A turner has been corned! Four years, hundreds of stories, thousands of poop anecdotes. We've finally reached our 200th episode!

Join us as we take a stroll down memory lane, looking back on our best moments: how the show started, where our random catchphrases began, winning an Australian Podcast Award dressed as Moira Rose, Jacob losing his mind over segways, not knowing how bad ‘this weird covid thing’ would be, Rosie trying desperately to get sponsored by Bird In Hand… it’s all in there bébé!

Plus, hearing from YOU - the Gisteners! A great way to get acquainted with JTG if you’re new to the party, and fun memories to re-live if you’re already an old school Gistener.

Here’s to 200 more!

EPISODES
Listen 'Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Brrrrreakin' Noooos' https://bit.ly/3M9dqqt .
Listen 'Melbourne Live Show!' where the Breakin Nooz theme song gets a live poll on who hates it and who loves it https://bit.ly/41NSmvw . 
Hear the first time Segway Stories broke Jacob during the Julie d'Aubigny episode https://bit.ly/3Bvk4Cy .
The origins of "I Could Do The Adele Interview" https://bit.ly/3MAw1xk .

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CREDITS

Hosts: Rosie Waterland & Jacob Stanley
SeniorProducer: Lindsey Green 
Assisting Producer: Elise Cooper
AudioImager: Nat Marshall 
Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh 

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Lol in our DREAMS (Rosie… kind of likes nature now though?).

Plus! Gen Z have invented a new way to shower and you’re doing it wrong. Also! Epidurals - an expensive luxury? And! A new show where a camera is pointed in men’s faces and they are simply asked… why?

RECCOS:
Watch 'Boston Legal' on Disney Plus - https://bit.ly/42MwjXu .
Watch 'I Am A Stalker' on Netflix https://bit.ly/3M7BNVC .
Visit 'Durban Tourism' https://visitdurban.travel/ .
Follow @SouthAfricaANZ on IG https://bit.ly/42uFw6M .
Find out more about 'G Adventures: Explore Kruger National Park' https://www.gadventures.com/trips/explore-kruger-national-park/DSENG/ .
Visit 'Kurt Safari Company' at https://www.kurtsafari.com/ .
Check out 'Karangwe Private Game Reserve' at https://www.karongweportfolio.com/ .
Visit 'Planterra: Uplifting Communities Through Tourism' at https://planeterra.org/ .

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CREDITS

Hosts: Rosie Waterland & Jacob Stanley
Executive Producer: Elise Cooper
AudioImager: Nat Marshall 
Social Producer: Zoe Panateros
Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh 

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Breakin' Nooz: We're Moving to Africa!

A Gistacular Celebration: Our 200th Episode!

It's Cher's birthday so we've gotta do it; From the archives, Jacob lives out his dream and gives us just the gist of Cher. No further description necessary.

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:
Watch 'Behind The Music: Cher' Season 2, Episode 25 bootlegged on Facebook https://bit.ly/42hWtBc .
Watch 'Cher' 2003 documentary from The Biography Channel https://bit.ly/cherdoco-biographychannel . 
Listen to Cher's interview on Andrew Denton's podcast INTERVIEW on Apple podcastshttps://apple.co/3NWhwVH and Spotifyhttps://spoti.fi/41fOG5C .
Watch "Dear Mom, Love Cher' on Apple TV - and adore Cher, Georgie and Georganne have an intimate chat sitting on the same couch like three sisters, so close, and all finishing each other’s sentences https://apple.co/41jAj06 .
Watch the trailer for 'Chastity' - the movie that sent Sonny and Cher bankrupt https://bit.ly/3NQbyFu . "She’s not just a girl, she’s an experience…"
Get a taste of the Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour with Ronald Reagan and a young innocent Michael Jackson https://bit.ly/42Bbiyt .
Watch an episode of 'Cher' 1975 - with future husband/ex husband Greg Allman guest starring https://bit.ly/41wdSoz .
Watch Cher’s medley of soul anthems performed with Elton John and Bette Midler on the “Cher” TV show in 1975 https://bit.ly/3nToqQS .
Behold Cher’s magnificent one-woman performance of West Side Story from her special in 1978 https://bit.ly/42Qn87S .
Admire: 'Cher + Dolly Parton + gospel medley = life shifting perfection' bootlegged on Youtube https://bit.ly/3I5n8ca .
Just… Cher performing a medley with David Bowie in 1975 (I’m not crying, you’re crying) https://bit.ly/3O2pXOY .
Cher singing on her show with the Jackson Five (we know you’re still crying, and it’s ok) https://bit.ly/3LVdyd3 .
Cher’s disco moment - Take Me Home (can’t believe Rosie didn’t know this song, but OK) https://bit.ly/42ppfQi .
ADORE Cher putting her true love Rob Camiletti on full display in her video for "I Found Someone" https://bit.ly/3LZhFEW .
Watch Cher’s 1990s Informercials, and the parodies, are all on this site https://bit.ly/cher-infomercial-history .
Watch Cher’s eulogy for Sonny in 1998. It’s heartbreaking, but such a beautiful tribute (and Cher is still so effing FUNNY and gets a lot of laughs) https://bit.ly/3LUs5Wx .
Enjoy Cher calling Letterman an asshole in 1986 'Cher's Infamous Appearance On David Letterman, 1986: "(Because You're An) Asshole" https://bit.ly/3I7T8fR .
Be moved by the time Sonny and Cher reunited in 1987 on Letterman on Youtube -   https://bit.ly/42sbGiV .

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CREDITS

Hosts: Rosie Waterland & Jacob Stanley
SeniorProducer: Lindsey Green 
Assisting Producer: Elise Cooper
AudioImager: Nat Marshall 
Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh 

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GREATEST HITS: Cher

And we know you read that in Rosie's Arnold Schwarzenneger accent. Plus! We sat on the same toilet as Mariah Carey at the Oyster Box Hotel. And! We may be on a trip but Rosie hits Jacob with a weird paranormal update that sends him into an existential crisis. Also! Elizabeth Holmes SPEAKS (and she's dropped 'the voice').

LINKS:
The Oyster Box Hotel https://oysterboxhotel.com/ .
Visit 'Durban Tourism' https://visitdurban.travel/ .
Follow @SouthAfricaANZ on IG https://bit.ly/42uFw6M .
Find out more about 'G Adventures: Explore Kruger National Park' https://www.gadventures.com/trips/explore-kruger-national-park/DSENG/ .

RECCOS!
READ 'Liz Holmes Want You To Forget Elizabeth' from The New York Times https://bit.ly/3VY9XQ7 .
WATCH 'Marcel The Shell With Shoes On' from A24 https://bit.ly/3nNBlDU .
WATCH 'Am I Being Unreasonable' Trailer https://bit.ly/3VNOvxb .

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Follow @jacobwilliamstanley on Instagram https://bit.ly/jacobwilliamstanley-IG .
Follow @rosiewaterland on IG https://bit.ly/rosiewaterland-ig .

CREDITS

Hosts: Rosie Waterland & Jacob Stanley
Executive Producer: Elise Cooper
AudioImager: Nat Marshall 
Social Producer: Zoe Panateros
Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh 

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Breakin' Nooz: JTG IS IN SOUTH AFRICA!

Take a dive with us into the vault - we're bringing you two of our favourite and wild stories from our live tour era.

First, Rosie reveals the "sensual" relationship between a 23-year-old woman named Mary and a dolphin named Peter. And then Jacob takes us on a journey with the tale of bad ass nuns; after the church all but abandoned them they sold their convent, and all the priceless artefacts within, bought a castle, and lived the highlife they'd never had. But the story doesn't end there. 

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

NUNS ON THE RUN: 
Suss out the Poor Clare's wikipedia for a Nun 101 on their order https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_Clares .
Read 'Diocese Says Nuns Sold Convent and Bought Cars, Racehorses' from the Los Angeles Times https://lat.ms/3NNmp3e .
Read 'Authorities Investigate Sale of Convent as Nuns Leave for France' from AP News https://bit.ly/42ee90w .
Read 'BELGIAN CHURCH BATTLING UPWARDLY MOBILE NUNS' from the Chicago Tribune https://bit.ly/nuns-chicagotribune .
Read 'The adviser to ageing nuns who sold their convent...' by Charles Goldsmith sourced from UPI Archives https://bit.ly/3LGZ14O .
Read 'Millionaire Nuns On The Run In Belgium' by Nick Harding for Radar Online https://bit.ly/44wMz05 .

MARGARET & PETER: 
Read 'Man and Dolphin' by Dr John. C. Lilly https://bit.ly/3LKbncc .
Listen to Margaret's only recorded interview in 'The Girl Who Talked To Dolphins' https://bit.ly/3VIgfTU .
See Photos of Margaret and Peter in 'The dolphin who loved me: the Nasa-funded project that went wrong' from The Guardian https://bit.ly/dolphin-guardian .

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Perv on @jacobwilliamstanley on Instagram https://bit.ly/jacobwilliamstanley-IG .

CREDITS

Hosts: Rosie Waterland & Jacob Stanley
SeniorProducer: Lindsey Green 
Assisting Producer: Elise Cooper
AudioImager: Nat Marshall 
Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh 

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GREATEST HITS: Nuns on the Run & Jacking Off A Dolphin

At least her lawyers do. Plus! South Africa is a few sleeps away! Will Rosie survive having to be in… nature? And! Jacob explodes with his biggest laugh since #SegWay - what Nooz did Rosie bring to make him lose it? Also! Nobody has been singing the song ‘B.I.N.G.O’ correctly - even you.

LINKS
Watch the video where Fitzy and Wippa chat about the “I’m Not A Robot” buttonhttps://tinyurl.com/2jjb2fry
Read more about the symphony orgasm (and listen again!) https://tinyurl.com/26eka6df
Find out more about G Adventures Exploring Kruger tour

RECCOS
Watch Jury Duty (full show on Amazon FreeVee) https://bit.ly/juryduty-freevee .
Hear Julia Louis-Dreyfus' new podcast, Wiser Than Mehttps://podfollow.com/1678559416
Watch an interview with John Mulaney about Baby J [series up now on Netflix]

CREDITS

Hosts: Rosie Waterland & Jacob Stanley
Digital Producer: Zoe Panaretos
AudioImager: Nat Marshall 
SupervisingProducer: Mike Williams
Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh

Breakin’ Nooz: Elizabeth Holmes OUTPLAYS US AGAIN

THE DEVIL WORKS HARD BUT KRIS JENNER WORKS HARDER. This week we give you just the gist of the woman who created the Kardashian/Jenner empire. The woman who is now worth a quarter of a billion dollars and is considered one of the most powerful managers in Hollywood. The 'Momager' herself, Kris Jenner.

So how does someone go from wealthy housewife who lunches and plays tennis, to media mogul and creator of the new American Dynasty? How did she get so good at branding her kids that Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner became two of the richest women in the world? Where exactly did Kris Jenner learn what she knows? 
You'd be surprised...


We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Books:
'Kardashian Dynasty: The Controversial Rise of America's Royal Family' by Ian Halperin: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/25814127
'Kris Jenner and All Things Kardashian' by Kris Jenner: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12174691-kris-jenner-and-all-things-kardashian


Podcasts:
Even The Rich: The Kardashians: https://wondery.com/shows/even-the-rich/season/25/
Popspiricy: Kris Jenner Konspiricies: https://open.spotify.com/episode/43Gb2ljaqZ66uulzRDzzge


Articles:
Forbes: How Kris Jenner made the Kardashians famous, rich and insanely influential: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2022/10/14/how-kris-jenner-made-the-kardashians-famous-rich-and-insanely-influential/?sh=7042805368b1
The New York Times: Where would the Kardashians be without Kris Jenner? https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/magazine/where-would-the-kardashians-be-without-kris-jenner.html?src=longreads

Watch:
Interview with Mika Brzezinski for Forbes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gglVDoyAmns

LINKS
Follow @justthegist on Instagram https://bit.ly/jtg-ig . 

CREDITS

Hosts: Rosie Waterland & Jacob Stanley
SeniorProducer: Lindsey Green 
AudioImager: Nat Marshall 
SupervisingProducer: Mike Williams
Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh

Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/

Kris Jenner

And! #FOILGATE continues. Plus! Of course Elon's dick exploded; is anybody surprised? Also! Producer Lindsey is leaving us! (And Rosie is very jealous about where she's going.)

LINKS and RECCOS 
Listen 'Flipping the Bird: Elon vs. Twitter' from Wondery https://bit.ly/elonvstwitter  .
Check out 'Mrs Davis' trailer https://bit.ly/mrsdavis-trailer .
Watch the trailer for Fear - https://bit.ly/fear1996-trailer . 
Squiz at G Adventures 'Explore Kruger National Park' https://bit.ly/gadventures-krugernationalpark .
Follow @justthegist on Instagram https://bit.ly/jtg-ig . 

CREDITS

Hosts: Rosie Waterland & Jacob Stanley
SeniorProducer: Lindsey Green 
AudioImager: Nat Marshall 
SupervisingProducer: Mike Williams
Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh

Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/

Breakin' Nooz: Geriatric Millenials have a new (better!) name

In 1987, San Diego police discovered the bodies of 37 people in a house. They all had matching haircuts, matching outfits, and infamously - matching Nike sneakers. These were the members of the Heaven’s agate cult, and they had decided to ‘graduate’ from their human forms, so they could ride the Hale-Bopp comet to Heaven.

Led by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles (also called ‘Ti and Do’), Heaven’s Gate initially seemed like a bunch of of eccentric alien believers, until they orchestrated one of the most shocking mass suicides in modern history. (Unless you believe them, in which case, they just hitched a ride to Planet Heaven on a spaceship comet and lived happily ever after.)

This episode deals with suicide and body mutilation so please take care while listening. If you want to talk to someone about it, Lifeline is available 24 hours a day on 13 11 14.

