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Plus! Martha and Michael from MAFS posted a confronting parenting video that Jacob could not handle (but would he do the same in an emergency?). And! Rosie wants to buy something in the online auction of Melissa Caddick's stuff - should she do it? Also! An important update on dog farts (MESSAGE RECEIVED GISTENERS). One more thing! The results are in on the important 'Grape Experiment of 2023'.

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Also! The Bieber conspiracy theory plot thickens! Jacob nearly missed Australia's most important news this week! Plus! A certain animal farts in a very weird and shocking way! And! Rosie and Jacob swallow a certain food that comes out the other end... very differently. FOR SCIENCE.

Links:

Watch 'The Last Tourist' https://thelasttouristfilm.com/ 

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A private jet for every guest, who then walked down a red carpet and got into a custom built limousine, which took them to an opulent bungalow, where they would find an intricate tapestry portrait of themselves on the wall. And that was just the first half hour. 
In 1971, the Shah of Iran decided to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Empire by throwing the most expensive 3-day party the world had ever seen. Over a year in the making, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi had an entire city built from scratch in the middle of the desert, complete with its own forest and 50,000 flown-in birds for the important international guests to enjoy.

So why did the party end in disaster? Who was on the guest list (including exactly who you’d think from the British royal family)? And how much did the whole thing end up costing?

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

Watch the 2016 documentary Decadence and Downfall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2JXYHZKZE8 

Watch the film the Shah commissioned, Flames of Persia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n5Ilb5DT28 

Explore the website someone set up to commemorate the event  https://www.angelfire.com/empire/imperialiran/persepolis1.html 

Read some articles that feature interviews with some of the staff who worked the event

https://www.alimentarium.org/en/magazine/history/most-expensive-party-ever 

https://medium.com/blank-101/the-party-that-overthrew-the-iranian-empire-6fc89f46bfc1 

If you want to understand more about the political situation in Iran, watch this doco 'Persia's Last Emperor: How Did The Iranian Monarchy Fall?' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Xb0Lcehxo&t=6s 

Resources and helpful info on Iran (thanks to friend of the pod Sanam for putting these together):

Australian run page - great for info and also all local protests https://instagram.com/solidarity.with.iran?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

This page has a really small amount of followers but puts out great bite sized information about the progress in Iran and globally, along with footage from inside Iran https://instagram.com/amplify_iran?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

A week by week update from Iran and global affairs related to it https://instagram.com/diasporaforiran?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Queer led page which has a good mix of resources, footage and current events https://instagram.com/iraniandiasporacollective?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Great page on how to help but also a rundown of what happened from the moment Mahsa Amini was killed up to now https://stylecaster.com/how-to-help-iran-protests/#slide-3

Article about the marking of the anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Feb 2023 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna70223

Film that explains the political climate in the 70s https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_(film)

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Plus! Rosie convinces Jacob that a Selena Gomez/Hailey Beiber conspiracy theory is real! And! Astronauts pooping in space! Also! Special appearance by Astro Bachie Dr Matt Agnew (not to do the astronaut pooping, unfortunately)! And finally...the British government nearly exterminated every cat in the country? In 2020?!?

Links:

Rosie's Selena Gomez/Hailey Beiber TikTok starter pack...

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS8QqYhsB/

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS8QV7M4m/

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS8QqdApe/

Matt’s book is called ‘Dr Matt's Guide to Life in Space’. Check it out: https://www.booktopia.com.au/dr-matt-s-guide-to-life-in-space-matt-agnew/book/9781761065187.html

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Also! Lady Gaga has to pay her dog's kidnapper half a million bucks? And! Elton John is a Diana stan and wants no part in Camilla becoming 'Queen'. Plus! Would you cancel your wedding with minutes to spare if you saw your spouse-to-be doing... this? And! Rosie & Caleb had a big fight: whose side are you on? (Rosie's, OBVIOUSLY.)

Rosie is interviewing Jennette McCurdy at All About Women. Book tickets to the live stream here: https://stream.sydneyoperahouse.com/products/jennette-mccurdy-all-about-women-2023

Check out Drew Lynch’s comedy specials

These Are Jokes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oWdOoqhIQs

Concussed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPjEfhQLlaw 

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Locked cells, surrounded by an impenetrable concrete fortress, surrounded by high barbed wire fences, surrounded by water, on an island in San Francisco Bay. Alcatraz was considered the most 'inescapable' prison in the world. The worst of the worst were sent there. So how, in 1962, did four ragtag criminals manage to escape? Using paper maché and a piano accordion? Frank Morris, John and Clarence Anglin and Allen West went down in history for achieving the impossible: escaping from Alcatraz. So how did they do it? And where did they end up?

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

READ the book Escape From Alcatraz (just be aware it’s mostly a comprehensive history of the prison, and it goes into detail about some of the atrocities)  https://www.penguin.com.au/books/escape-from-alcatraz-9781580086783 

WATCH the movie 'Escape From Alcatraz' based on that book, starring a smoking hot Clint Eastwood  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6ZJN7OhhhA 

READ the FBI's summary of the escape, and see their photos from the scene https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/alcatraz-escape 

WATCH this documentary 'The True Story of the Escape from Alcatraz' to get a good image of the prison and the cells https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ycg05hh9Zc 

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Plus! Rosie vs. Jacob: who has the most one-star rider ratings on Uber? Also! Monks on meth! Chatbots are turning into the terminator so that's cool and totally fine! And! Everybody has erectile tissue in this unexpected body part...

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Totally awake. No pain relief. Just straight up raw-dogging surgery. In 1686, King Louis XIV’s anal fistula got so bad that he needed to go under the knife. But surgery for an anal fistula didn’t actually exist yet. Enter Charles-François Felix, a ‘Barber Surgeon’ willing to take on the task, as long as he could practice on as many people as he needed to get it right… All The Sun King had to do next was bite down and get through a three hour anal fistula surgery, the results of which changed the entire course of modern medicine.

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

A quick, visual (don’t worry - animated!) explanation of how anal fistulas work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA0wqcoeI_g

https://tidsskriftet.no/2016/08/sun-kings-anal-fistula 

https://medium.com/omgfacts/when-anal-fistulas-were-all-the-rage-281ac1fd2d52

https://www.iflscience.com/that-time-the-kings-anus-changed-surgery-forever-65310

https://hekint.org/2019/10/31/it-is-good-to-be-the-king-the-french-surgical-revolution/

https://historycollection.com/seven-worst-surgeries-modern-times/4/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp4wbuZBNdI

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Plus: Madonna's face! Pamela Anderson! What the hell is ChatGPT and why does it think Rosie and Jacob are in love? And, in a SHOCKING turn of events, there's a big fight over the correct time to stand up after the plane lands.

Links: 

Watch John Mulaney in 'New In Town': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRD2lTD8J-s

And 'The Comeback Kid': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-xUD7pmh5I

Listen to Rosie on It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield: https://link.chtbl.com/IALrosie 

Howard Stern on Conan: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conan-obrien-needs-a-friend/id1438054347 

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Plus: Harry’s book Spare! Elizabeth Holmes doing a runner! Mormon crabs! Reccos! And a whole lot more…

Links:

Sarah on Conan: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sarah-silverman-returns/id1438054347?i=1000598170981

Fiona Cox tickets: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2023/shows/going-coastal 

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