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While the Titan submersible is gripping the headlines of late, submersibles have a fascinating history that dates back the the 1600's. Come join me, along with Alex Llamas and Thomas Felix Creighton as we discuss the Titan, along with a deep dive into the history of submersibles!

Want to know the history of the Union Corse Mob? Join myself and Thomas Felix Creighton as we talk mobs, but mostly we talk about how corruption is looked at in different places in the world. The Union Corse was at one point the world's largest distributor of herion, how did the Union Corse thrive in the trade, and how have they adapted in modern times? Fantastic discussion for any Bond fan!!

In OHMSS James Bond must pose as a member of the College of Arms in order to find Blofield. What exactly is the College of Arms? Well, if you want to know what the College of Arms is and a brief history of it listen in to this episode!

Bond is no stranger to battling arms traffickers.  Goldeneye, Casino Royale, The World is Not Enough, The Living Daylights, and many more, all have Bond chasing down arms dealers.  Bond has Valentine Zurkovsky and Le Chiffre, the real world has Viktor Bout.  In a fascinating story, this episode delves into "Merchant of Death" and his humble beginnings to his rise to prominence and infamy.  Bout finds his way back into the news with the prisoner swap between the United States and Russia for bout and WNBA player Brittany Griner.  Why did Russia want Bout back so badly?  Who exactly is Viktor Bout?  Join myself and guests Bud West of The Bond Brain, Thomas Felix Creighton from Fleming Never Dies, and Jason Kim as we discuss the complexity of this story.  

Sometimes the James Bond novels and the James Bond films mirror each other, sometimes they go off a cliff, this happens to be the latter.  Come join myself and Jay Sedowski of James Bond Classified as we debate who did it better, Fleming or Film.  A little hint.....this one is a slaughter, but still a MUST for any and all James Bond fans

The fight scenes have come a long way, from Ian Fleming's fight scenes, all the way to No Time to Die stair ascent, Bond has learned how to fight.  Join myself and Alex Lamas as we discuss the history of the various fighting styles used in the novels and in the films.  

SPOILER REVIEW!! With a Mind to Kill - The new James Bond novel is out!!  Join myself and Kyle Barbeau as we dive deep into the thrilling, dark, and suspenseful new 007 novel!! How does it compare to Fleming, the other Horowitz novels, and could this novel make a great basis for Bond 26?

Casino Royale is the greatest Bond movie of all-time, but is it better than the Fleming novel that started Bond?  Join myself and Luke Taggert from Bond's Apartment as we dive deep into the novel, debate the film, in a fun and thought provoking discussion/debate over Casino Royale.  This is a MUST SEE for any and all true Bond fans.

Who did it better, Fleming or the film?!!??!?!?!  The novels are incredible, the films are incredible, but which one is better?!  Join myself and David Zaritsky of The Bond Experience as we go through plot points in the film and the novel to ultimately come to the conclusion of who did it better, Fleming or Film!

With the exception of TMWTGG and Dr. No, a helicopter has been featured in every James Bond movie.  This episode will go briefly into the history of the helicopter and Bond before we bring on Robert Purdy, and combat helicopter veteran and now emergency transport helicopter pilot to talk about what it takes to be a pilot, share the stories of his time flying helicopters all over the world, and of course some Bond talk too.  

Join myself and Thomas Creighton for part II of our discussion of Fleming v Film!  So often people talk about how when movies goes awry that they should have gone back to Fleming, go back to the source material for a good movie.  While that is certainly true, does it shortchange what the filmmakers did to turn the written material into a blockbuster film?  Join myself and Thomas Creighton as we discuss From Russia With Love, the novel and the film.  We break down the film and the novel in great detail, and we evaluate how From Russia With Love is so relevant even in modern times.  I gush over the classical Cold War espionage tale, and we talk about experiences we've had with evil men, mad men, dangerous men, and the cultures that shape one of the Crown Jewels of the Bond series.  If you're a die hard Bond fan, you won't want to miss this one.

So often people talk about how when movies goes awry that they should have gone back to Fleming, go back to the source material for a good movie.  While that is certainly true, does it shortchange what the filmmakers did to turn the written material into a blockbuster film?  Join myself and Thomas Creighton as we discuss From Russia With Love, the novel and the film.  We break down the film and the novel in great detail, and we evaluate how From Russia With Love is so relevant even in modern times.  I gush over the classical Cold War espionage tale, and we talk about experiences we've had with evil men, mad men, dangerous men, and the cultures that shape one of the Crown Jewels of the Bond series.  If you're a die hard Bond fan, you won't want to miss this one.  

Spectre features one of the most spectacular cinematic scenes with their depiction of Dia de los Muertos in the pre-title sequence.  What is Dia de los Muertos and why was it featured?  Join myself and Bud West from the Bond Brain as we talk about the history of the holiday, the impact Bond had on the holiday, and what No Time To Die did to the legacy of Spectre.  

