Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Agents Scott and Cam continue their chat with author Robert Sellers about his controversial 2007 book The Battle for Bond! In this follow-up he highlights the complex reasons the book was banned, and discusses his other 007 works When Harry Met Cubby and The Search for Bond. 


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