SpyHards - A Spy Movie Podcast
A weekly film podcast decoding classic spy cinema. Hosted by Agent Scott & Cam the Provocateur. Featuring the likes of James Bond, Jason Bourne, Derek Flint, Austin Powers, Johnny English, George Smiley and Harry Palmer, plus all your favourite secret agent franchises including Mission: Impossible, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Kingsman, Taken and many more. Which films will make the prestigious N.O.C. List, and cement their place in the canon of all-time cloak and dagger greats? Subscribe today and don’t get left out in the cold as your intrepid agents track down cinema’s very best spy adventures!
Episodes

47 minutes ago
47 minutes ago
Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operative John Rain from Smersh Pod, cry out for Tabasco sauce while decoding Roger Moore's second Bond adventure, The Man with the Golden Gun.
Directed by Guy Hamilton. Starring Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, Hervé Villechaize, Clifton James, Richard Loo and Soon-Tek Oh.
Check out Smersh Pod wherever you get your podcasts.
You can also buy John's books, including Thunderbook: The World of Bond According to Smersh Pod, on Amazon. You can also follow him on Bluesky and X.
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Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes.

Monday Apr 21, 2025
205. A Southern Yankee (1948)
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Agents Scott and Cam put on fancy dresses and crawl into a doghouse while taking on the 1948 Red Skelton Civil War spy comedy A Southern Yankee.
Directed by Edward Sedgwick. Starring Red Skelton, Brian Donlevy, Arlene Dahl, George Coulouris, Lloyd Gough and John Ireland.
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Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes.

Thursday Apr 17, 2025
Richard Wenk on The Equalizer Trilogy - SpyMaster Interview #97
Thursday Apr 17, 2025
Thursday Apr 17, 2025
Agents Scott and Cam welcome screenwriter Richard Wenk to the show to reveal the secrets behind creating The Equalizer trilogy. He also shares stories about writing The Mechanic remake, The Protégé, and more!
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Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes.
Theme music by Doug Astley.

Monday Apr 14, 2025
204. The Equalizer (2014)
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Agents Scott and Cam clock in for a very bloody shift at Home Mart while tackling the 2014 Denzel Washington action-thriller The Equalizer.
Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour, Haley Bennett, Bill Pullman, Melissa Leo and David Meunier.
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Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes.

Thursday Apr 10, 2025
The Amateur DECLASSIFIED - Guest: Tom Butler from The James Bond A-Z Podcast
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Agent Scott and guest operative Tom Butler from The James Bond A-Z Podcast have their nighttime swims explosively disrupted while delivering a DECLASSIFIED review of the new Rami Malek spy thriller The Amateur.
Directed by James Hawes. Starring Rami Malek, Rachel Brosnahan, Caitríona Balfe, Michael Stuhlbarg, Laurence Fishburne, Holt McCallany, Julianne Nicholson, Danny Sapani and Jon Bernthal.
The Amateur is now in theatres.
Check out The James Bond A-Z Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. You can also follow Tom on Instagram.
Become a SpyHards Patron and gain access to top secret "Agents in the Field" bonus episodes, movie commentaries and more!
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Social media: @spyhards
View the NOC List and the Disavowed List at Letterboxd.com/spyhards
Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes.

Monday Apr 07, 2025
203. Target (1985) - Guest: Scott McCrea, author of Targets West
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operative Scott McCrea, author of Targets West, learn about the importance of tradecraft in father/son bonding while decoding the 1985 Gene Hackman & Matt Dillon spy drama Target.
Directed by Arthur Penn. Starring Gene Hackman, Matt Dillon, Gayle Hunnicutt, Josef Summer, Guy Boyd, Viktoriya Fyodorova, Herbert Berghof and Ilona Grübel.
Make sure to purchase Targets West on Amazon, and check out more of Scott's work at his website.
You can also follow Scott on X and Instagram.
Become a SpyHards Patron and gain access to top secret "Agents in the Field" bonus episodes, movie commentaries and more!
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Social media: @spyhards
View the NOC List and the Disavowed List at Letterboxd.com/spyhards
Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes.

Monday Mar 31, 2025
202. Back in Action (2025)
Monday Mar 31, 2025
Monday Mar 31, 2025
Agents Scott and Cam push it real good with Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz while tackling the 2025 spy action-comedy Back in Action.
Directed by Seth Gordon. Starring Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Kyle Chandler, Glenn Close, McKenna Roberts, Rylan Jackson, Jamie Demetriou, Fola Evans-Akingbola and Andrew Scott.
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View the NOC List and the Disavowed List at Letterboxd.com/spyhards
Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes.

Monday Mar 24, 2025
Shane Black on The Long Kiss Goodnight - SpyMaster Interview #96
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Agents Scott and Cam welcome writer/director Shane Black to the show to reveal the secrets behind writing the 1996 spy action film The Long Kiss Goodnight. He also shares stories about working on The Hunt for Red October, Predator and Lethal Weapon, as well as discusses his favourite spy literature.
Become a SpyHards Patron and gain access to top secret "Agents in the Field" bonus episodes, movie commentaries and more!
Social media: @spyhards
Purchase the latest exclusive SpyHards merch at Redbubble.
View the NOC List and the Disavowed List at Letterboxd.com/spyhards
Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes.
Theme music by Doug Astley.

SpyHards Podcast
Every week Agent Scott and Cam the Provocateur decode the best and worst spy films to determine if the movie makes the patented NOC list.
The NOC list is the "Need-To-See. Official. Classics" of the SpyHards Podcast.
From Bond to Bourne and Powers to Palmer, if its cloak and dagger cinema, expect to find it on this podcast.
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