Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Best Film Ever

This sort of podcast is our bag baby. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian, Liam, Ethan, and Georgia, as we defrost from the swinging 60s into the cynical 90s in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. We're trying to avoid getting our mojo crossed with fembots in our 121st episode as we discuss:

• The famous child of the theme song's composer
• If this film has aged as badly as we feared it would have
• Whether Ian has better comedic timing than Mike Myers & Liz Hurley
• The strength of the collection of licensed music
• We get deep about flags as symbols, consistency of consent,
• Ian notices a ton of things from the UK edit that weren't in the North American version
• We ask who's the more interesting character: Austin Powers or Dr. Evil
• Whether Vanessa is the worst secret agent ever
• We discuss an almost casting that completely changes the tone of this film
• Ian has an update on Princess Leia's gold bikini from last week
• Whether or not Return of the Jedi is the Best Film Ever.

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• Rev Bruce
• Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM
• Lina Oberholzer
• Ensign Ian Davies
• Chris Pedersen
• Katie McRae
• Duane Smith (Duane Smith!)
• Randal Silva
• The Yeetmeister
• Nate The Great
• Cheezy (with a fish on a bike)

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Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog. Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song. You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

Timestamps for this episode:

• 0:00 - Opening Banter
  5:35 - Reflections & Corrections
  12:20 - Shoutouts
  27:30 - Deep Dive
  2:47:40 - Endgame