Ruari O’Toole | Michael Dunbar | Saanje Bjorkson

Clear and Present Dudes: A Thriller Movies Podcast

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It's a defence podcast! It's a cinema podcast! It's Clear and Present Dudes! Join Naval officers and Tom Clancy fans Mike Dunbar and Saanje Björkson and resident civvy expert Ruari O' Toole as we dissect spy and political thrillers, courtroom dramas, crime movies and military action films from the ’70s–10s in a spoilercast format. What began as a mission to watch every Tom Clancy adaptation became unpreventable mission‑creep: we watch the films, unpack the heroes and villains, the Ships and the submarines! For casual fans and military enthusiasts alike! Follow the Insta @clearandpresentdudes

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Ruari O’Toole | Michael Dunbar | Saanje Bjorkson

Episodes

Tom Clancy’s Op Center (1995) 23.07.2025 2:18:46

If you’ve got a problem, a nobody can help, and if you can find them—maybe you can hire… the Ops Centre. The Dudes get their battle staff on and watch the 1995 TV movie Tom Clancy’s Op Centre. When a rogue KGB Colonel steals three nuclear warheads from a Ukrainian storage facility, it’s up to the National Crisis Management Centre to save the day. In this episode, we present a hilarious deep dive i...

The Hunt for Red October (1990) 30.06.2025 2:19:01

On this episode of Clear and Present Dudes we sound “one ping only” and litigate the Tom Clancy adaptation that started it all: The Hunt for Red October. We ride the tension-packed sonar pings with Sean Connery as Marko Ramius, the Lithuanian Soviet submarine commander plotting a daring defection, and Alec Baldwin as the big-screen Jack Ryan whose cold-read of intent might be the only thing standi...

Meteor (1979) 28.06.2025 2:48:28

On this episode of Clear and Present Dudes we brace for impact with 1979’s disaster epic Meteor, starring Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Martin Landau, and Henry Fonda as The President. A giant meteor is barreling toward Earth, and the only plan involves space nukes on both sides of the Cold War—so naturally the US and USSR have to learn to cooperate, fast. We break down the film’s earnest doomsday s...

No Way Out (1987) 28.06.2025 2:43:39

On this episode of Clear and Present Dudes we navigate the twisting corridors of power in Roger Donaldson's 1987 thriller "No Way Out". We follow Lt. Cdr. Tom Farrell (Kevin Costner) as the DefSec’s mistress is found murdered and he’s suddenly the prime suspect, forcing him into a desperate hunt for the elusive Soviet spy “Yuri.” We dig into the film’s tense atmosphere, Gene Hackman’...