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Watch the incredible documentary “Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults” on Binge https://binge.com.au/shows/show-heaven-s-gate-the-cult-of-cults!9107

If you just want a quick 5 minute glimpse of Marshall’s manic video sermons and of the footage of the crime scene released to the media, here’s a quick news clip that gives you the essentials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlrcUeUt8XU

Listen to the excellent podcast series “Heaven’s Gate” https://open.spotify.com/episode/3CM9Usux78Xf6nw9epKGko

Peruse the cult’s website, a relic of 90s internet design https://www.heavensgate.com/

Read some news reports from 1997 worth reading https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/02/us/former-cultists-warn-of-believers-now-adrift.html

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/national/042897suicide-cult.html

The Heaven’s Gate Cult

Potato was the correct choice. Plus! Nobody can agree if this word has one syllable or two (and half of you are absolutely wrong). Also! Millennial worlds collide as Mischa Barton is set to star on Neighbours (but will she wear jeans under a dress?). Also! The world is running out of helium and that’s…not great 

LINKS
Listen to our episode on The Hindenburg Disaster if Helium Chat got you feeling left out https://link.chtbl.com/jtg-hindenburg
A full list of Nick Cannon's kids names https://www.billboard.com/lists/nick-cannon-kids-names-moms/
Read 'Mischa Barton: Hollywood and The OC star to join rebooted Neighbours - BBC News' https://bit.ly/41IpEg7
Obsess over Claude (NOT Claw-ed) the accidentally new kitten addition to Rosie's life https://www.instagram.com/p/CrLNR8svYc7/

RECCOS
Watch the BEEF trailer (Full show on Netflix) https://bit.ly/beef-trailer-tvshow .
Watch Jury Duty (full show on Amazon FreeVee) https://bit.ly/juryduty-freevee .
Bustle article 'Is Therapy Speak Making Us Selfish' by Rebecca Fishbein 
Listen to It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield's episode about Therapy Speakhttps://link.chtbl.com/Itsalot-therapyspeak .

CREDITS

Hosts: Rosie Waterland & Jacob Stanley
SeniorProducer: Lindsey Green 
Assisting Producer: Elise Cooper
AudioImager: Nat Marshall 
SupervisingProducer: Mike Williams
Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh

Breakin' Nooz: ROSIE HAS BEEN BETRAYED

We've got so many great stories in the JTG back catalogue, but a few really stand out as Greatest Hits. And with so many new Gisteners joining us every day, we thought we'd occasionally revisit some of the old faves.

We told the story of the 'Trashman' yacht sinking way back in 2021, and since then it often pops up as an 'all-time favourite' mention. Strap in Gisteners, it's a WILD ride:

This has been called one the worst shark attack stories of all time. After their yacht, ‘The Trashman’, sank in a major storm, five crew members were stranded in the middle of the ocean in a tiny inflatable dinghy. That number soon turned to four. Then three. Then two. Sharks were circling them, taking the crew one by one. But not before starvation and thirst caused them to mentally unravel and turn on each other (seriously - one crew member got so delirious they started acting like a possessed zombie).

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there’s this:

‘I Shouldn’t Be Alive’ (Season 1, Episode 1) - available on Amazon Prime: News article about the sinking: www.newsweek.com/woman-fiends-eaten-sharks-capsized-atlantic-1453952%3famp=1

Info on survivor Deborah Scaling Kiley: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Scaling_Kiley

Deborah’s book ‘Albatross: The True Story Of A Woman’s Survival At Sea: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/273844.Albatross

Transcript of Deborah’s interview with Larry King: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/27/lkl.01.html

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GREATEST HITS: The 1981 Trashman Yacht Sinking

And! You've definitely been the victim of 'Sushi Terrorism', and you didn't even know it. Plus! The guy who accurately predicted the internet reckons humans will be able to do THIS in 8 years. Also! Rosie and Caleb got a surprise kitten and of course Caleb has insisted on the worst name possible.

Links:

Bodyguard Musical riots (with Twitter vids): https://variety.com/2023/legit/news/bodyguard-musical-halted-mini-riot-audience-singing-along-1235577476/

Butthole hotel: https://www.ladbible.com/news/bum-hole-shaped-hotel-106-night-436226-20230307

AI is imitating voices now: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/apr/09/it-sounds-like-science-fiction-but-its-not-ai-can-financially-destroy-your-business

Sushi Terrorism: https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/sushi-terrorism-prompts-changes-at-japan-s-conveyor-belt-restaurants-20230309-p5cqlj.html

Human immortality: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11911975/Humans-achieve-immortality-eight-YEARS-says-former-Google-engineer.html

Ariana Grande licking a donut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oja97POVbM8

Reccos!

Listen to You're Wrong About with Amanda Knox https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/what-even-is-justice-with-amanda-knox/id1380008439?i=1000606351115

Listen to Sounds Like A Cult about the Real Housewives https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cult-of-the-real-housewives/id1566917047?i=1000607310173

Watch Totally Completely Fine on April 20th https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FNOuQCWmsg

Breakin' Nooz: Singing along at concerts to be... BANNED?

Oh the humanity!

They called it "the Titanic of the sky”. It was the length of five Olympic sized swimming pools and would fly a few hundred metres above the ground transporting wealthy passengers from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other, and came complete with a dining room, a Sunday prayer service and even a smoking room. 

But it was essentially a bunch of hydrogen-filled balloons floating in the sky that could catch fire the moment they were exposed to even a small spark...which is exactly what happened on May 6th 1937, when the Hindenburg's 63rd voyage from Frankfurt to New Jersey ended in disaster.

The Hindenburg was the largest airship ever built and its crash remains one of the most famous aircraft disasters in history, thanks to the graphic footage of the explosion and the chilling radio commentary of reporter Herbert Morrison.

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Watch the colourised footage of the crash from all 4 angles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewq5xLHz8yc

Watch this digital animated tour of the ship https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJy17qZmhjE

Watch some of the many, many docos about disaster 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CamkAonyprk&t=375s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV76e3fVUD0

Explore the websites some dedicated Hindenburg nerds set up 

Faces Of The Hindenburg http://facesofthehindenburg.blogspot.com/

https://www.airships.net/hindenburg/

Listen to the podcast series that points the finger at the Zeppelin company, Hidden Hindenburg https://hiddenhindenburg.com/the-podcast/

Watch the episode of Mythbusters Jacob mentioned if you wanna see scale models of the Hindenburg burn (season 4, ep 3) https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0Q3B3RE32KY7OAQ1UKGDBCVMUZ/ref=atv_hm_hom_c_cjm7wb_2_3 

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The Hindenburg Disaster

And! She's GWYNNOCENT! Plus! The 3-year cruise that's cheaper than living in Sydney. Would you consider it? Also! An American Girl doll has been released to teach kids about the 'historical' times of... 1999?!? (Elder millennials can attest it's PRETTY FREAKIN' ACCURATE THOUGH.)

I wish you well.

Links:

https://www.ladbible.com/news/largest-poo-ever-york-viking-science-316365-20230329

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/03/01/american-girl-1990s-dolls/

Breakin' Nooz: we're going to South Africa!

There are several documentaries. A podcast series. A live televised trial. So what is the deal with the 'Murdaugh Murders' that seem to be all over the news? One of the most wealthy, important families in an entire state suddenly having all their secrets laid bare? Of course people are obsessed. The Murdaugh Family is a legal dynasty, basically in charge of justice in Hampton County, South Carolina. Which means if anyone in their family ever broke the law... they got away with it. Until now.

Alex Murdaugh was recently found guilty of the 2021 shooting of his wife Maggie and adult son Paul, shocking locals who never thought a Murdaugh would get in trouble for anything. And that was just the start - once police started looking, several murders and crimes seemed to be linked to Murdaugh family members. Mallory Beach. Gloria Satterfield. Stephen Smith. It went way deeper - and was way more bizarre - than anyone anticipated.

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Some articles:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-19/murdaugh-family-still-in-spotlight-with-links-to-cold-cases/102089120

https://www.nytimes.com/article/murdaugh-murders-alex-paul.html

https://people.com/crime/murdaugh-family-murders-everything-to-know/

https://nypost.com/2023/04/01/slain-teen-stephen-smiths-body-exhumed-for-independent-autopsy-report/

Documentaries:

Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aib52bSEpCQ

Low Country: The Murdaugh Dynasty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqVeygOHbZo

Murdaugh Murders: Deadly Dynasty: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20202860/

Murdaugh Murders podcast created by Mandy Matney: https://murdaughmurderspodcast.com/

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The Murdaugh Murders

Plus! Martha and Michael from MAFS posted a confronting parenting video that Jacob could not handle (but would he do the same in an emergency?). And! Rosie wants to buy something in the online auction of Melissa Caddick's stuff - should she do it? Also! An important update on dog farts (MESSAGE RECEIVED GISTENERS). One more thing! The results are in on the important 'Grape Experiment of 2023'.

Breakin' Nooz: Gwyneth Paltrow missed half a day of skiing

He's been called a fortune teller, a prophet, a clairvoyant, a scammer... Nostradamus is said to have accurately predicted every major event in history, from the JFK assassination to 9/11 to the Covid pandemic. His books are still bestsellers, and people still live their lives today according to his readings of the stars, even though the French astrologer has been dead for over 500 years. So was 'Michel de Nostredame' and his most famous book The Prophecies (Les Prophéties) the real deal? How did he so accurately predict things like the existence of Hitler, or the exact year Queen Elizabeth II would die, hundreds of years before it all happened?

Or... was he just a travelling salesman who started selling fake horoscopes for money and accidentally lucked into a very profitable scam? 

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Watch this doco & try not to get distracted by thinking how much better it would be if Philomena Funk was narrating it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsrc0NHE5Fo

This is a great article that’s worth a glance https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/future/quack-prophet

Read this translation of a transcription of Nasty’s “The Prophecies” in full, or just skim through and see if it gives you, I dunno, visions https://zelalemkibret.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/the-complete-works-of-nostradamus.pdf

Watch this video the guy who reckons he’s King Charles’ son reacting to Nosty’s predictions about the future of the crown https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/eerie-nostradamus-prediction-about-queen-death-stuns-internet-as-major-new-royal-upset-forecast-c-8207977

And here are some listicles covering the dozens of times The Simpsons predicted the future

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/simpsons-future-predictions-accurate-1140775/

https://www.insider.com/the-simpsons-is-good-at-predicting-the-future-2016-11

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NOSTRADAMUS (And The Predictions That Made Him History's Most Famous Fortune Teller)

Also! The Bieber conspiracy theory plot thickens! Jacob nearly missed Australia's most important news this week! Plus! A certain animal farts in a very weird and shocking way! And! Rosie and Jacob swallow a certain food that comes out the other end... very differently. FOR SCIENCE.

Links:

Watch 'The Last Tourist' https://thelasttouristfilm.com/

Get in touch!

What was the most deranged thing you did during COVID? Is Caleb's microwave theory true? 

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Breakin' Nooz: A Study Says COVID Wasn't That Bad For Mental Health And Sorry WTF

Everybody recognises her picture. 3-year-old Maddie McCann was on holiday with her British parents in Portugal when she disappeared from her bed one night, never to be seen again. Despite international media attention and millions in donations, investigations raised more questions than answers. Who was the man spotted carrying a sleeping child the night Maddie disappeared? Did cadaver dogs really find evidence of bodily fluids in a rental car? Why did Madeleine's parents, Gerry and Kate McCann, leave her and her twin siblings home alone while they went to dinner? What exactly happened in 2007, when little Madeleine McCann disappeared into the Praia da Luz night?

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Some articles: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-52910472

https://people.com/crime/5-things-to-know-about-madeleine-mccann-disappearance/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/madeleine-mccann-suspect-christian-brueckner-charged-rape-child-sexual-abuse/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/11/AR2007081100496.html

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Madeleine_McCann

The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann (Netflix documentary): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBnarCTOiCY

60 Minutes story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvqu9Wd388c

The picture Rosie showed Jacob (distance from Tapas bar to apartment): https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/arid-20449056.html

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Madeleine McCann

And! The Oscar winners who did - and DIDN'T - deserve it (of course we disagree). With! Rosie realising her birth certificate has a major, life-changing error. Plus! Caleb suffered a tragic moment worse than the missing petunias. Also! Justin Bieber has realised the crazy single white female is coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE - Rosie has wasted a lot of time breaking down the evidence.

Links:

You can watch Rosie interviewing Jennette McCurdy for the next 30 days: https://stream.sydneyoperahouse.com/products/jennette-mccurdy-all-about-women-2023

Watch Kelsey Cook’s comedy special ‘The Hustler’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG10W6HYKTk

Read 'The Thursday Murder Club' https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-thursday-murder-club-9780241988268 .

Breakin' Nooz: You Can Like Brendan Fraser And Also Hate The Whale For Being Fat Shaming Nonsense

A private jet for every guest, who then walked down a red carpet and got into a custom built limousine, which took them to an opulent bungalow, where they would find an intricate tapestry portrait of themselves on the wall. And that was just the first half hour. 
In 1971, the Shah of Iran decided to celebrate 2500 years of the Persian Empire by throwing the most expensive 3-day party the world had ever seen. Over a year in the making, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi had an entire city built from scratch in the middle of the desert, complete with its own forest and 50,000 flown-in birds for the important international guests to enjoy.

So why did the party end in disaster? Who was on the guest list (including exactly who you’d think from the British royal family)? And how much did the whole thing end up costing?

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Watch the 2016 documentary Decadence and Downfall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2JXYHZKZE8

Watch the film the Shah commissioned, Flames of Persia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n5Ilb5DT28

Explore the website someone set up to commemorate the event  https://www.angelfire.com/empire/imperialiran/persepolis1.html

Read some articles that feature interviews with some of the staff who worked the event

https://www.alimentarium.org/en/magazine/history/most-expensive-party-ever

https://medium.com/blank-101/the-party-that-overthrew-the-iranian-empire-6fc89f46bfc1

If you want to understand more about the political situation in Iran, watch this doco 'Persia's Last Emperor: How Did The Iranian Monarchy Fall?' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Xb0Lcehxo&t=6s

Resources and helpful info on Iran (thanks to friend of the pod Sanam for putting these together):

Australian run page - great for info and also all local protests https://instagram.com/solidarity.with.iran?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

This page has a really small amount of followers but puts out great bite sized information about the progress in Iran and globally, along with footage from inside Iran https://instagram.com/amplify_iran?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

A week by week update from Iran and global affairs related to it https://instagram.com/diasporaforiran?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Queer led page which has a good mix of resources, footage and current events https://instagram.com/iraniandiasporacollective?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Great page on how to help but also a rundown of what happened from the moment Mahsa Amini was killed up to now https://stylecaster.com/how-to-help-iran-protests/#slide-3

Article about the marking of the anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Feb 2023 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna70223

Film that explains the political climate in the 70s https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_(film)

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The Most Expensive Party Ever Thrown

Plus! Rosie convinces Jacob that a Selena Gomez/Hailey Beiber conspiracy theory is real! And! Astronauts pooping in space! Also! Special appearance by Astro Bachie Dr Matt Agnew (not to do the astronaut pooping, unfortunately)! And finally...the British government nearly exterminated every cat in the country? In 2020?!?

