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Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas! Let's celebrate with a very jolly topic indeed ... the story of a string of bombings in 1980 at multiple Woolworths stores in New South Wales...
This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 06:00 (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.
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This week we talk about Yasuke, the first non Japanese person to become a Samurai. Born somewhere in Africa, Yasuke became a samurai and close confident to the powerful Oda Nobunaga during one of the most tumultuous periods in Japan's history.
This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 07:35 (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.britannica.com/biography/Yasuke
https://time.com/6039381/yasuke-black-samurai-true-story/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-was-yasuke-japans-first-black-samurai-180981416/
https://www.worldhistory.org/Samurai_Sword/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48542673
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oda-Nobunaga
https://www.nichibun-g.co.jp/data/web-magazine/manabito/history/history109/
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/11/arts/assassins-creed-shadows-yasuke-samurai-japan.html
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In the 1690s, Scotland tried to establish a colony in Panama... it did not go well. In fact it went so badly that it bankrupted almost the entire country. Recorded live at The Monkey Barrel Comedy Club in Edinburgh.
This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 08:36 (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:
- The Darien Venture: The Colony that Bankrupted Scotland (Geographics)
https://youtu.be/ykrZCtlwyL4?si=zHp5VLxz3m9cFBCx
- Empire, episode 186 - Scotland: A nation in crisis
https://www.goalhangerpodcasts.com/empire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Paterson_(banker)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darien_scheme#
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dari%C3%A9n_Gap
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Here it is, the number one most voted for topic for Block 2024! On the evening of the 5th of April, 1815 the sounds of massive explosions rang out across modern day Indonesia. This lead to1816 becoming the year without summer!
This is a comedy/history podcast, the report about the murders begins at approximately 06:31 (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:
The Year Without Summer: 1816 by William K Kingaman and Nicholas P Kingaman
theconversation.com/how-a-volcano-in-indonesia-led-to-the-creation-of-frankenstein
britannica.com/place/Mount-Tambora
nps.gov/articles/000/1816-the-year-without-summer
history.com/news/bicycle-history-invention
historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=2054
smithsonianmag.com/history/blast-from-the-past-65102374/
history.com/topics/inventions/history-of-cholera
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On the second most voted for topic of Block 2024, we talk about Anastasia Romanov (daughter of Tsar Nicholas II) and her Many Imposters!
This is a comedy/history podcast, the report about the murders begins at approximately 07:40 (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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchess_Anastasia_Nikolaevna_of_Russia
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2016/05/110617/anna-anderson-anastasia-romanov-impostor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Rasputin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_the_Romanov_family
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