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I think a lot of the information you need is in the super long title of this episode. It's about former Turkmenistan president Saparmurat Niyazov and his crazy antics. Enjoy! #2DaycoupdetatTwitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A botched safety test in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant's fourth reactor will change the world forever. 30 years on, Dave explores the worst nuclear disaster in history. How and why did it happen? Also Dave tries to be all sciencey and explain how a nuclear reactor works... So that's fun. #MegaTrotsTwitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jess has a look at the life of Australia's original bad boy, Ned Kelly. What made him such a legend in Australian history? Find out by listening to the podcast, duh! Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"The Y2K Bug is coming to get us! We're all going to die!!!" The people would say in 1999, it wasn't quite the massive disaster that some predicted, but what was it?Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time for everybody's favourite detective Sherlock Holmes, and the one person who didn't seem to like him... his adventurous creator Arthur Conan Doyle. An over achiever, who as well as creating one of the most famous literary characters of all time, was both a Sir and a Doctor, raced cars, travelled the world, practically invented skiing and believed in fairies. Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It seems appropriate that a podcast hosted by three comedians should take a look at the legendary comedy group Monty Python! Jess discusses their origin, their films, and their lives beyond Python.Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A listener suggested that there seem to have been more celebrity deaths this year. Matt, Jess and Dave discuss this and also the life and death of legendary English actor Alan Rickman. Now a member of the 69 club, they discuss his humble beginnings as the son of a biscuit factory worker, through to a short career in graphic design before smashing out a brilliant career on the stage and screen. Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

November 1971, a man identifying himself as Dan Cooper uses a bomb to hijack an American plane. He asks for four parachutes and $200,000. But what the hell happens next? The story of the coolest and most mysterious hijacker of all time. Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jess takes us back to the 50s to learn about Sir Edmund Hillary - the first person to reach the top of Mt Everest (pretty big mountain). Learn about his childhood, his forgotten sidekick, and hear Matt do a very strange impression of Jess.Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Focusing mainly on the opening day of the original Disneyland, Matt talks Jess and Dave through what was a bit of a hot mess. Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bonnie and Clyde are the most famous criminal duo in history. Dave talks us through the public's fascination and ultimate disgust with the outlaws who made it big all because of one photo. A couple of kids hopping around, robbing, kidnapping and killing a lot of people... Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What are tattoos etc? Find out on this week's episode!Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You may have noticed Jess mention being left handed once or twice (or a dozen times). Well now she's done a full report on it to get it out of her system. We find out about the different cultural and social stigmas and Dave learns that there is a word for how useless he is! Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

WARNING: This episode can and probably will curse you! This week Dave talk's about the curse of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Since Howard Carter ended King Tut's 3000 year slumber in the 1920s, many people associated with the tomb's discovery have died under very suspicious circumstances. Shootings, poisonings, smotherings and mosquito bites gone bad... Tut is pissed and he's going to make the world pay. Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I tell you what I want what I really really want? An hour of Spice Girls trivia, that's what! This week, Jess takes us on a trip down memory lane with some 90s nostalgia about the most successful female pop group of all time! She also sings a lot in this one and is very sorry. Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Triple J's Hottest 100 is "the world's biggest musical democracy", a music countdown with a 20+ year history. Matt talks the guys through its beginnings and some interesting facts and figures. Dave tells us how he could've been a doctor. And Jess finds her singing voice. Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Most of us simply know her as The Queen, but what do you really know about the longest serving British Monarch in history? Hear about her childhood, marriage to Phillip, Coronation, corgis, private wealth, the correct way address her and the time someone broke into her bedroom. Oh and also laugh at the way Dave tries to pronounce the word sixth.Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How much do you know about the history of those infamous golden arches? Well this week Jess will subliminally make you stop for a cheeseburger on the way home as she explores the history of one of the most successful fast food chains on the planet! Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Back to the Future trilogy had it all: Time travel. Manure. Flying cars. Incest. Hover Boards... So why weren't the major studios interested? Who turned down the roles of Marty McFly and Doc Brown? And what key changes did executive Sidney Sheinberg make? Listen in to hear Matt bumble his way through the answers to these questions and a whole lot more! Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What do you want to happen to your body when you die? That is a question that Dave has been asking himself a little too much lately. He's done some research about the various ways you can dispose of your body. Burial, cremation, being shot into space, being PACKED full of cotton. WARNING: Some of the content is quite graphic... Of course Matt and Jess handle the topic in the mature way you might expect. Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We all remember where we were on the 15th of September, 2000. Right? Obviously we were all watching the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympics! Relive the magic of Nikki Webster, Bootmen and horse whisperers. Even if you didn't watch it, you'll still enjoy Jess, Matt and Dave reliving it all.Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Santa Claus... What's his deal? Where did he come from? Why are the Dutch involved? How much did CocaCola have to do with him? Pickles?All of this will be discussed and more, on this naughty and nice episode of Do Go On! Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One small podcast for man...You've heard of the Moon landing, but do you know the whole story? Do you know how close they came to failure and certain death? Armstrong may have been first to walk on the Moon, but Buzz had a couple of his own firsts too. And how about the third astronaut that stayed behind and many people have forgotten? Hear about him and his flatulence. It's the Moon, the landing and the piss bags. Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A spoonful of sugar will most certainly help this podcast go down! Jess takes the lead again and presents a school report on the most successful Disney movie ever! This episode, we explore the creation of Mary Poppins. From the wacky author of the books, the casting of Julie Andrews and the worst accent in movie history, we cover it all.Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Burke and Wills are Australia's most famous explorers, but were they any good? No... not really. We discuss their famous journey... What went right? What went wrong? And what... yeah, mainly what went wrong... Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Get ready to smash the movie round of your next pub quiz, because Dave Warneke has a report on the film industry's night of nights... The Academy Awards. How did they start? Who picks the winners? Who's won the most awards? How did Whoopie Goldberg lose her statue? And who the hell is Oscar? Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In her first report Jess Perkins takes on the mammoth topic of the best selling band in history: The Beatles. We hear how the Fab Four got together, broke hearts & records, and how approximately eight million people claim that they could have been in The Beatles. Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Stewart's first report is all about the fascinating story of how the most fair dinkum Aussie game on Earth (AFL) came about in the 1850s. Hear how the game developed over 150 years through the highs, the lows and the Shinboners.Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Mona Lisa is the most visited piece of art in the world. But how much do we know about the painting? In this first episode, Dave Warneke presents a report on how the piece became world famous after an incident at the Louvre in 1911. We also discuss the man himself Leonardo Da Vinci, his dreams of a giant horse, and of course we talk A LOT about the Ninja Turtles. Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [email protected] the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.