Do Go On

This week’s episode is about one of the most polarising bands of all time, The Shaggs! They've been described as both the best and the worst band of all time and have had many big name fans over the years such as Kurt Cobain and Frank Zappa. Their origin story is one of the least conventional we've come across, tune in to hear the story!This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 04:58 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: patreon.com/DoGoOnPodLive show tickets: https://dogoonpod.com/live-shows/ Submit a topic idea directly to the hat: dogoonpod.com/suggest-a-topic/Check out our new merch! : https://do-go-on-podcast.creator-spring.com/ Check out our AACTA nominated web series: http://bit.ly/DGOWebSeries​  Check out our other podcasts:Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheatPrime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/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/ Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader ThomasDo 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/1999/09/27/meet-the-shaggshttps://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-story-of-the-shaggs-the-beatles/https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/02/17/515775669/the-best-or-worst-band-of-all-time-is-back‘Songs in the Key of Z The Curious Universe of Outsider Music’ by Irwin Chusidhttps://theshaggs.bandcamp.com/album/philosophy-of-the-world Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Dave takes us on a whistle stop tour through some of history's wildest, weirdest and wackiest Popes, all on the way to talking about a man who was possibly the wildest of them all... Pope Benedict IX, the only person to become Pope on three seperate occasions and the only person to ever SELL the Papacy. This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 03:41 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: patreon.com/DoGoOnPodLive show tickets: https://dogoonpod.com/live-shows/ Submit a topic idea directly to the hat: dogoonpod.com/suggest-a-topic/Check out our new merch! : https://do-go-on-podcast.creator-spring.com/ Check out our AACTA nominated web series: http://bit.ly/DGOWebSeries​  Check out our other podcasts:Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheatPrime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/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/ Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader ThomasDo 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.ranker.com/list/wild-papacy-of-pope-benedict-ix/genevieve-carltonhttps://www.thevaticantickets.com/vatican-city-facts/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/papacyhttps://www.insider.com/who-was-the-youngest-pope-2017-1https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=1705https://manchesterhistorian.com/2015/three-strikes-youre-out-the-scandalous-life-of-pope-benedict-ix/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the early 90's, having just graduated from College, Chris McCandless packed a bag and took off on a roadtrip. He spent the next couple of years travelling, and his story has become something of a modern legend, particuarly in the USA.This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 05:00 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: patreon.com/DoGoOnPodSubmit a topic idea directly to the hat: dogoonpod.com/suggest-a-topic/Check out our new merch! : https://do-go-on-podcast.creator-spring.com/ Check out our AACTA nominated web series: http://bit.ly/DGOWebSeries​ Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Check out our other podcasts:Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheatPrime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/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/ Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader ThomasDo 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.timetoast.com/timelines/the-epic-journey-of-chris-mccandlesshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_McCandlesshttps://www.christophermccandless.info/bio.htmlhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Emory-Universityhttps://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/how-chris-mccandless-diedhttps://sites.google.com/a/sdst.org/chris-mccandless/timeline Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 26th of May, 1971 Qantas received a phone call, there was a bomb on flight 755 from Sydney to London, if the plane dropped below 20,000 feet it would go off. Tune in to hear the story!This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 00:06:11 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: patreon.com/DoGoOnPodLive show tickets: https://dogoonpod.com/live-shows/ Submit a topic idea directly to the hat: dogoonpod.com/suggest-a-topic/ Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Check out our other podcasts:Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheatPrime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/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/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/2019-02-23/qantas-bomb-hoax-1971-the-great-plane-robbery-australia/10807510https://www.crimetraveller.org/2017/12/qantas-bomb-hoax-australias-greatest-heist/https://www.theage.com.au/national/from-the-archives-1971-qantas-pays-500-000-ransom-in-mid-air-bomb-hoax-20200522-p54vgz.htmlhttps://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/the-great-plane-robbery-of-1971/news-story/dcf347e76a448bfbafd1c3a1f36529dfhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-13Yg3Fiq8shttps://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/selwyn-william-16909 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1925, the town of Nome in rural Alaska found itself facing a potentially catastrophic outbreak of diphtheria. Almost completely cut off from the rest of the world by the harsh Winter, the only way to get medicine in was via a relay of 20 teams of sled dogs. The inspiration for the cartoon film Balto, this is the true story of the Nome Serum Run. This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 05:18 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report)Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: patreon.com/DoGoOnPodLive show tickets: https://dogoonpod.com/live-shows/ Submit a topic idea directly to the hat: dogoonpod.com/suggest-a-topic/Check out our merch store: https://do-go-on-podcast.creator-spring.com/ Check out our AACTA nominated web series: http://bit.ly/DGOWebSeries​ Check out our other podcasts:Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheatPrime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/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/ Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader ThomasDo 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:Icebound The Greatest Dog Story Ever Told (Discovery Channel)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQbJ1PNTZyo&t=10s https://www.baltostruestory.net/serumrunsynopsisp2.