373 - The Star Wars Holiday Special
Episode Date: December 14, 2022On Friday, November 17th, 1978, a special television event billed as “a dazzling lineup of stars, animation, adventure, music and visual effects” aire...
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495 episodes transcribedOn Friday, November 17th, 1978, a special television event billed as “a dazzling lineup of stars, animation, adventure, music and visual effects” aire...
In 1951, hundreds of residents of the small French town of Pont-Saint-Esprit were struck down by a mystery illness that caused mass hallucinations. Pe...
In AD 79 Mount Vesuvius violently erupted, destroying and Pompeii other nearby towns. Pompeii lay hidden under metres of ash for 1500 years, preservin...
Our second most voted for topic for Block 2022 is the mysterious story of the Mary Celeste; a ship found abandoned in the middle of nowhere.This is a...
The Night Witches were an all-female squadron of badass bomber pilots who the Nazis were shit-scared of! Tune in for the story!This is a comedy/histor...
This week we learn about one of the most significant events to occur in the LGBTQIA+ community - a riot that occured at the Stonewall Inn, in June 196...
“On paper, it sounded like a great idea: let’s recreate Woodstock to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the peace and love music festival that sat at t...
Who Knew It with Matt Stewart is a new comedy game show podcast hosted by Australian comedian Matt Stewart. This an exclusive episode for Do Go On lis...
There's one thing we love at Do Go On, and that's a triptych! Our friend (and yours) Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall joins us for the third report in the s...
Just two days into the Apollo 13 mission the command module suffers an unexpected and catastrophic explosion. All alone and 330,000 kilometres from Ea...
This weeks episode was recording on the 40th anniversary of a crime that shocked a nation - the Chicago Tylenol murders!This is a comedy/history podca...
On a foggy Tuesday morning in 1927, 75,000 to 100,000 people stood at Oakland Airport to see off 8 planes on a daring air race from California to Hawa...
On this week's episode we are joined by Alexei Toliopoulos and Cameron James as we take the red pill and dive deep into the iconic film franchise, the...
This week we look at Scott Scurlock AKA the 'Hollywood Bandit', a bank robber named after his use of elaborate disguises. Prosthetics, fake chins, mou...
An English-Born painter helped birth Australian Impressionism and along the way created perhaps the most iconic work of that movement. This is the sto...
You may have heard the name, or seen the movie, but this week we learn a bit more about Alan Turing, and cracking the Enigma code. Support the show an...
We've all heard of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but how many can you name? And what if I told you only one of them is still standing... So...
There are many abstract pieces of steel public art but there are few that have physically gone on a sightseeing tour of their own city. Ron Robertson-...
After the success of the 1907 Peking to Paris Race (discussed in episode 348) an even more outrageous car race was organised, this is the wild story o...
This week we are joined by the very funny Dee Fidge, who gives us a comprehensive (read; long) look into the life of the People's Princess, Diana. Or,...