Do Go On

You have probably heard of China's famous Terracotta Army, but do you know the story of the man behind them? This week's episode delves into the epic story of the man who unified China, named himself the First Emperor and was on a mission to find the secret to immortality!

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 06:48 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

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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/
Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-com

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://allthatsinteresting.com/qin-shi-huang
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/emperor-qin
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19922863
http://www.britannica.com/topic/Qin-dynasty
https://www.thoughtco.com/qin-shi-huang-first-emperor-china-195679
https://allthatsinteresting.com/weird-royal-deaths/8
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/2000-year-old-texts-reveal-first-emperor-chinas-quest-eternal-life-180967671/
https://listverse.com/2017/03/21/10-bizarre-tales-of-the-first-emperor-of-chinas-quest-for-immortality/
https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/top-10-facts-about-terracotta-warriors
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0cshgzq
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240327-terracotta-warriors-fifty-years-after
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20170411-the-army-that-conquered-the-world
https://youtu.be/Nol_2FzMQLo?si=35Cz-qk5lay8S_vw
The chapter "What You Find When Digging a Well" in Michael Scott's book 'X Marks the Spot'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2FUmD1pyVM
https://www.britannica.com/event/Warring-States
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/qin-shi-huangdi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsUE-ZtcUFg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Ia-SEidBA
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-you-need-know-about-chinas-terra-cotta-warriors-first-qin-emperor-30942673/
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This week we look at the weird history of competitive cave sitting (people seeing how long they can stay in a cave without contact with the outside world), culminating with Spaniard Beatriz Flamini's 2021 world record attempt to spend 500 days in a cave. Recorded live at the 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 05:40 (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/
Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-com

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.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/01/29/the-woman-who-spent-five-hundred-days-in-a-cave
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/cave-dwellers-human-adaptation
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/22/worlds-oldest-cave-art-discovered-in-indonesias-muna-island
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_dweller#Modern_examples
https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-inside-cave-dwellings-and-villages-around-the-world-2023-10#one-matmata-cave-hotel-was-used-as-a-location-for-the-1977-star-wars-film-14
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/09/04/michel-siffre-caves-time-dies/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-06/history-of-ngilgi-cave/100586144
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Back in the 1790's, Samuel Ireland's son, William Henry, came to him with an exciting discovery - he had found a document belonging to the one and only William Shakespeare! But where had he found it? And could there be more??

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 08:39 (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/
Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-com

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/William-Henry-Ireland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland_Shakespeare_forgeries
https://www.huntington.org/watch-read-listen/verso/real-fake-shakespeare-forgeries-william-henry-ireland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortigern_and_Rowena
https://archive.org/details/confessionswill00irelgoog/page/n93/mode/2up?q=%22mr+H%22

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Conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker were world famous in the 19th Century, so much so that for a long period other conjoined siblings were commonly referred to as "Siamese twins". Born in Siam (now Thailand), the brothers were taken to America under false pretences and "exhibited." But when the twins turned 21, they took control of their own destiny.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 04:31 (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/
Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-com

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.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-14/chang-and-eng-bunker-the-original-siamese-twins/7992942
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/earshot/hyphenated-lives-part-1/7912758
https://www.npr.org/2018/04/02/598796873/inseparable-recounts-the-unusual-lives-of-conjoined-twins-chang-and-eng-bunker
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/12/the-dark-history-of-the-original-siamese-twins-chang-and-eng-bunker-730957
https://allthatsinteresting.com/chang-eng-bunker
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chang-and-Eng
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_and_Eng_Bunker#
https://www.chop.edu/conditions-diseases/conjoined-twins
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK560839/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_and_George_Schappell

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In the late 90's, an aspiring Japanese comedian auditioned for a new reality TV show. What he didn't know, was that the TV show would change his life forever. And not in a good way.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 05:32 (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/
Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-com

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.theguardian.com/film/2024/may/02/the-contestant-documentary-japanese-reality-show
‘The Contestant’ 2023
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasubi
https://time.com/6972667/the-contestant-hulu-nasubi-interview/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-26/surviving-japans-real-life-truman-show/104810198

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