forgotten your favourites? Or do you run an escape room podcast we may not have heard of yet? Feel free to reach out directly!
