December 27, 2025

S4E29: Diamonds are Forever with No Notes

It's that most festive of periods, that most goodwill of all men, that most silent and holy of nights, and you know what that means: We're skipping out on the usual postwar depictions of middle-aged men being miserable to see what exactly we remember about a movie we all last watched in May 2021. Spoilers: Not much!

We're pretty certain a guy goes 'BAJA????'

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Check out friend of the show Mattie's new book Simplicity here, or wherever fine graphic novels are sold!

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FREE PALESTINE

Hey, Devon here. In our home, we talk a lot about how insane everything feels, and agonise constantly over what can be done to best help the Palestinians trapped in Gaza facing the full brunt of genocidal violence. My partner Rebecca has put together a list of four fundraisers you can contribute to- all of them are at work on the ground doing what they can.

-Palestinian Communist Youth Union, which is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine
https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity

-Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla
https://www.waterislifegaza.org/

-Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also
https://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=1102739514947848

-Thamra, which distributes herb and veg seedlings, repairs and maintains water infrastructure, and distributes food made with replanted veg patches
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-thamra-cultivating-resilience-in-gaza

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Kill James Bond is hosted by November Kelly, Abigail Thorn, and Devon. You can find us at https://killjamesbond.com , as well as on our Bluesky and X.com the every app account

Comments (100)

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Mythopoeist · June 30, 2026

BLAHAJ??? We don't have anything in BLAHAJ! Also, if you like Sleep you should try Green Lung.

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MakeStuff · March 19, 2026

I got around to this episode in mid-March of 2026, and let me tell you I laughed for about 5 minutes straight when Devon said - totally deadpan - that January would definitely be totally fine

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psquirrell · March 19, 2026

👍

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Oror · January 17, 2026

👍

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foughtthelaw · January 15, 2026

42 year old Dad, delayed listener, fully activated by Devin mentioning Sleep.

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Her Fierceness · January 14, 2026

I too am here to mention that I'm over 40 for no reason and very late

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zahracusdottir · January 6, 2026

Abi it is important that I say I am Blonde and I am American and only mildly insane

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Maxi Mailloux · January 6, 2026

Cheering yelling pumping my fist texting every trans person I know about possible Canadian liveshows

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khaliqtessi · January 4, 2026

Dear diary, it is the year of our lord 2030, and I am very much looking forward to the 3rd run through of this beautiful art piece. Very excited to listen to (checks notes) "Dr. No with no Notes(reprise again)"

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Danibee · January 4, 2026

i just want Abby to know that I am a new listener in 2025, and IT WAS THE SAM EPISODE that made me subscribe to Patreon!! which felt like an odd choice at the time but I have never regretted it even once! but I listened to soooo many of your current episodes, before going back to do the full backlog. happy new year's, wishing you a happy and successful 2026!

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majorenglishesquire · January 4, 2026

42 f reporting in 🫡 (american but not blonde, sorry)

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Sierra · January 1, 2026

👍

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A Tedious Returning · December 31, 2025

I genuinely cannot tell if Abi being a zoomer is a bit or not anymore

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Andrew Dunn · January 1, 2026

She's in her early 30s in Real Life

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Buick · December 31, 2025

as a 24 year old having a pretty bad time, thanks for that little tidbit at the end Abby

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Isaiah Thummel · December 31, 2025

👍🏻

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Gabe · December 31, 2025

I respect that dom doing a bit to November so much. Nothing is better than commitment to the bit.

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THEo0ze · December 31, 2025

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Dune Man Daniel · December 30, 2025

The sexual tension is different when it's your wife and not your friend's wife, I think.

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Jon W · December 30, 2025

👍

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Scott · December 30, 2025

It's natural that a lot of older episodes would have more views overall due to a combination of old listeners who have left, long time listeners re-listening to old episodes, and new listeners going back through the old episodes as well

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Andrew Dunn · January 1, 2026

I've listened to the Connery through Moore episodes repeatedly, I think I've listened to each Dalton and Brosnan episode once.

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Platinum Quill · December 30, 2025

👍 <3

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Wydkrov · December 30, 2025

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Andrew Dunn · December 30, 2025

Re Tiffany Case being a joke name: in the novel, it's literally because her mom was given a piece of Tiffany jewelry, in the signature case, by the dude who knocked her up and left her, so she names her daughter that consciously, after a literal Tiffany case.

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Evie K · December 30, 2025

Please, if you come to Australia, don't skip Adelaide. Everyone skips us and it sucks. I promis if you come here I will round up every trans woman in Adelaide and we will come to the live show.

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Patrick Lopez · December 30, 2025

Whenever I get unc'd, I just remind them that if I'm the unc, they're the NEPHEW

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The Project Project · December 29, 2025

::thumbsup::

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Tariq Moustapha · December 29, 2025

This is the first no notes episode that's really activated my Bond autism. I'm basically screaming at my phone.

