And just like that... It's time for Just The Gist to take a bow. For now! After 12 million downloads, hundreds of nutso stories and many, many fart jokes, Just The Gist is going on a little hiatus. So I wanted to take a moment to thank YOU, the Gisteners. From the absolute bottom of my heart, thank you for joining us on this crazy segway ride. Thank you so, so much for Gistening. Truly. And remember, this curtain call is 'goodbye' for now, but not forever! There's too many dumb billionaires in t...
Jun 26, 2023•34 min•Ep 207•Transcript available on Metacast It's a two-fer baby! Jacob and Rosie need a little break so we're pulling out two more stories from the archives - revisiting two wild stories from the Just The Gist live tour; The Hillbilly Heist and Balloon Boy. We give you just the gist but if you want more; Balloon Boy Watch " Balloon Boy's' family discusses life 10 years after incident " from Nightline via Youtube https://bit.ly/balloonboy-interview . Read ' The Ballon Boy Hoax - Solved! ' by Robert Sanchez for 5280.com from 2019 https://bi...
Jun 19, 2023•55 min•Ep 206•Transcript available on Metacast Harrison Okene, a Nigerian ship's cook, faced a remarkable ordeal of survival. In May 2013, he was trapped in an underwater vessel, the Jascon 4, for an astonishing 60 hours before being miraculously rescued. The tugboat had capsized and sunk off the coast of Nigeria while supporting an oil platform. Okene found himself within an air pocket in the upturned hull of the ship as it rapidly sank. Struggling against panic, he clung to hope as water submerged the vessel completely. Surviving on Coca-C...
Jun 12, 2023•45 min•Ep 205•Transcript available on Metacast Reality TV is a global phenomenon. But.. what if we told you it kinda started in Sydney suburbia in the 90s. In this special branded episode - in partnership with Paramount + - we're giving you just the gist of reality TV; from the first show Sylvania Waters in the 90s, to the worldwide phenomenon in Big Brother, then the 00s hits with The Osbournes, Paris Hilton in the Simple Life, The Kardashians and now in 2023 the next big hit could well be - The Family Stallone. We give you Just The Gist bu...
Jun 06, 2023•50 min•Ep 204•Transcript available on Metacast Imagine sitting at your desk at work, a day like any other. All of a sudden you hear a rumbling that gets louder, and louder. Then you look out the window and see it: a massive tank (yes - TANK), covered in guns, coming straight towards your office. You get outside just in time to see this thing completely flatten your building to the ground, then drive away. Um… WHAT? That’s exactly what happened in 2004 to the people in Granby, Colorado. Marvin Heemeyer, a local man, was angry at most people i...
May 29, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep 203•Transcript available on Metacast It's Just The Gist - "F*cking White People" Edition; The story of the 1981 film ROAR. A tale of how a rich naive Hollywood couple spent over a decade making a movie that starred them, their kids and 150 lions, tigers, leopards, panthers, ALLL the big cats. The movie was pitched as a "family comedy", but is widely regarded as one of the most dangerous films of all time. Roar starred Tippy Hedron ( Star of Hitchcock's The Birds and others) her daughter Melanie Griffiths, and the rest of their fami...
May 22, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep 202•Transcript available on Metacast Lol in our DREAMS (Rosie… kind of likes nature now though?). Plus! Gen Z have invented a new way to shower and you’re doing it wrong. Also! Epidurals - an expensive luxury? And! A new show where a camera is pointed in men’s faces and they are simply asked… why? RECCOS: Watch ' Boston Legal ' on Disney Plus - https://bit.ly/42MwjXu . Watch ' I Am A Stalker ' on Netflix https://bit.ly/3M7BNVC . Visit ' Durban Tourism ' https://visitdurban.travel/ . Follow @SouthAfricaANZ on IG https://bit.ly/42uFw...
May 18, 2023•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast A turner has been corned! Four years, hundreds of stories, thousands of poop anecdotes. We've finally reached our 200th episode! Join us as we take a stroll down memory lane, looking back on our best moments: how the show started, where our random catchphrases began, winning an Australian Podcast Award dressed as Moira Rose, Jacob losing his mind over segways, not knowing how bad ‘this weird covid thing’ would be, Rosie trying desperately to get sponsored by Bird In Hand… it’s all in there bébé!...
May 17, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast It's Cher's birthday so we've gotta do it; From the archives, Jacob lives out his dream and gives us just the gist of Cher. No further description necessary. We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: Watch ' Behind The Music: Cher ' Season 2, Episode 25 bootlegged on Facebook https://bit.ly/42hWtBc . Watch ' Cher ' 2003 documentary from The Biography Channel https://bit.ly/cherdoco-biographychannel . Listen to Cher's interview on Andrew Denton's podcast INTERVIEW on Apple po...