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20101127233139/http://www.litsite.org/index.cfm?section=Digital-Archives&page=Land-Sea-Air&cat=Dog-Mushing&viewpost=2&ContentId=2559 https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/togo/ https://www.maruskiyas.com/nome-alaska Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a heist episode, and it's the best kind of heist - a bunch of old men, out for one last job. This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 00:03:56 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: patreon.com/DoGoOnPodLive show tickets: https://dogoonpod.com/live-shows/ Submit a topic idea directly to the hat: dogoonpod.com/suggest-a-topic/ Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Check out our other podcasts:Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheatPrime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/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/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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatton_Garden_safe_deposit_burglaryhttps://www.theweek.co.uk/63246/how-the-real-hatton-garden-robbery-played-outhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/23/one-last-job-inside-story-of-the-hatton-garden-heisthttps://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2016/03/biggest-jewel-heist-in-british-historyhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/hatton-garden-heist-ringleader-brian-reader-may-only-have-months-to-live-a6917041.htmlhttps://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/the-hatton-garden-criminals Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're joined by KFC enthusiast Bec Petraitis to tell us about the wild early life of Colonel Sanders - there's gun fights and so many career changes, it's a wild ride.This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 04:21 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: patreon.com/DoGoOnPodLive show tickets: https://dogoonpod.com/live-shows/ Catch Bec's show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival : https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2023/shows/merrySubmit a topic idea directly to the hat: dogoonpod.com/suggest-a-topic/Check out our new merch! : https://do-go-on-podcast.creator-spring.com/Stream our 300th episode with extra quiz (and 16 other episodes with bonus content): https://sospresents.com/authors/dogoon Check out our AACTA nominated web series: http://bit.ly/DGOWebSeries​ Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Check out our other podcasts:Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheatPrime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/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/ Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader ThomasDo 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.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the evening of January 17, 1950, employees of the Brink's Company in Boston, Massachusetts, were surprised by 5-7 masked men. Within minutes, they’d stolen more than $2.7 million in cash, checks and other securities, making it the largest ever robbery in the US at the time and kicking off a massive FBI led manhunt. Tune in to this week's episode to hear the story!This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 07:28 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: patreon.com/DoGoOnPodLive show tickets: https://dogoonpod.com/live-shows/ Submit a topic idea directly to the hat: dogoonpod.com/suggest-a-topic/Check out our new merch: https://do-go-on-podcast.creator-spring.com/ Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Check out our other podcasts:Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheatPrime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/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/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.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/brinks-robberyhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/113268139/a-quarter-century-later-brinks/https://www.nytimes.com/1976/03/28/archives/specs-okeefe-informant-in-brinks-robbery-dies-biggest-cash-robbery.htmlhttps://www.thedailybeast.com/how-americas-biggest-heist-the-great-brinks-robbery-fell-apart Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to the winner of the football World Cup, was stolen prior to the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England... what led to this was a fair bit of incompetence which didn't end with the theft! Joined by James Shakeshaft (Loremen Podcast) we hear this wild tale, enjoy!This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 07:50 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: patreon.com/DoGoOnPodLive show tickets: https://dogoonpod.com/live-shows/ Submit a topic idea directly to the hat: dogoonpod.com/suggest-a-topic/Listen to James on Loremen: http://www.loremenpodcast.com/ Check out our other podcasts:Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheatPrime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/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/ Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader ThomasDo 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.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we look at the man, the myth, the legend... Nicolas Cage. We talk about his family, his many movie roles and the time he blew a 150 million dollar fortune.This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 07:06 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: patreon.com/DoGoOnPodLive show tickets: https://dogoonpod.com/live-shows/ Submit a topic idea directly to the hat: dogoonpod.com/suggest-a-topic/Check out our other podcasts:Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheatPrime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/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/ Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader ThomasDo 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/2013/jul/20/nicolas-cage-frozen-groundhttps://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/nicolas-cage-1999-cover-story-832684/https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-10-wildest-craziest-nicolas-cage-stories-ever-from-being-stalked-by-a-mime-to-shrooming-with-his-cat?ref=scroll https://nymag.com/arts/articles/09/11/nymag-nicholascage091116.pdf https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/08/31/the-wild-and-weird-nicolas-cage/214dd456-5317-4186-9c81-6b1e2c64ccbe/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/530681/9-bizarre-facts-about-nicolas-cage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.