Links:

Rosie's Selena Gomez/Hailey Beiber TikTok starter pack...

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS8QqYhsB/

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS8QV7M4m/

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS8QqdApe/

Matt’s book is called ‘Dr Matt's Guide to Life in Space’. Check it out: https://www.booktopia.com.au/dr-matt-s-guide-to-life-in-space-matt-agnew/book/9781761065187.html

Breakin' Nooz: Elizabeth Holmes is never going to jail

It was the 30 minute 'documentary' that had an absolute grip on the world. Kony 2012 was the first Youtube video to reach 100 million views in less than a week. Everybody on the planet seemed swept up in the attempt to 'Make Kony Famous'. We shared the video along with the #Kony2012 hashtag. We donated. We agreed to 'COVER THE NIGHT'. Even Oprah was excited. Then, less than two weeks later, it all came crashing down (and the term 'slacktivism' was born). So what was Kony 2012 all about? What was with Invisible Children, Inc., the charity behind it? Why did Kony 2012 director Jason Russell end up naked and ranting on a public street? And, most importantly, what ended up happening to Joseph Kony?

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

WATCH:

Kony 2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc

Invisible Children: The Musical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg5-_Rib9S4

Jason Russell TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRtO9W6hhOk&t=886s

The Story of Kony 2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7nymZEXjf8

READ:

Kony 2012 wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kony_2012

Invisible Children, Inc. wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Children,_Inc.

Huff Po article from 2012: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joseph-kony-2012-children_b_1327417

NY Times look back: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/08/style/kony-2012-invisible-children.html

Guardian look back: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/27/kony-2012-10-years-africa-problem

LISTEN:

Binchtopia episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/lv/podcast/wtf-was-kony2012/id1542744511?i=1000543620339

It's A Continent episode: https://anchor.fm/its-a-continent/episodes/Kony-2012-Activism-or-Slacktivism-e1g246p

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KONY 2012

Also! Lady Gaga has to pay her dog's kidnapper half a million bucks? And! Elton John is a Diana stan and wants no part in Camilla becoming 'Queen'. Plus! Would you cancel your wedding with minutes to spare if you saw your spouse-to-be doing... this? And! Rosie & Caleb had a big fight: whose side are you on? (Rosie's, OBVIOUSLY.)

Rosie is interviewing Jennette McCurdy at All About Women. Book tickets to the live stream here: https://stream.sydneyoperahouse.com/products/jennette-mccurdy-all-about-women-2023

Check out Drew Lynch’s comedy specials

These Are Jokes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oWdOoqhIQs

Concussed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPjEfhQLlaw

Breakin' Nooz: Angela Bassett did the thing

Locked cells, surrounded by an impenetrable concrete fortress, surrounded by high barbed wire fences, surrounded by water, on an island in San Francisco Bay. Alcatraz was considered the most 'inescapable' prison in the world. The worst of the worst were sent there. So how, in 1962, did four ragtag criminals manage to escape? Using paper maché and a piano accordion? Frank Morris, John and Clarence Anglin and Allen West went down in history for achieving the impossible: escaping from Alcatraz. So how did they do it? And where did they end up?

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this: 

READ the book Escape From Alcatraz (just be aware it’s mostly a comprehensive history of the prison, and it goes into detail about some of the atrocities)  https://www.penguin.com.au/books/escape-from-alcatraz-9781580086783

WATCH the movie 'Escape From Alcatraz' based on that book, starring a smoking hot Clint Eastwood  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6ZJN7OhhhA

READ the FBI's summary of the escape, and see their photos from the scene https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/alcatraz-escape

WATCH this documentary 'The True Story of the Escape from Alcatraz' to get a good image of the prison and the cells https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ycg05hh9Zc

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The Escape from Alcatraz Prison

Plus! Rosie vs. Jacob: who has the most one-star rider ratings on Uber? Also! Monks on meth! Chatbots are turning into the terminator so that's cool and totally fine! And! Everybody has erectile tissue in this unexpected body part...

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Breakin' Nooz: Elon outdoes himself (again)

Totally awake. No pain relief. Just straight up raw-dogging surgery. In 1686, King Louis XIV’s anal fistula got so bad that he needed to go under the knife. But surgery for an anal fistula didn’t actually exist yet. Enter Charles-François Felix, a ‘Barber Surgeon’ willing to take on the task, as long as he could practice on as many people as he needed to get it right… All The Sun King had to do next was bite down and get through a three hour anal fistula surgery, the results of which changed the entire course of modern medicine.

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:

A quick, visual (don’t worry - animated!) explanation of how anal fistulas work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA0wqcoeI_g

https://tidsskriftet.no/2016/08/sun-kings-anal-fistula

https://medium.com/omgfacts/when-anal-fistulas-were-all-the-rage-281ac1fd2d52

https://www.iflscience.com/that-time-the-kings-anus-changed-surgery-forever-65310

https://hekint.org/2019/10/31/it-is-good-to-be-the-king-the-french-surgical-revolution/

https://historycollection.com/seven-worst-surgeries-modern-times/4/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp4wbuZBNdI

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The King Who Had Anal Surgery Without Anaesthesia

Plus: Madonna's face! Pamela Anderson! What the hell is ChatGPT and why does it think Rosie and Jacob are in love? And, in a SHOCKING turn of events, there's a big fight over the correct time to stand up after the plane lands.

Links: 

Watch John Mulaney in 'New In Town': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRD2lTD8J-s

And 'The Comeback Kid': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-xUD7pmh5I

Listen to Rosie on It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield: https://link.chtbl.com/IALrosie

Howard Stern on Conan: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conan-obrien-needs-a-friend/id1438054347

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Breakin' Nooz: Rihanna edged us

How many boxes of hair dye does it take to change the colour of an entire race horse? One night in 1984, some very drunk Aussie criminals found out. John Gillespie and Hayden Haitana thought they had a sure fire way to win a lot of cash in horse racing - take a slow horse that nobody expects to win, and secretly swap it with an identical, but faster horse. A genius horse racing ring-in! The only problem? The fast 'Bold Personality' looks nothing like the slow 'Fine Cotton'. So Gillespie and Haitana get desperate, and just hope nobody notices on race day...

Australian horse racing's biggest ever scandal, the Fine Cotton Affair involves the 'racing royalty' Waterhouse family, a secret hideout at the Big Banana, and a whole lot of empty hair dye boxes.

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this:

READ “The Fine Cotton Fiasco”, the book Jacob mentioned https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-fine-cotton-fiasco-9780143793700

LISTEN to the first season of ABC’s podcast “Dig”, called “The Ring In” (hosted by our pal Veronica Milsom) https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/presents-dig-the-ring-in/13780332

LISTEN to a chat with the author of “The Fine Cotton Fiasco”, Peter Hoysted, from 2015  https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2015/05/04/4228556.htm

PERUSE some articles with some references images https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-19/fine-cotton-racing-scandal-dig-podcast/100899712

https://www.punters.com.au/news/the-fine-cotton-affair-ringing-in-30-years-of-controversy-20140817/

https://www.alittlebithuman.com/fine-cotton-bold-personality-and-white-paint-the-infamous-australian-horse-racing-scandal/

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/fine-cotton-mastermind-scandal/news-story/43e4e9657e7962fb21fa0b0c122dab65

WATCH a 2019 clip from A Current Affair featuring the guy whose lawn was destroyed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB1WNDyilNY

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The Fine Cotton Affair

Plus: Harry’s book Spare! Elizabeth Holmes doing a runner! Mormon crabs! Reccos! And a whole lot more…

Links:

Sarah on Conan: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sarah-silverman-returns/id1438054347?i=1000598170981

Fiona Cox tickets: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2023/shows/going-coastal

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Breakin’ Nooz: it's back bébé

Rosie is back! And she's giving us just the gist on her favourite reason to say "why are men": ELON MUSK. We all have a bit of a sense of him - he invented Tesla, right? Also PayPal? He designs rockets for SpaceX? He's the richest man in the world and he bought Twitter? Nobody seems to know much more than the big headlines. But where did Elon Musk actually come from? How did he get rich? And did he really build himself up from nothing to become "the real life Tony Stark" just by being a brilliant genius? Yeah...NOT SO MUCH.

We'll be back in your feed on Thursday with Breakin' Nooz

We give you just the gist but if you want more, there's this...

'Pivot' podcast episode with Kara Swisher: https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/elon-musk-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-on-with-kara-swisher/id1073226719?i=100059167482

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk

Elon Musk: Superhero or Supervillain: https://www.bbcselect.com/watch/elon-musk/

The Elon Musk Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQD7Ua0K9Mc

Elon Musk: The Real Life Iron Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=_ZiYTC9Av3Q

Interview with Maye Musk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGQB6b1G940

Elon Musk is an Idiot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVj4kZF-Fgk&t=453s

How Elon Musk Got Rich: The $230 Billion Myth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU7QM3MZ2Vs

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Elon Musk (and Rosie's back!)

Who on earth would CHOOSE to run 217km through the desert in the middle of summer in temperatures of up to 50 degrees Celsius in under 48 hours? In 1987 someone did just that and now it’s become one of the most popular and exclusive ultramarathons in the world.

The first person to put themselves through this ordeal BY CHOICE was Al Arnold. He was almost 50 years old when he set himself the seemingly impossible challenge of running from the lowest point in North America at Badwater Basin, to the highest point in the contiguous United States, at Mount Whitney, by himself, in the middle of summer. He barely survived. And yet, since then, thousands of people have lined up to do the exact same thing.

Our beloved producer/running enthusiast Lindsey Green serves us the story of the Badwater 135: the toughest foot race on earth and the people who line up to race it.

Skip straight to the story: approx 5:55

We turned the tables this week and Producer Lindsey shared the story with Jacob

We give you just the gist but if you want more, there's this:

These articles tell the story of Al's runs and what happened after

https://www.badwater.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2002wallack.pdf

https://www.badwater.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018JulyBadwater.pdf

The 2022 results http://dbase.adventurecorps.com/results.php?bw_eid=96&bwr=Go

Al's blog offering advice for prospective runners https://www.badwater.com/blog/category/al-arnolds-insights/

This episode shares what it's like to crew someone in Badwater https://www.richroll.com/podcast/rrp-40-josh-spector-badwater-135-worlds-toughest-foot-race/

Running On The Sun documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl3laLhbCsw&t=4725s

Running For Freedom documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhIdO3U3wsg

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The World’s Most Dangerous Running Race with Producer Lindsey

Just a few short years ago a bunch of elite athletes started wearing silicone wristbands with shiny bits of holographic plastic on them (yes, like on a Pokemon card). Why? They claimed the shiny plastic bangles made them faster & stronger & even helped improve their sense of balance. How did they work? Nobody seemed to know… but that didn’t seem to matter.

Millions of people around the world were willing to buy a Power Balance Band to see what it could do to enhance their own performance. David Beckham and Shaquille O’Neill were on board, and the rest of the world didn’t want to miss out. 

Our guest Josh Garlepp serves us the gist of how the Power Balance Band craze kicked off, how it peaked, and of course how it crashed when people realised that silicone bracelets with holographic insets don’t actually *do* anything much. 

Skip straight to the story: approx 10:50

Josh Garlepp shares the story with Jacob

Follow Josh on Instagram and TikTok @joshgarlepp

Listen to Josh's podcast 'Full Credit' on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5eokwhUFJuZphyaspSOZdL

We recommend the India prank call episode https://open.spotify.com/episode/1QG8AB7bZ1v9lkI37GlCOq

And the Thorpie's Angels episode https://open.spotify.com/episode/10jLMr0zdxeS80K3zJfoM6

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Watch the Power Balance Band test video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gIMxjr3n5U

Watch Shaquille O'Neal endorse the Power Balance Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcLt16Otmmc

Watch the Today Tonight story about it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF7gvhj6140&t=1s

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The Power Balance Bracelet Scam with Josh Garlepp

In April 1994, two groups of holiday makers on the Zambezi River were ambushed by Africa's most deadly mammal - the hippo. The attacks happened 2 days apart and 200km away from each other. But they ended up being connected to each other in a very surprising way…

Each group’s stories is incredible, involving not just hippos but crocodiles, buffalo, lions, hyenas & bloodthirsty ants. But the fact that they were connected by fate/coincidence makes it extra wild. 

Enjoy!

Skip straight to the story: approx 4:18

Jacob shares the story with Laura & Mim from The Beanies

Follow Laura & Mim on Instagram @thebeaniesaus

Listen to The Beanies and find out when they're performing near you at their website: https://thebeanies.com.au/

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this: 

READ these articles https://www.readersdigest.co.uk/inspire/life/my-life-or-death-encounter-in-the-african-bush

https://www.outdoorlife.com/articles/hannes-wessels/2007/09/terror-zambezi/

https://africaunauthorised.com/terror-on-the-zambezi/

WATCH the re-enactment depicted in I Shouldn’t Be Alive season 2, episode 5 https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0FWQ4U01NNILMGR08S43PNEIFM/ref=atv_dp_season_select_s2

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HIPPOPOTAMASSACRE with Laura & Mim from The Beanies

It’s the Dollysode!

This is one of our most frequently requested topics, and it’s our pleasure to finally serve up the gist of Miss Dolly Rebecca Parton’s rise from rags to rhinestones. 

They call her the Backwoods Barbie, the Smoky Mountain Songbird, the Dolly Llama. She's probably the #1 most beloved & respected person on the planet, and by the time you’ve finished gistening to this one, we hope you’ll appreciate her even more than you already do. Yeehaw, y’all. 

Skip straight to the story: approx 10:03

Jacob shares the story with Lem Zakharia 

Hear more from Lem every week on the podcast 'It's A Lot' with Abbie Chatfield https://link.chtbl.com/Jb84IMRs

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this: 

LISTEN to the podcast 'Dolly Parton’s America' https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dolly-partons-america

READ/LISTEN to Dolly’s autobiographies

Songteller - This one explores her life through the lens of 175 of the songs she’s written https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Dolly-Parton-Songteller-Audiobook/1980072159? 

Dream More - This one expands on her graduation speech from 2009 https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Dream-More-Audiobook/B01BCVP1LI? 

