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The Spy-Fi Guys
Meet The Spy-Fi Guys, Christian and Zach. Spy-Fi is short for Spy Fiction, but we cover spy fact, spy fiction, and everything in between. Join us every episode as we analyze our favorite moments and then take you behind the scenes for the stories behind the celluloid.
Episodes
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"Operation Finale"
The world's most notorious Nazi, Adolf Eichmann, is in the crosshairs during 2018's "Operation Finale," starring Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley. Mossad agents…
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"Tomorrow Never Dies"
James Bond is back, and so are the Spy-Fi Guys, with Pierce Brosnan's second flick as the international man of mystery, "Tomorrow Never Dies." A media mogul…
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MICRODOT: Fritz Joubert Duquesne
For this week's microdot episode, take your mind back to "The King's Man" from earlier this year. Zach shares the story of Fritz Joubert Duquesne, a French spy…
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"Elizabeth"
The Spy-Fi Guys return from their hiatus with the courtly intrigue tale of Elizabeth I, played by Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth." The Virgin Queen and her…
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"Agent Carter"
This week we have a bonus postlude to the Rerun Summer, a post-credits scene, if you will, with 2015's "Agent Carter." Hayley Atwell reprises her role as SSR…
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Global James Bond Day Draft 2022
The Spy-Fi Guys bring their friends together to celebrate Global James Bond Day with a drafting game! Past guest stars Alanna, Carolyn, and Lance join the boys…
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"Agents of SHIELD"
Marvel's "Agents of SHIELD" ran for seven seasons, though Zach only watched three. The Spy-Fi Guys cover the pilot and "Turn Turn Turn," in which the famous…
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MICRODOT: Mike Spann
After last week's Jack Ryan, the Spy-Fi Guys discuss the sad story of Micheal "Mike" Spann, the first CIA casualty in Afghanistan. Love at the CIA is also…
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"Amazon's Jack Ryan" guest starring Lance
Amazon's "Jack Ryan" starring John Krasinski takes the famous Tom Clancy hero back to his roots, rewinding the clock to before he met Cathy and before he ever…
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"Alias" guest starring Jay
Jennifer Garner's star making role of Sydney Bristow in JJ Abram's celebrated spy show "Alias" begins with the confusingly named pilot "Truth Be Told."…
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"Chuck" guest starring Carolyn
The 2007 series "Chuck" ran for five seasons, and stars Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, and Adam Baldwin. Computer geek Chuck is pulled unwillingly into a spy…
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"Jack of All Trades"
Bruce Campbell stars in the mostly forgotten 2000 action/comedy/spy series "Jack of All Trades," set in a tiny East Indies island during 1801. Jack Stiles and…
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"Burn Notice"
The Rerun Summer continues with the pilot of 2007's beloved long-running spy action series "Burn Notice," starring Jeffrey Donovan. Michael Weston used to be a…
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MICRODOT: Leandro Aragoncillo and Jonathan Pollard
After two episodes about fictional moles, the Spy-Fi Guys dip into a couple of real life mole stories. Leandro Aragoncillo was a former Marine and FBI analyst…
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"The Americans"
The Rerun Summer continues with "The Americans," the FX series starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys. Two American suburbanites are not what they appear to…
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"Archer"
The Rerun Summer event continues with probably one of the most popular and long-running spy comedy shows of all time, the animated "Archer" starring H. Jon…
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"James Bond Jr"
The Spy-Fi Guys kick off their Rerun Summer event with "James Bond Jr," the 1991 cartoon starring the suave superspy's "nephew" and his entourage of wacky…
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"Operation Mincemeat"
The final installament of the D-Day anniversay series, Colin Firth stars in the 2021 not-quite-Netflix original movie "Operation Mincemeat." The film depicts…
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MICRODOT: "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One" Roundup with Evan Ferrante and Jay
This week, we have a plethora of Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One related content! We have an interview with the leading Tom Cruise impressionist…
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"The Longest Day" guest starring ZJ