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Andrew Dunn · December 29, 2025

They *forgot Tiffany Case existed*

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Dune Man Daniel · December 29, 2025

Sympathizing with Devon's high listening age as a fellow individual who was diagnosed over twice my actual age by Spotify. Great episode.

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Beach Boy Sammy · December 29, 2025

There is friendly flirting, direct flirting, sexual tension, and then there's whatever was going on with Abi and Nova this episode. Well done hehe

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NowhereMan661 · December 29, 2025

I am a glad member or the 25% median.

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thejackalope231 · December 29, 2025

👍

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Echo Flint · December 29, 2025

👍

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MFH · December 29, 2025

Y'all should come to Oz and do live shows for the Sydney Mardi Gras arts festival (come for Fair Day and the Parade) - escape the Scottish Winter! Or you could do Sydney Fringe if your interested in shows like "the womyns' naughty circus cabaret". Or the comedy festivals if you want competition. For future no notes: you could use a guest (such as Mattie Lubchansky, Nate, Milo, Victoria, etc) to cover the Bond nonsense you are forgetting. BTW 45+ Man - KJB is great for subtly queering long flights.

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ScienceDaddy · January 13, 2026

Live show in Sydney that (roughly) coincides with the 2028 eclipse would be awesome!

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Kevin Bodel · December 29, 2025

I am Mr 5%! Mind you, I'll be over 60 in a short while. I've no idea how tiny a sliver of the listeners that will be.

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CV-1 · December 29, 2025

36 Year old transwoman here. I am prepared to roll up with some obscure camouflage and a deep-seated need to please if you make it to either the States after [It] happens *or* simply head to Canada if you head there.

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ThatMeatGuy · December 29, 2025

👍

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chekhovsgundam · December 28, 2025

I'm not over 45, but I am 42 AND Australian, so... lemme know when that live show is happening??

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EliteErin · December 28, 2025

👍🏻from the 25%

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james · December 28, 2025

👍 from the 20.9%

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kaybrot · December 28, 2025

Big 👍 from germany

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Jennifer Houghton · December 28, 2025

46 years young - a KJB 2%er 🫣🫢!! Nice to feel appreciated 🤣

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The Mad Scientist's toolkit · December 28, 2025

I think there are more than 195 countries in the world but after that it gets tricky to count. It doesn't include weird edge cases like Taiwan and England. Does include Palestine though so that's something.

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Aaron Lott · December 28, 2025

How haven’t you KJB’d “Highlander” yet???

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The Mad Scientist's toolkit · December 28, 2025

I'm non-binary but I'm not telling Spotify that

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Katherine Hawkland · December 28, 2025

I’m a 43 year old nonbinary person. Alas, my body is a billboard announcing its resident uterus. Waaaah.

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Friend of the show · December 29, 2025

I'm a 53 year old non binary person. I'm hoping to use the resident uterus as a ploy to get myself some testosterone without waiting lists in the new year. Menopause hack

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Crispined Glover Potato Snacks · December 28, 2025

👍

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Alanna · December 28, 2025

Normal job having mid 30s AFAB enby, listening while doing my cross stitch. Happy to hold it down 🫡

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Australian Estuary Pirate · December 28, 2025

"Might as well face it you're statistically unc" to the tune of Addicted to Love by Robert Palmer, lol. (Also, isn't Abby canonically aunt?)

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Madison Comstock · December 28, 2025

If only I was born one year earlier…….

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Madison Comstock · December 28, 2025

Hello my fellow 18-22 year olds. Though I don’t count among you because I don’t listen on Spotify.

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Ben Schwabe · December 28, 2025

Spent this morning playing with my nephew only to be told I'm "unc" in the evening.

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Stormsdream · December 27, 2025

I've heard of Spotify but never been interested. I listen to the Patreon feed on a podcatcher you've probably never heard of, so my stats do not count. Mid-50s Gen X always mistaken for Boomer because Gen X truly is the forgotten generation, but that's the indifferent burden us Xers share. Our rallying cry is, "M'eh, whatever." I had to dial back my patronage--woof--a lot this year, but KJB survived the culling.

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Fiona · December 27, 2025

Two percent wishes you all a happy new year 🎉

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Peter Paul Rubens' Muse · December 27, 2025

wishing Abi and Nova a very congrats on the thing i semi-incorrectly assumed was already happening 🎉🎂🥂

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Andrew Dunn · December 27, 2025

I love these episodes when y'all remember things, and I can't handle it when y'all don't remember things. I'm driving home from work trying to say "Scorpion down the back of his shirt! Morton slumber! Alimentary canal! Tiffany case! shady Tree! Sean Connery making out with himself!" loud enough for y'all to hear

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Tariq Moustapha · December 29, 2025

KLAUS HERGESHIEMER!

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Joey · December 27, 2025

I got hit with the superflu and completely missed Christmas due to spending three days unconscious in a sort of rodent rigour mortis pose. Seeing this uploaded has cheered me up no end, Bon Nadal!

