Dave reports on the often requested and super mysterious 'Tamam Shud' case. In 1948 a body is discovered on on Adelaide's Somerton beach. No one is sure who he is and things get weirder when they find a coded message, a phone number, a small piece of paper and a suitcase. Who was The Somerton Man? Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPo Host...
May 17, 2017•1 hr 16 min
This sounds like a silly topic, but it's pretty dark. It includes drugs, guns, murder, court room dramas and a bit of ice cream, I guess. CHECK IT OUT! Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 10, 2017•1 hr 23 min
This week we travel back in time to the 17th Century to discuss Captain William Kidd, who some people say was wrongly accused of being a pirate. We reckon he's pretty pirate-y though. See what you think! Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 03, 2017•1 hr 21 min
The Loch Ness Monster! You've heard of it, but is it real? Dave investigates and reports to Jess, Matt and special guest Nick Mason from The Weekly Planet. Our final episode recorded live at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, Dave goes through Nessie's history, the photos, the stories and the many claimed sightings. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it... an otter??? Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Support the show a...
Apr 26, 2017•1 hr 1 min
Matt Reports on the Crocodile Hunter himself, Steve Irwin! Learn about his life and crocodiles and his career and reptiles and also find out which member of the Irwin family Jess cannot stand! She rants pretty hard... Dave also mime humps a crocodile multiple times. ENJOY! Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...
Apr 18, 2017•1 hr 7 min
Dave reports on how Coca-Cola, a medicinal drink invented by morphine addicted pharmacist John Pemberton, went on to become the world's largest soft drink empire. Coke made all the right moves through the early Twentieth Century, growing in popularity through both of the World Wars until the 1970s when a large competitor appeared... Enter "The Cola Wars". This super fun episode was recorded live at The Melbourne Comedy Festival. Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.fac...
Apr 12, 2017•1 hr 1 min
Our first ever LIVE EPISODE! Recorded at the Imperial Hotel as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Bop had the big task of delivering the first ever live report AND dealing with our first ever time limit! What a task! We talked about The Kray Twins - the scariest British mobsters of the '60s! Jess' life was made complete when the audience said her catchphrase, Dave broke Jess with his facial expressions and Matt ended up sitting in the audience and leading a revolution. Twitter:...
Apr 05, 2017•1 hr 7 min
Mutiny on the Bounty! A tale of drama and treachery on the high seas... many people know it on some level, as there have been FIVE feature films made about the story, but none since the 80s, so it's time for a refresher course. This story includes: boating, flogging, boning, blood letting and lush tropical islands! Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon...
Mar 29, 2017•1 hr 50 min
"I didn't do it"... No he did. Dave finally relented and reported on the greatest TV show of all time. Hear how The Simpsons started from humble beginnings before quickly becoming a huge success, a show that would go on to be the longest running sitcom of all time. It's like David and Goliath, only this time David won! We talk about the key players, rifts behind the scenes and end with a lot of fun facts. Tute on Dave, Tute on! Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.face...
Mar 22, 2017•1 hr 54 min
This week we explore Scientology - specifically, the man who created it ; L. Ron Hubbard. He has got to be one of the most fascinating characters we have talked about! This episode also contains a lot of tension between Matt and Jess, but we assure you we are all still friends. Also in this episode - a lot of random tangents and a record number of The Simpsons references! Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Support...
Mar 15, 2017•1 hr 54 min
This week Matt reports on 'the Montreal Screwjob', a huge controversy in the world of professional wrestling in the 1990s, the effects of which are still being felt today!! This episode is "The Best There Is, The Best There Was and The Best There Ever Will Be" (it's pretty good anyway, and very long!) We talk Bret 'the Hitman' Hart, Vince McMahon, Shawn 'The Heartbreak Kid' Michaels, WWF, WCW, #KayfabeBabe and much more!! Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.c...
Mar 08, 2017•2 hr 11 min
We ALL know that World War II ended in 1945, right guys? Well a bunch of Japanese soldiers stationed on remote, jungle filled islands didn't get the memo... This is the story of one of those soldiers, Hiroo Onoda, who kept fighting for DECADES. Dozens of search parties were sent to find him. Surrender orders, leaflets and letters from his family were dropped, but nothing would bring him out of the jungle. That was until a young hippy went looking for the man that most people thought was dead. Tw...
Mar 01, 2017•1 hr 33 min
This week, we dip into the Golden Hat once again and explore the legend of the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans. Was she one of the good guys? Was she a bad guy? Did she possess powers, or was she just confident? All that as well as the usual amount of shit talk. Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
Feb 22, 2017•1 hr 7 min
John Wilkes Booth, you know him as the handsome actor from a family of handsome actors, but did you know he has a dark past? That's right, the heart throb you keep a poster of on your wall is a COLD BLOODED PRESIDENT KILLER. He killed Abraham Lincoln, yes, THAT Abraham Lincoln: the star of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter and his auto-biographical film Lincoln. Join Jess and Dave in class as Matt talks about some of these things and MORE! Twitter/Instagram/Faceb...
