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).

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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:

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).

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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:

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).

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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://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).

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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://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).

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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:

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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This week we're joined by friend and cryptozoology enthusiast, Jackson Baly! He tells us the tale of the ecentric millionaire and Yeti Hunter, Tom Slick.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 10:38 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

Jump on the Jarren's Outpost Kickstarter : https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dndnerds/jarrens-outpost

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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. 

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This week Alice Tovey joins us to tell us the story of one of Australia's most notorious criminal identities, Mark "Chopper" Read.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 11:01 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

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Check out Alice Tovey's tour: https://www.alicetovey.com/

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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. 

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At the scene of a New York City shooting in 1990, an eerie note was found by the victim that simply read "Zodiac - Time to die!" This week we are joined by friend of the show Rhys Nicholson to hear the story of the New York Zodiac Killer!

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 7.24 (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:

Netflix’s Catching Killers Night Terror: New York Zodiac

https://www.insideedition.com/how-astrology-inspired-the-new-york-zodiac-killer-and-proved-to-be-part-of-his-undoing-88230

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/zodiac-killer-new-york-caught-b2368470.html

https://www.thetruecrimedatabase.com/case_file/heriberto-seda/

https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/20/nyregion/trail-zodiac-overview-police-say-zodiac-suspect-admits-attacks-that-killed-3.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/09/nyregion/in-the-zodiac-case-still-more-riddles-than-clues.html

https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/seda/index_1.html

https://www.forensicfilesfiles.com/new-york-zodiac-killer-heriberto-eddie-seda.php

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Whether you are a baseball fan or not, you will definitely enjoy the story of the life and career of 'The Rube' Waddell. Famous for his pitching skills AND off the field antics.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 4.07 (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://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Rube-Waddell/

https://www.amazon.com.au/Rube-Waddell-Brilliant-Strikeout-Artist/dp/0786407867?asin=B009TB1AXW&revisionId=c65b96b1&format=1&depth=1 

https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/bios/waddell__rube#:~:text=Waddell%20was%20born%20to%20his,the%20rest%20of%20their%20lives. 

https://oddsportsstories.com/2021/10/11/the-eccentric-life-of-rube-waddell/

https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/rube-waddell-baseballs-peter-pan-3dc1a0bacf9c 

https://theinternetsaysitstrue.com/2024/06/17/rube-waddell-strange-pitcher/

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In 1973, eleven brave souls from around the world set out on a small raft for a completely isolated 101 day journey across the Atlantic Ocean - all in the name of science! But when the experiment wasn't yielding the predicted results, the organiser resorted to some pretty questionable practices. Sex, hot people, murder plots and more... this story has it all.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 11:04 (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:

The Raft (2018) directed by Marcus Lindeen:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8116574/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jan/14/mutiny-on-the-sex-raft-70s-experiment-santiago-genoves

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-raft-chronicles-an-extreme-experiment-with-human-nature

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/love-island-the-raft-film-documentary-sex-experiment-santiago-genoves-a8591746.html

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2314372.The_Acali_Experiment

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

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-sunday-telegraph/20190602/282033328683553?srsltid=AfmBOopPRoBMzuiWYuT_KLdrW3mz5vSG-vriz3z_ZmeLmMOssE9Ih1Gb

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