Action Spies MEGA EPISODE (Mission Impossible, James Bond 007, Is James Bond Still Relevant)

Geek History Lesson

Jason Inman

Film History, Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Arts

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🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 209 minutes

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Summary

This week, in celebration of the latest Mission Impossible and the recent news about the new James Bond franchise, we’ve commissioned a deadly collection of Super Spy-themed episodes from the archives for this MEGA EPISODE:

GHL 220: Mission Impossible with Samm Levine & Rachel Cushing – Breaking down the Mission Impossible franchise movie by movie
GHL 88: James Bond 007 – Uncover the literary history of England's greatest secret agent complete with Licence to Kill
GHL 386: Is James Bond Still Relevant with Danielle Price – Explore the tough question of tropes & stories from a very different time while asking how archetypes like James Bond can still resonates with modern audiences

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Geek History Lesson. I am Ashley Victoria Robinson, a comic book writer
0:05.8	from Canada, and you have found the podcast where we take characters, constructs, and
0:10.3	tropes from popular culture and teach you everything you need to know about them in about an hour
0:15.1	unless you've opened this secret mission and you are here to listen to several hours
0:19.9	on several different character
0:21.5	types. We recently had Mission Impossible Final Reckoning debut in cinemas worldwide. The James Bond
0:29.8	franchise has left the auspices of the Broccoli. It's now at Amazon Studios, and we're going to
0:35.7	see that continue to evolve. So in celebration of both of these iconic franchises, really coming to an evolutionary standpoint,
0:44.6	we put together a mega episode re-exploring some of our favorite discussions on these topics
0:51.5	from the past.
0:52.8	Today, you are going to hear Mission Impossible
0:54.6	with Sam Levine and Rachel Cushing, James Bond-O-O-7, very early geek history lesson episode format.
1:02.6	And then our discussion on, is James Bond still relevant with Danny Price? So, open up your docket, get your license to kill,
1:12.8	put those secret earbuds in,
1:14.6	and let's take it away.
1:16.3	Past agents, Jason and Ashley.
1:19.7	Your mission, should you choose to accept it,
1:22.5	is to listen to this geek history lesson
1:24.5	about Mission Impossible.
1:40.0	Music this geek history lesson about Mission Impossible. Hello and welcome to geek history lesson.
1:42.2	I'm Jason Justice Inman and in honor of the release of Mission Impossible Fallout,
1:47.3	we're going to talk about the Mission Impossible film franchise, our thoughts,
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