Bond and Banter

Episode 3 of Bond and Banter features an interview with "Valentin Zukovsky"! The former KGB agent discusses his life as a Soviet spy as well as his previous encounters with 007. Zukovsky details the events that led him to his faithful final encounter with Bond and Electra King and why he decided to save Bond rather than kill Ms. King. Afterwards, host Jack Lugo interview Bond fan Justin Valero about Bond, his background in national security and terrorism studies, Bond video games, and further thoughts on the direction of the Bond franchise.

In episode 2 of the Bond and Banter podcasts, host Jack Lugo speaks with "Sir George Martin" who contacted him from the afterlife to discuss the Live and Let die soundtrack and The Beatles. Jack and his 2nd guests Chris Wood chat all about their love of music, movies, and of course James Bond. Among the topics discussed are the Bee Gees documentary, Sofia Coppola's On the Rocks film, vinyl records, and Bond music. Listen to Chris's recording of City of Lovers b-side "Twisting with James" and a performance of "I've Just Gotta Get a Message To You."

The inaugural episode of Bond and Banter! It's a new podcast where a love of James Bond serves as a launching point for a wide ranging discussion on pop culture, entertainment, movies, music, TV, books, and or just about anything. The podcast consist of 2 sections: The Bond section and Banter section. Each week a guest will interpret a character from the James Bond universe and your host Jack Lugo will interview them in character. Afterwards, the character "leaves" and the "Banter" section begins where Jack and his guests discuss various topics including but not limited to Bond. In this very first episode, Jack interviews "Michael G. Wilson" & Bill Koenig.