Feb 15, 2017•1 hr 21 min
In 1914, explorer Ernest Shackleton and 28 men left England for his third trip to Antarctica. Sadly, they will never even make it to the continent. With their ship The Endurance crushed by the ice and with no hope of rescue, how the hell will they ever make it home? Dave tries to do this epic story justice with the longest report yet. There's something for everyone: Shaquille O'Neal, eggs and slugs. Twitter/Instagram/Facebook us: @DoGoOnPod Email: dogoonpod@gmail.com Support the show and get rew...
Feb 08, 2017•2 hr 9 min
This week we dip into the GOLDEN HAT to present the topic suggested by one of our patreon listeners. We delve into the mysterious world of My Little Ponies and its fans. Dave has a lot of opinions about this one! Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 01, 2017•1 hr 10 min
Jack the Ripper, a gruesome and mysterious murderer from the 1880s. Matt does his first serial killer report, it's pretty full on at times but somehow the episode is still a pretty funny one. Tune in and let us know what you think! Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 25, 2017•1 hr 48 min
Dave reports on the most famous UFO incident of the 20th Century. But did aliens really crash land in the New Mexico desert? And did the US Government really try and cover it up? Whilst trying to answer these questions, Dave introduces a weird new character, Matt wants to party with a 'ufologist' named Stanton 'Fried-man' and Jess does not want to give a confession. Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Support the s...
Jan 18, 2017•1 hr 19 min
Ooooo it's time for another KILLER episode! This week we explore one of the most frequently suggested topics and one of the most notorious killers in murder history! Suggestion : don't listen to this at night / alone / in the dark. Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 11, 2017•1 hr 47 min
This week the topic is Bond (James Bond)! Matt talks us through the history of Bond, from the novels to the films... It's a bloody big topic, but Matt did his best (and it turns out that Jess and Dave are big Bond fans!) Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 04, 2017•1 hr 40 min
Dave reports on the many marriages of King Henry VIII, a man so determined to have a son that he literally changes his whole country's religion to allow him to remarry. Some wives will be divorced and shunned; others will not be as lucky and lose their heads. So does he ever get a son? And if not, it's not like his daughters could ever become Queen... or could they? Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Support the s...
Dec 28, 2016•1 hr 38 min
Another year, another Christmas episode! This year Jess talks about the mysterious legend that is ....Krampus! Our little Australian brains knew nothing about this. There is also a lot of talk about completely irrelevant things. Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 21, 2016•1 hr 14 min
This is one of the stranger chapters in Australia's military history. Matt talks about the time the army took on the second tallest bird in the world, the emu. 20,000 of them. It was quite a fight... but who wins? Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 14, 2016•1 hr 23 min
William Shakespeare - sure we're taught that he wrote some famous plays and poetry, but did he really write them? Do we know what he looked like, and how many words did he create out of thin air (thin air is one of the phrases he coined)? Dave will try and answer these questions, Jess's cough has now become a husky laugh and Matt will do some accents - some he has control of, others not so much. Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dog...
Dec 07, 2016•1 hr 28 min
This week a very sick Jess talks about the fascinating crime syndicate knowns as The Pink Panthers! There's poo talk, phlegm puns and a lot of Jess coughing (sorry). But there's also a really cool story! Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 30, 2016•1 hr 12 min
We are lucky enough to be joined by The Weekly Planet podcasting's suave larrikin Nick Mason as he talks to us about the history of Superman, including creators Shuster and Siegel, Nicolas Cage's obsession and Jess laughs at the idea of She Hulk for a fair while... Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...
Nov 23, 2016•1 hr 41 min
Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh lived a fascinating and tragic life. This is the story of that life leading up to and following the time he cut off his own ear. Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 16, 2016•1 hr 17 min
Happy Birthday to Do Go On! We celebrate our one year with a special announcement. AND we look at the life of an incredible woman, Helen Keller. There's broken marriages galore! AND announcing our Patreon! Find out how you can support the show and get heaps of rewards including exclusive bonus episodes... Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoO...
Nov 09, 2016•1 hr 17 min
Mad Jack Churchill was a unique operator... he marched to the beat of his own drum and played a role in some of the most incredible stories of World War II. Matt's gonna tell you all about it, with thanks to listener Steve for the suggestion. Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...
Nov 02, 2016•1 hr 37 min
In 1962, four prisoners spend several months crafting an ingenious way to escape America's highest security and most fearsome prison. A story of dummies, digging and a home made boat. Will they make it off The Rock? Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 26, 2016•1 hr 21 min