The first episode in a new bonus series I'm going to be doing is I, along with a new guest each episode, will break down the Fleming Novel against the film counterpart.  We will see which one is better, which one stands the test of time, and in the end we will decide if the film makers get enough credit for how they took Fleming's work and improved upon it, or strayed from it and made it worse.  This series is for the Bond diehards but rewarding if you're one of the ones with the sickness of Bond.  

This podcast is a MUST for any Bond fan.  For decades now people have been debating who is the best Bond girl of all-time.  After a months long ordeal of exhaustive debates, hundreds of brackets, and weeks of voting, that question has finally been answered.  To determine this, I created a 64 Bond Girl bracket.  The Bond girls were ranked and set into their own regions.  Each week I set up a 24 hour polling where voters from all over the world were able to vote on head to head matchups between Bond girls.  The matches were intense, and to be crowned the greatest Bond girl of all-time you would have to defeat every opponent on your way to being the best.  With the help of Being James Bond, Aussie Bond Guy, The Bond Armory, and Dressing Like Bond the epic showdowns began and each week was a new surprise.  In this video I recap the dozens of matchups that took place that ultimately lead to winner being crowned.  Along the way I determined which Bond had the best female ensemble, as well as who had the worst.  What did the voting mean about what we as Bond fans like about our Bond girls?  The video is fun, funny, extensive and full of thoughts and in-depth analysis of the voting and of our Bond girls.  Let me repeat, this is a MUST for any Bond fan!!!!!!!!!!!

In 1966, a year after Thunderball was released the United States had their B-52 bomber blow up over the coast of Spain.  With it four nuclear warheads plummeted to the coast.  Two exploded, causing massive radiation in the area, one was found intact, and one was lost to sea.  The US and Spain both refused to say a nuclear event occurred, and went deep in covering up the incident.  That was until my guest's uncle broke the story and revealed the massive cover-up that was taking place.  In an episode I loved researching and doing, join myself and Alex Lamas as we talk about everything from Iran Contra to Isreal's Navy to why a certain Bond girl would be worth being on a nuclear bomb for.  

With the news that MGM was bought by Amazon it's important to know what this actually means.  Often people think this is the first time MGM has been sold, when in fact since 1919 MGM and United Artists have been sold time and time again.  Find out why this could be James Bond's opportunity for its Superman Red Son.  Find out how William Randolph Hearst made weed illegal and why that pertains to the sale of Bond today.  It is ripe with Bond talk, old Hollywood talk, and some predictions for Bond moving forward.  

As WWII was over and the world was putting the pieces back together, certain nations were seen as prizes for the powers that won the war.  The first prize was in Italy in 1948.  In 1948 Italy was to hold their first election since Benito Musolini's March on Rome in 1922.  Italy had a clear choice between democracy and communism in their two party election.  With the CIA in its infancy, they and the SIS had no choice but to be quick learners against the veteran KGB and GRU in election manipulation.  In was would be a wild success, the manipulation, propoganda, and outright election interference ran by the former Allied Forces ensured that Italy voted democratic, and stayed democratic for 48 years.  Those same lessons learned in this election can be seen used today in a myriad of situations, one being COVID policy and manipulation.  Come see how history ALWAYS repeats itself, and how in the world of James Bond, life imitates art.

Want to know how the most feared and brutal cartel went from military special forces to the most brutal, murderous cartel in the world?  In this episode give a brief overview of how Los Zetas formed, where they came from, and how their meteroic rise to power came about.

Want to know what the hell is going on right now with the Game Stop, Reddit, hedge funds?  Everything is explained as well as explaining how this was how Le Chiffre was trying to get rich in the same way by shorting a stock only to have it blow up (or in his case not blow up) in his face.  Really great, topical episode that perfectly ties into a James Bond movie with special guest Matt Perkins from Bond Cigars on IG.

Join myself and Lorenzo from OmegaBondWatches as first I talk about the history of the Omega Brand.  Starting in 1848, this brand has a long rich history to go along with its impeccable style.  Omega was instrumental in the Allied Forces victory in WWII.  Follow along as the lessons learned in WWII field testing brought Omega to the moon, literally, and ultimately on James Bond's wrist.  Come along as we start with Goldeneye and end with No Time to Die in discussing Omega and the iterations that James Bond has worn on screen.  

Listen in as we go into the history of one of the most notorious cartels in history, the Sinaloa Cartel.  I give some of my first hand experience being a United States Border Patrol Agent and some of my encounters.  We talk about Operation Fast and Furious, Mexican Military, the territories of cartel control, and of course sprinkle in some Chapo talk.  Then my friend Greg and myself discuss License to Kill and whether or not it deserved to be the lowest grossing Bond film of all time.

25 years ago on 17 November 2020 Goldeneye was released nationally released in the United States for audiences.  It marked the rebirth of Bond, a new era of Bond, and ushered in a who new generations of fans that have kept the series alive today.  For some, this masterpiece is the best movie in the franchise, and who can argue.  Join myself and Luke Taggert from Blunt Instruments as we talk about how much the movie means to us, and the mark it left on our fandom.

Join myself, JT a former secret service agent who guarded presidents, the guys from the Silverback Chronicles, as we delve into the reasons James Bond walks away from MI6.  James Bond is a time capsule of cultural personfication, and within that we can see how the views and cultural expressions have changed with the movies from Connery to Craig.  Really great episode, really proud of it and super excited to make a stop at the nurse's station........

Sean Connery meant so much to so many.  What he gave this world, the man he was and exemplified has left an indelible mark on this world.  I give a quick statement on what he has meant to myself, my views of why he is in a class by himself, and a parting goodbye to the one and only, Sir Thomas Sean Connery.

Come listen as myself and Chris Hunt from British Bond Addict talk about Timothy Dalton's first outing as Bond, The Living Daylights.  We had a blast chatting Bond and going into Daniel Craig's Foghorn Leghorn accent.  After we go into a crazy ass story about a real life defection that happened in the 60's that started with clapping cheeks, and ended in a deadly kidnapping.  It's a fun episode, full of laughs and full of really interesting topics.  

Just a quick update about what's been going on and to put out an offer to listeners of the show to participate in episodes of Quantum of History themselves.  Listen in and check out a contest coming soon, and how to be a contributor to the podcast!

Listen to this episode to find out who the real Elliot Carver was and how it's through his influence that Jeffery Epstein was able to create his ring.  Robert Maxwell, Father of Ghisele Maxwell lead an amazing life.  Coming from poverty to be a billionaire super spy for three nations, his life had it all.  It even had a death that has been featured in two spy franchises.  Come listen and go deeper into the well.  This is the episode that is the one for non-Bond fans too.  If you have friends or family that are interested in this case, this is the episode to show them in addition to all the documentaries. 

Bonus episode, the official Quantum of History Bond film ranking.  This is the essential, infallible, unequivocal best Bond movie ranking you've ever heard or seen.  At the end we will talk some No Time To Die news.  It's a fun episode, getting back to what is so fun about being a James Bond fan is watching the movies, and debating their rank.  Enjoy, take a break from life for a while, and try and debate me on Instagram after you hear the list and I'll explain to you why you're wrong and I'm right.  

Well, we're going there.  As you can guess by the choice of movie the topic we're going to discuss in today's political climate.   Listen in as I invite my good friend Mario Harris on to talk about Bond movies and race relations.  I am certain that listeners will be surprised at where we go with this.  It is one that may make some uncomfortable, but we tackle this with a pragmatic esoteric viewpoints.  This is not a hashtag episode, this is a grounded, adult, reality based discussion and one that I hope people find prophetic.  

Special guest Bud West from the Bond Brain comes on to talk about Diamonds are Forever and the conflict diamonds the movie was inspired by.  We're going to talk about Hulk Hogan, Megan's Law, too much bikini (I guess is a thing now), why being in the middle is always a great place to be, and how conflict and political influence lead secret agents to be used for trivial pursuits.  This episode we're going to get a little philosophical and attempt to rationalize economic inequalities against conflict.  It's a lot to discuss and squeeze into in 30 short minutes but we do a damn good job of it, unlike Lana Wood does trying to squeeze those things into that dress.  Enjoy episode 7 - Diamonds are Forever!!!!!

Why was it important to find out about Count Lippe's tattoo? This episode we're going to talk about Thunderball and why it's so damn great and we're going to talk about who the Tongs are and their history.  This episode has talks of Oprah's book club, erotic novels, Albanian driving lessons, riding a moose in the amazon, and I guess we can throw in some history.  Listen in, a lot of fun researching and talking about this movie and this topic!!

This podcast has EVERYTHING, it has Russians, Iranians, Kurds, Turkey, subterfuge, it has talks of bucket list threesomes and Denise Richards' boobs, it has a special appearance from Thomas Felix Creighton of the IG page Flemingneverdies.  We talk about the movie The World Is Not Enough, why it's Brosnan's Octopussy and why Renard IS a pussy.  We talk centuries old wars that continue to hinder progress in the area and where the world goes from there.  Extremely interesting topic, really proud of this one, listen and enjoy!!!!!

Let's discuss one of the best movies of all time, the best video game of all time, and let's figure out what the hell drove Alec Trevalyn to turn on MI6.  In this podcast we're going to discuss why Goldeneye is an amazing movie, but also the history of the Cossacks and that story of what happened to the Lienz Cossacks.  A really compelling story, another WWII story that shaped the way the world is today.  It's going to be a lot of fun, listen in!

Roger Moore's third outing as Bond and arguably his best outing as Bond.  Inspired bystanders Barbara Bach's portrayal of Agent Amasova in this episode I delve into the contributions of female spies in WWII.  An absolutely fascinating undertaking, come and listen to the story of the real life Judy Dench M.  Listen how Fleming himself found inspiration in one of the women spoken about in this podcast.  Listen and help me celebrate all the heroic women of WWII....and boobs....listen and hear why!