Quantum of History

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...

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 wors...

This episode is a deep one, and one where my guest and I get deeply personal in a number of things.  We start by discussing is James Bond a psychopath?  After we discuss how Roger Moore is a giant psychopath, we get into different times in our lives when we've had trauma.  Myself, I speak on facing life or death situations where I was close to killing or being killed.  My guest, Alex Lamas, speaks...

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.  Ea...

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. &n...

It's been a year and a half since I first published my intro so I wanted to update my resume and put a new intro out there.  This is the introduction to the podcast.  Here I'll explain the three types of episodes I do on this podcast/YouTube channel.  I'll briefly describe how I got started, and explain why when you learn about the rich history of where the James Bond writers get their inspiration...

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...

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...

Ever wonder why TMWGG has a plot line based on the creation of an infinite power source?  Find out about how the Energy Crisis of 1973 shaped the story, and how the fear that society as it was would cease to exist.  Follow the story from Israeli-Palestinian conflicts dating back to 1948 led to three months of fear and panic in society.  My mom comes on as a guest to discuss what life was like duri...

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 P...

In the second part of a two part episode me and my guests get into how China has influenced Bond and Hollywood.  China has influenced Hollywood artistically with the explosion of Kung Fu film and its influence on action movies today.  China in modern times has influenced Hollywood in a much more hidden way.  The China movie market has finally had the door cracked open to American film and that has...

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 wr...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 p...

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 ep...

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...