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This episode, join J. and Collision and special guest Lauren Parker\\xa0as we roll the dice -- and lose -- with Ian Fleming\'s first James Bond novel, Casino Royale.\\xa0 We return to the thrilling days of the Cold War, when Great Britain stood alone against the Soviet menace, and the only way to way to stem the tide of communism was to send middle-aged men on gambling junkets.\\xa0 Cars will be chased.\\xa0 The patriarchy will be defended.\\xa0 And oh how preferences will be explained!\\xa0 From pre-mission massages to rock-ribbed misogyny to sexual sadism and gay panic, this episode\'s got it all, because this book\'s got it all, and none of it is good.

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Recommendations

Cocaine Blues, Kerry Greenwood

"From Sleep", Max Richter

Battleborn, Claire Vaye Watkins

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Music

Oh Bondage, Up Yours! -- X-Ray Spex

Word is Bond --\\xa0Brand Nubian

Azz Everywhere -- Big Freedia

Thunderball -- Johnny Cash