For two weeks in 2006, Australia held its collective breath as a huge rescue effort attempted to save two men (Todd russell and Brant Webb) trapped nearly a kilometre underground at the Beaconsfield Mine in Tasmania. Joining us to hear about this incredible story of survival is our dear friend Evan Munro-Smith!

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 06:44 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod

Check out our other podcasts:

Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheat

Prime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/

Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/

Who Knew It with Matt Stewart: https://play.acast.com/s/who-knew-it-with-matt-stewart/

Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader Thomas

Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present. 

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

I Was Actually There (ABC):

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/i-was-actually-there/beaconsfield-mine-rescue-2006-todd-russell/103939258

Head Game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCgyZB9Bf-U

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/foo-fighters-make-good-on-word-to-miners/news-story/2c8f6a5f84bedf8aa6fa4a0f7541e9c3 

https://www.smh.com.au/national/rock-to-rock-foo-fighters-message-to-miners-20060506-gdnhjn.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20081010054932/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/07/2384587.htm

https://www.chortle.co.uk/review/2009/01/01/35955/beaconsfield%3A_the_musical

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-02-26/beaconsfield-gold-rejects-inquest-findings/1602592 

60 mins:

https://youtu.be/IbAx4eis2qo?si=jCNgyG63DsX-WM2n

60 mins (2016);

https://youtu.be/LXC-LYD-4LU?si=mkbz_mr4HtLej0Er

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How much do you know about the life and career of famed daredevil, Evel Knievel? We look at the man behind the stunts, along with our guest Nick Mason!

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 08:03 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod

Check out our other podcasts:

Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheat

Prime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/

Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/

Who Knew It with Matt Stewart: https://play.acast.com/s/who-knew-it-with-matt-stewart/

Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader Thomas

Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present. 

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evel_Knievel

https://www.economist.com/obituary/2007/12/06/evel-knievel

https://evelknievel.com/pages/the-man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX2XUESyXsI

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In honour of our 500th show, we had to include one of our favourite genres of report - a classic heist! In 2003, a group got away with $100million worth of diamonds from a vault in Antwerp. But the best bit? How they got caught ...

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 05:12 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod

Check out our other podcasts:

Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheat

Prime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/

Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/

Who Knew It with Matt Stewart: https://play.acast.com/s/who-knew-it-with-matt-stewart/

Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader Thomas

Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present. 

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.wired.com/2009/03/ff-diamonds-2/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp_diamond_heist

https://allthatsinteresting.com/biggest-heists-in-history/3

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In 1961, a group of ten scientists conducted a somewhat clandestine meeting in Green Bank, West Virginia. They were there to talk about extra terrestrial life, but the real star of the show was more interested in dolphins - tune in for this wild story.

CONTENT WARNING some of the experiments go a bit beastility

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 05:19 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod

Check out our other podcasts:

Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheat

Prime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/

Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/

Who Knew It with Matt Stewart: https://play.acast.com/s/who-knew-it-with-matt-stewart/

Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader Thomas

Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present. 

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

The Theory of Everything Else by Dan Schreiber

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/08/the-dolphin-who-loved-me

https://allthatsinteresting.com/margaret-Lovatt-lovatt

https://www.astronomy.com/science/the-order-of-the-dolphin-setis-secret-origin-story/

The Girl Who Talked To Dolphins BBC

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/google-is-training-a-new-ai-model-to-decode-dolphin-chatter-and-potentially-talk-back-180986434/

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We've made to 500 episodes! To celebrate we are releasing three episodes over three days, all recorded live at The Capitol Theatre in Melbourne. First up we have a mysterious cryptid called The Fouke Monster, AKA The Legend of Boggy Creek. Joining us to hear about this terrifying creature haunting the USA in the 1970s is Nick Mason and Cass Paige.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 13:38 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod

Check out our other podcasts:

Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheat

Prime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/

Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/

Who Knew It with Matt Stewart: https://play.acast.com/s/who-knew-it-with-matt-stewart/

Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader Thomas

Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present. 

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://web.archive.org/web/20030803215531/http://texarkanagazette.com/articles/2001/06/24/export15709.txt

https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2019/jun/14/hairy-monster-hunted-fouke-sector/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fouke_Monster#

https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/fouke-monster-2212/

http://www.foukemonster.net/festival/ 

https://americanprimate.org/beachfoot/

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In 1905 a motor boat race was staged from Algiers to Toulon and it's fair to say things didn't go well! This week we hear about the race and the amazing life of one of the entrants, Camille du Gast!

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 07:53 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod

Check out our other podcasts:

Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheat

Prime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/

Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/

Who Knew It with Matt Stewart: https://play.acast.com/s/who-knew-it-with-matt-stewart/

Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader Thomas

Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present. 

