Do Go On

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).For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod 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: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-gasthttps://www.historicracing.com/driverDetail.cfm?driverID=3048http://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-gasthttps://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/ 

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).For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod 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: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

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).For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod 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://time.com/5120561/bill-clinton-monica-lewinsky-timeline/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clintonhttps://web.archive.org/web/20191207172320/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/clinton012198.htmhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/tripp091298.htmhttps://abcnews.go.com/US/president-girlfriend-linda-tripps-betrayal-monica-lewinsky-taped/story?id=59865969https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Lewinskyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton%E2%80%93Lewinsky_scandal

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).For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod 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.yahoo.com/entertainment/bp/abraham-lincoln-surprising-strength-220542759.html/1000https://www.mrlincolnandfriends.org/the-boys/index.htmlhttps://www.biography.com/political-figures/abraham-lincolnhttps://archive.org/details/abrahamlincoln1939linc/page/n63/mode/2uphttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Whig-Partyhttps://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/teaching_packages/abraham_lincoln/doc1.htmlhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Todd-Lincolnhttps://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

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).For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod 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: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/

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-outpostFor all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod 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. 

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).For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpodCheck out Alice Tovey's tour: https://www.alicetovey.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. 

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).For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod 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:Netflix’s Catching Killers Night Terror: New York Zodiachttps://www.insideedition.com/how-astrology-inspired-the-new-york-zodiac-killer-and-proved-to-be-part-of-his-undoing-88230https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/zodiac-killer-new-york-caught-b2368470.htmlhttps://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.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/09/nyregion/in-the-zodiac-case-still-more-riddles-than-clues.htmlhttps://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/seda/index_1.htmlhttps://www.forensicfilesfiles.com/new-york-zodiac-killer-heriberto-eddie-seda.php

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).For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod 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://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/