You have probably heard of China's famous Terracotta Army, but do you know the story of the man behind them? This week's episode delves into the epic story of the man who unified China, named himself the First Emperor and was on a mission to find the secret to immortality!

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 06:48 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

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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://allthatsinteresting.com/qin-shi-huang

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/emperor-qin

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19922863

http://www.britannica.com/topic/Qin-dynasty

https://www.thoughtco.com/qin-shi-huang-first-emperor-china-195679

https://allthatsinteresting.com/weird-royal-deaths/8

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/2000-year-old-texts-reveal-first-emperor-chinas-quest-eternal-life-180967671/

https://listverse.com/2017/03/21/10-bizarre-tales-of-the-first-emperor-of-chinas-quest-for-immortality/

https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/top-10-facts-about-terracotta-warriors

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0cshgzq

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240327-terracotta-warriors-fifty-years-after

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20170411-the-army-that-conquered-the-world

https://youtu.be/Nol_2FzMQLo?si=35Cz-qk5lay8S_vw

The chapter "What You Find When Digging a Well" in Michael Scott's book 'X Marks the Spot'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2FUmD1pyVM

https://www.britannica.com/event/Warring-States

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/qin-shi-huangdi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsUE-ZtcUFg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Ia-SEidBA

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-you-need-know-about-chinas-terra-cotta-warriors-first-qin-emperor-30942673/

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This week we look at the weird history of competitive cave sitting (people seeing how long they can stay in a cave without contact with the outside world), culminating with Spaniard Beatriz Flamini's 2021 world record attempt to spend 500 days in a cave. Recorded live at the 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 05:40 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

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

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Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-com

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.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/01/29/the-woman-who-spent-five-hundred-days-in-a-cave

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/cave-dwellers-human-adaptation

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/22/worlds-oldest-cave-art-discovered-in-indonesias-muna-island

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_dweller#Modern_examples

https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-inside-cave-dwellings-and-villages-around-the-world-2023-10#one-matmata-cave-hotel-was-used-as-a-location-for-the-1977-star-wars-film-14

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/09/04/michel-siffre-caves-time-dies/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-06/history-of-ngilgi-cave/100586144

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Back in the 1790's, Samuel Ireland's son, William Henry, came to him with an exciting discovery - he had found a document belonging to the one and only William Shakespeare! But where had he found it? And could there be more??

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 08:39 (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

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

Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-com

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.britannica.com/biography/William-Henry-Ireland

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

https://www.huntington.org/watch-read-listen/verso/real-fake-shakespeare-forgeries-william-henry-ireland

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

https://archive.org/details/confessionswill00irelgoog/page/n93/mode/2up?q=%22mr+H%22

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Conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker were world famous in the 19th Century, so much so that for a long period other conjoined siblings were commonly referred to as "Siamese twins". Born in Siam (now Thailand), the brothers were taken to America under false pretences and "exhibited." But when the twins turned 21, they took control of their own destiny.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 04:31 (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/

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

Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-com

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.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-14/chang-and-eng-bunker-the-original-siamese-twins/7992942

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/earshot/hyphenated-lives-part-1/7912758

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/02/598796873/inseparable-recounts-the-unusual-lives-of-conjoined-twins-chang-and-eng-bunker

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/12/the-dark-history-of-the-original-siamese-twins-chang-and-eng-bunker-730957

https://allthatsinteresting.com/chang-eng-bunker

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chang-and-Eng

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

https://www.chop.edu/conditions-diseases/conjoined-twins

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK560839/

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

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In the late 90's, an aspiring Japanese comedian auditioned for a new reality TV show. What he didn't know, was that the TV show would change his life forever. And not in a good way.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 05:32 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

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

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

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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.theguardian.com/film/2024/may/02/the-contestant-documentary-japanese-reality-show

‘The Contestant’ 2023 

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

https://time.com/6972667/the-contestant-hulu-nasubi-interview/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-26/surviving-japans-real-life-truman-show/104810198

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The 1979 New Year's Eve concert at the Sydney Opera House featured the legendary Aussie rock band The Angels, with an estimated 100,000 attendees, unfortunately due to poor planning, the event soon descended into chaos! We hear all about it, plus a history of the legendary band!