May 15, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast And we know you read that in Rosie's Arnold Schwarzenneger accent. Plus! We sat on the same toilet as Mariah Carey at the Oyster Box Hotel. And! We may be on a trip but Rosie hits Jacob with a weird paranormal update that sends him into an existential crisis. Also! Elizabeth Holmes SPEAKS (and she's dropped 'the voice'). LINKS: The Oyster Box Hotel https://oysterboxhotel.com/ . Visit ' Durban Tourism ' https://visitdurban.travel/ . Follow @SouthAfricaANZ on IG https://bit.ly/42uFw6M . Find out m...
May 10, 2023•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Take a dive with us into the vault - we're bringing you two of our favourite and wild stories from our live tour era. First, Rosie reveals the "sensual" relationship between a 23-year-old woman named Mary and a dolphin named Peter. And then Jacob takes us on a journey with the tale of bad ass nuns; after the church all but abandoned them they sold their convent, and all the priceless artefacts within, bought a castle, and lived the highlife they'd never had. But the story doesn't end there. We g...
May 08, 2023•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast At least her lawyers do. Plus! South Africa is a few sleeps away! Will Rosie survive having to be in… nature? And! Jacob explodes with his biggest laugh since #SegWay - what Nooz did Rosie bring to make him lose it? Also! Nobody has been singing the song ‘B.I.N.G.O’ correctly - even you. LINKS Watch the video where Fitzy and Wippa chat about the “I’m Not A Robot” button https://tinyurl.com/2jjb2fry Read more about the symphony orgasm (and listen again!) https://tinyurl.com/26eka6df Find out more...
May 03, 2023•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast THE DEVIL WORKS HARD BUT KRIS JENNER WORKS HARDER. This week we give you just the gist of the woman who created the Kardashian/Jenner empire. The woman who is now worth a quarter of a billion dollars and is considered one of the most powerful managers in Hollywood. The 'Momager' herself, Kris Jenner. So how does someone go from wealthy housewife who lunches and plays tennis, to media mogul and creator of the new American Dynasty? How did she get so good at branding her kids that Kim Kardashian a...
May 01, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast And! #FOILGATE continues. Plus! Of course Elon's dick exploded; is anybody surprised? Also! Producer Lindsey is leaving us! (And Rosie is very jealous about where she's going.) LINKS and RECCOS Listen ' Flipping the Bird: Elon vs. Twitter ' from Wondery https://bit.ly/elonvstwitter . Check out ' Mrs Davis ' trailer https://bit.ly/mrsdavis-trailer . Watch the trailer for Fear - https://bit.ly/fear1996-trailer . Squiz at G Adventures ' Explore Kruger National Park ' https://bit.ly/gadventures-krug...
Apr 26, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 1987, San Diego police discovered the bodies of 37 people in a house. They all had matching haircuts, matching outfits, and infamously - matching Nike sneakers. These were the members of the Heaven’s agate cult, and they had decided to ‘graduate’ from their human forms, so they could ride the Hale-Bopp comet to Heaven. Led by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles (also called ‘Ti and Do’), Heaven’s Gate initially seemed like a bunch of of eccentric alien believers, until they orchestrated on...
Apr 24, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Potato was the correct choice. Plus! Nobody can agree if this word has one syllable or two (and half of you are absolutely wrong). Also! Millennial worlds collide as Mischa Barton is set to star on Neighbours (but will she wear jeans under a dress?). Also! The world is running out of helium and that’s…not great LINKS Listen to our episode on The Hindenburg Disaster if Helium Chat got you feeling left out https://link.chtbl.com/jtg-hindenburg A full list of Nick Cannon's kids names https://www.bi...
Apr 19, 2023•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast We've got so many great stories in the JTG back catalogue, but a few really stand out as Greatest Hits. And with so many new Gisteners joining us every day, we thought we'd occasionally revisit some of the old faves. We told the story of the 'Trashman' yacht sinking way back in 2021, and since then it often pops up as an 'all-time favourite' mention. Strap in Gisteners, it's a WILD ride: This has been called one the worst shark attack stories of all time. After their yacht, ‘The Trashman’, sank ...
Apr 17, 2023•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast And! You've definitely been the victim of 'Sushi Terrorism', and you didn't even know it. Plus! The guy who accurately predicted the internet reckons humans will be able to do THIS in 8 years. Also! Rosie and Caleb got a surprise kitten and of course Caleb has insisted on the worst name possible. Links: Bodyguard Musical riots (with Twitter vids): https://variety.com/2023/legit/news/bodyguard-musical-halted-mini-riot-audience-singing-along-1235577476/ Butthole hotel: https://www.ladbible.com/new...
Apr 12, 2023•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Oh the humanity! They called it "the Titanic of the sky”. It was the length of five Olympic sized swimming pools and would fly a few hundred metres above the ground transporting wealthy passengers from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other, and came complete with a dining room, a Sunday prayer service and even a smoking room. But it was essentially a bunch of hydrogen-filled balloons floating in the sky that could catch fire the moment they were exposed to even a small spark...which is exa...
