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Dave reports on what was possibly the most braizen assassination attempt of all time. Robert Catesby, Guy Fawkes and a rag tag of their Catholic pals plot to blow up the King and the whole of the British parliament in fell swoop. Can they pull it off? Or is there another reason we must "Remember, remember the fifth of November"? - Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod- Submit a topic idea directly to the hat: http://bit.ly/DoGoOnHat Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:http://www.history.com/topics/gunpowder-plothttp://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/z3hq7tyhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/gunpowder_robinson_01.shtmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot#Plothttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StwIeUnz0FQhttp://www.history.com/topics/reformationhttp://www.dw.com/en/the-main-differences-between-catholics-

It's the second week in a row that we've discussed a music legend, and this week it's Ziggy Stardust himself! David Bowie had a career that spanned decades and art forms - from music to acting to painting, he did it all.  Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPodSubmit a topic idea directly to the hat: http://bit.ly/DoGoOnHat Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com    See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Hello, I'm Johnny Cash..." is what Johnny Cash would say if he was here to introduce this episode, which is about the legenedary country musician JOHNNY CASH! Imagine if he was here to introduce it, IMAGINE! Ride the rollercoaster of Johnny's life with us, with many ups including being one of the great selling musicians of all time, and many lows including drug addiction and run ins with the law. Enjoy!Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPodSubmit a topic idea directly to the hat: http://bit.ly/DoGoOnHat Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.comREFERENCES AND FURTHER READINGhttps://www.biography.com/people/johnny-cash-9240610http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3642503/He-walked-the-line.htmlhttps://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/johnny-cash/biographyhttps://www.biography.com/news/johnny-cash-10-interesting-factshttp://flavorwire.com/73527/78-things-you-di

Oh the humanity! A new episode has landed (crashed). It's one of the most documented disasters of the 20th Century, but what really happened to The Hindenburg? What could possibly bring down the largest vessel that has ever flown? An acrobat, Nazis and a boy with the best name we have ever come across... this story has it all. Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPodSubmit a topic idea directly to the hat: http://bit.ly/DoGoOnHat Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.comREFERENCES AND FURTHER READINGhttps://www.space.com/16595-montgolfiers-first-balloon-flight.htmlhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Ferdinand-Graf-von-Zeppelinhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airship_accidentshttp://mentalfloss.com/article/19442/blimp-vs-zeppelin-whats-differencehttp://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster/http://www.history.com/news/the-hindenburg-disaster-9-surprising-factshtt

From the 1920's, Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine did two things - they ran the Sydney Underworld and they HATED each other. This week we delve into the lives of these two fascinating women and their bitter feud!Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPodSubmit a topic idea directly to the hat: http://bit.ly/DoGoOnHat Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.comReferences: http://www.rejectedprincesses.com/princesses/kate-leigh-and-tilly-devinehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Leighhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilly_Devinehttps://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/magazine/galleries/tilly-devine-and-the-razor-gang-wars   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Sanspants Radio dude Joel Duscher drops by to be our first guest reporter of 2018! And he reports on his favourite person... heart throb Ryan Gosling! It's a long and tangent filled epsiode (don't say we didn't warn you) but it's a lot of bloody fun. Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPodSubmit a topic idea directly to the hat: http://bit.ly/DoGoOnHat Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.comCheck out Joel's podcast (and many others!) : http://www.sanspantsradio.com    See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week's episode is in the form of a question - 'Why Do Girls Wear Pink and Boys Wear Blue?' Well, Matt has a bloody crack at answering this... he goes back to the 1800s to a time before the pink and blue dichotomy, all the way up to modern day, today! US President FDR gets a mention and historian and author Jo Paoletti's research is referenced a lot. It's an interesting time!Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPodSubmit a topic idea directly to the hat: http://bit.ly/DoGoOnHat Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.comReferences and further reading:http://www.thelist.com/32342/real-reasons-behind-blue-boys-pink-girls/https://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/08/pink-wasnt-always-girly/278535/http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141117-the-pink-vs-blue-gender-mythhttp://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1654371,00.htmlhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/ar

Mexican painter Frida Kahlo is one of the most famous artists of the 20th Century. She also had a crazy and somwhat tragic life, all stemming from an accident when she was a teenager. As well as creating masterpieces, Kahlo married the most well known Mexican artist of her day, Diego Rivera... both of whom had had dozens of affairs. She always spoke her mind and is now an icon for the LGBTI community, feminists and people living with disabilities. Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPodSubmit a topic idea directly to the hat: http://bit.ly/DoGoOnHat Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.comShow references and further reading on Frida Kahlo:https://www.biography.com/people/diego-rivera-9459446https://www.diegorivera.org/creation.jsphttps://www.brainpickings.org/2014/05/22/diego-rivera-frida-kahlo-meeting/https://www.frida-kahlo-foundation.org/biography.htmlhttps://w