My Life, and Other Unfinished Business (just be warned, there is a very 1994 description of disordered eating in the second half of the book) 

WATCH Dolly’s graduation speech from 2009 at the University of Tennessee. Then watch it again ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuOm2lLIOoU

WATCH these docos. This Netflix one 'Dolly Parton: Here I Am' is ace, and Kylie Minogue is in it https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11497544/

'Dolly Parton: Queen of Country' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGYnFFMcUOE

READ Rupaul’s interview with Dolly https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a34688302/dolly-parton-december-2020-interview/

WATCH Dolly's interview with Barbara Walters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If-oWqUYzlQ

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Dolly Parton with Lem Zakharia

So, we didn’t know this, but apparently there’s this special spear that makes any army that wields it totally invincible. Yeah. It’s called the Spear of Destiny and it's believed it was first used to kill Jesus Christ, then various different emperors & kings took turns owning it, and then Hitler got his hands on it. Over the centuries, every man (of course it was only men) who owned the spear was victorious in almost all his battles… until he inevitably lost or dropped the magic stick & dropped dead. 

Is the legend real? And what does it have to do with Donald Trump’s 2024 re-election bid? Comedian / history nerd / friend-of-the-pod Amos Gill is here to serve us the gist of it all! 

Skip straight to the story: approx 9:50

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We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this: 

Amos first read about the story in The Nazis and the Occult https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57065398-the-nazis-and-the-occult

He saw the Spear at Kaiserliche Schatzkammer in Vienna https://www.kaiserliche-schatzkammer.at/en/

https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-spear-of-destiny-trevor-ravenscroft/book/9780877285472.html

https://www.history.com/shows/brad-meltzers-decoded/season-2/episode-5

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The spear that killed Jesus...and Hitler? - with Amos Gill

New year, new you?

To celebrate the start of a new year we invited friend-of-the-pod Adam Densten to relive and recap the classic 2001 rom-com Bridget Jones’ Diary.

It’s an iconic film we all know and love (especially Jacob): Renée Zellweger plays Bridget, an allegedly overweight “spinster” in her early thirties who smokes like a chimney, drinks like a fish and is desperate to find a man. Will she choose the cheeky sex god, Daniel Cleaver, or the stuffy, pompous Mark Darcy?

We chat about all the indoor ciggies, gherkins, fatphobia & knickers that make this film a kind of 2001 time-capsule. Enjoy, Gisteners, and happy 2023!

Follow Adam on Instagram @ademdensten @adamandsymonshow

Hear more from him on his own podcast The Adam & Symon Show https://link.chtbl.com/psvkdOGu

NEW YEAR’S SPECIAL: Bridget Jones’ Diary with Adam from Gogglebox

It's a Breakin' Nooz recap and recco bonanza!

Elizabeth Holmes is going to prison (probably), Elon Musk got booed at Dave Chappelle's comedy show, the man with the penis on his arm is doing fine, and Rosie is still waiting for one of you to steal Caleb's plinth from their backyard.

This is what we think you should be watching, reading & listening to over the holidays:

TV

The White Lotus

The Dropout

Fisk

Peacemaker

Caleb Hammer on TikTok or YouTube

PODCASTS

You’re Wrong About – Flight 571: Survival in the Andes with Blair Braverman

Twin Flames

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend – James Burrows

Maintenance Phase

This Is Actually Happening - #257 – What if you didn’t know what to believe? and #97 What if you were a white supremacist?

Did Titanic Sink?

Dead Eyes

Better Than Yesterday – #452 Todd Sampson 

BOOKS

Anna: The Biography – Amy O’Dell

Confidence Man - Maggie Haberman

Directed – James Burrows

The Theory of Everything Else - Dan Schreiber

How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question – Michael Schur

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Breakin' Nooz will be back in February 2023!

2022 RECAP & RECCOS

Merry Gistmas to all!

We forced our pal Symon Lovett to sit through all 90 excruciating minutes of the 1989 slapstick “comedy” National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, then we brought him into the studio to relive and recap it scene-by-scene.

Whether you’ve seen the movie recently, long ago, or never at all, we hope you can all appreciate the disdain we feel for it. Join us as we discuss Chevy Chase's mantrums, the film’s side-boob quota, and the blatant nationalistic propaganda. We promise you it’s more entertaining that watching the actual film. 

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Hear more from him on his own podcast The Adam & Symon Show https://link.chtbl.com/psvkdOGu

GISTMAS SPECIAL: National Lampoons Christmas Vacation with Symon from Gogglebox

You didn't think we'd end the year without a Rosie update, did you?

This is just the gist on where Rosie's been this year and what "looking after her health" has looked like.

We talk about suicidal ideation and self-harm briefly from 18:10 - 24:45. If you're not up to listening to this, please skip ahead.

If you need support with this, Lifeline is available 24 hours a day on 13 11 14.

Where Rosie's been

In 1987 the Royal Family needed to win back the hearts & minds of the commoners who were starting to revere the monarchy less than they had previously. Prince Edward, the youngest of Queen Elizabeth’s kids, came up with what he thought was the perfect solution: have the Windsors dress up in silly costumes & play wacky, slapstick games with celebrities on a TV special that would be broadcast around the world. 

The end result was a bizarre fever dream in which famous faces like John Travolta, Tom Jones & Meatloaf were running around a field dressed up as jesters, potatoes and chess pieces, throwing giant foam hams at each other, while the royals cheered and hooted. Yes, it was messy. No, it hasn’t been depicted in The Crown (yet). 

The whole undignified debacle was a huge embarrassment for the royal family, and a definitive turning point in public sentiment when it came the monarchs. It’s also absolutely flippin’ hilarious and you need to watch the whole show after you listen to this ep! 

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Jacob shares the story with Bianka Ismailovski

Follow Bianka on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/biankaismailovski/

We recommend listening to this episode of her podcast 'Sad And Sexy' https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/accents-mistakes/id1637279237?i=1000585558727

Check out Bianka's Dad on Eurovision https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ6E-pfWPjo

Go and see Bianka https://moretalent.com.au/tours/like-godzilla/

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this: 

WATCH the full show here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwkv0-QlbZY

READ a few articles & think pieces about the show and its aftermath: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/was-this-the-day-when-royalty-lost-the-plot-1305932.html

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/17400890/royal-knockout-queen-prince-andrew-edward-meat-loaf/

https://www.oversixty.com.au/entertainment/tv/the-excruciating-public-blunder-that-haunted-the-royal-family-for-years

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/nostalgia/its-royal-knockout-80s-tv-7041550

https://whynow.co.uk/read/its-a-royal-knock-out-the-holiday-special-buckingham-palace-wishes-wed-forget

http://www.its-a-knockout.tv/royal.htm

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It’s A Royal Knockout! with Bianka Ismailovski

It could’ve been the start of a strong friendship between two of history’s most brilliant authors. It wasn’t.

When Hans Christian Andersen invited himself to stay at Charles Dickens’ house, Dickens was too polite to say no, and besides, maybe it’d be pleasant having him around the house for a few weeks. It wasn’t. Andersen wore out his welcome the same day he arrived, made everyone he encountered uncomfortable, extended his stay, ruined a marriage, and destroyed his relationship with Dickens. He was more of a pest than a guest. 

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Jacob shares the story with Sean Szeps

Follow Sean on Instagram @seanszeps

We recommend listening to his episode of 'Come Out Wherever You Are' with Casey Dellacqua https://link.chtbl.com/p-Ylga_1

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this: 

https://lithub.com/charles-dickens-really-really-hated-his-fanboy-hans-christian-andersen/

https://www.grunge.com/617197/the-truth-about-hans-christian-andersen-and-charles-dickens-friendship/

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/10/charles-dickens-hans-christian-andersen-letters-correspondence-auction

https://dickensmuseum.com/blogs/charles-dickens-museum/hans-christian-andersen-the-eccentric-guest

https://historianandrew.medium.com/the-famous-phobic-chronic-masturbating-author-who-wouldnt-leave-charles-dickens-house-aa3c937a80a0

Read the tweets that got Jacob interested in the story https://twitter.com/danaschwartzzz/status/1570824733444415488

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When Hans Met Charles featuring Sean Szeps

It's the American Dream: open a nightclub, transform it into a strip club, become Hugh Hefner, and have anyone who stands in your way assassinated. 

It's the true story of Somen Banerjeet, the creator of Chippendales Male Review, and the ruthless lengths he went to as he built his empire.

This wild story has just been adapted into a TV series called 'Welcome To Chippendales' and we're obsessed. So to celebrate, we're re-releasing our episode about the Chippendales Murders from December 2021.

Welcome To Chippendales is on Disney+ now https://www.disneyplus.com/series/welcome-to-chippendales/5Xes8hB719ux

The true story of The Chippendales

Today there are more than 16 million Mormons around the world. The Mormon Church is one of the fastest growing religions worldwide and it’s the third wealthiest. Pretty impressive for an organisation started by a conman from New York less than 200 years ago… 

Joseph Smith Jr was 25 when he declared himself a prophet who spoke to God & Jesus Christ, published an updated bible he’d “transcribed” from an ancient text (the Book of Mormon), and founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1830. We’re serving the gist of the church’s unique set of beliefs about world history, the universe, the afterlife, “purity”, Bigfoot and magical underwear in this episode. Strap in! 

Skip straight to the story: approx 13:48

Jacob shares the story with comedian Jake Howie 

Follow him on Instagram to find out when he's performing next: @jakehowie_

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this: 

WATCH this vintage video that covers a lot of the things the church believes (or at least used to) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3BqLZ8UoZk

Here’s a helpful site with a good video summary https://www.gotquestions.org/Mormons.html

Here’s a starting point if you wanna explore the church’s YouTube page https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbXWtuqc_FM

Here’s another helpful video ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCyV66G984Q

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MORMONS with Jake Howie

In 1988, Arno Funke was a broke, 38-year-old German man with a plan turn his life around. He decided to bankroll his dream of starting a food truck business by becoming…an extortionist. His method was simple: he detonated pipe-bombs in fancy department stores and warned the police that if they didn’t pay his ransom demands, he’d detonate more.

Over the course of six years, Arno, or Dagobert (the German name for Scrooge McDuck), as he was more affectionately known, led the cops on a wild goose chase as his plans to claim his money and outsmart the police became increasingly outlandish and cartoonish. All the while, he was becoming more and more famous and beloved by the people of Germany.

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Jacob shares the story with Annabelle Lee from Shameless Media

Listen to Annabelle's podcast 'Everybody Has A Secret' https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/everybody-has-a-secret/id1621235461

We recommend the episode 'The Missing Money' https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-missing-money/id1621235461?i=1000585792618

And 'The Best Man' https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-best-man/id1621235461?i=1000567531580

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this: 

READ this New Yorker article that got us obsessed with this story https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-strange-story-of-dagobert-the-ducktales-bandit

And then read this one https://berlinspectator.com/2022/06/08/arno-funke-the-most-likeable-extortionist-ever/

Here’s Arno’s wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arno_Funke

WATCH this archival news footage. Doesn’t matter if you don’t know exactly what they’re saying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5pLdwEYrWI

READ some other articles and interviews - just get your browser to translate the website if you don’t speak German ;) https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article528249/Dagobert-spielt-Katz-und-Maus-mit-den-Medien.html

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Germany’s most beloved extortionist, Dagobert, featuring Annabelle from Shameless

In 2002 the first Spiderman film was breaking records at the box office. Studio executives asked themselves how they could squeeze even more money from it and the answer was obvious: a stage musical. But this was no ordinary stage musical. It featured the music of U2, shared the same director as the incredibly successful Lion King stage production and would see Spiderman and the Green Goblin flying through theatres using technology that not only hadn’t been invented yet, but hadn’t even been tested in a tech rehearsal. What could possibly go wrong?

Tens of millions of dollars and several life threatening injuries later, ‘Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark’ became the most expensive, and biggest fail, in Broadway history.

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Jacob shares the story with Nat from Nat's What I Reckon

Check out his book 'Life: What Nat to Do' https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/P0Ge1z

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this: 

READ Glen’s book Song of Spiderman https://www.booktopia.com.au/song-of-spider-man-glen-berger/audio-cd/9781797148335.html

WATCH bootleg versions of 1.0 and 2.0 on YouTube 

1.0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6Z8feh1Dt4

2.0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYabpRJh2SM&t=1592s

WATCH a bit of a summary of the news coverage with plenty of clips 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6bxB9vTToQ

READ some articles that’ll drag you down the rabbit hole… 

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20201125-how-a-spider-man-musical-became-a-theatrical-disaster

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/feb/19/spider-man-stuntman-sues

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The Spiderman Musical (aka Broadway's Biggest Fail) with Nat's What I Reckon

It's another midweek dinner party treat for ya, Gisteners! This time with Claude Elliott, the former Mayor of Gander, Newfoundland.

A few months ago we shared the story behind the musical 'Come From Away', when 38 planes, carrying 7,000 people, were grounded in the small town of Gander in the far eastern corner of North America, during 9/11.

You loved it, we loved it, and to celebrate the return of Come From Away to Sydney, we sat down with the former Mayor of Gander, Claude Elliott to find out what it was really like on the ground of Gander when the 7,000 plane people arrived.

Stick around to the end to hear the original story Jacob shared with Michelle Andrews.

Get tickets to Come From Away in Sydney, Newcastle, Adelaide, Perth, Canberra & New Zealand https://comefromaway.com.au/tickets/sydney/

BONUS: Claude Elliott is the REAL Mayor of Gander in Come From Away

On March 23rd, 1911, the luxury passenger ship, the SS Yongala started its 99th voyage from Mackay to Cairns. But much like Betty White and Prince Phillip before her, the SS Yongala didn’t live to see its 100th voyage. Not long after setting sail from Mackay, a tropical storm warning forced all ships to return to port. All ships heeded the message...except the SS Yongala, which never arrived in Cairns and was assumed to have sunk. It would take 47 years before a recreational diver named Bill would find the shipwreck, almost perfectly preserved off the coast of Ayr, Queensland. The ship didn’t make headlines again until 2003 when an American couple took a honeymoon diving trip to the Yongala and only one of them survived.

Skip straight to the story: approx 17:25

Jacob shares the story with Carlo Ritchie

Check out Carlo's podcast 'Did Titanic Sink' https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/did-titanic-sink/id1640615093

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this: 

Check out the Townsville Maritime Museum’s page https://www.tmml.org.au/yongala-artefacts/

The ship’s Wikipedia page has a solid list of links to articles from the time ship sank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Yongala

Relive the story, but with pictures of the wreck today https://www.divephotoguide.com/underwater-photography-special-features/article/ship-storm-racehorse-moonshine-yongala-wreck-queensland-australia/

https://www.scubadiving.com/history-australia-yongala-shipwreck#page-5

Watch some pretty footage from a diver’s perspective https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNch9dTAoQI

Start here to learn more about the Tina Watson tragedy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Tina_Watson

Listen to Rosie's episode about the Titanic: https://link.chtbl.com/47kg7Wi4

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The Australian Titanic that went missing for almost 50 years featuring Carlo Ritchie

We invited Lewis Hobba to come by for a little midweek dinner party treat and asked him to BYO some stories about the wacky competitions he’s been researching. 

