Just the Gist

We recorded our very first LIVE SHOW at the Adelaide Fringe Festival last week! And it was loose and ridiculous and fun and involved lots of Bird In Hand (obviously).
Including Breakin' Nooz, plus TWO whole stories! Jacob gives Rosie just the gist on Tik Tok scammer Paul Zimmer (or is it Troy Becker?), who tricked a bunch of kids into sending him money. And Rosie gives Jacob just the gist on the story that inspired the movie Changeling -  Bobby Dunbar, the 4-year-old boy who disappeared and came back 8 months later... but nobody could ever be sure if it was really him.

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Paul Zimmer/Troy Becker:

One of the first articles to bring the story into the mainstream media:  https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/social-media/2020/01/strange-case-paul-zimmer-influencer-tiktok-instagram-rebrand-different-person-troy-becker 

'Troy’s' website: https://thetroybecker.com/ 

The @paulzimmerconspiracies Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/paulzimmerconspiracies/

Here’s the video of Paul/Troy addressing the DRAMA and introducing his wife and baby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEGxoAM58eM 

Paul/Troy’s ex-best-friend Danny explains what makes the guy tick in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR_fQ8j9Cdc&t=122s 

“Troy’s” acting debut on Dharr Mann’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmG9maCcut4&t=1sv 

Bobby Dunbar:

The amazing NPR series 'The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar':  https://www.thisamericanlife.org/352/the-ghost-of-bobby-dunbar

Buzzfeed Unsolved video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYUdnsIn5OU&t=577s

The wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Bobby_Dunbar

Archived USA TODAY article about the DNA test: https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-05-05-1914-dna_x.htm

Great summary on All That's Interesting: https://allthatsinteresting.com/bobby-dunbar

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Yeah... not much else we can title this one, really. Travis the Chimp was treated like a son by his owners Sandy and Jerry. They bought him as a pet when he was just three days old, and raised him like a human. Seriously - by the time he was ten, he had favourite TV shows, helped mow the lawn, loved drinking wine, and could even drive a car. But no matter how domesticated he became, Travis was still, at the end of the day, a wild animal. And that became all too clear the day a call came through to the Connecticut 911: “HELP PLEASE! HE... HE RIPPED HER FACE OFF!”

Probably even more shocking is that the woman Travis attacked SURVIVED. (And obviously went on Oprah, in what is now remembered as one of her most harrowing, famous interviews: with a woman forced to wear a veil because she no longer had a face.)
We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:

Read an in-depth article from New York magazine about Travis's life: https://nymag.com/news/features/70830/ 

Watch the video of Oprah’s interview with Charla in Oct 2009: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj2fSt1OPJU 

See how much Charla’s condition had improved by 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6JhIldn2FQ 

And see Charla’s progress as of 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6inhUFpQnOo 

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Marvel movies may be the biggest money-making blockbusters in the world today, but back in 1994, they made one that was SO bad, when studio bosses saw the final cut, they decided they would never, ever release it to the public. It was just that... embarrassing. It was an attempt at a Fantastic Four movie, and after how disastrously it went, Marvel bosses desperately tried to keep it a secret, even banning current Marvel stars from ever talking about it. So how exactly does that happen? How does an entire superhero movie filmed in Hollywood end up so bad it can't even be released? 

And can you watch it today? (Yes. Yes you can.)

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Watch the full-length, unreleased 1994 film here: 

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x19pvwt 

The trailer Rosie watched:

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

Watch the 2016 documentary “Doomed” on Amazon Prime: 

https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0IIEUXLMWWO1CPPNCM0BPQEIO8/ref=atv_sr_def_c_unkc__1_1_1?sr=1-1&pageTypeIdSource=ASIN&pageTypeId=B072N1JF6T&qid=1615461973 

Read this 2005 article from Los Angeles Magazine - “Fantastic Faux”: 

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=SF8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA109&dq=%22selling+the+character%27s+option+to+Universal%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FJbjUPe3KMy70AHlwoDAAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22selling%20the%20character's%20option%20to%20Universal%22&f=false 

And this loving tribute from Den of Geek: 

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-roger-corman-fantastic-four-movie-the-most-faithful-ff-ever/ 

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Before Prince Harry decided to jump ship with Meaghan Markle, there was one other guy who decided to quit the Royal family. King Edward VIII fell in love with a divorced American woman back in 1936, and when the Royal family treated her like crap, he quit ‘The Firm’ and left the country with her for good. SOUND FAMILIAR?

With Harry and Meghan spilling all the tea in their Oprah interview this week, we thought this was the perfect time to get just the gist on the other Royal couple everyone keeps comparing them to: Wallis and Edward.

