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James Bond Radio: 007 News, Reviews & Interviews!

#019: Goldeneye [Matthew Parker Interview]

James Bond Radio: 007 News, Reviews & Interviews!

Tom & Chris

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4.8688 Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2014

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

It's time to learn all about Jamaica and it's influence on Ian Fleming and James Bond. On today's show we're joined by Matthew Parker, the author of "Goldeneye: Where Bond Was Born: Ian Fleming's Jamaica."

We hear all about how Jamaica was THE place to be in the 1950s, it's hedonistic party scene, and some intruiging thoughts on how pirates were a big influence on Fleming.

The book comes out on Thursday August 13th, so be sure to grab your copy.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Who are you?

0:04.6

My name's Bond.

0:06.2

James Bond.

0:07.1

Bond.

0:08.9

James Bond.

0:10.0

How do you think you're doing?

0:11.7

Keeping the British end up, sir.

0:13.9

Welcome to James Bond Radio.

0:16.1

News, reviews and discussion of all things, 007.

0:20.4

Who's she? As you can see, I have no problem with female authority. Oh, I don't know. reviews and discussion of all things, 007. Booster.

0:21.1

As you can see, I have no problem with female authority.

0:23.9

Oh, pipe down, 007.

0:25.8

Do you expect me to find?

0:27.1

No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die.

0:34.5

Hello, welcome to James Bond Radio.

0:36.0

This is podcast number 19, and this is our interview with

0:39.4

Matthew Parker, the author of Golden Eye. I've got my good buddy Tom Sears when we were here. Say hi, Tom.

0:44.8

Hello, mate. How's it going? Not too bad, sir. Not too bad. How are you doing your end?

0:49.1

Yeah, not so bad. Not so bad. I'm excited about this today yeah it's uh it was a good time it's like we didn't

0:55.9

know a huge amount about the book did we before and we kind of knew it was it wasn't fiction you know

1:01.2

it's it's sort of fact and matthew is a bit of historian um but getting a lot of detail on

1:07.0

in fleming and jamaica and golden eye it was uh yeah's good. Yeah, so to clear it up for any confused listeners,

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