Who Was the Real James Bond? The Spies Who Inspired 007

Who inspired the most famous secret agent of all time?
This episode of An Ounce investigates the real lives behind the legend of James Bond. Was it Dusko Popov, the charming double agent? Sidney Reilly, the so-called Ace of Spies? Or William Stephenson, the Canadian codebreaker who knew Churchill personally? Ian Fleming didn’t create Bond from scratch—he stitched together the best (and worst) of these real-life spies.
Learn the truth behind 007 and why the real story might be even more unbelievable than the movies.
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