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We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more there’s this:

The audiobook with awesome narration that Rosie listened to: Untitled: The Real Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor by Anna Pasternak https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780008297312/untitled-the-real-wallis-simpson-duchess-of-windsor/

The book with details about all their Nazi connections: 17 Carnations by Andrew Morton https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22313811-17-carnations

This book is veeeery long and detailed but good:The Crown in Crisis: Countdown to the Abdication by Alexander Larman https://www.hachette.com.au/alexander-larman/the-crown-in-crisis-countdown-to-the-abdication

Filmed interview with Wallis and Edward where they spill some tea (kind of like their Oprah interview at the time): https://youtu.be/I02fZDd-BBc

Some documentaries:

Wallis Before Edward: https://youtu.be/aOBm305ooVQ

The Love Affair That Almost Destroyed Britain (Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters): https://youtu.be/Swd3ISRF_wY

Interview with expert and author Anna Pasternak: https://youtu.be/yYYq5v6WAps

Podcast episode:

Stuff You Missed In History Class - Wallis Simpson and the Nazi King https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/stuff-you-missed-in-history-class/id283605519?i=1000463641705

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When she was born, Agafia's father had become convinced that their family was being hunted by the Russian government, so he had packed up the whole family and escaped into the Siberian wilderness - hundreds of kilometres from any other humans. Agafia is now 76, the rest of her family has died, and she is still living - alone - in the tiny hut her father built back in the 1940s. She has only left her home a total of six times in her entire life, and if not for being discovered by chance in the 80s, nobody would ever even have known she was there. 

If you want to see Agafia performing for the camera, start by watching these 2 videos: 

VICE documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt2AYafET68

RUSSIA TV documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFK3DJ7Kn6s&pbjreload=101

Read this stuff:

Read this excellent article from Smithsonian magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/for-40-years-this-russian-family-was-cut-off-from-all-human-contact-unaware-of-world-war-ii-7354256/

If you can track down a copy of Vasily Peskov’s book about the Lykov family, apparently it’s excellent: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1166194.Lost_in_the_Taiga

Read about the influencer who put Agafia’s life at risk by flouting social distancing rules during the pandemic… https://igvofficial.com/updateworlds-loneliest-hermit-has-been-put-at-risk-of-covid-19-after-influencer-takes-a-trip-to-see-her/

And you can go to Google Maps and see exactly where she lives: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lykov+family+settlement/@51.4608556,88.4183531,15z/data=!3m1!4b1

RECCOS:

Watch 'I Care A Lot' on Amazon Prime: https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0TIXYYBH7U617YC52G595LGU44/ref=atv_hm_hom_c_8pZiqd_2_2

Read the Forbes article about Britney's (lack of) wealth: https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2021/02/17/britney-spears-net-worth-revealed--and-its-shockingly-low-compared-to-her-pop-peers/?sh=50a826f718ac

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It’s Britney bitch. 

What is her conservatorship all about? Is it true that she’s being held prisoner by her dad? Is she sending secret messages through her Instagram? Why are thousands upon thousands of people convinced that one of the greatest pop stars of all time needs to be ‘set free’? 

Here’s just the gist on Britney Jean Spears and the #FreeBritney movement.
We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more there this:

Articles:

NYT: https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/article/framing-britney-spears.amp.html

NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/arts/music/is-britney-spears-ready-to-stand-on-her-own.html

Slate: https://slate.com/culture/2021/02/framing-britney-spears-gives-pass-to-free-britney.html 

Podcasts:

Britney’sGram: https://britneysinstagram.libsyn.com/

Eat, Pray, Britney:https://www.eatpraybritney.com/

Even The Rich (the Britney episodes):https://wondery.com/shows/even-the-rich/

Watch:

NYT Presents: Framing Britney Spears (it’s not legally available in Australia yet boooo)

Britney singing ‘Love Can Build A Bridge’ on Star Search: https://youtu.be/wWuK5EnXaWU

Very detailed 5-part Free Britney doco from super fans on a channel called ‘Deep Dive’: https://youtu.be/_6CGuHwWDFs

Lawyer reacts to Framing Britney Spears: https://youtu.be/B63NjIYtoXM

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ALLEGEDLY! Imagine if Mark Zuckerberg went nutso, started walking around shirtless with a gun trying to take over another country? That's pretty much John McAfee. Most people know his name because he's the guy who invented the antiviral computer software that almost everyone has used at one point or another. Just another nerdy tech dude with lots of money, right? Lol no.

