Podcasts by The Spy-Fi Guys

Microdot: "Stasiland" from 2023-11-30T10:34

In this microdot episode, Zach shares stories from "Stasiland" by Anna Funder, following on from "The Lives of Others" last week. At its height, the Stasi, the German Democratic Republic's secre...

The Lives of Others from 2023-11-23T07:36

The winner of the 2007 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Feature, "The Lives of Others" is the Spy-Fi Guys' first German movie. In 1984 Berline, a Stasi operative assigned to eavesdrop on a pair o...

DEAD DROP: "007: Road to a Million" from 2023-11-16T10:42

The Spy-Fi Guys discuss their first reality game show with "007: Road to a Million." Nine pairs of ordinary people need to take on James Bond style feats of derring do, and also answer trivia qu...

"Roald Dahl" from 2023-11-02T16:02:10

Known worldwide as the author of beloved children's books such as "James and the Giant Peach" and "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," in this microdot the Spy-Fi Guys discuss Roald Dahl. Du...

"Cars 2" from 2023-10-19T09:34

The Spy-Fi Guys cruise into their first (and probably last) Pixar movie with Cars 2. Tow Mater and his buddy Lightning McQueen get caught in a James Bond-style plot involving alternative fuels a...

"From Russia With Love: The Video Game" from 2023-10-05T13:00

The Spy-Fi Guys celebrate Global James Bond Day this year by covering their first video game, the 2005 game From Russia With Love. Sean Connery returns as James Bond and battles bad guys from ev...

DEAD DROP: "Spy Kids: Armageddon" guest starring Alanna from 2023-10-03T07:35

A recent Netflix original movie, written and directed by Robert Rodriguez, "Spy Kids: Armaggedon" is a sequel/reboot to the original from our childhoods. Two new spy kids with two new parents ta...

"Raazi" guest starring Candice from 2023-09-07T08:28

It's a trip back to Bollywood in 2018's "Raazi" starring Alia Bhatt. It tells the incredible (mostly) true story of Sehmat, a 20 year old Kashmiri girl who is married into a Pakistani military f...

Microdot: "The Dirty Tricks Department" from 2023-08-03T07:17

In this bonus Microidot Episode, the Spy-Fi Guys share just a few of the stories from "The Dirty Tricks Department: Stanley Lovell, the OSS, and the Masterminds of World War II Secret Warfare" b...

"Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol" guest starring Jay from 2023-07-20T08:52

Mission Impossible season continues with "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol." In the fourth installment in the series, the stunts hit a new high as Ethan Hunt climbs the Burj Khalifa in pursuit...

DEAD DROP: "Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1" from 2023-07-13T08:00

Tom Cruise and the Mission Impossible crew is back with the seventh installment of the long running series. Hayley Atwell is a thief and a new addition to the team, who are taking on an unknowab...

DEAD DROP: "Marvel's Secret Invasion: Episode 1" from 2023-06-29T08:14

 The Spy-Fi Guys return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the first episode of the new streaming series "Secret Invasion." Is the presence of Samuel L. Jackson and other veteran MCU act...

"Windtalkers" guest starring ZJ from 2023-06-22T07:25

Codes! Ciphers! Soldiers! John Woo! Nicolas Cage! It's everything the Spy-Fi Guys could have hoped for in this 2002 World War II epic about the Native American codetalkers who foiled Japanese sp...

"Johnny English" from 2023-05-18T08:12

Just in time for a real life coronation, bumbling heroic patriotic spy Johnny English takes on John Malkovich in this comedy from the early 2000s. How does it compare to The Tuxedo, and how does...

DEAD DROP: "Citadel" from 2023-05-04T09:00

The Amazon Prime series starring Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and Stanley Tucci was created by the Russo Brothers. Two spies are blown up, suffering amneisa after their ...

"The Good Shepherd" guest starring Dexter Ingram from 2023-04-20T07:34

International Spy Museum Advisory Board member (and collection of sweet spy movie paraphernalia) Dexter Ingram joins the boys to discuss "The Good Shepherd," a fictionalized story about the birt...

"The Tuxedo" from 2023-03-16T08:31

An ordinary day for New York Cab driver Jimmy Tong (Jackie Chan) takes a turn for the wild when he meets a superspy and begins to wear his superpowered tuxedo. Jennifer Love Hewitt also stars as...

