Do Go On

Terry Pratchett is one of the world's most beloved authors - writing humorous fantasy and science fiction including his Discworld series - but his life is just as fascinating, which is why he was voted for by the listeners to be our first topic for BLOCKtober 2026!This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 11:29 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpodCheck 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/Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-comOur 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:Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes by Rob Wilkinshttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Terry-PratchettTerry Pratchett - Back in Black (BBC)https://terrypratchett.com/terry-pratchett/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/sep/25/terry-pratchett-a-life-with-footnotes-review-rob-wilkins-life-death-in-discworldhttps://reactormag.com/terry-pratchett-is-the-most-shop-lifted-author-in-great-britain-for-a-reason//https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/sep/17/i-think-i-was-good-though-i-could-have-been-better-terry-pratchett-and-the-writing-of-his-lifehttps://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/TerryPratchetthttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-41093066https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-25401679https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/30/terry-pratchett-predicted-rise-of-fake-news-in-1995-says-biographerhttps://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ch.cgi?155https://theconversation.com/a-beginners-guide-to-terry-pratchetts-discworld-55220https://discworld.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Pagehttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/12/terry-pratchett-daughter-fans-shepherds-crown-last-discworld-novelhttps://lesasbookcritiques.com/sir-terry-pratchett-rip/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/apr/20/terry-pratchett-debut-turns-50-at-17-the-carpet-people by Alison Floodhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/when-terry-pratchett-was-knighted-he-forged-his-own-sword-out-of-meteorite-10104321.htmlhttps://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31858156https://www.thepinknews.com/2021/07/31/terry-pratchett-discworld-transphobia/

The Radium Girls were female factory workers who suffered severe radiation poisoning in the 1910s and 1920s after painting watch dials with self-luminous paint. Their plight led to the a better understanding of the effects of radium, and also better safety standards across multiple industries. Content Warning : Graphic descriptions of radiation poisoning. This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 11:14 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpodCheck 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/Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-comOur 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.britannica.com/story/radium-girls-the-women-who-fought-for-their-lives-in-a-killer-workplacehttps://www.buzzfeed.com/authorkatemoore/the-light-that-does-not-liehttps://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/19/style/radium-girls-radioactive-painthttps://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/03/radium-girls-kate-moore/515685/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S74H4SzOoQM&t=67shttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girlshttps://www.damninteresting.com/undark-and-the-radium-girls/

Pappy Van Winkle is some of the most expensive Bourbon in the world, and in 2013 hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of the liquor went missing from the distillery. This week, Deanna Ortiz tells us how some heists aren't elaborately planned, but just get slowly out of hand. This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 11:55 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpodCheck out more of Deanna's work:https://www.deannaortiz.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/Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-comOur 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.

On this week's episode we hear the story of Joseph Boyle aka Klondike Joe, a Canadian man whose life has so many different chapters your head will spin!We're halfway through our Canadian tour and this episode was recorded live in Vancouver! If you're keen, we've got three final shows this week in Montreal and Toronto with tickets available!This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 06:22 (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/Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-comOur 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://europecentenary.eu/the-bolsheviks-and-romania-the-first-step-towards-truce-and-betrayal/https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/10/21/klondike-joe-boyle/https://www.canadianhorseracinghalloffame.com/2001/01/05/charles-boyle/https://yukon-news.com/2017/11/09/lets-all-celebrate-joe-boyles-birthday/https://web.archive.org/web/20090412121441/http://www.nhl.com/cup/incidents.htmlhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/klondike-joe-boyle-birthday-whitehorse-fraser-1.4385107https://www.canadianhorseracinghalloffame.com/2001/01/05/charles-boyle/https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?id_nbr=7794

Operation Chariot is frankly the most unhinged and daring military operation I have ever read about. In World War II, the Brits were so worried about the Nazi's super battleship Tirpitz, they decided to take out the St Nazaire dock in occupied France. To do this they sent hundreds of commandos on a disguised ship to infiltrate the port. Also, the ship was a giant bomb... Five Victoria Crosses later, no wonder this is referred to as "The Greatest Raid of All."On this episode we are joined by our friend Nick Mason from The Weekly Planet podcast:https://bigsandwich.co/ This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 11:57 (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/Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-comOur 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:Jeremy Clarkson: Greatest Raid of All Time (2007), watch on Timeline - World History Documentaries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCMCr2Kh1wI https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/bold-strategy-british-raid-st-nazaire https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/british-raid-st-nazaire-part-ii https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/commandos-WW2 https://www.britannica.com/technology/U-boat https://stnazaireraid.org/events-leading-up-to-the-raid-2/ https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/bismarck-battleship-facts-why-famous-feared-sunk-wreck/ https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/bismarck-battleship-facts-why-famous-feared-sunk-wreck/ https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-203249

This week we are joined by public historian Greg Jenner to hear the epic tale of Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey!This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 18:16 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).Listen to the new season of Greg's podcast You're Dead To Me: https://link.mgln.ai/YDTM-Do-Go-On Come see us in Canada in September 2026: https://dogoonpod.com/live-shows/ 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/Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-comOur 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 our Canadian-Australian friend Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall tells us all about the War of 1812, fought between the United States and the United Kingdom. This story, integral to the history of Canada results in the Capture of Washington and the burning of many buildings, including The White House.This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 12:59 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).Come see us in Canada in September 2026: https://dogoonpod.com/live-shows/ 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/Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-comOur 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.

Queen Victoria's son, Prince Alfred, was the first member of the British Royal Family to visit Australia. Let's just say, the Aussie's didn't exactly make a great first impression...This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 07:38 (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/Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-comOur 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.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/first-royal-visithttps://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/articles/2056https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/the-first-royal-visit/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_tours_of_Australiahttps://www.discoverbritain.com/history/icons/queen-victorias-children/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monarchs_in_Britain_by_length_of_reignhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_O%27Farrell#Referenceshttps://dictionaryofsydney.org/blog/mr_parkess_mongoosehttps://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-254956466/view?partId=nla.obj-254978611#page/n6/mode/1up

Today we are talking about Tycho Brahe, a brilliant 16th century Danish astronomer - but also a bit of a kook. We are joined by Claire Hooper who is heading to Edinburgh this week, go see her show and say hi for us!This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 17:25 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).Check out Matt's new special 'Bad Boy': bit.ly/BadBoyComedyVote in this year's BLOCK: bit.ly/BLOCK2026For 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/Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-comOur 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://allthatsinteresting.com/tycho-brahehttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Tycho-Brahe-Danish-astronomerhttps://www.space.com/19623-tycho-brahe-biography.htmlhttps://www.famousscientists.org/tycho-brahe/https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Tycho_Brahehttps://www.bbc.com/news/11756077https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/science/30tierney.html?pagewanted=all&mtrref=en.wikipedia.orghttps://gizmodo.com/the-crazy-life-and-crazier-death-of-tycho-brahe-histor-5696469