Lewis Hobba is a stand up comedian, co-host of triple j's Drive show and adjudicator of his brand new TV show 'Australia's Best Competition Competition' with Michael Hing.

So sit back, relax and enjoy his stories of pool parties at George Harrison's house, being hypnotised to get over his crippling fear of custard, covering himself in oil to wrestle men in leather pants, breaking one leg during his TV show and which competition he's willing to break his other leg for.

Watch 'Australia's Best Competition Competition' https://iview.abc.net.au/show/australia-s-best-competition-competition

Listen to the George Harrison episode of 'Simply The Jest' https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/simply-the-jest/neighbours/13267046

Watch Lewis being hypnotised to overcome his fear of custard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCl1OoH944Q

Listen to Lewis & Michael Hing on Drive https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/drive

BONUS: Lewis Hobba will do anything to win a competition

On a Sunday morning in March 1990, two security guards arrived at the prestigious Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston ready to start work, only to find the museum had been robbed overnight. Thirteen artworks were missing and so were the two security guards who’d worked the night shift.

The value of the missing art was around $500 million USD in today’s money, making this heist the largest art theft, and largest property, theft in history.

The suspects included a stoner security guard, disgruntled ex-employees, the Boston Mafia, the IRA and even the museum’s director... but to this day the case has never been solved and the artworks have never been recovered. 

Skip straight to the story: approx 17:05

Jacob shares the story with model and Gistener Kate Wasley

Follow Kate on Instagram @katewas_

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this: 

WATCH the Netflix doco series “This Is A Robbery” https://www.netflix.com/watch/81085937?trackId=255824129

LISTEN to the podcast series “Last Seen” & check out each episode’s companion website for more https://www.wbur.org/lastseen/2018/09/16/eighty-one-minutes

READ the book Master Thieves if you really wanna take a deep dive https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/22715952-master-thieves

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The World’s Biggest Art Heist with Kate Wasley

 Happy Halloween, Gisteners!

You might have seen the new Netflix series based on this story. Trust us when we tell you the true version of events is more chilling than the fictionalised version... This spookiness starts when Derek and Maria Broaddus buy their dream house, a $1.6 million mansion in New Jersey. Before they move into their new home, menacing letters start appearing in the Broaddus’ mailbox from someone who called themselves “The Watcher”. This mysterious letter writer claimed to have been the house’s guardian for decades, and they threatened to commit violence against Derek, Maria and their three young children.

The creepiest part? The Watcher has still never been found.

Skip straight to the story: approx 14:56

Jacob shares the story with Fiona Cox @fionacoxfionacox

Follow Fiona on Instagram to find out when she has shows coming up 

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this: 

Read https://www.thecut.com/article/the-haunting-of-657-boulevard-in-westfield-new-jersey.html

Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBoKesAQFHU

Watch https://www.today.com/video/homeowners-sue-over-threatening-letters-from-the-watcher-469303875669

Read https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/the-watcher-true-story-house-real-b2207146.html?r=17785

Read https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/12/us/the-watcher-house-stalker-trnd/index.html

Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HDkw100sXQ

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The REAL story of The Watcher with Fiona Cox

Possibly our wildest story yet!

On June 10th 1990, British Airways flight 5390 took off from Birmingham en route to Malaga, Spain. 13 minutes into the flight, 6 kilometres up in the sky, the windscreen of the plane's cockpit blew off & Captain Tim Lancaster was sucked out the hole where the window should be.

By pure chance, Captain Tim’s legs anchored him to the plane…but they were also forcing the plane into an accelerating nosedive. What happened next? You’ll have to listen to find out…

Skip straight to the story: approx 20:00

Jacob shares the story with Abbie Chatfield

Follow Abbie on Instagram @abbiechatfield

We love Abbie's podcast It's A Lot

Listen to the episode with Producer Lem: https://link.chtbl.com/JQNjbMyJ

And the episode with porn star and producer Angela White: https://link.chtbl.com/Kto65Ao7

And the Nightmare Fuel with Christian Hull...if you're up to it: https://link.chtbl.com/vYwnyzVb

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this: 

Watch this documentary with a dramatised reenactment of all the events https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SI2V_DbCTw

Watch this video of a pilot explaining the details that non-pilots wouldn’t necessarily understand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGwHWNFdOvg

Read Nigel’s article “The is Your Captain Screaming” (yes, Jacob got the name wrong in the ep) https://www.smh.com.au/world/this-is-your-captain-screaming-20050205-gdkmtm.html

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The pilot who was sucked out of a plane mid-flight featuring Abbie Chatfield

In 2003 a retired maths genius from a small town in Michigan, Jerry Selbee, discovered a flaw in the state's newest lottery game, “Winfall". He realised that if he bought enough tickets in certain games he could almost guarantee he'd win a 50%-80% profit without relying on winning the jackpot.

It seemed he was the only one who understood statistics well enough to know this & over the next 9 years, Jerry & his wife Marge became professional lottery players & millionaires. And they’d still be playing & winning today...if it hadn’t been for some pesky college students & one nosy reporter...  

Skip straight to the story: approx 23:48

Jacob shares the story with Dom Knight from The Chaser and ABC radio

Follow Dom on Twitter @domknight and Instagram @dom_knight

Listen to his daily podcast The Chaser Report: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-chaser-report/id1506693707

Catch him at the Grapes of Mirth Festival: https://grapesofmirth.com.au/the-festival/

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this: 

READ the report from the Inspector General which, we promise, is actually interesting https://www.mass.gov/doc/letter-to-state-treasurer-steven-grossman-regarding-the-lottery-july-2012/download

READ the Huffington Post article that made Jerry & Marge folk heroes https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/lotto-winners/

WATCH Jerry & Marge on 60 Minutes US a few years back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTYnHr_-wcY

And WATCH them on 60 Minutes Australia earlier this year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akFS0odjAHs

WATCH The delightful fictionalised version of the story, “Jerry & Marge Go Large” https://www.paramountplus.com/movies/jerry-and-marge-go-large/95QRsJSm8rKlkLhEwvOprBjMswbY_3an/

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The retirees who exploited a lotto loophole & won millions featuring Dom from The Chaser

This week, animal trainer/stand up comedian Emma Malik is telling us about the history of animals in the armed forces & how we ended up in a world where dolphins are trained to (allegedly) kill. 

Turns out, during the early years of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union started using dolphins as part of their naval defence strategies. Over the years, dolphins have been deployed on increasingly complicated missions, and they’ve become such an important part of Russia’s operations that Vladimir Putin himself “auditions” new recruits. 

Jacob shares the story with comedian Emma Malik

Follow Emma on Instagram @emma.malik.comedian

Book her as a trainer: https://www.emmamalik.com/

Watch her on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5DG82vGszEy-6rVJlZATLA

Skip straight to the story: approx 12:35

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this: 

Watch Russian Trained Dolphins Deployed To Ukraine War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elWHlZI5wSA

Read DEFENDER DOLPHINS: The Story of "Project Short Time by Harold W Goforth 

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Dolphins trained to kill featuring comedian Emma Malik

In the early 2000’s, a group of artists were evicted from their home to make space for a shopping centre parking lot in Providence, Rhode Island. They were sad to lose their lodgings, and angry to see all the city's residential properties being converted into commercial ones.

This inspired them to run an experiment to find out whether a commercial property, like a shopping centre, could also be used as a residential space.

Initially the plan was to try to live in the Providence Place mall for a week without getting caught…

But 4 years later, the group were still secretly living in the mall in an apartment they’d covertly set up & filled with furniture, appliances & luxury homewares. 

Jacob shares the story with Charlie Clausen

Listen to Charlie's podcasts 'TOFOP' and '2 Guys 1 Cup' here: https://tofop.com/podcasts/

Listen to Charlie's podcast 'Dadpod' here: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/dadpod-with-charlie-clausen-and-osher-g%C3%BCnsberg/id1483899206

Skip straight to the story: approx 20:09

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this: 

CHECK OUT Michael’s website, starting with a summary of his side of the story and his public apology 

http://trummerkind.com/mall/What_Happened.html

READ this article and check out the photos of the wall being built 

https://www.core77.com/posts/115435/RISD-Grad-Built-a-Secret-Apartment-Inside-a-Providence-Shopping-Mall

LISTEN To the episode of 99% Invisible called “The Accidental Room” which features a conversation with Michael 

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-accidental-room/

WATCH Michael’s TED Talk about creativity and collaboration in the workplace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egAfg4dgFAs

WATCH The tutorial video if you’re keen to learn how to make Tape Art 

https://www.youtube.com/tapeart

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The artists who lived in a mall  featuring Charlie Clausen

Have you heard about that time a tiger shark regurgitated a human arm in the Coogee Aquarium?

It was the afternoon of April 26th, 1935, when the largest shark ever in captivity (we’re calling her Shirley) spewed up a full human arm in front of a dozen witnesses. The arm bore a distinctive tattoo & was identified as belonging to a known Sydney criminal named Jimmy. There are lots of twists & turns in this story & even a high speed boat chase, but how Jimmy's arm ended up in Shirley’s stomach (and what happened to the rest of him) still remains a mystery to this day.

Jacob shares the story with Turia Pitt.

We think you should listen to the Thai cave rescue episode of Turia's podcast 'Turia Pitt Is Hard Work' https://link.chtbl.com/2kASbn89

Skip straight to the story: approx 14:22

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this: 

Read the fantastic 2020 book two Aussie teachers wrote called SHARK ARM https://www.booktopia.com.au/shark-arm-phillip-roope/book/9781760875985.html

Glance at the first newspaper article that had the scoop https://dictionaryofsydney.org/media/59328

And take it from there… google image search is your friend on this one

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The Shark Arm Murder Mysteries with Turia Pitt

After the hijacked planes crashed into the Twin Towers on the morning of 9/11, the airspace over the USA was closed, and all planes were forced to land.

38 of the 5,000 planes in the air at that time, carrying 7,000 passengers from all over the world, were diverted to the tiny town of Gander in the far-eastern corner of Newfoundland, Canada.

The town’s population instantly doubled, and for the next 5 days locals (Newfies) volunteered to work around the clock to feed, clothe and provide customised care for the "Plane People”, proving the human capacity for kindness and generosity is even greater than the capacity for violence.

Jacob shares the story with Michelle Andrews from the Shameless podcast.

We listen to Shameless every week and we think you should too https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/shameless/id1352875216

Michelle recommends you listen to the Hamish Blake episode of her podcast The Books That Changed My Life https://link.chtbl.com/tesXPziB

Skip straight to the story: approx 16:12

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this: 

Get tickets to see Come From Away in person, or watch it on Apple TV+ (or both)  https://comefromaway.com.au

Read the fantastic book The Day the World came to town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-day-the-world-came-to-town-updated-edition-jim-defede/book/9780063005983.html

Watch some clips from the documentary You Are Here https://www.youareheredoc.com/videos-photos

Watch 9/11 Control the Skies, the documentary about the air control folks who safely guided all those planes to the ground https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/movies/9-11-control-the-skies/29dVUjcWETbI

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Operation Yellow Ribbon with Michelle from Shameless

It's possibly the most iconic conspiracy theory, it’s one of the originals. The Illuminati are believed to be a shadowy organisation of wealthy, powerful people (or giant shape shifting lizards, depending who you talk to) who control all the world’s governments, industries and banks.

You’ve probably at least heard of it. But you might be surprised to know the Illuminati was a real secret society started by a German law professor in the 1770s who maybe got a little carried away smoking joints in the forest with four of his students. Jacob shares the story with our fabulous producer, Lindsey Green.

Skip straight to the story: approx 12:02

If you want more than just the gist of this story & you’re keen to jump down this particular rabbit hole, start here: 

Read the Illuminatus Trilogy, the satirical book that’s been treated as gospel https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-illuminatus-trilogy-robert-shea/book/9780440539810.html

This book by Robert Howells is a quick, easy read that covers the history pretty well https://www.booktopia.com.au/illuminati-robert-howells/book/9781780288727.html

Even quicker and easier, this BBC article https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170809-the-accidental-invention-of-the-illuminati-conspiracy

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THE ILLUMINATI with Producer Lindsey

In the 1980s Cleveland Ohio was known as 'The Mistake on the Lake’. The city was famous for its high crime rate, high unemployment rate, & a toxic river so polluted it literally caught fire every few months. It was certainly not a destination for tourists, and citizens were moving away from the city at a rapid rate. 

City officials decided enough was enough & tried to rebrand Cleveland as a vibrant, thriving, exciting location by hosting a fun, spectacular attempt to win themselves a Guinness World Record by releasing 2 million helium balloons into the atmosphere… what could possibly go wrong?? 

Jacob shares the story with Adam Densten - one half of Adam & Symon

Follow Adam on Instagram @adamdensten and @adamandsymonshow

Listen to Adam's podcast 'The Adam & Symon Show' https://link.chtbl.com/MsfHdsVJ

Skip straight to the story: approx 7:15

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Watch some of the news coverage of Balloonfest  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0CT8zrw6lw&t=300s

Check out Treb Heining’s biography https://magicmadebydisney.com/2020/08/13/a-disneyland-balloon-boy-the-treb-heining-story-part-1/

Skip to part 2 if you wanna see Treb with Cher and her historic balloon arch ;) 

Cleveland's Balloonfest Catastrophe with Adam from Gogglebox

In Julie d’Aubigny's short life she enjoyed affairs with men and women, joined (and destroyed) a convent, performed in the Paris Opera, defeated men in duels and got away with it.

It's a Just The Gist classic from 2020 chock-full of gender dynamics, snuff boxes and periods.

We'll be back with new stories and special guest hosts next week.

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:

A comprehensive written account of the life of La Maupin with good footnotes that help provide context https://www.eldacur.com/~brons/Maupin/LaMaupin.html

An even more comprehensive article https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/maupin-daubigny-c-1670-1707

For those who prefer listicles to big slabs of text, here's one https://www.factinate.com/people/facts-julie-daubigny/

An author called Kelly Gardiner wrote a novel inspired by La Maupin called "Goddess" - you can buy the paperback here https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780732298883/goddess/ or track down the ebook version. 