The 78th anniversay of D-Day commemoration continues with 1962's "The Longest Day," starring beloved actors Jeffrey Hunter, John Wayne, and Sean Connery, among…
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MICRODOT: "D-Day Girls"
After last week's "A Call to Spy" the Spy-Fi Guys discuss stories from Sarah Rose's book "D-Day Girls, The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis…
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"A Call To Spy"
Castle's Stana Kanic stars in "A Call To Spy," a fictionalized depiction of three women spies in the lead up to D-Day. Women just like the stars of this movie…
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"Mission: Impossible III" guest starring Jay
The Spy-Fi Guys return to Christian and guest star Jay's childhood (or maybe more like teenagerhood?) with "Mission: Impossible III" or "M:I:III," the third…
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"Taken" guest starring Matt
Liam Neeson uses his particular set of skills to launch his second career as an action hero in the 2008 classic "Taken," also starring Maggie Grace and Famke…
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"The Man Who Saved The World"
Stanislav Petrov is an ordinary Russian citizen with an extraordinary past: he prevented World War III back in the 1980s. This documentary follows Stansliv's…
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MICRODOT: "Broken Arrows"
After last week's "Sum of All Fears," which begins with a lost nuclear weapon, the Spy-Fi Guys bring you stories of other accidents from American history…
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"The Sum of All Fears" guest starring Lance
The Clancyverse is back with a new sexy Jack Ryan as played by Ben Affleck in "The Sum of All Fears," based apparently very badly on the book by Tom Clancy…
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"The Imitation Game" guest starring SpyCast's Andrew Hammond
The International Spy Museum's curator, historian, and host of their podcast SpyCast, Andrew Hammond joins the Spy-Fi Guys for the Academy Award-winning "The…
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"Harriet The Spy (1996)"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Michelle Trachtenberg stars as Harriet, a sixth grader with a passion for writing and a knack for spying. But when her journal…
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MICRODOT: "Harriet Tubman: Civil War Spy"
The month of Harriets continues with more information about Harriet Tubman's career that wasn't covered in the movie. During the American Civil War Harriet…
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"Harriet"
The Spy-Fi Guys leave the 20th and 21st centuries for the first time with the 2019 historical drama/biopic "Harriet." Harriet Tubman (also known as "Minty")…
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DEAD DROP: "The 355" guest starring Carolyn & Sarah
The 355 is named for the first female American spy, Agent 355, real name unknown. Featuring a diverse female cast, (including Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz…
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"The Living Daylights"
The Spy-Fi Guys continue their convoluted coverage of the James Bond series of films with "The Living Daylights," Timothy Dalton's first outing as the suave…
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"Charlie Wilson's War"
Tom Hanks stars as Charlie Wilson, a flamboyant Congressman who takes up the cause of the Afghani rebels fighting against the Soviet occupiers of their…
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DEAD DROP: "The King's Man"
2021's "The King's Man" is a prequel to "Kingsman: The Secret Service" and "Kingsman: The Golden Circle." Unlike those movies it is set during the First World…
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"Mission: Impossible 2" guest starring Jay
The Spy-Fi Guys return to Christian and guest star Jay's childhood with "Mission: Impossible 2" or "M:I-2," the second installment in the widely respected and…
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MICRODOT: "Shin Sang-ok and Choi Eun-hee"
Following up last week's "The Spy Gone North," the Spy-Fi Guys discuss the extraordinary story of director Shin Sang-ok and actress Choi Eun-hee, two South…
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"The Spy Gone North"
Christian and Zach take on their third non-English language feature with "The Spy Gone North," a Korean award winner that is based on a true story. A South…
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"Pearl Harbor" guest starring Sarah
The Spy-Fi Guys continue their commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor with Michael Bay's "Pearl Harbor." Roger Ebert described it…
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"Tora! Tora! Tora!" guest starring ZJ
The Spy-Fi Guys commemorate the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor with a two part series, starting with 1970's "Tora! Tora! Tora!" Filmed by…