"Operation Finale" from 2023-02-16T08:56

The world's most notorious Nazi, Adolf Eichmann, is in the crosshairs during 2018's "Operation Finale," starring Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley. Mossad agents cross the Atlantic Ocean to seek out ...

"Tomorrow Never Dies" from 2022-12-15T09:55

James Bond is back, and so are the Spy-Fi Guys, with Pierce Brosnan's second flick as the international man of mystery, "Tomorrow Never Dies." A media mogul engineers a war for clicks, or rather...

Microdot: Fritz Joubert Duquesne from 2022-12-01T09:37

For this week's microdot episode, take your mind back to "The King's Man" from earlier this year. Zach shares the story of Fritz Joubert Duquesne, a French spy with a colorful career against the...

"Elizabeth" from 2022-11-17T10:16

The Spy-Fi Guys return from their hiatus with the courtly intrigue tale of Elizabeth I, played by Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth." The Virgin Queen and her spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham must ma...

"Agent Carter" from 2022-10-13T10:00

This week we have a bonus postlude to the Rerun Summer, a post-credits scene, if you will, with 2015's "Agent Carter." Hayley Atwell reprises her role as SSR Agent Peggy Carter, as well as Domin...

Global James Bond Day Draft 2022 from 2022-10-05T08:16

The Spy-Fi Guys bring their friends together to celebrate Global James Bond Day with a drafting game! Past guest stars Alanna, Carolyn, and Lance join the boys for a competition to assemble the ...

"Agents of SHIELD" from 2022-09-29T08:33

Marvel's "Agents of SHIELD" ran for seven seasons, though Zach only watched three. The Spy-Fi Guys cover the pilot and "Turn Turn Turn," in which the famous Hydra reveal from Captain America occ...

Microdot: Mike Spann from 2022-09-22T06:22

After last week's Jack Ryan, the Spy-Fi Guys discuss the sad story of Micheal "Mike" Spann, the first CIA casualty in Afghanistan. Love at the CIA is also discussed.

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"Amazon's Jack Ryan" guest starring Lance from 2022-09-15T08:39

Amazon's "Jack Ryan" starring John Krasinski takes the famous Tom Clancy hero back to his roots, rewinding the clock to before he met Cathy and before he ever heard of the Red October. Guest sta...

"Alias" guest starring Jay from 2022-09-01T09:02

Jennifer Garner's star making role of Sydney Bristow in JJ Abram's celebrated spy show "Alias" begins with the confusingly named pilot "Truth Be Told." Fiancees die, fatherly relations are resto...

"Chuck" guest starring Carolyn from 2022-08-18T07:50

The 2007 series "Chuck" ran for five seasons, and stars Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, and Adam Baldwin. Computer geek Chuck is pulled unwillingly into a spy game and must struggle to survive ...

"Jack of All Trades" from 2022-08-11T08:40

Bruce Campbell stars in the mostly forgotten 2000 action/comedy/spy series "Jack of All Trades," set in a tiny East Indies island during 1801. Jack Stiles and his alter ego The Daring Dragoon fo...

"Burn Notice" from 2022-08-04T09:21

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Microdot: Leandro Aragoncillo and Jonathan Pollard from 2022-07-28T08:26

After two episodes about fictional moles, the Spy-Fi Guys dip into a couple of real life mole stories. Leandro Aragoncillo was a former Marine and FBI analyst who spied for the Philippines, and ...

"The Americans" from 2022-07-21T08:41

The Rerun Summer continues with "The Americans," the FX series starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys. Two American suburbanites are not what they appear to be: they are in fact Soviet spies who...

"Archer" from 2022-07-07T08:50

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"James Bond Jr" from 2022-06-30T09:03

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"Operation Mincemeat" from 2022-06-16T09:01

The final installament of the D-Day anniversay series, Colin Firth stars in the 2021 not-quite-Netflix original movie "Operation Mincemeat." The film depicts the twists and turns involved in tri...

Microdot: Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One Roundup with Evan Ferrante and Jay from 2022-06-09T13:00

This week, we have a plethora of Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One related content! We have an interview with the leading Tom Cruise impressionist in the world, Evan Ferrante, news f...