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Jermy · December 27, 2025

Lana Wood (plenty otoole) is Natalie Woods’s sister, and, I believe, once posed for Playboy

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Sam Handwich · December 27, 2025

Shout out to [MECHANICAL KEYBOARD NOISES] a key supporting member of this podcast.

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Cassandra foretells the doom of Troy, NY · December 28, 2025

They should have Activate Windows on as a guest

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I'm a man now but cute nb frog icon can stay · December 27, 2025

Remember that lots of us don't listen on Spotify So y'all Definitely hit a million! Obligatory 👍, apparently

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bobbler42 · December 27, 2025

Re: themetunes; i am tickled by Nova’s struggling to reconcile s&m events with cruel sadists.

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Meryl is not a Vampire · December 27, 2025

I think the podcast needs to get drunk more often

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bobbler42 · December 27, 2025

Also the other Willard White is an operatic guy i love to see.

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bobbler42 · December 27, 2025

…or, as it is written in fellow boomer da Urtext Fawlty Towers, coaret is a Bourdeaux.

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April believes in you, dear listener · December 27, 2025

joining that 2% next year

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Public Universal Foe · December 27, 2025

39:55 dev I know you were drunk but that's not within a 95% confidence value on account of 1/20th being 5%. 🤓 Very close though

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Its Devon Babeyyy · December 27, 2025

I knew as soon as I said it that it wasn't 95% inclusive. I fucked up

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Trying out Virgil · December 27, 2025

A whole day late? Do you record/edit these last minute? The schedule of this podcast confuses me sometimes

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Its Devon Babeyyy · December 27, 2025

Dangerously insubordinate comment under your full name

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Harold Gottfried · December 27, 2025

“Why it’s Bondmass Eve Mr. Dean” “Bajambug!”

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Starlight Foxalope · December 27, 2025

Oh shit I moved up an age bracket from last year! Officially kjb-old since there's nothing after this. Also: how does the computer know I am non-binary?

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James Rule · December 27, 2025

Currently listening to this while cleaning.

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James Rule · December 27, 2025

Also listening in Canada.

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Wolfman Jack · December 27, 2025

So I'm going to need two things from you lot: 1.) You need to invent a fake James Bond movie and attempt to review it with "no notes" and never break character or give away the bit. For April Fool's Day. 2.) Review any movie you feel is appropriate, where all 3 of you are doing your Sean Connery, impressions, non-stop.

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panoptigoth · December 27, 2025

So people are posting about being just under the 45 starting line and I submit to you all: as a listener in America, KJB UK field trip? We can go to cool cemeteries and libraries and see the ravens at the Tower (I know it’s a tourist trap, see the username) and go to the genuinely good restaurants. Extension to France TBD.

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Camoose · December 27, 2025

I only listen to you guys on patreon, makes it easier to download episodes to listen to at work.

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Camoose · December 27, 2025

Kjb, worst of all possible worlds and trashfuture are my pods where I tend to save them to listen to at work. No God's no mayors is the pod when I have to listen to it as soon as i notice it. Wtyp is the pod I save for when I get home and watch the slides

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Camoose · December 27, 2025

If there's one thing you have to hand it to people with Grills, they put their money where their mouth is.

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Emily Kugler · December 27, 2025

As my 47th birthday is around the corner, I appreciate the love to the 45+ listeners

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panoptigoth · December 27, 2025

“One of” 🪦❤️

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Thomas Mitchell · December 27, 2025

👍

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Its Devon Babeyyy · December 27, 2025

👍

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Evelyn Miner · December 27, 2025

Surely this is the horniest KJB episode yet? Abi and November going at it and Devon in "im king of da highway" mode like the To the Bone episode

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Miss Venom · December 28, 2025

Abi and Nova being barely constrained was a trip haha

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Athena Von Tharsis · December 27, 2025

Some of us have taste and are opiated, Devon.

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Gil the Gilded Dragon · December 27, 2025

I do have a haunted house... & a cursed gem studded bracelet. I'll have to write a will I guess

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TheHorrorThonk · December 27, 2025

KJB Northern live show needed

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Sammi · December 27, 2025

So over time the podcast has shifted from "We are dating you, the Listener" to "We are dating you, the 2% of Listeners over 45."

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OrangeJuiceEnergy · December 27, 2025

Cool 👍

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Quixotic · December 27, 2025

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Caleb M-A · December 27, 2025

Oh thank God, I was really worried we wouldn't get [Abi's voice] Diamonds are... My Pussy? with No Notes

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Tàirneanaich · December 27, 2025

Oh thank god, just got off a plane, time for the long tube ride home, and I get to hear the joyous chorus of „BAJA?“ I‘m so ready. I will be imbibing shortly 🫡

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Gil the Gilded Dragon · December 27, 2025

It's a BabyKillingmas Eve miracle

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Gil the Gilded Dragon · December 27, 2025

Travelling back home today & this is sustaining me at the airport over & against the fact that this airport's management has made the genuinely sadistic choice to serve raw onions at the post checkpoint restaurant