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 07:45 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

This episode was recorded live in Brisbane

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

Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-com

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.youtube.com/watch?v=nCiLWtUFLvQ

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/from-the-archives-1980-violence-arrests-at-new-year-s-eve-concert-20201218-p56opf.html

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/books-magazines/books/the-night-sydneys-new-years-eve-party-became-a-horror-show-rock-stars-felled-by-storm-of-missiles-as-cameras-rolled/news-story/aea163e01772918570c74b03545d2efa

https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/about-us

https://web.archive.org/web/20040803080238/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=34

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

https://themusic.com.au/features/50-not-out-50-things-you-should-know-about-the-angels/pJEatrm4u7o/28-06-24

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The 1970s was rocked by two oil crises, and countries were desperate to find alternative sources of fuel. So when two eccentric inventors stepped forward with a machine that could supposedly detect untapped oil from the air, surely it wasn't too good to be true? And surely, the French government would do their due diligence before investing BILLIONS of dollars in the idea?

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 04:57 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

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

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

Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-com

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.aapg.org/news-and-media/details/explorer/articleid/49011/the-great-oil-sniffer-hoax?srsltid=AfmBOor7GigSDOAZWyUpgkbs3SjE6P1u5yxUa8HV5n_-mNsSj_6GhX81

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/autoworkers-and-sniffing-planes/

https://web.archive.org/web/20101029125144/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954097,00.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1984/01/07/publication-of-french-scandal-report-grips-nation/d835b7a7-54a0-4ca9-8d88-3db03d8a0308/ 

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/02/world/a-fiasco-in-france-planes-that-can-sniff-out-oil.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78lj4976lvo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_oil_crisis#Effects

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_oil_crisis

“L’affaire des avions renifleurs,” or “The Great Oil Sniffer Hoax.”

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Anne Bonny was one of the few women recorded as active participants of the golden age of piracy, her story is one wild ride, strap in!

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 09:37 (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

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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/

Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-com

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://allthatsinteresting.com/anne-bonny

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anne-Bonny

https://www.amazon.com.au/General-History-Pyrates-Pirate-Captains/dp/1497385792

https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/exhibits/show/mary-read-anne-bonny/fact-or-fiction-

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

https://www.postandcourier.com/news/special_reports/the-true-and-false-stories-of-anne-bonny-pirate-woman-of-the-caribbean/article_e7fc1e2c-101d-11e8-90b7-9fdf20ba62f8.html

https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/postandcourier.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/53/d53297f8-dd54-11e8-a5bb-f382533ea96d/5bda2070535b3.pdf.pdf

https://www.libs.uga.edu/reserves/docs/scans/the-life-of-anne-bonny.pdf

https://www.nps.gov/people/anne-bonny-pirate.htm#:~:text=She%20received%20a%20temporary%20stay,to%20her%20father%20in%20Charleston.

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She was the most famous child star ever, but what do you know about Shirley Temple's life AFTER acting?

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 10:04 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

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Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-com

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.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/shirley-temple-child-star-who-helped-the-us-through-the-depression-and-went-to-on-serve-two-stints-as-an-ambassador-9122305.html

https://archive.org/details/childstarautobio00temp/page/516/mode/2up

https://bestlifeonline.com/shirley-temple-parents-lost-millions/

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

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/shirley-temple-black-actress-and-diplomat-dies-at-85/2014/02/11/03b99f88-930c-11e3-83b9-1f024193bb84_story.html

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/shirley-temple

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Those suffering under Apartheid in South Africa found a group of unlikely allies in 1984, when a group of young retail workers in Ireland went on strike after refusing to handle goods from South Africa. What started as a tiny movement slowly grew until the Irish government and the rest of Europe were under pressure to act... This is the story of 'The Grapefruit Ladies' also known as 'The Most Dangerous Supermarket Workers In The World."

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 11:05 (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

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

Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-com

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://tribunemag.co.uk/2024/07/the-dunnes-stores-strike-was-a-lesson-in-solidarity

Blood Fruit (2014)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V-gVA4kahc&t=2s

https://www.ireland.ie/en/southafrica/celebrating-30-years-irish-and-south-africans-share-their-stories-of-connection/my-connection-to-south-africa-mary-manning-dunnes-stores-striker/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/apartheid/Opposition-to-apartheid

https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/28682

https://sahistory.org.za/people/nimrod-sekeramane-nathale 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-25286567

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/SAFRICA-ELECTION/ECONOMY/egpbonzrgvq/

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