See Julie: The Musical at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/julie-the-musical

Our original episode about Julie d'Aubigny was published in June 2020 - scroll down in your feed to find it

If you liked this episode, check out our episodes with other kick-arse women including Amelia Earhart, Nancy Wake & Nellie Bly

The kick-arse 17th century French woman you need to know about - remembering Julie d’Aubigny

He was the hero security guard who found a bomb before it exploded at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, leading to hundreds of lives being saved. He was celebrated across the world, interviewed on every TV show, appeared on the cover of every newspaper. Until… Richard Jewell was accused of planting the bomb himself, and things took a turn very, very quickly.

Skip straight to the story: approx 14:17

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more there’s this:

Watch the Clint Eastwood movie “Richard Jewell” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGHnW9hKn94

Read “The Suspect” https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-suspect-kent-alexander/book/9781419735271.html

Read the 1997 Vanity Fair article which started the long process of clearing Richard’s name https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/share/1fd2d7ae-10d8-474b-9bf1-d1558af697be

Richard Jewell

Before Lou Pearlman and Backstreet Boys, before Britney Spears and her parents… there was Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis. The managers of massive stars ripping them off for their talent and controlling every little thing about them is nothing new, but few people know it happened to Elvis. In fact, few people know much about Elvis Presley’s manager at all, except that Colonel Tom Parker had a weird accent and - oh, he probably murdered someone. 

Skip straight to the story: 6:25

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more there’s this:

Read the book Jacob talked about: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Colonel/Alanna-Nash/9781451613575
Vanity Fair article: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/06/colonel-tom-parker-elvis-true-story/amp

Smithsonian article: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/colonel-parker-managed-elvis-career-but-was-he-a-killer-on-the-lam-108042206/

Watch the new Elvis movie: https://youtu.be/wBDLRvjHVOY

Watch a doco: https://youtu.be/U7ma-YGM5Bk

Colonel Tom Parker

The woman who told the world the truth about the Watergate scandal before anyone else, but her story sounded so crazy that nobody believed her. Now a major TV series starring Julia Roberts called 'Gaslit', Martha Mitchell was the wife of an important man in President Nixon's administration, which meant she knew too much, and the White House wanted to shut her up. But Martha was right about everything, and the way she was treated ended up in psychologists naming 'The Martha Mitchell Effect' after her, which is basically an official form of gaslighting. (Yes of course this ep includes a mini Just The Gist of what Watergate is. We got you Gisteners.)

Skip straight to the story: approx 10:40

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

The Martha Mitchell Effect doco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SYWxQ62AUM

Slow Burn Podcast episode about Martha in their Watergate series: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s1-ep-1-martha/id1315040130?i=1000395358934

Gaslit TV series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ-uyTbsWJw

The Life of Martha Mitchell by Winzola McLendon: https://www.amazon.com.au/Martha-Life-Mitchell-Winzola-McLendon/dp/0394411242

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Mitchellhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Mitchell_effect

Martha Mitchell

Rosie is back, and it's been so long that she's collected a Breakin' Nooz BONANZA. 

Rosie's Back!

On August 4th, 1986, it was discovered that the most expensive painting in Australia, 'The Weeping Woman’ by Pablo Picasso, was missing from the National Gallery of Victoria's collection. Turned out it had been abducted by a cheeky new organisation no-one had ever heard of: the "Australian Cultural Terrorists” (the A.C.T) who were holding the painting ransom. Their demands? Increase funding to the arts, or the painting would be incinerated. 

Was this really a crime? Or was it more of an act of protest? Or a piece of performance art? Whatever the ACT intended it to be viewed as, it’s hilariously funny. 

Jacob shares the story with long time friend of the podcast and guest host Stuart Semple. Follow Stuart on Instagram @stuartsemple

Skip straight to the story: approx 13:21

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Watch the fantastic documentary “Framed” 

https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/framed

Read this article from the day after the painting was found to be missing 

https://www.theage.com.au/culture/art-and-design/from-the-archives-1986-victoria-refuses-stolen-picasso-ransom-demand-20210730-p58ei5.html

Check out these articles, written 30 years after the painting went missing, featuring a few theories about who the Australian Cultural Terrorists were… 

https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/thomas-dixon-first-person-weeping-woman-20160623-gpqixc.html

https://www.crikey.com.au/2016/08/31/who-stole-picassos-weeping-woman-2/

To enjoy the Google reviews some folks have left for the Ann Freedman’s new gallery, just google Freedman Art and scroll through reviews like this one: 

“On the way out, a thin, curly, gray haired lady whispered that she could get me a Picasso for $500. I talked her down to $325!  Paint was barely dry!  It looks great, hanging over the cat litter box!”

If you haven't heard Jacob's episode about the fued between Stuart Semple & Anish Kapoor, scroll back in your feed to episode #35 'Stuart Semple vs Anish Kapoor'

Jacob caught up with Stuart last year too, scroll back to episode #99 'CHATTING WITH STUART SEMPLE’

The Picasso that was kidnapped from the NGV with Stuart Semple

In 1692, in the small colonial village of Salem, Massachusetts, two young girls started experiencing bizarre, convulsive fits. The doctor’s diagnosis? Witchcraft. Over the course of a few months, as more villagers experienced similar strange symptoms, people started accusing their friends and neighbours of practicing black magic. Paranoia spread throughout Salem, and over the following 15 months of mass hysteria more than 200 people were accused, 20 people were executed and 5 people died in prison.

Jacob shares the story with guest host Abbie Chatfield. Follow Abbie on Instagram @abbiechatfield

We love Abbie's podcast 'It's A Lot'. New episodes are out every Tuesday & the infamous Nightmare Fuel episodes are out every Friday

Skip straight to the story: approx 27:19

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Listen to the History Extra podcast’s 9 part series https://open.spotify.com/episode/1NsSdyDu9cqaQHFoMURJ4k

Read The Salem Witch Trials : A Day-By-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-salem-witch-trials-a-day-by-day-chronicle-of-a-community-under-siege-marilynne-k-roach/book/9781589791329.html?source=pla&gclid=CjwKCAjwwo-WBhAMEiwAV4dybdRk6jpXnFNssskTU47hcDRPal5kUfSmjqf_ZARj8hYTmDT-53ZIoBoC2dEQAvD_BwE

Read this article from Vox about Salem as a kitschy, sanitised tourist destination today https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/10/30/16560092/salem-witch-trials-magic-halloween-witchcraft-arthur-miller-crucible-past

If you want to hear Rosie & Jacob recap Abbie's season of The Bachelor, scroll to the bottom of your podcast feed and listen to episodes 1 - 8

The Salem Witch Trials with Abbie Chatfield

In August 1990, in the badlands of South Dakota, recreational fossil hunter Susan Hendrickson stumbled across some huge fossilised bones lodged into the side of a cliff. While they spent 17 days digging the fossils out of the rock, Susan and her team of fossil hunters realised they'd unearthed the world's largest and most complete T-Rex skeleton. They named the specimen Sue, and soon a decade-long battle began over who owned the bones: the people who discovered Sue? The landowner whose property Sue was found on? The Native American tribe who were the traditional land owners? Or the American government? 

Jacob shares the story with guest host Linda Marigliano. Follow Linda on Instagram @lindamarigliano

We recommend listening to Linda's podcast 'Tough Love'. Start from the first episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/finding-peace-just-a-little-bit/id1546324192?i=1000519900961

Linda's new music podcast 'The Spin' comes out on the LiSTNR app every Friday

Skip straight to the story: approx 12:05

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Watch the incredibly biased documentary Dinosaur 13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOjlaAcCpLc

Follow Sue on Twitter https://twitter.com/SUEtheTrex

Get to know all the facts about Sue and what they’ve taught us about T-Rex https://www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/sue-t-rex

If you want to hear more about the Bone Wars Jacob mentioned at the start of the story, listen to our episode 'The Bone Wars' from April 2021

If you want to hear more about the movie 'Theodore Rex', listen to our live show episode about it from March 2022

The fight for Sue, the world’s biggest T-Rex fossil, with Linda Marigliano

In March 2008, young couple Julian Buchwald & Carolynne Watson went on a picnic in the Victorian bush and didn't come home. They spent the next week battling exhaustion and exposure to try and find their way out of the bush with only a sleeping bag and a jar of peanut butter to keep them going. When they stumbled out of the bush a week later with a wild story of hostage and kidnapping, it didn't take police to figure out who was behind it. 

Jacob shares the story with guest host Zara McDonald. Follow Zara on Instagram @zamcdonald and @shamelesspodcast

Listen to her podcast 'Shameless Presents: The Books That Changed My Life'. We recommend you start with their episode with comedian Wil Anderson: https://www.listnr.com/podcasts/shameless-presents-the-books-that-changed-my-life/how-wil-anderson-overcomes-regret

Skip straight to the story: approx 8:11

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

You can read all the details of the investigation process and the trial by reading the court report on Julian's unsuccessful appeal https://jade.io/article/259257

You can watch a video with lots of images from news reports here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLzD7IrZq70

Read a news report from the week the couple were missing, appealing for info from the public https://www.theage.com.au/national/missing-couple-planned-marriage-at-years-end-20080309-ge6tnh.html

A report about Julian’s escape attempt https://www.deccanherald.com/content/213097/man-kidnapped-girlfriend-sex-loses.html

This episode gets pretty dark. If it brings anything up for you and you'd like to talk to someone about it, you can contact 1800 RESPECT on 1800 737 732.

The disappearance of Julian Buchwald & Carolynne Watson featuring Zara from Shameless

On a summer afternoon in 2003, a man named Brian Wells walked into a bank in Pennsylvania with a bomb strapped to his neck & calmly demanded $250,000. Within the hour, the bomb exploded, Brian was dead, and investigators spent the next decade trying to figure out who was responsible. The investigation revealed a frozen body in a freezer, an impossible-to-solve scavenger hunt, and a convoluted web of co-conspirators who all died before revealing the truth of what really happened. 

Jacob shares the story with guest host Symon Lovett. Follow Symon on Instagram @symonlovett and @adamandsymonshow and listen to his podcast The Adam & Symon Show. We recommend you start with their episode 'Seven Apples and Two Lasagnes'.

Skip straight to the story: approx 10:00

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Watch the Netflix doco Evil Genius to see Marjorie talk on camera and how the documentarian Trey helped crack the case https://www.netflix.com/search?q=EVIL%20GENIUS&jbv=80158319 

Check out the lead investigator’s website & maybe get your hands on his books about the case“Mania” and “Pizza Bomber” https://pizzabomber.com 

Read the notes Brian was given here thanks to People mag https://people.com/crime/evil-genius-read-handwritten-instructions-pizza-bomber-brian-wells/ 

It’s hard to find the video of the Dateline episode about the case, but you can listen to an audio version here https://open.spotify.com/episode/3VEi27ZdADK43yTENEXpHv  

This episode includes a brief reference to suicide. If this brings anything up for you and you would like to speak to someone about it, Lifeline is available for 24/7 crisis support on 13 11 14.

The Pizza Bomber Heist with Symon from Gogglebox

The story of Bhagwan Rajneesh, the Indian guru who established a movement/sex cult that tried to take over the state of Oregon, USA in the 1980s. Bhagwan, his right hand woman Sheela, and their thousands of followers descended on a quiet rural community & proceeded to build their own city-sized commune, complete with its own roads, airport and enough space to house the cult's loyal followers (mostly white, middle class, Western hippies).The group were so determined to build & protect their commune (dedicated to peace and free love) they resorted to rigging elections, plotting murders, & committing the largest bio-terror attack of the century. 

Skip straight to the story: approx 6:30

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Watch Wild Wild Country on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/search?q=wild%20wild%20&jbv=80145240

Watch the follow up doco about Sheela, also on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/search?q=wild%20wild%20&jbv=81211264

Read Russell King’s new book, Rajneeshpuram (available free on Audible) https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Rajneeshpuram-Audiobook/B09L59764G?ref=a_library_t_c5_libItem_&pf_rd_p=74d71ce1-f90f-405f-b4c3-d38cdc1d6ae4&pf_rd_r=W7X2BS2YHKDS5R1ZRSEV

Listen to Russell’s podcast Building Utopia https://www.buildingutopiapodcast.com/home

Read what it was like to be a kid in the commune https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/apr/24/wild-wild-country-netflix-cult-sex-noa-maxwell-bhagwan-shree-rajneesh-commune-childhood

Read about a recent experience a journalist had at an Osho retreat complete with Dynamic Meditation https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/05/screaming-hitting-sweating-how-my-wild-wild-country-retreat-led-to-contentment  

The sex cult that tried to overthrow the government featuring Jacob's Mum

In 1964, a Welsh teenager named Brian Robson found himself working a job he hated in a country he hated even more: Australia. He couldn't afford the plane ticket home, so he first tried smuggling himself out of the country by boat, & when that didn’t work, he had himself sealed inside a wooden crate and sent as cargo from Melbourne to the UK. What he thought would be an easy 48-hour journey turned into a five day ordeal which almost killed him.

Jacob shares the story with guest host Jan Fran. Follow Jan on Instagram & Twitter @jan__fran and hear her on the podcasts 'The Briefing' and 'A Rational Fear'.

Skip straight to the story: approx 6:30

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Read Brian’s memoir The Crate Escape, released in 2021 https://books.google.com.au/books/about/The_Crate_Escape.html?id=9ylozgEACAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y 

Watch one of Brian’s appearances on morning TV in the UK to promote his book https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RDuaH6LVkA 

This New York Times article has a few pictures from the reports of Brian’s discovery in LA https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/world/australia/brian-robson-crate-australia.html 

The teenager who mailed himself from Melbourne to London with guest host Jan Fran

Jacob shares with Caleb the unbelievable story of the de Védrines family: an aristocratic French family who were convinced by a local social climber, Thierry Tilly, that their lives were at risk by Freemasons who were not only trying to kill them, but destroy the entire world order. The only way to save themselves? Follow the absurd instructions of Tilly. What started as an innocuous friendship between one de Védrines and Tilly turned into more than a decade worth of manipulation that saw the de Védrines sacrifice their money, autonomy and eventually turn on each other.

