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.goodreads.com/book/show/2314372.The_Acali_Experiment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acali
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