This week, the patreon has voted for Jess' topic for the first time, and they chose very wisely! We look at a serial killer who evaded police for more than 25 years! Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPodTwitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.comReferences and other reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7yMSgPYF2k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuRn0DKmeyA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Rader https://www.biography.com/people/dennis-rader-241487   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 In the 50s, 60s and 70s ethologist John B. Calhoun studied the behaviour of rodents in his custom built rat and mice utopias... the results were influential, controversial, fascinating AND a bit fucked! Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com Sources/Further Reading: Fredrik Knudsen's great doco called Down the Rabbit Hole - The Mouse Utopia Experiments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgGLFozNM2o&feature=youtu.be Copy of John B. Calhoun's 'Population density and social pathology' article in Scientific American: http://www.culture-clash.net/pages/evolution/evol_articles/e5calhoun.htmlhttp://eprints.lse.ac.uk/22514/1/2308Ramadams.pdfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Calhounhttps://io9.gizmodo.com/how-rats-turned-their-private-paradise-into-a-terrifyin-1687584457?IR=Thttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-mouse-utop

David Livngstone you presume? Correct! One of the most famous people of the Victorian era, David Livingstone was a terrible missionary... But lucky for him he was a fantastic explorer. Travelling to Africa for three seperate epic adventures, he went to an incredible amount of places no other European person had ever been before him. He is also perhaps best remembered for his advocacy against slavery. Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.comSOURCES/FURTHER READING ON LIVINGSTONE:https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Livingstonehttps://www.biography.com/people/david-livingstone-9383955https://www.britannica.com/topic/Opium-Warshttp://zambezitraveller.com/livingstone/history/david-livingstone%E2%80%99s-early-missionary-years-and-first-expeditionLivingstone, David, Missionary Travels and Researches In South Africa (1858)http://www.historytoday.

This week we discuss the life of the most decorated Marine in US History, Lewis "Chesty" Puller! Yep, it's another badass! We get distracted a fair bit too, and there's a lot of US military jargon that we don't fully understand becuase A) We are Australian and B) we are podcasters and NOT in the military. Regardless, Chesty is a very impressive person! Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's a mystery episode! This year's Christmas Special was recorded live in Brisbane. Matt takes us through five mysteries that occured around Christmas - mysteries surrounding suicide, murder, missing persons and fruitcake! It gets dark at times... but we try and laugh through it!Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.comReferences/Further Reading:https://listverse.com/2014/12/22/10-unsolved-christmastime-mysteries/https://www.therichest.com/shocking/15-creepy-unsolved-mysteries-that-happened-around-christmastime/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/12/05/unsettling-tales-of-the-unknown-dead/25553f3d-208b-43e5-84a1-176b304996aa/?utm_term=.e61fb88c1f44http://www.ospreyobserver.com/2008/08/valrico-family-relieved-with-case-closed/http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/John_Feigahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/fruitcake-101-a-con

It's Dave's turn to try his hand at a serial killer report. Burke and Hare are Scotland's most famous duo of murderers. They killed people staying at their boarding house and sold their bodies to local medical schools who were desperate for cadavers to dissect. WIll justice catch up with the duo? Or will they escape the hangman's noose? Tickets for Brisbane live show (December 2nd at Heya Bar): https://www.trybooking.com/SPMPWatch us all on Gamey Gamey Game: https://youtu.be/I9hS7jIJ6pg  Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com    See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we dip into the Golden Hat and discuss the rags to riches story of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling! We talk about her life pre-Potter and then how she went on to become one of the most successful British writers IN HISTORYYYYY.  Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Harold Holt was Australia's 17th Prime Minister. Matt takes us through his early life and his climb up the political ladder, before talking about his mysterious disappearance.Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Twitter: @DoGoOnPod Instagram: @DoGoOnPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/ Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Vlad The Impaler, AKA Vlad Dracula III, is surely one of the most twisted people of all time. The sometimes ruler of Wallachia in modern day Romania, he got the nickname 'The Impaler' by well... impaling people. Thousands and thousands of them. He is also claimed by many to be the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula character. Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPodTwitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Star Wars is a topic that has often been requested, but none of us felt worthy to tackle it, so we brought in the big guns! Mr Sunday Movies is the host of the Weekly Planet podcast which is an awesome comic book movie related pod. Today though, he's taking us through one of the biggest movie franchises of all time - Star Wars! Check it out!Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPodTwitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.comMr Sunday MoviesTwitter: @mrsundaymoviesPodcast: https://www.planetbcasting.com/our-shows/the-weekly-planet/  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On Christmas Eve, 1945, a fire consumed the Sodder family home, including five of the nine Sodder children (do they know what was causing it? ..... Sorry, bad taste) However, no remains were ever found. Did the children perish in the fire? Or something much more sinister?Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPodTwitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Roald Dahl is one of the most beloved children's writer's of the 20th century, but his life involved much more than writing for children - including flying planes in WWII, writing films, a family life full of tragedy and being an anti-semite.Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPodTwitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: dogoonpod@gmail.com   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.