Apr 10, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast And! She's GWYNNOCENT! Plus! The 3-year cruise that's cheaper than living in Sydney. Would you consider it? Also! An American Girl doll has been released to teach kids about the 'historical' times of... 1999?!? (Elder millennials can attest it's PRETTY FREAKIN' ACCURATE THOUGH.) I wish you well. Links: https://www.ladbible.com/news/largest-poo-ever-york-viking-science-316365-20230329 https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/03/01/american-girl-1990s-dolls/ See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...
Apr 05, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast There are several documentaries. A podcast series. A live televised trial. So what is the deal with the 'Murdaugh Murders' that seem to be all over the news? One of the most wealthy, important families in an entire state suddenly having all their secrets laid bare? Of course people are obsessed. The Murdaugh Family is a legal dynasty, basically in charge of justice in Hampton County, South Carolina. Which means if anyone in their family ever broke the law... they got away with it. Until now. Ale...
Apr 03, 2023•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus! Martha and Michael from MAFS posted a confronting parenting video that Jacob could not handle (but would he do the same in an emergency?). And! Rosie wants to buy something in the online auction of Melissa Caddick's stuff - should she do it? Also! An important update on dog farts (MESSAGE RECEIVED GISTENERS). One more thing! The results are in on the important 'Grape Experiment of 2023'. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 29, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast He's been called a fortune teller, a prophet, a clairvoyant, a scammer... Nostradamus is said to have accurately predicted every major event in history, from the JFK assassination to 9/11 to the Covid pandemic. His books are still bestsellers, and people still live their lives today according to his readings of the stars, even though the French astrologer has been dead for over 500 years. So was 'Michel de Nostredame' and his most famous book The Prophecies ( Les Prophéties ) the real deal? How ...
Mar 27, 2023•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Also! The Bieber conspiracy theory plot thickens! Jacob nearly missed Australia's most important news this week! Plus! A certain animal farts in a very weird and shocking way! And! Rosie and Jacob swallow a certain food that comes out the other end... very differently. FOR SCIENCE. Links: Watch 'The Last Tourist' https://thelasttouristfilm.com/ Get in touch! What was the most deranged thing you did during COVID? Is Caleb's microwave theory true? Email us at justthegistpodcast@gmail.com or slide ...
Mar 22, 2023•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Everybody recognises her picture. 3-year-old Maddie McCann was on holiday with her British parents in Portugal when she disappeared from her bed one night, never to be seen again. Despite international media attention and millions in donations, investigations raised more questions than answers. Who was the man spotted carrying a sleeping child the night Maddie disappeared? Did cadaver dogs really find evidence of bodily fluids in a rental car? Why did Madeleine's parents, Gerry and Kate McCann, ...
Mar 20, 2023•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast And! The Oscar winners who did - and DIDN'T - deserve it (of course we disagree). With! Rosie realising her birth certificate has a major, life-changing error. Plus! Caleb suffered a tragic moment worse than the missing petunias. Also! Justin Bieber has realised the crazy single white female is coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE - Rosie has wasted a lot of time breaking down the evidence. Links: You can watch Rosie interviewing Jennette McCurdy for the next 30 days: https://stream.sydneyoperahouse.com...
Mar 15, 2023•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast A private jet for every guest, who then walked down a red carpet and got into a custom built limousine, which took them to an opulent bungalow, where they would find an intricate tapestry portrait of themselves on the wall. And that was just the first half hour. In 1971, the Shah of Iran decided to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Empire by throwing the most expensive 3-day party the world had ever seen. Over a year in the making, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi had an entire city built from scrat...
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Plus! Rosie convinces Jacob that a Selena Gomez/Hailey Beiber conspiracy theory is real! And! Astronauts pooping in space! Also! Special appearance by Astro Bachie Dr Matt Agnew (not to do the astronaut pooping, unfortunately)! And finally...the British government nearly exterminated every cat in the country? In 2020?!? Links: Rosie's Selena Gomez/Hailey Beiber TikTok starter pack... https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS8QqYhsB/ https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS8QV7M4m/ https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS8QqdApe/ Matt’s book is...
Mar 08, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast It was the 30 minute 'documentary' that had an absolute grip on the world. Kony 2012 was the first Youtube video to reach 100 million views in less than a week. Everybody on the planet seemed swept up in the attempt to 'Make Kony Famous'. We shared the video along with the #Kony2012 hashtag. We donated. We agreed to 'COVER THE NIGHT'. Even Oprah was excited. Then, less than two weeks later, it all came crashing down (and the term 'slacktivism' was born). So what was Kony 2012 all about? What was...
Mar 06, 2023•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Also! Lady Gaga has to pay her dog's kidnapper half a million bucks? And! Elton John is a Diana stan and wants no part in Camilla becoming 'Queen'. Plus! Would you cancel your wedding with minutes to spare if you saw your spouse-to-be doing... this? And! Rosie & Caleb had a big fight: whose side are you on? (Rosie's, OBVIOUSLY.) Rosie is interviewing Jennette McCurdy at All About Women. Book tickets to the live stream here: https://stream.sydneyoperahouse.com/products/jennette-mccurdy-all-ab...
Mar 01, 2023•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast