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 secret police, knew everything worth knowing about everyone who lived under their rule. The stories of those who lived through it include tragedy, comedy, and nostalgia for a time most people would rather forget.

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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 of creatives gets further entwined in their lives, and their struggles against the Communist regime.

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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 questions (?!) in this new series from Amazon Prime. Will they win their million or leave the mission incomplete? Brian Cox stars as the Controller, a shadowy figure who provides information and the occassional dry joke. 

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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. During the Second World War, Dahl flew a biplane in North Africa and then schmoozed with high society in Washington DC. He even has a connection to James Bond, but you'll have to listen to the end to hear it.

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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 and car gadgets. The car puns came fast and furious, both on the screen and off. The reputation of this movie is not good, but at the end of the day it's still Pixar.

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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 evil organization OCTOPUS (who is definitely not SPECTRE), as he foils their plans for world domination. Does the almost 20 year old game hold up? Listen in to find out!

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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 taken on an insane game designer who wants to conquer the world through technology. Guest starring Alanna from Tuesday Night Gaming.

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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 family in order to spy on her husband's father as the winds of war begin to blow. Guest starring Candice from the Media and Monuments podcast and Women in Film & Video.

Candice Bloch, @janeofmanylanes on IG, is a multifaceted creative, as well as the current EVP of Women in Film & Video (WIFV), based in DC (wifv.org), and a producer and host of their podcast, Media & Monuments (mediaandmonuments.com).

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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" by John Lisle. Wild Bill Donovan and his "Professor Moriarty" Stanley Lovell came up with many gadgets to defeat the Nazis, many of which didn't work and others which made for some very intersting stories of deception and spycraft.

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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 of a nuclear extremist. Simon Pegg stars as well, and a few familiar faces return. How does it stack up against the rest of the series? Tune in to find out. Guest starring Jay from Feed Your Nerd.

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