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

Monday Jun 26, 2023
134. M. Butterfly (1993) - Guest: Tori Potenza from MovieJawn
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operative Tori Potenza, staff writer for MovieJawn, take in a Peking opera performance with Jeremy Irons while decoding the 1993 David Cronenberg espionage drama M. Butterfly.
Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Barbara Sukowa, Ian Richardson, Annabel Leventon and Shizuko Hoshi.
Check out Tori's writing at MovieJawn, including her excellent essay "Cronenberg on Sex and Gender: M. Butterfly."
She also co-hosts the Killer Bs Podcast, which is available everywhere, and can be followed on Twitter and Instagram.
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Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes.
Theme music by Doug Astley.

Thursday Jun 22, 2023
Nancy Kovack on The Silencers - SpyMaster Interview #54
Thursday Jun 22, 2023
Thursday Jun 22, 2023
Agents Scott and Cam welcome actress Nancy Kovack to the show to talk about playing Barbara the assassin opposite Dean Martin in the first Matt Helm adventure The Silencers. She also shares intel regarding Jason and the Argonauts, Batman '66, Star Trek and more!
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Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes.
Theme music by Doug Astley.

Monday Jun 19, 2023
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operative John Cork, documentarian and co-author of James Bond: The Legacy and Bond Girls Are Forever, take a crazy mini-helicopter trip to Copenhagen with Dean Martin for the final Matt Helm adventure, 1968's The Wrecking Crew.
Directed by Phil Karlson. Starring Dean Martin, Elke Sommer, Sharon Tate, Nancy Kwan, Nigel Green, Tina Louise and John Larch.
James Bond: The Legacy and Bond Girls Are Forever are available on Amazon. You can also check out John's IMDb page for his filmmaking credits.
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Social media: @spyhards
View the NOC List and the Disavowed List at Letterboxd.com/spyhards
Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes.
Theme music by Doug Astley.

Monday Jun 12, 2023
132. Tonight We Raid Calais (1943)
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Agents Scott and Cam provoke a farmer uprising in order to win the war while decoding the 1943 WWII espionage thriller Tonight We Raid Calais.
Directed by John Brahm. Starring Annabella, John Sutton, Lee J. Cobb, Beulah Bondi, Blanche Yurka, Howard Da Silva and Marcel Dalio.
You can stream Tonight We Raid Calais on YouTube.
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Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes.
Theme music by Doug Astley.

Monday Jun 05, 2023
131. Ishtar (1987)
Monday Jun 05, 2023
Monday Jun 05, 2023
Agents Scott and Cam take their musical act on the road with Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman for the 1987 espionage comedy Ishtar.
Directed by Elaine May. Starring Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin, Jack Weston, Tess Harper, Carol Kane and Aharon Ipalé.
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Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes.
Theme music by Doug Astley.

Monday May 29, 2023
Michael Frost Beckner on Spy Game - SpyMaster Interview #53
Monday May 29, 2023
Monday May 29, 2023
Agents Scott and Cam welcome screenwriter and novelist Michael Frost Beckner to the podcast to talk about writing the 2001 espionage thriller Spy Game. He also shares top secret intel about the Spy Game literary universe and currently-in-development streaming series.
For more on Michael's work check out his website, or follow him on Twitter. All of his novels are available on Amazon.
You can also check out Michael's appearance on the Secrets & Spies podcast.
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Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes.
Theme music by Doug Astley.

Monday May 22, 2023
130. Body of Lies (2008) - Guest: Chris Carr from Secrets & Spies
Monday May 22, 2023
Monday May 22, 2023
Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operative Chris Carr of the Secrets & Spies podcast, gather around a satellite feed of Leonardo DiCaprio with the 2008 Ridley Scott spy drama Body of Lies.
Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani, Oscar Isaac, Ali Suliman and Alon Aboutboul.
Subscribe to Secrets & Spies wherever you get your podcasts, and follow the show on Twitter. You can also check out Chris' filmmaking work on his website.
Become a SpyHards Patron and gain access to top secret "Agents in the Field" bonus episodes, movie commentaries and more!
Purchase the latest exclusive SpyHards merch at Redbubble.
Social media: @spyhards
View the NOC List and the Disavowed List at Letterboxd.com/spyhards
Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes.
Theme music by Doug Astley.

Thursday May 18, 2023
Jany Temime on Skyfall + Spectre - SpyMaster Interview #52
Thursday May 18, 2023
Thursday May 18, 2023
Agent Scott welcomes costume designer Jany Temime to the show to talk about creating the iconic Bond fashions of Skyfall and Spectre. She also shares stories about working on Black Widow, House of the Dragon and more!
Special thanks to Dr. Llewella Chapman for her research assistance. Her books Fashioning James Bond: Costume, Gender and Identity in the World of 007 and From Russia with Love: BFI Film Classics are available on Amazon.
Become a SpyHards Patron and gain access to top secret "Agents in the Field" bonus episodes, movie commentaries and more!
Social media: @spyhards
View the NOC List and the Disavowed List at Letterboxd.com/spyhards
Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes.
Theme music by Doug Astley.

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The NOC list is the "Need-To-See. Official. Classics" of the SpyHards Podcast.
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