Follow turkey print co-owner, petunia cop and infamous 'young fogey', Caleb Bond on Instagram @calebbond and Twitter @TheCalebBond

Skip straight to the story: approx 14:21

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:

Read Christine’s book We Were Not Armed https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25203347-we-were-not-armed 

Watch the YouTube doco series The Cult of Thierry Tilly  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNpQUkd-Gnc&t=10s 

Read Vanity Fair’s brilliant article about the whole debacle  https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2010/08/aristocrats-and-demons-201008 

Watch the Netflix series 'Inside The Freemasons' https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6743832/ 

Watch the 'Stonecutters' episode of The Freemasons all about the Freemasons https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Stonecutters

The wealthy family who were conned into forming a cult - featuring guest host Caleb Bond

Presenting one of our most frequently sugGISTed stories: the 17-year-old German teenager who survived a plane crash & an 11 day trek through the jungle. On Christmas Eve, 1971, Juliane Koepcke was on a plane flying over the Amazon. Half-way into the one hour flight, the plane flew into a tropical storm, was struck by lightning and split in half. Juliane was sucked out of the plane and fell more than 3km back to earth, landing alone in the rainforest…alive and barely injured.

Juliane then survived the 11 day hike back to civilisation thanks to a combination of her extensive knowledge of the jungle and incredibly good luck. 

Jacob shares the wild ride with guest host Sean Szeps (@seanszeps) 

Hear more from Sean is his podcast ‘Come Out Wherever You Are’ where he speaks with members of the LGBTQIA+ community about coming out for the first time…and every time after that.

We’d recommend his episode with our very own dulcet toned Adonis, Jacob Stanley.

Skip straight to the story: approx 5:20

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:

Watch Werner Herzog’s film “Wings of Hope” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msipyM4vyLg  

Read Juliane’s biography “When I Fell From the Sky” https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11931498-when-i-fell-from-the-sky  

If you want a giggle, watch some of “Miracles Still Happen”, the dreadful Italian movie made about Juliane’s story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne7MOiWzwSU  

Read an excellent interview with Juliane in the New York Times from last year https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/18/science/koepcke-diller-panguana-amazon-crash.html 

Read Rosie's latest Instagram post here https://www.instagram.com/p/CdvRPi7P2Gn/ 

Listen to Jacob's episode of 'Come Out Wherever You Are' here https://link.chtbl.com/kyxWtitN

Juliane Koepcke’s incredible survival story with guest host Sean Szeps

Ten years ago, ‘Salvator Mundi’ was unveiled to the world, its owners insisting it was a long lost Leonardo Da Vinci painting (as in...the guy who painted the Mona Lisa). It sold at auction for $450 million, making history as the most expensive piece of art ever purchased. But what most people don’t know is, this precious ‘historical’ painting had been found in a garage and bought in a small U.S town for $1100, before being extensively ‘restored’ by an expert in Da Vinci artworks. A lot of the art world is convinced it’s fake and a waste of money, so…did someone waste half a billion bucks buying a fake Leonardo Da Vinci? 

Skip straight to the story: approx 34:51

We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Watch the 2021 documentary 'The Lost Leonardo' (it’s on several platforms, take your pick, here’s the link for Google Play) https://play.google.com/store/movies/details?id=dA9Uy-Mb_Kc.P

Watch the other 2021 documentary Saviour for Sale (You’ll need a VPN and a few detective skills to track this one down on the BBC…)

Read 'The Last Leonardo' by Ben Lewis https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/45319160-the-last-leonardo

Check out the painting and the restoration process on Diane Modestini’s website https://salvatormundirevisited.com/Copies

Watch art critic Jerry Saltz SLAM the painting as he outlines his reasons for believing it’s not by Leonardo https://www.vulture.com/2017/11/christies-says-this-painting-is-by-leonardo-i-doubt-it.html

Check out some excerpts from the book that the Louvre denied existed…and was then leaked to the press https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/04/13/what-the-louvres-scientific-examinations-of-the-salvator-mundi-really-revealedaccording-to-the-museums-own-book

http://artwatch.org.uk/tag/the-disappeared-louvre-catalogue/

Listen to this interview with Robert Simon, one of the men who “discovered” the Salvator Mundi http://artlawpodcast.com/2020/09/14/revisiting-the-salvator-mundi-by-probably-possibly-leonardo-da-vinci-with-robert-simon/

Read The Guardian's review of the Channel 4 doco 'The Man With A Penis On His Arm' https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/may/03/the-man-with-a-penis-on-his-arm-review-tv-that-makes-you-proud-to-be-british 

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The half-billion dollar painting that is probably a FAKE

In 2016, 34-year-old Sherri Papini vanished while out jogging. Insisting she must have been ‘taken’, Sherri’s husband Keith Papini organised massive search efforts and wept in TV interviews about wanting her home. And after three weeks, much to the shock of police, Sherri reappeared. Found wandering along the side of a freeway with a chain around her waist, battered, bruised and emaciated with her hair chopped off, Sherri said she’d been abducted by two ‘Hispanic women’ who wanted to sex traffic her.  

Sherri’s return and horrific story made international headlines, but something didn’t seem quite right to police, who quietly set about trying to get to the bottom of the whole thing. And 6 years later, in March 2022, the FBI announced they had finally solved the Sherri Papini case…  

(Content Warning - this episode features talk about domestic violence. Some support resources are listed below.)

Skip straight to the story: approx 17:55

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Keith Papini’s 20/20 interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-2GSwAv2dA

Sherri Papini wiki:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherri_Papini_kidnapping_hoax

Details of the divorce petition:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10752297/Sherri-Papinis-husband-demands-sole-custody-two-young-children.html

Some good articles with general info:

https://7news.com.au/news/crime/sherri-papinis-theatrics-are-what-got-her-caught-after-she-faked-her-own-violent-kidnapping-c-6537776

True Crime Daily podcast ep:

 https://omny.fm/shows/true-crime-daily-the-podcast/sherri-papini-busted-california-mom-s-kidnapping-f

Sinisterhood podcast two-parter:

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/episode-180-sherri-papini-part-1/id1391483100?i=1000556696911

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Sherri Papini

We've dug into the archives to bring you one of our favourite scam stories: Rudy Kurniawan aka the guy who tricked rich idiots into spending MILLIONS of dollars on his homemade wine.

There are people in this world who spend literally hundreds of thousands of dollars on wine - sometimes on a single bottle. These wine 'experts' say they can taste the difference between a fancy bottle and a sack of goon, but... Rudy definitely proved they can't. He made a bunch of wine in his kitchen, slapped some snobby labels on the bottles and SOLD THEM TO RICH IDIOTS FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. And not only did they buy the wine, they INSISTED they loved it, and that it was the 'best wine' they'd ever tasted. Gotta love rich idiots!

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Watch the 'Sour Grapes' documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPUYuwSRwB8

Watch 'The Greatest Wine Forger' documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4CByxYbyJ4

Read some articles:

Vanity Fair: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/07/wine-fraud-rudy-kurniawan-vintage-burgundies

The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/sep/11/the-great-wine-fraud-a-vintage-swindle

The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-true-crime-documentary-about-the-con-that-shook-the-world-of-wine

Since our episode first aired in November 2020, Rudy was released from prison and deported back to Indonesia. Laurent Posont still hasn't published his tell-all book.

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Rudy Kurniawan, fake wine and the big dick contest for nerds

We're bringing you two stories for the price of one this week: Rosie reveals the "sensual" relationship between a 23-year-old woman named Mary and a dolphin named Peter and Jacob shares about the North Carolina hillbillies who stole 17 million dollars and almost got away with it...but decided to blow it on minivans and Mexican holidays instead.

Skip straight to the stories: approx 9:50 for The Hillbilly Heist and 41:10 for Mary & Peter 

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Mary & Peter

Dr John Lilly's book 'Man And Dolphin' https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3270708-man-and-dolphin 

Margaret's only recorded interview in 'The Girl Who Talked To Dolphins' https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Who-Talked-Dolphins/dp/B07VCVGMTF 

Photos of Margaret and Peter https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/08/the-dolphin-who-loved-me 

The Hillbilly Heist of 1997

Read 'The Book of Dave' by David Gantt https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42280457-the-book-of-dave 

Watch 'Masterminds' - the movie based on the Loomis Fargo robbery in which Zach Galifianakis plays David https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2461150/ 

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The woman who fell in love with a dolphin AND the Hillbilly Heist of 1997

Remember how we said we’re a weekly-ish podcast?

New studio episodes are coming soon (we promise!) but this week we’re republishing one of favourites from 2020: the OG Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff who stole up to 100 billion dollars through his fraudulent investment company. Bernie would tell his clients he was investing their money into super successful stocks (and show them the fake statements to prove it) but he was actually funnelling it all into his own bank account to fund his lavish lifestyle. Bernie was eventually busted during the Global Financial Crisis and sentenced to 150 years in prison. He served just over 10 years of his sentence before he died last year.

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more there’s this:

WATCH The Wizard of Lies on Binge https://binge.com.au/movies/asset-the-wizard-of-lies!23114

WATCH the TV series Madoff https://www.amazon.com/Madoff-Season-1/dp/B01BGHYZ7Y

LISTEN to the podcast ‘Ponzi Supernova’ https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ponzi-supernova/id1232020925

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Before Melissa Caddick, there was Bernie Madoff

It's our latest LIVE show! Two stories for ya - the greatest (albeit brief) love story of our time, Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson AND Jacob gives Just The Gist of Count Viktor Lustig, one of the best scammers who ever lived.

Skip straight to the stories: approx 9:17

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson:
https://www.insider.com/ariana-grande-pete-davidson-relationship-timeline-2018-6

https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a39283246/ariana-grande-pete-davidson-scooter-braun-doomed-romance/

https://www.capitalfm.com/news/why-did-ariana-grande-and-pete-davidson-split-what-was-the-reason/

https://www.instagram.com/arianagrande/?hl=en

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniesoteriou/pete-davidson-mom-kim-kardashian-pregnant

Count Viktor Lustig:

READ (or listen to) a nice succinct 2.5 hour summary of the Count’s life in the book “Handsome Devil” (you can get it for free on Kindle and Audible) https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/29503985-handsome-devil 

READ the biography the Count’s daughter wrote about him 
https://www.booktopia.com.au/from-paris-to-alcatraz-betty-jean-lustig/ebook/9781462893836.html 

READ the book written by the Secret Service agent who spent years hunting the Count down 
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3337192-the-man-who-sold-the-eiffel-tower 

WATCH this video summary presented by the sexy bald guy who hosts Bio Graphics on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cnxcoM_HzE 

And here are some fun articles with images worth perusing 
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12809/smooth-operator-how-victor-lustig-sold-eiffel-tower http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/01/man-sold-eiffel-tower-twice/ 

https://english.radio.cz/victor-lustig-man-who-could-have-sold-world-8079199

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Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson PLUS Count Viktor Lustig - the scammer who 'sold' people the Eiffel Tower

Coming to ya live from Sydney with TWO whole stories!

Skip straight to the stories: approx 15:36

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Whoopi Goldberg and the movie she was forced to make: Theodore Rex

How Did This Get Made 'oral history' of Theodore Rex:
https://www.slashfilm.com/539540/theodore-rex/

Some articles: https://decider.com/2021/10/07/whoopi-goldberg-regrets-theodore-rex/

https://www.ranker.com/list/the-weird-story-behind-theodore-rex-whoopi-goldberg-movie/jacob-shelton

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY7gsUL9Xkk

Best of the worst scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rsZOIu3sFU

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Rex_(film)

Wally the Walrus

Wally’s first sighting in Ireland: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56404484 

Wally’s arrival in Wales: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-56470235 

Wally becomes a vandal: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56582311.amp 

Wally heads to Cornwall: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9600093/Wally-Walrus-spotted-Cornwall-vanishing-Welsh-coast.html 

Wally gets his pontoon: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-57827840 

Learn more about the baculum… https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(12)01308-5.pdf 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baculum

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Wally The Walrus AND Theodore Rex (aka The Movie Whoopi Goldberg Was Forced To Make)

AKA The White Mouse, AKA total badass. Nancy Wake was a Kiwi Australian nurse and journalist during WWII, which would've been heroic enough, but Nancy wanted to do more. So, she joined the French Resistance, learned how to kill Nazis with her bare hands in one-on-one combat, and spent the rest of the war smuggling Jewish people out of Nazi-occupied territory while gathering intelligence as a Special Operations Executive (AKA JAMES BOND LEVEL SHIT). Thought to be one of the inspirations behind Quentin Tarantino's film Inglourious Basterds, Nancy Wake was one woman you did not want to mess with. 

Skip straight to the story: approx 22:36

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

READ: 

Nancy’s autobiography is so great, can’t recommend it highly enough: 
https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-white-mouse-nancy-wake/book/9781742610757.html?source=pla&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI84vH7orN9gIVkCQrCh0_KQdGEAQYASABEgKyzfD_BwE 

Peter Fitzsimons also wrote a really good bio about Nancy: 
https://www.booktopia.com.au/nancy-wake-biography-revised-edition-peter-fitzsimons/book/9780732295257.html 

WATCH: 

Here’s the link to the first part of a series that features Nancy telling her own story for TV in 1987. (Watch all six eps, it’s worth it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36PtQ3TxZJI 

Here’s a fantastic TV tribute to Nancy after she died in 2011, 100% worth a glance: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juVSj6qhOJ0 

Watch this documentary with some very good re-enactments: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNXKovYM15A 

LISTEN: 

The “Espionage” podcast gives more detail than we do, but doesn’t overdo it in their two-parter: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5UMjBBFghNfHFljBwAEXBN

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Nancy Wake

Coming to you LIVE from Adelaide, with TWO WHOLE STORIES!

Skip straight to the stories: approx 18:26

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Balloon Boy:

ABC News story ten years on (including footage of THAT interview with Richard Heene and Falcon Heene): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6Gc38ib1qo

Some articles: https://www.5280.com/2019/09/the-balloon-boy-hoax-solved/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/24/couple-behind-2009-balloon-boy-hoax-in-us-granted-pardons

The wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon_boy_hoax

Heene Boyz website: https://www.heeneboyz.com/

NUNS ON THE RUN:

Poor Clares wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_Clares

Some articles: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-03-30-mn-200-story.html

https://apnews.com/article/9f5d255c2b0667a6520d45607de79dc2

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-03-22-9001240080-story.html

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/04/06/The-adviser-to-aging-nuns-who-sold-their-convent/1837639374400/ 

Some more detail on the Bishop of Bruges and the Belgian nuns: https://radaronline.com/p/millionaire-nuns-on-run-lesbian-trysts-wrath-of-disgraced-bishop/

Check out this newspaper clipping from 1990: https://kshouseofdelights.quora.com/Retiring-in-style-In-1990-a-group-of-Belgian-nuns-sold-up-their-14th-century-convent-for-1-4-million-and-ran-off-to 

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Balloon Boy AND The Nuns Who Sold Their Convent And Moved To France

It’s our Canberra LIVE show, which means TWO stories in one ep! 

