Escape Womb: Getting Our Security Deposit Back

03/12/25 • 39 min

In Episode 15 we unveil a brand new podcast format that blends personal chaos with a historical twist. We introduce Past to the Future, a game where we rewrite real historical events—with unhinged results. This week, we take on Voyager 1’s 1979 flyby of Jupiter, but things go off the rails when Jordan plays the role of a sentient space probe and decides to dive straight into Io’s volcanoes.

In Episode 16 we share the other new game we talked about last week. It may be our most ridiculous challenge yet—Escape Womb, an adulting-themed escape room game that proves none of us really know how to be adults. Our mission? Get our security deposit back from the evil Landlord Specter.

Takeaways:

Adulting is a Scam – Lauran and Jordan learn just how hard it is to get a security deposit back when landlords find every excuse possible to keep your money.

The Landlord Specter is Out for Blood – A ghostly landlord, a floating checklist, and mysterious fees turn this apartment into an adulting horror story.

A Smoke Detector with Trust Issues – Lauran convinces a paranoid smoke detector that she’s not working for the landlord (after watching a VHS tape full of dirty secrets).

A Gremlin is Charging Late Fees? – Jordan and Lauran must outwit a tiny gremlin in a landlord suit before he adds more fees to their bill.

Ghostbusting Saves the Day – Lauran digs up her old Ghostbusters Halloween costume and takes down the landlord ghost in one epic final showdown.

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Takeaways:

Adulting is a Scam – Lauran and Jordan learn just how hard it is to get a security deposit back when landlords find every excuse possible to keep your money.

The Landlord Specter is Out for Blood – A ghostly landlord, a floating checklist, and mysterious fees turn this apartment into an adulting horror story.

A Smoke Detector with Trust Issues – Lauran convinces a paranoid smoke detector that she’s not working for the landlord (after watching a VHS tape full of dirty secrets).

A Gremlin is Charging Late Fees? – Jordan and Lauran must outwit a tiny gremlin in a landlord suit before he adds more fees to their bill.

Ghostbusting Saves the Day – Lauran digs up her old Ghostbusters Halloween costume and takes down the landlord ghost in one epic final showdown.

Watch on YouTube: @mrs.woolleyin5th

Listen Anywhere You Podcast: Apple, Spotify, PodChaser, etc.

For questions, thoughts, symptoms, and stories, you may contact us at: wearefinepod.com

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Previous Episode

Past To The Future: Voyager 1's Closest Approach to Jupiter, 1979

Takeaways:

The Podcast is Changing! – Lauran and Jordan introduce a brand-new format featuring history-based games and chaotic storytelling.

Voyager 1 Goes Rogue – Jordan plays as a sentient space probe that decides to ignore NASA’s plans and go full sci-fi adventure mode.

We Discovered an Alien Structure on Io?! – Instead of simply taking photos of Jupiter,

Voyager plunges into a lava tube and transmits undeniable proof of alien life.

History, But Make It Absurd – The duo plays Past to the Future, where they rewrite historical

events with increasingly chaotic choices.

The Anywho Counter Begins – Jordan officially starts keeping track of how often Lauran says “Anywho,” and the numbers are already out of control.

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Next Episode

Past To The Future: Nevada Legalizes Gambling (1931) with Gaspare Randazzo

In Episode 17 we welcome stand-up comedian and teacher Gaspare Randazzo for a hilarious, chaotic, and slightly dangerous episode. Gaspare shares his experience balancing a teaching career with performing comedy nationwide, as well as his family’s real-life history with the mafia. Then, we all play Past to the Future, rewriting history in 1931 Nevada, where Jordan plays Hollywood icon Clara Bow and somehow gets into a high-stakes poker match against a mob boss.

Takeaways:

Teaching & Stand-Up Comedy are More Similar Than You Think – Gaspare shares how crowd work in comedy and engaging students in a classroom require the same skills.

Rewriting Gambling History Was a Wild Ride – The crew plays Past to the Future, setting their adventure in 1931 Nevada, right as gambling is legalized.

Jordan (As Clara Bow) Almost Got Whacked – Clara humiliated a mob boss at the poker table, and things nearly turned deadly.

Gaspare’s Family Had REAL Mafia Run-Ins – His grandfather refused to pay protection money to the mob, leading to fistfights outside a Brooklyn candy store.

We Accidentally Made Reno More Important Than Vegas – In this version of history, Clara Bow’s influence created a celebrity-driven casino boom, shifting the gambling world away from mob control.

Want more Gaspare Randazzo?

@StandUpRandazzo

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