Do Go On

By: Do Go On Media
  • Summary

  • A fact based comedy podcast. Each week Melbourne comedians Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins and Dave Warneke take it in turns to research a topic and report back to the class.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • 496 - Abraham Lincoln
    Apr 23 2025

    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-cheat

    Prime 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 Thomas


    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.yahoo.com/entertainment/bp/abraham-lincoln-surprising-strength-220542759.html/1000

    https://www.mrlincolnandfriends.org/the-boys/index.html

    https://www.biography.com/political-figures/abraham-lincoln

    https://archive.org/details/abrahamlincoln1939linc/page/n63/mode/2up

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/Whig-Party

    https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/teaching_packages/abraham_lincoln/doc1.html

    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Todd-Lincoln

    https://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


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    2 hrs and 33 mins
  • 495 - The Sankebetsu Brown Bear Incident
    Apr 16 2025

    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-cheat

    Prime 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 Thomas


    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:


    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/


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    1 hr and 56 mins
  • 494 - Tom Slick; Yeti Hunter
    Apr 9 2025

    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-outpost


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

    Check out our other podcasts:

    Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheat

    Prime 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 Thomas


    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.



    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    2 hrs and 3 mins

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