"The Longest Day" guest starring ZJ from 2022-06-02T09:43

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Microdot: "D-Day Girls" from 2022-05-26T09:29

After last week's "A Call to Spy" the Spy-Fi Guys discuss stories from Sarah Rose's book "D-Day Girls, The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabo...

"A Call To Spy" from 2022-05-19T14:21

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"Mission: Impossible III" guest starring Jay from 2022-05-05T08:42

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"Taken" guest starring Matt from 2022-04-21T08:58

Liam Neeson uses his particular set of skills to launch his second career as an action hero in the 2008 classic "Taken," also starring Maggie Grace and Famke Jennsen. The Spy-Fi Guys are joined ...

"The Man Who Saved The World" from 2022-04-07T09:15

Stanislav Petrov is an ordinary Russian citizen with an extraordinary past: he prevented World War III back in the 1980s. This documentary follows Stansliv's trip to the United States in 2005 wh...

Microdot: "Broken Arrows" from 2022-03-31T09:08

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"The Sum of All Fears" guest starring Lance from 2022-03-24T09:00

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"The Imitation Game" guest starring SpyCast's Andrew Hammond from 2022-03-10T06:04

The International Spy Museum's curator, historian, and host of their podcast SpyCast, Andrew Hammond joins the Spy-Fi Guys for the Academy Award-winning "The Imitation Game" starring Benedict Cu...

"Harriet The Spy (1996)" from 2022-02-24T14:53

Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Michelle Trachtenberg stars as Harriet, a sixth grader with a passion for writing and a knack for spying. But when her journal containing observations about her classm...

Microdot: "Harriet Tubman: Civil War Spy" from 2022-02-17T10:10

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"Harriet" from 2022-02-10T10:28

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Dead Drop: "The 355" guest starring Carolyn & Sarah from 2022-02-03T12:25

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"The Living Daylights" from 2022-01-27T10:28

The Spy-Fi Guys continue their convoluted coverage of the James Bond series of films with "The Living Daylights," Timothy Dalton's first outing as the suave superspy. This one is also notable fo...

"Charlie Wilson's War" from 2022-01-13T10:06

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Dead Drop: "The King's Man" from 2022-01-06T10:32

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"Mission: Impossible 2" guest starring Jay from 2021-12-30T09:50

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Microdot: "Shin Sang-ok and Choi Eun-hee" from 2021-12-23T10:36

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"The Spy Gone North" from 2021-12-16T10:12

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"Pearl Harbor" guest starring Sarah from 2021-12-09T09:51

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"Tora! Tora! Tora!" guest starring ZJ from 2021-12-02T10:00

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"xXx" guest starring the Cast and the Furious from 2021-11-18T05:48

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"The Courier" from 2021-11-04T08:17

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"Clear and Present Danger" guest starring Lance from 2021-10-21T09:28

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Dead Drop: "No Time to Die" guest starring Lance from 2021-10-19T09:20

The Spy-Fi Guys take on Daniel Craig's final outing as James Bond in "No Time To Die," also starring Lea Seydoux and Rami Malek. Delayed many times before making it to theaters, was it worth the...

"Fair Game" from 2021-10-07T10:13

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Global James Bond Day Draft from 2021-10-05T09:37

The Spy-Fi Guys bring their friends together to celebrate Global James Bond Day with a drafting game! Past guest stars Sarah, Carolyn, and Lance join the boys for a competition to assemble the p...

"Help!" guest starring Ger from 2021-09-23T07:54

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"Operation Kid Brother" guest starring Brian from 2021-09-16T08:36

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"Get Smart" (2008) from 2021-09-09T05:40

The Spy-Fi Guys have a lot to say about 2008's "Get Smart," starring Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway as the Swingin '60s Spy Summer continues. Zach makes tea and Christian tells a story about fal...

"Get Smart" (1965) from 2021-09-02T12:15

Did you know Mel Brooks created "Get Smart" the spy spoof series featuring shoe phones, trapdoors in telephone booths, and crying robots? The Spy-Fi Guys cover the episodes "Back to the Old Draw...