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

Power Boat: The Quest for Speed Over Water by Kevin Desmond 

“DIMANCHE 25 MAI 1905 Naro 70 PERTE DU CANOT AUTOMOBILE CAMILLE  DANS LA COURSE ALGER-TOULON Périlleux sauvetage de M du Gast par les  vaillants marins". Sunday, May 28th, 1905 - Le Petit Journal 

https://guides.loc.gov/feminism-french-women-history/famous/camille-du-gast

https://www.historicracing.com/driverDetail.cfm?driverID=3048

http://lesliefield.com/races/1905_algiers_to_toulon_race_autoboats_swamped.htm#

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-algiers-toulon-motor-boat-race/ https://guides.loc.gov/feminism-french-women-history/famous/camille-du-gast

https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Du_Gast,_Camille 

http://speedqueens.blogspot.com/2010/01/camille-du-gast.html 

https://www.beaulieu.co.uk/news/women-in-motorsport-social-history-camille du-gast/ 

https://www.infinite-women.com/women/camille-du-gast/ 

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Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. was many things... an engineer, a teacher, a monk, an academic, a psychologist, a prison warden, a sheriff's deputy and even a surgeon. The only problem was he wasn't qualified to do any of these things. He was, an imposter!

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 04:37 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod

Check out our other podcasts:

Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheat

Prime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/

Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/

Who Knew It with Matt Stewart: https://play.acast.com/s/who-knew-it-with-matt-stewart/

Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader Thomas

Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present. 

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

Joe McCarthy, “The Master Imposter: An Incredible Tale,” Life, Jan. 28, 1952.

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=flQEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA79&pg=PA79&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=true

https://www.futilitycloset.com/2019/10/14/podcast-episode-268-the-great-impostor/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/ferdinand-waldo-demara-the-great-imposter-con-artist-fraud-a9080991.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Waldo_Demara#

The Great Imposter by Robert Crichton:

https://archive.org/details/greatimpostor010210mbp/page/n167/mode/2up?view=theater&q=argument

You Bet Your Life, Nov 12, 1959

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33Rz5yYCeks&t=740s

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It's a scandal you have definitely heard of, but do you know exactly what happened in the Clinton - Lewinsky scandal?

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 07.37 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod

Check out our other podcasts:

Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheat

Prime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/

Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/

Who Knew It with Matt Stewart: https://play.acast.com/s/who-knew-it-with-matt-stewart/

Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader Thomas

Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present. 

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://time.com/5120561/bill-clinton-monica-lewinsky-timeline/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton

https://web.archive.org/web/20191207172320/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/clinton012198.htm

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/tripp091298.htm

https://abcnews.go.com/US/president-girlfriend-linda-tripps-betrayal-monica-lewinsky-taped/story?id=59865969

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Lewinsky

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton%E2%80%93Lewinsky_scandal

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You know his hat, you know his beard, but what about the man himself? Well it turns out he lived quite an incredible life!

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 09:27 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod

Check out our other podcasts:

Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheat

Prime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/

Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/

Who Knew It with Matt Stewart: https://play.acast.com/s/who-knew-it-with-matt-stewart/

Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader Thomas

Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present. 

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bp/abraham-lincoln-surprising-strength-220542759.html/1000

https://www.mrlincolnandfriends.org/the-boys/index.html

https://www.biography.com/political-figures/abraham-lincoln

https://archive.org/details/abrahamlincoln1939linc/page/n63/mode/2up

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Whig-Party

https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/teaching_packages/abraham_lincoln/doc1.html

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Todd-Lincoln

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abraham-lincolns-top-hat-the-inside-story-3764960/

https://www.indianamuseum.org/blog-post/whiskers-for-votes-or-why-abraham-lincoln-grew-a-beard/

https://www.si.edu/object/abraham-lincolns-top-hat%3Anmah_1199660

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Japan, 1915 - a brown bear attacks and kills multiple villagers*. The people attempt to defend themselves but it seems the bear is stalking them and outsmarts them at every turn. Enter, the bear specialist Miyouke Yasutarō... Joining us this week is the master of Confessions, Sammy Petersen.

*Content warning: this episode contains multiple people (including children) being attacked by a bear.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 12:47 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod

Check out our other podcasts:

Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheat

Prime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/

Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/

Who Knew It with Matt Stewart: https://play.acast.com/s/who-knew-it-with-matt-stewart/

Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader Thomas

Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present. 

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

Bear identification test:

https://myfwp.mt.gov/fwpPub/testStart.action?testid=559639

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankebetsu_brown_bear_incident#

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamamoto_Heikichi#Later_life

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-15/japan-record-number-of-bear-attacks/103950682

Onikuma: The Sankebetsu Brown Bear Incident and Japanese Modernity by David Laichtman, May 2020

https://www.news.com.au/world/asia/when-a-bear-went-on-a-rampage-in-rural-japan-killing-seven-people/news-story/aab41761845ebf5015bfce6bd1599a02

https://www.nps.gov/articles/bearattacks.htm#:~:text=Cover%20your%20head%20and%20neck,to%20it%20or%20its%20cubs.

https://soranews24.com/2022/06/24/site-of-the-worst-bear-attack-in-japanese-history-is-a-chilling-place-to-visit/

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