The James Bond Collector - with Mike VanBlaricum

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🗓️ 5 March 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary Mike VanBlaricum (X; LinkedIn) joins Andrew (X; LinkedIn) to discuss his journey as a James Bond fanatic and collector. Mike is the President of the Ian Fleming Foundation. What You’ll Learn Intelligence How Mike became an obsessive James Bond collector with 10,000 artifacts Mike’s favorite Bond cars, movies, and books How From Russia with Love was one of John F Kennedy’s favorite books Mike’s tips on the best place to start if you want to read the Bond novels Reflections The passion of a collector Pop culture influencing the “real” world And much, much more … Quotes of the Week “I've always been fascinated about the study of creativity. And so, between wanting to understand spy craft and that whole human side as well as creativity, creativity like Fleming – How one person can change popular culture, you know, ultimately, something that came out of his mind can change popular culture is just fascinating to me.” – Mike VanBlaricum Resources SURFACE SKIM *SpyCasts* 70th Anniversary of James Bond, Special with Alexis Albion on 007, Part 1 of 2 (2023) 70th Anniversary of James Bond, Special with Alexis Albion on 007, Part 2 of 2 (2023) CIA Officers Turned Authors with David McCloskey and James Stejskal (2022) My Life Looking at Spies and the Media with Paul Lashmar (2022) *Beginner Resources* How to Watch All the James Bond 007 Movies in Order, P. Saperstein, Variety (2023) [Short article] Bond In Motion Exhibition at the International Spy Museum! International Spy Museum (2024) [2 min. video] Ian Fleming Life Timeline, Ian Fleming Publications (n.d.) [Timeline] DEEPER DIVE Books For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming + James Bond, B. Macintyre (Bloomsbury USA, 2008) Licence to Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films, J. Chapman (I.B. Tauris, 2008) Ian Fleming, A. Lycett (St. Martin’s Press, 1995) Primary Sources FBI Targeted a Fictional Spy (1980) E. Germany Brands 007 As ‘Fascist’ (1965) Memorandum For the Record from Marshall S. Carter (1964) Our Spy-Boss Who Loved Bond by Allen Dulles (1964) A Spy’s Spy, a Knight vs. Dragon – That Was the Image of James Bond (1964) *Wildcard Resource* Who’s The Deadliest Bond? Pierce Brosnan – And by a high margin! Brosnan’s 007 had an average of 27 kills per movie. His runner-up, Roger Moore, clocked in an average of 16.6. o Read the stats by movie here. License to Kill indeed...

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0:00.0	You're listening to the CyberWire Network, powered by N2K. Welcome to SpyCast, the
0:15.0	Spycast, the official podcast of the International Spy Museum.
0:20.0	I'm Aaron Dietrich and your host is the museum's historian and curator Dr. Andrew Hammond.
0:26.5	Every week we explore some aspect of the past, present, or future of intelligence and espionage. Please consider leaving us a five-star review if you enjoy the show.
0:37.0	Coming up next on Spycast.
0:40.0	I got a phone call from Saul Cooper who was the publicist for Eon Productions, the film production company.
0:48.5	And basically he said, hey Mike, you want a submarine.
0:51.7	And I said, Saul, you know I collect books, right? This is the first of four episodes of Spycast on James Bond,
1:08.6	7, to coincide with the launch of our Bond in Motion Special Exhibition at the International Spy Museum.
1:16.0	This week's guest is Mike Van Blaricum, the president and founding member of the Ian Fleming
1:20.5	Foundation.
1:21.8	The Foundation is dedicated to the study and preservation of the Museum. the their impact on popular culture.
1:40.0	In this week's episode, you'll learn about how Mike became an obsessive James Bond collector with 10,000 artifacts. How Mike once took out a second mortgage on his house to fund this hobby.
1:45.0	How from Russia with love was one of John F. Kennedy's favorite books.
1:49.0	Mike's tips on the best place to start if you want to read the Bond novels and much, much more.
1:54.8	The original podcast on Intelligence since 2006,
1:59.4	we are Spycast. Now sit back, relax and enjoy the show.
2:07.0	Well, thanks ever so much for speaking to me Mike. I really appreciate you taking the time to share your insights
2:15.9	and expertise with our listeners. Sure, I'm looking forward to it. I think the most obvious place
2:21.6	to start is how did you first become interested in the world of James Bond?
2:27.0	I think it goes back to when I was 14 years old.
2:31.0	I grew up in a very small Midwest farm town and 5,000 people which is small.
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