"The Avengers" (1998) from 2021-08-26T08:15

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"The Avengers" (1961) from 2021-08-19T10:37

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"The Man From Uncle" (2015) guest starring Carolyn and Kelly from 2021-08-12T08:43

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"The Man from UNCLE" (1966) guest starring Carolyn and Kelly from 2021-08-05T12:17

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"OSS 117: Lost in Rio" guest starring the SpyHards from 2021-07-29T08:30

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"Mission Impossible" (1966) guest starring Mission Impodible from 2021-07-22T08:30

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Dead Drop: "Black Widow" from 2021-07-19T08:47

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"The Prisoner" guest starring Sundeep from 2021-07-15T08:25

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"Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" guest starring Sarah from 2021-07-08T08:00

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"Danger Man/Secret Agent" from 2021-07-01T08:44

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"In Like Flint" from 2021-06-24T08:00

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"Casino Royale (1967)" from 2021-06-17T06:04

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Microdot: "Sea Stories" from 2021-06-10T05:16

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"Zero Dark Thirty" Part 2 from 2021-06-03T06:23

The United States finds and kills the 21st century's most notorious terrorist in this conclusion to "Zero Dark Thirty" starring Jessica Chastain and late arrival Chris Pratt. Stay tuned for some...

Microdot: "The Triple Agent" from 2021-05-27T12:22

In between takes on Zero Dark Thirty, Zach brings us greater detail behind the killing of seven CIA officers in Afghanistan at the hands of Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, a Jordanian doc...

"Zero Dark Thirty" Part 1 from 2021-05-20T10:35

The greatest manhunt in history gets underway as Jessica Chastain chases Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti across multiple countries and CIA blacksites. The Spy-Fi Guys talk torture, characterization, and th...

Bonus Episode: "Without Remorse" guest starring Lance from 2021-05-18T10:15

Michael B. Jordan stars in "Tom Clancy's Without Remorse," an Amazon Prime original movie that could have been in the same universe as the "Jack Ryan" series, but it isn't clear. The Spy-Fi Guys...

Microdot: "Traitors or Patriots" from 2021-05-13T09:59

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"The Long Kiss Goodnight" from 2021-05-06T10:16

Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson star in the story of an ordinary amnesiac who is actually a CIA assassin! Sounds like a Shane Black movie? That's because it is, with all the clever dialogue to...

Microdot: "The Saboteur" from 2021-04-29T09:27

Along a similar vein to last week's "The Catcher Was A Spy," this week The Spy Fi-Guys cover the less well known story of William Grover-...

"The Catcher Was a Spy" from 2021-04-22T15:25

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"Hudson Hawk" from 2021-04-08T15:01

Bruce Willis stars in his 1991 passion project "Hudson Hawk," about the misadventures of a singing cat burglar, his best friend, and his Vatican Organization love interest. Probably the worst mo...

Microdot: "The Grand Mosque Seizure" from 2021-04-01T10:51

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"Argo" from 2021-03-25T15:15

The 2012 Best Picture and Best Director-winning "Argo" may be the most prestigious flick the Spy-Fi Guys have taken on yet, but where it exceeds in cinematography it lacks in historical accuracy...

"Thirteen Days," One Year Anniversary Special from 2021-03-18T10:05

The Spy-Fi Guys celebrate one year of podcasting with a bonus episode from the archives. "Thirteen Days" stars Kevin Costner and Bruce Greenwood as they navigate the treacherous waters surroundi...

"Patriot Games" guest starring Lance from 2021-03-11T12:12

Harrison Ford has to find his family for possibly the first time in this Tom Clancy thriller. The Spy-Fi Guys are joined by guest star Lance as they talk counter-terrorism, the IRA, and intellig...

"Sgt Stubby: An American Hero" guest starring Carolyn and Sarah from 2021-02-25T12:11

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"Mission: Impossible" (1996) guest starring Jay from 2021-02-11T12:13

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"Parmanu" from 2021-01-28T10:45

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"Top Secret!" from 2021-01-14T12:14

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"Age of Heroes" from 2020-12-31T12:03

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"X-Men: First Class" from 2020-12-17T12:07

Christian and Zach conclude their Cold War Spies series and practice their Ian McKellen impersonations with a jaunt into the world of the X-Men. Before they were Professor X and Magneto, they we...

"Bridge of Spies" from 2020-12-03T12:52

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"Dr. No" guest starring Brian from 2020-11-19T12:22

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"Topaz" from 2020-11-05T12:48

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"Spy Kids" guest starring Alanna from 2020-10-22T12:12

After four episodes of dark and depressing content, The Spy-Fi Guys are back with the light-hearted childhood classic "Spy Kids," starring Antonio Banderas and Tony Shaloub among many other fami...