John McAfee took off to the jungle in Belize, pretty much tried to take over the country with his own army, insisted he was creating magical new medicines out of rare jungle plants, and left a suspicious trail of abused and/or dead people in his wake. Oh, and he didn't get in trouble for any of it. FREAKING RICH WHITE DUDES.

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We give you just the gist but if you want more, there's this:

There’s a lot of content on John’s YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxoo1v5Zp15ZrujZ8OxColQ 

Including the Dateline segment about John and his return to the USA after escaping Belize: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FO9TG8DkA&t=1s 

John McAfee’s side of the story - an open letter: https://www.businessinsider.com/john-mcafee-what-really-happened-in-belize-2016-5?IR=T 

And his defence in video form: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx3yTWkN3fI 

John’s website: http://www.whoismcafee.com/ 

And another website he runs, dedicated to discrediting the content in “Gringo”: http://showtimegringo.com/ 

Joshua Davis’ Wired article from 2012: https://www.wired.com/2012/12/ff-john-mcafees-last-stand/ 

And the extended book - John McAfee’s Last Stand: https://www.amazon.com.au/John-McAfees-Stand-Kindle-Single-ebook/dp/B00A88KHYI 

How John’s whereabouts in Guatemala were revealed by accident: https://www.wired.com/2012/12/how-vice-got-john-mcafee-caught/ 

John’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/officialmcafee?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor 

The Junkee article with precious links to Caleb's hilarious, adorable and ICONIC appearances on Rove Live: https://junkee.com/rove-launched-caleb-bond/158631

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This has been called one the worst shark attack stories of all time. After their yacht, ‘The Trashman’, sank in a major storm, five crew members were stranded in the middle of the ocean in a tiny inflatable dinghy. That number soon turned to four. Then three. Then two. Then... yeah - sharks were circling them, taking the crew one by one. 

But not before starvation and thirst caused them to mentally unravel and turn on each other (seriously - one crew member got so delirious they started acting like a possessed zombie).

This one is a WILD fkn ride. 

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We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more there’s this:

‘I Shouldn’t Be Alive’ (Season 1, Episode 1) - available on Amazon Prime: News article about the sinking: www.newsweek.com/woman-fiends-eaten-sharks-capsized-atlantic-1453952%3famp=1

Info on survivor Deborah Scaling Kiley: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Scaling_Kiley

Deborah’s book ‘Albatross: The True Story Of A Woman’s Survival At Sea: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/273844.Albatross

Transcript of Deborah’s interview with Larry King: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/27/lkl.01.html

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So it's just a bunch of crazy conspiracies from right-wing pro-Trump people, right? Saying mean things about Hillary? Something about a Pizza Restaurant...?

Well yeah, QAnon is all that, but it's also SO MUCH CRAZIER THAN YOU THINK. QAnon is a weird fantasy in which Donald Trump is a superhero/Jesus, and the 'Lightworkers' say he is the only one who can save imprisoned children from being tortured at the hands of an underground group of celebrities and politicians who want to eat babies and destroy the earth. LOL WHAT?

Yeah... when those 'Q' people stormed the capitol, it wasn't just because they were cranky Trump lost and Biden won, it was because they thought the very fabric of human existence was at stake, and NOTHING could convince them otherwise. 

So how did a bunch of boomers and once regular, smart people (one of them Jacob's friend) end up sucked into the bizarre conspiracy world of QAnon? How did it start, and do people still believe it now that Trump has slunk away to play golf rather than be their Jesus and save the world?

Reply All podcast episode: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/llhe5nm

Conspirituality podcast episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/conspirituality/id1515827446

QAnon Anonymous podcast (start at beginning): https://podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/qanon-anonymous/id1428209307

Q Clearence podcast (start at beginning): https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/q-clearance-the-hunt-for-qanon/id1534027012

Some articles about the 3 people who amplified Q in the early stages: 

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/how-three-conspiracy-theorists-took-q-sparked-qanon-n900531 

https://heavy.com/news/2018/08/paul-furber/ 

https://heavy.com/news/2018/08/tracy-diaz/ 

Learn more about Ron and Jim Watkins: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/men-qanon/story?id=73046374 

Learn what it took to finally take down 8chan: https://www.theneweconomy.com/technology/a-sorry-site-8chan-gets-the-axe-raising-questions-about-internet-censorship

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It turns out 2021 is just two 2020s in a trenchcoat, so there's been a LOT of Breakin' Nooz since we went on break at the end of December. Which means... a whole episode of Breakin' Nooz! The Block Scandal! Hilaria Baldwin! Sydney's own lady Bernie Madoff! A penis cartoon! And so much more! All in one month!

2021 sure has hit the ground running.

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