366 - Whacka for Cloaca: the History of the Cloaca
Episode Date: October 26, 2022There'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...
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,...
One day back in 1984, American artist Keith Haring went to work painting a mural at a Melbourne school. And decades later, the mural still stands toda...
This week Matt and Jess are joined by comedian and friend, Kirsty Webeck, to hear the story about how an unlikely group sprung into action when the cr...
Based on a poem, this critically acclaimed and award winning painting has caused controversy and uproar, has gotten soldiers out of strife and is intr...
Mission: Impossible is one of the highest grossing film franchises of all time - join guest Marcel Blanch-de Wilt as we go through the whole lot in on...
Joy Hester's 'Love I' is a fascinating piece with an equally fascinating story behind its creation. Affairs, angst and an art gallery built on an anci...
Monopoly is one of the best selling board games of all time, but it has a controversial history. The game’s inventor was an unemployed salesman named...
Mary Beale was a 17th-century trailblazing painter and her piece 'Portrait of a Lady' currently hangs at the National Gallery of Victoria. But who is...
It's the longest running TV Music Competition, but how much do you know about Eurovision? Michelle Brasier joins us for an introduction to Eurovision...