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On the penultimate episode of 007x7, John and Mitch welcome Eric Moore to discuss minutes 98-105  which begin with Bond binding the hands of a bad guy and end with Morzeny kicking Kronsteen with his poison shoe.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/alienminute)

This week John and Mitch are joined by cinematographer Todd Norris to discuss minutes 91-98 which begin with Bond learning about the sex film and end with Bond punching out a man at the rendezvous point.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/alienminute)

This week, Mitch is joined by author Mark Edlitz (The Lost Adventures of James Bond and The Many Lives of James Bond) to discuss minutes 84-91 which begin with Bond inspecting Grant’s matching Q Branch briefcase and end with Bond held at gunpoint by Grant, who informs him of a phony blackmail plot involving a reel of film. (John is away on assignment.)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/alienminute)

This week, Mitch and John are joined by comic book writer Jason Aaron (Scalped, Southern Bastards, Star Wars, Thor) to discuss minutes 77-84 which begin with Tania telling Bond that she really loves him and end with Bond about to inspect Grant’s briefcase after Tania and Grant have left for the dining car.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/alienminute)

This week, Mitch and John are joined by author, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker John Cork to discuss minutes 70-77 Begin with Tania in a negligee letting Karim into the compartment and end with Bond firmly demanding details from a distraught Tania.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/alienminute)

Suzen Kruglnska and Joe Dator are back to talk to John and Mitch about minutes 63-70 which begin with 007 receiving the cable from M and end with Karim knocking on the door to Bond’s compartment on the Orient Express.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/alienminute)

John and Mitch once again welcome filmmaker Todd Norris to discuss 56 to 63 Begins with Bond breaking away from some tourists in the Hagia Sophia and end with Moneypenny interrupted as she listens in on a steamy recording of Bond and Tania, as M requests her to take down a cable for 007.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/alienminute)

John and Mitch welcome author, educator, and Bond superfan Dr. Lisa Funnel back to the show to discuss minutes 49-56 of From Russia with Love which begins with Bond telling Karim to leave the assassination of Krilencu to him and end with Tania entering the spectacular Hagia Sophia followed by a sinister man in a black beret.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/alienminute)

For this supplemental episode, John and Mitch are honored to welcome From Russia with Love and  Thunderball actress Martine Beswick. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/alienminute)

Film professor Erin Hamer Beck joins John and Mitch to discuss minutes 42-49 which begin with Bond telling his host that their hospitality “overwhelms me” and end with Bond accompanying Karim to kill Krilencu on a dark Istanbul street.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/alienminute)

This week John and Mitch are joined by documentarian Christy Henry (upcoming documentary ROMA IN AMERICA) to talk about minutes 35-42 which begin with sewer rats on the oar of the rowboat and end with Bond enjoying the performance of a belly dancer at a “gypsy” encampment.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/alienminute)

Film professor and author Dr. Cynthia Baron joins John and Mitch to talk about minutes 28-35 which begin with Bond asking Karim where he can contact Tania and end with Bond and Karim taking a rowboat through the catacombs beneath Istanbul.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/alienminute)

 This week, John and Mitch welcome Bruce Scivally, Author of James Bond: The Legacy and writer/director of Bond Documentaries to talk about minutes 21-28 which begin with M telling Bond he’s “booked on the 8:30 plane in the morning” to Istanbul and end in the office of Karim Bey who tells Bond that “something smells.”Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/alienminute)

A second examination of minutes 14-21 with author Dr. Monica Germana (Bond Girls: Body, Fashion and Gender).Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/alienminute)

This week, John and Mitch are joined by Pete the Retailer (Star Wars Minute, ABCD:TOS) and Joe Mazel (ABCD:TOS) to talk about minutes 14-21 of From Russia with Love which start with  Tatania Romanova leaving the Russian Consulate building and end with Bond telling M that he is really “not too busy at the moment, sir”. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/alienminute)

John and Mitch are joined by Kaite Stover of the Kansas City Public Library to discuss minutes 7-14  which begin with Kronsteen handily dispatching his chess opponent and end with some people leaving a building in Istanbul. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/alienminute)

 John and Mitch welcome author Mark O'Connell (Catching Bullets: Memoirs of a Bond Fan) to discuss minutes 0-7 of From Russia with Love, which begin with the classic gun barrel sequence and end with a chess player tearing up a note.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/alienminute)

John and Mitch launch the From Russia With Love season of 007x7  with a special episode discussing the state of cinema in 1963. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/alienminute)

Oft mentioned Alien Minute listener and host of the Effectively Speaking podcast Eric Moore joins us to wrap up Dr. No.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/alienminute)

This week, John and Mitch welcome marketing consultant, bon vivant, and James Bond nerd, Tom Tipton to talk about minutes 98-105 which begins with Bond emerging from the air duct and ends with Bond emerging from a corridor with a bank-vault like door.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/alienminute)