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"xXx" guest starring the Cast and the Furious
The Spy-Fi Guys get EXTREME this week with "xXx" starring Vin Diesel and directed by Rob Cohen, the same director as the Fast and the Furious. Diesel stars as…
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"The Courier"
Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Greville Wynne, a British businessman who is caught up in the struggle to expose Soviet missile sites in Cuba and thereby helps…
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"Clear and Present Danger" guest starring Lance
The Spy-Fi Guys return to Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan series starring Harrison Ford. They are joined by recurring guest star Lance who provides differences between…
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DEAD DROP: "No Time to Die" guest starring Lance
The Spy-Fi Guys take on Daniel Craig's final outing as James Bond in "No Time To Die," also starring Lea Seydoux and Rami Malek. Delayed many times before…
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"Fair Game"
The Swingin Sixties Spy Summer is over and the Spy-Fi Guys get back to reality with "Fair Game," starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn. CIA operative Valerie…
The Spy-Fi GuysGlobal James Bond Day Draft
The Spy-Fi Guys bring their friends together to celebrate Global James Bond Day with a drafting game! Past guest stars Sarah, Carolyn, and Lance join the boys…
The Spy-Fi Guys"Help!" guest starring Ger
The Swingin Sixties Spy Summer concludes with "Help!" starring the Fab Four aka the Beatles. Ringo Starr and his friends avoid a surprisingly racist depiction…
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"Operation Kid Brother" guest starring Brian
"Operation Kid Brother" aka "OK Connery" is a movie the Spy-Fi Guys can't believe exists. It stars Neil Connery as himself, who is also the younger brother of…
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"Get Smart" (2008)
The Spy-Fi Guys have a lot to say about 2008's "Get Smart," starring Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway as the Swingin '60s Spy Summer continues. Zach makes tea…
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"Get Smart" (1965)
Did you know Mel Brooks created "Get Smart" the spy spoof series featuring shoe phones, trapdoors in telephone booths, and crying robots? The Spy-Fi Guys cover…
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"The Avengers" (1998)
Inferior movie remakes of classic TV shows are nothing new, as 1998's "The Avengers" tells us. Uma Thurman and Ralph Fiennes team up to take on the late great…
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"The Avengers" (1961)
Everyone knows the characters of the iconic '60s show "The Avengers," starring Diana Rigg and Patrick MacNee, but how well do the episodes hold up? The Spy-Fi…
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"The Man From Uncle" (2015) guest starring Carolyn and Kelly
The Swingin' '60s Summer Series continues with the Guy Ritchie directed "The Man from UNCLE" starring Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer and Alicia Vikander. How does…
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"The Man from UNCLE" (1966) guest starring Carolyn and Kelly
The Swingin' '60s Summer Series continues with an episode the original "Man from UNCLE" starring Robert Vaugh and David McCallum. The episode is Season 2…
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"OSS 117: Lost in Rio" guest starring the SpyHards
The Swingin' '60s Summer Series continues with the French foreign language film "OSS 117: Lost in Rio." Secret agent Hubert de la Bath regularly puts his foot…
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"Mission Impossible" (1966) guest starring Mission Impodible
The Swingin' '60s Summer Series continues with an episode of the classic TV series "Mission Impossible" called "Operation Rogosh." The IMF tries to gaslight a…
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DEAD DROP: "Black Widow"
The Spy-Fi Guys enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the first time as they cover the much anticipated, long delayed Scarlett Johannson starring "Black…
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"The Prisoner" guest starring Sundeep
The Swingin' '60s Summer Series continues with "The Prisoner" the iconic sci-fi series developed by and starring the late great Patrick McGoohan. A secret…
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"Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" guest starring Sarah
The Swingin' '60s Summer Series continues with "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" starring Mike Meyers and Mike Meyers. Suave '60s secret agent…
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"Danger Man/Secret Agent"
The Swingin' '60s Summer Series continues with "Danger Man," the 1960 Patrick McGoohan-starring precursor to the sci-fi classic "The Prisoner." It is also…