Minute Impossible: M:I-7 Rumors and Secret Wishes Preview from 2020-10-13T12:00

Here's a preview of The Spy-Fi Guys guest starring on the Minute Impossible podcast, talking about rumors and desires for the seventh Mission: Impossible film with Jonathan from Minute Impossibl...

"Munich: Part 2" from 2020-10-08T12:31

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"Munich: Part 1" from 2020-09-24T12:30

The Spy-Fi Guys dive into the world of "Munich," directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Eric Bana. Israeli Mossad agents trek across Europe seeking eleven names; the terrorists responsible fo...

Microdot: "Vengeance" from 2020-09-17T12:24

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"The Spy Who Came in From the Cold" from 2020-09-10T11:50

Christian and Zach go old school this week with John LeCarre's classic tale "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold," which was adapted in 1965 and stars Richard Burton. Zach provides some small but ...

"American Made" from 2020-08-27T11:17

In the second part of their Tom Cruise double feature, Christian and Zach watch "American Made," the story of Barry Seal, a pilot who allegedly flew some questionable products on behalf of the C...

"Knight and Day" from 2020-08-13T12:18

The Spy-Fi Guys watch "Knight and Day," a 2010 spy/romance/action/thriller/horror movie starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. What makes us call it a horror movie you ask? Listen to our hos...

"Michael Collins" from 2020-07-30T12:19

Christian and Zach cover "Michael Collins," the '90s epic of Ireland starring Liam Neeson and Julia Roberts. Collins led the Old Irish Republican Army in fighting an insurgency against the Briti...

"Spies in Disguise" from 2020-07-16T12:12

Starring Will Smith and Tom Holland, "Spies in Disguise" is an animated movie that came out last year. Smith stars as Lance Sterling, a suave James Bond analogue who has never met a challenge he...

"Breach" from 2020-07-02T12:07

"Breach" stars Chris Cooper as Robert Hanssen, one of the most notorious traitors in American intelligence history. Listen to our hosts' spoiler-filled take on the film. Christian provides ...

"License to Kill" from 2020-06-18T12:03

Christian and Zach cover their first James Bond movie, the second Timothy Dalton flick "License to Kill." 007 goes rogue for the first time in order to seek revenge on a drug kingpin, and goes r...

"Valkryie" from 2020-06-04T12:13

This week, the Spy-Fi Guys cover "Valkryie," starring Tom Cruise. It tells the story of the July 20th plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944 and overthrow the Nazi regime. Listen to our hosts'...

Microdot: "Countdown to Valkryie" from 2020-05-28T12:56

In their first "microdot" episode, Christian and Zach discuss the stories surrounding the Valkryie Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, including George Elser's bomb and aborted attempts to overthr...

"The Spy Who Dumped Me" from 2020-05-21T12:24

"The Spy Who Dumped Me," starring Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon, is the first comedy that The Spy-Fi Guys have covered. Join our hosts in this spoiler-filled episode to hear their thoughts on the...

"The Red Sea Diving Resort" from 2020-05-07T12:00

"The Red Sea Diving Resort" is a Netflix original movie based on a story of Mossad agents helping Ethiopian Jews escape Sudan and travel to Israel. They accomplished this using a base disguised ...

"The Hunt for Red October" from 2020-04-23T12:52

For their first completely fictional movie, the Spy-Fi Guys cover "The Hunt for Red October," the book that made Tom Clancy's career, and the movie adapation starring Alec Baldwin and Sean Conne...

"Fleming, Part 2" from 2020-04-09T12:50

In the second part of the BBC miniseries, "Fleming: the Man Who Would Be Bond," our hero goes deeper into the world of espionage in the waning months of World War II. The relationships get steam...

"Fleming, Part 1" from 2020-03-26T12:03

The Spy-Fi Guys' first spoiler-filled episode is the BBC miniseries "Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond" starring Dominic Cooper. Before Ian Fleming became world famous for his fictional supersp...

"Introducing The Spy-Fi Guys" from 2020-03-21T17:39

Introducing the podcast "The Spy-Fi Guys" and your hosts Christian and Zach. Come join us as we explore the films and television shows that feature spy fact, spy fiction, and everything in betwe...