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Kill James Bond!

S4E33.5: Duel [PREVIEW]

Kill James Bond!

November, Abigail, and Devon

Tv & Film, Film Reviews, Tv & Film:film Reviews

4.7 • 615 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

This is a preview of a bonus episode. Check it out on our reasonably-priced patreon!We've been engaged in a campaign of relentless Truck propaganda on the Kill James Bond podcast, it's true. But as we're always saying on the show, teach the controversy. So today, we're taking an evenhanded look at the other side of the argument in Steven Spielberg's feature film debut, Duel (1971), a movie that asks: What if you were simply minding your business and a Truck decided your life was forfeit? ----- Check out friend of the show Mattie's new book Simplicity here, or wherever fine graphic novels are sold! ----- FREE PALESTINE - With the ceasefire in full effect, the media has returned to ignoring the daily atrocities in Gaza. My friend Ahmed still needs to feed his family and afford medicine. Anything you can kick in would be hugely appreciated.https://chuffed.org/project/150817-please-help-ahmed-and-his-family-get-food-drink-and-medicine And these are some more general links you can support collective efforts with! -The Palestinian Communist Youth Union is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestinehttps://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity -Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotillahttps://www.waterislifegaza.org/ -Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla alsohttps://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=1102739514947848 ----- WEB DESIGN ALERT Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind our website). If you need web design help, reach out to him here:  https://www.tomallen.media/----- Kill James Bond is hosted by November Kelly, Abigail Thorn, and Devon. You can find us at https://killjamesbond.com , as well as on our Bluesky and X.com the everything app account

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to another bonus episode of Kill James Bond.

0:21.0

I am November Kelly. I am joined as always by my friends Abigail Thorne and Devon.

0:25.8

Beep beep.

0:26.6

Galbonga. We're in the truck vines.

0:28.6

It's truck season. It's truck season.

0:30.6

It's truck time.

0:31.6

We've, thus far we've talked about, we've taken a very truck side of the argument, right?

0:36.6

We've talked about wages of fear, which is, of course, the movie about how trucks are inherently good.

0:41.9

This movie I pick because it's the polar opposite.

0:44.9

This is a movie shot as a carsman from the carsman's perspective that says,

0:49.9

what if the trucks are just fucked and they hate us for no reason?

0:53.4

Yeah, yeah, yeah. They teach their children to hate. Yeah. What if it's fine for us and they hate us for no reason? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

0:54.4

They teach their children to hate.

0:56.2

Yeah, what if it's fine for us to steal their CRTs?

0:59.0

Because they just do this to roving California businessman every single day.

1:04.2

Yeah, so we watched the ultimate sort of carsman shooting and crying film, Sudeu.

1:11.9

This was...

1:12.9

I kind of lost in what the metaphor is what we're doing here.

1:17.3

No one has ever come from this angle before.

1:19.3

Are we gonna be on a list?

1:20.7

Like, I had no idea.

1:22.9

Steven Spielberg directed this and his views on this this are like maybe no great anyway anyway.

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