Skip straight to the stories: approx 16:00

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:

Milli Vanilli:

Watch the infamous press conference Rob & Fab held, trying to defend themselves (the one where they were pressured to sing & rap live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX7UzIrGGlA 

Watch a lengthy interview with Fab, covering the whole saga from his point of view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqmO9VE0PuY 

Watch this for a summary of what happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oX03NKBklQ 

Watch the first ever episode of Behind the Music, which took a few liberties telling the Milli Vanilli story: https://vimeo.com/517091976 

Read this Variety magazine article from 2020 if you want to know what happened next… 

https://variety.com/2020/music/news/milli-vanilli-grammy-scandal-fab-morvan-1234865697/ 

Frane Selak:

Some good articles:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/frane-selak

https://medium.com/@happiness.soup/meet-the-worlds-luckiest-man-736386c81598

https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/unluckiest-man/

His Wiki: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frano_Selak

Interview with him and neighbours back in 2002: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/croatia/1433773/Disaster-as-a-way-of-life.html

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Milli Vanilli AND Frane Selak - the ‘unluckiest luckiest man alive’

Put ten super hot people on a tiny raft. Take it out to the middle of the ocean and leave it there. Wait for the orgies to begin…

That’s what anthropologist Santiago Genoves thought would happen when he stuck a bunch of attractive people in a small space they couldn’t escape - lots of sex, and lots of fighting. But how things actually turned out shocked both him and the world, resulting in the Acali and its crew becoming internationally famous (or maybe that should be infamous…).

Skip straight to the story: approx 14:47

We give you Just The Gist but if you want more, there’s this: 

Watch the incredible 2018 documentary “The Raft”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWXIOYxTkXY 

Listen to some interviews with members of the crew of the Acali: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct1k30 

Read these articles that came out around the time The Raft was released:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jan/14/mutiny-on-the-sex-raft-70s-experiment-santiago-genoves 

https://povmagazine.com/sex-raft-documentary-experiment-explained/ 

Wikipedia has all the essential details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acali 

If you’re curious to know more about the earlier attempts Santiago made to cross the Atlantic in a reed boat, start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Heyerdahl#Boats_Ra_and_Ra_II 

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The Acali Sex Raft

It ended up with famous actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin being sent to prison. Over $25million in bribes exchanged hands. Almost every major elite university in the USA was involved. And at the end of the day, the whole thing came down to dodgy photoshop and cheating on a test.

Rick Singer made a fortune when he realised that rich, entitled parents would do anything to get their kids into the best US colleges (seriously - anything. It's wild). But when Rick was busted by the FBI, he quickly flipped and told the agents everything about his 'side door' entry system, leading to a worldwide news frenzy when a lot of very privileged, high profile parents were arrested.

Skip straight to the story: 17:08

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Watch 'Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal' (on Netflix): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFHj8e7mU_I

Listen to the 'Gangster Capitalism' podcast episodes on the scandal:
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/introducing-season-1-the-college-admissions-scandal/id1460320573?i=1000519261599

Good rundown of the 'side door' admission scheme:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/12/college-admissions-fraud-scandal-felicity-huffman-lori-loughlin

The Wiki gives a good summary on what each parent paid for and what punishment they received: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_college_admissions_bribery_scandal

One of the only pieces about what happened to the kids involved: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/25/us/college-admissions-scandal-students.html

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The 2019 College Admissions Scandal

Imagine if two stars as big as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were kidnapped, forced to remarry, and given no choice but to start making movies together for a crazy dictator. 

In 1978, that actually happened. 

Choi Eun-hee was the most famous movie star in South Korea. Shin Sang-ok was the most famous director. They had a 'Brangelina' level marriage, with millions of people invested in their famous relationship and the movies they made as a mega-famous couple.

But when they got divorced and stopped working together, one man decided that simply would not do. Kim Jong-il - son of the dictator of North Korea - had Choi and Shin kidnapped and brought to him. After a bit of light torture and 're-education', it was announced that they would remarry and start making movies again, all for the pleasure and good publicity of the North Korean people. And with the options being 'pretend to be married and make movies or DIE'... well, Choi and Shin got to work making movies. For YEARS. 

Skip straight to the story: 40:42

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Read “A Kim Jong-il Production”, the most comprehensive book about Shin, Choi & Kim:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22537682-a-kim-jong-il-production

Watch “The Lovers and the Despot”, made in 2016, featuring interviews with Choi & her family: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LAuPwBpwYg 

Watch Pulgasari, the Korean version of Godzilla: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCKSR0JArUQ 

We couldn’t find the full length version of the North Korean Titanic ripoff, but get a taste of it here: 

https://northkoreanfilms.com/category/souls-protest/ 

Listen to the 3 part series about the Kim dynasty on the Real Dictators podcast 

(here’s ep 2 which focuses on the abduction of Choi & Shin):

https://megaphone.link/NSR4712613098

The TikTok girl (@kimberlytahmus) who reads Britney's tweets in a southern accent:

https://www.tiktok.com/@kimberlytahmus/video/7055105029228809519?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1&lang=en

The Drop Out trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7rlZLw9m10

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The Famous Actress/Director Couple Kidnapped and Forced To Make Movies

One of our most requested topics ever, we give you just the gist of O.J. Simpson, the murder of his wife wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, the Bronco chase, the crazy trial (including THAT glove), and where exactly Simpson ended up. This is a big story people, so we've broken it down for you the way only Just The Gist can.

(Content Warning - this episode features talk about domestic violence. Some support resources are listed below.)

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

The book Rosie mentioned:'The Run Of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson' by Jeffrey Toobin: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/280412.The_Run_of_His_Life

The podcast 'You're Wrong About' has a bunch of episodes on this by the brilliant Sarah Marshall: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/youre-wrong-about/id1380008439

Watch the AMAZING doco series 'O.J: Made in America' (on ESPN, or in Aus on Disney Plus): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmca421urfo

Some articles: https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1995/12/dunne199512
https://abcnews.go.com/US/oj-simpson-case-key-players-25-years/story?id=63180970

The book '(if) I DID IT: Confessions of the Killer' by O.J. Simpson: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1797248.If_I_Did_It

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O.J. Simpson

We've been on break for a month, which meant so much Breakin' Nooz it needed its own whole episode! From Elizabeth Holmes to Ghilaine Maxwell to that glass of water the woman from Madison Avenue danced around at the Arias in the year 2000. Strap in Gisteners, there is much to discuss.

Breakin' Nooz BONANZA

Well… a wrap-up of Breakin’ Nooz, so… basically a wrap-up of what Rosie convinced Jacob was important this year. (If you’re coming to us for actual news, have we even met?)

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2021 WRAP UP!

Merry Happy! Ignore your anti-vaxxer relatives by taking a walk and revisiting Jacob’s just the gist on Santa Claus from last year. 

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SANTA!

HOT, SWEATY MEN. GYRATING HIPS. HUNDREDS OF TURNED ON, SCREAMING HOUSEWIVES. And… murder? The inspiration for eventual hit film Magic Mike, the infamous Chippendales show became a household name in the 80s for being THE place for women to be entertained by male strippers. What most people don’t remember though, is the string of brutal murders linked to the Chippendales dancers and the bitter rivalry between the company’s owners, Steve Banerjee and Nick De Noia. Keep an ear out this week for a special guest appearance by Rosie’s nephew Mohammed! 

Skip straight to the story: approx 20:01

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:

Watch the doco series Curse of the Chippendales, available on 7+ in Australia https://7plus.com.au/the-curse-of-the-chippendales?episode-id=COTC01-001

Listen to the excellent podcast series Welcome to your Fantasy, it's brilliant http://pineapple.fm/welcome-to-your-fantasy 

Read Deadly Dance: The Chippendales Murders https://www.booktopia.com.au/deadly-dance-k-scot-macdonald/book/9780991665327.html

Listen to a long-form interview with the FBI agent who managed to finally catch Banerjee https://jerriwilliams.com/episode-232-scott-garriola-chippendales-murder-for-hire/ 

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The Chippendales Murders

When Dorothy Stratten arrived in Hollywood as a shy, naive 18-year-old, she had never even been on a plane before. By 19, she had been named Playboy Magazine's 1980 Playmate of the Year, and started booking acting jobs in film and TV, with many believing she would be the first Playmate to achieve 'mainstream' success. But by 20, less than two years after she arrived in LA, Dorothy Stratten was dead. 

(Content Warning - this episode features talk about domestic violence. Some support resources are listed below.)

Skip straight to the story: approx 24:02

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:
'Death of a Starlet' podcast by Wondery (lots of good detail about Playboy and Hugh Hefner in this one): https://wondery.com/shows/death-of-a-starlet/

'You Must Remember This' podcast episode on Dorothy Stratten:
http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/2017/4/20/dorothy-stratten-dead-blondes-episode-13

Some articles: https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/horrific-murder-playboy-playmate-verge-hollywood-stardom-flaw/story?id=66193166

https://people.com/crime/dorothy-stratten-murder-playboy-model/

A bit more detail on Paul Snider: https://allthatsinteresting.com/paul-snider

Dorothy's Tonight Show interview with Johnny Carson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SahoSvAAbH4

Trailer for Star 80: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb7WdswtuOo

'The Invisible Woman' - The 'You Must Remember This' series on Polly Platt, the extremely talented first wife of Peter Bogdanavich: http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/2020/7/pollyplattarchive28

If today's episode was difficult for you, please reach out to:

Lifeline: https://www.lifeline.org.au/

Beyond Blue: https://www.beyondblue.org.au/

If you need domestic violence support, you can anonymously contact 1800 RESPECT: https://1800respect.org.au/

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The Murder of Dorothy Stratten

We love us some rich idiots! And lady scammers! 

It was considered one of the most exclusive, snooty art galleries in the world. If you were a gazillionaire, and you wanted to buy a Picasso or a Pollock for a ridiculous amount of money, you went to the Knoedler Gallery and spoke to Ann Freedman. But everything fell apart when someone had their artwork valued at by an expert, and was informed they had spent $17 million on a FAKE. And they weren’t the only one - turns out Ann Freedman had been selling fake paintings to everyone in town for years. So where did the paintings come from? How did she have so many? And why did it take so long for anyone to notice, even when there were obvious mistakes like the artists’ signatures spelled wrong on all the ‘exclusive’ pieces? 

Skip straight to the story: approx 16:29

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:

The 2017 doco "Blurred Lines" that explores how & why the art market became so bonkers: https://tv.apple.com/au/movie/blurred-lines-inside-the-art-world/umc.cmc.4zajoochjr131ibtlaqcs0lzi?action=play 

The 2019 doco "Driven to Abstraction" which focuses a lot on the court case against Ann Freedman & Michael Hammer: https://projectr.tv/films/driven-to-abstraction/604514c3907e500001bc07f4

The 2020 doco "Made You Look: a True Story About Fake Art" which features LOTS of interviews with Ann Freedman: https://www.netflix.com/watch/81406333?trackId=13752289&tctx=0%2C0%2Cb19b1114ce76a7005cfc1e579c63b3bfe52f64e4%3A898b90812c8f5361b5d9e43631e111c33ee14146%2Cb19b1114ce76a7005cfc1e579c63b3bfe52f64e4%3A898b90812c8f5361b5d9e43631e111c33ee14146%2Cunknown%2C%2C

Maria Konnikova's book "The Confidence Game": https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-confidence-game-maria-konnikova/book/9780143109877.html

This 2012 Vanity Fair article: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/05/knoedler-gallery-forgery-scandal-investigation 

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The Knoedler Gallery Scandal (or - rich idiots think fake art is real art)

Currently depicted in the new film 'House of Gucci', the story of the Gucci family is almost too outrageous to be real. After Guccio Gucci created the iconic fashion brand in 1921, his children and grandchildren spent decades plotting and scheming against each other for ultimate control of the company, all of which culminated in the shocking murder of Maurizio Gucci in 1995.

Skip straight to the story: approx 22:21

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

The book the movie is based on 'House of Gucci' by Sara Gay Forden (Rosie listened to the audiobook version which was excellent): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61013.The_House_of_Gucci

Time Magazine article summing up the murder of Maurizio: https://time.com/6122130/house-of-gucci-true-story/

Good true crime episode about the murder on a show called 'Power, Privilege and Justice':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1rSKIzee7g

The 2016 Guardian interview with Patrizia Reggiani:
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2016/jul/24/the-gucci-wife-and-the-hitman-fashions-darkest-tale

Tom Ford and director Ridley Scott's comments on the film House of Gucci: https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/nov/30/tom-ford-laughed-out-loud-during-house-of-gucci-screening

Trailer for 'Nitram' (on Stan in Australia): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4cTjeEFq8Q

Trailer for 'What Happened Britney Murphy' (on Binge in Australia): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaQvsFIB4Uw

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The Gucci Family

Welcome back for another episode of Just Jazz with Rosie Waterland and Jacob Stanley. This week’s episode is all about Christmas, wreaths, trees and the man who can’t wait to put up a Christmas tree. We’re joined by the host to find out what Christmas is like for the hosts and their family, and what they’ve learned from it so far. In today's news headlines: “Tree-Killer Caleb’S Christmas wish list”. “Did you know that the first place a lot of people put their Christmas decorations is in the front yard of their home?” “I listnr

The Disappearance of Harold Holt

Nellie Bly was just 21 years old when she went ‘undercover’ as a patient at an insane asylum in 1887, shocking the world with her vivid reporting on the horrors she witnessed inside. Many consider Bly’s work, ‘Ten Days In A Madhouse’, the very first example of investigative journalism - no small feat at a time when women were not permitted to be journalists in the first place (unless they agreed to only write about ‘fashion, society and gardening’…).

Skip straight to the story - approx 17:32

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:

‘Ten Days in a Mad House’ by Nellie Bly: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1642216.Ten_Days_in_a_Mad_House

‘Nellie Bly: Daredevil, Reporter, Feminist’ by Brooke Kroeger: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/311625.Nellie_Bly

Some articles about Nellie and her statue installation: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/07/28/she-went-undercover-expose-an-insane-asylums-horrors-now-nellie-bly-is-getting-her-due/

https://www.thelily.com/this-massive-monument-to-women-is-quietly-taking-shape-in-new-york-city/

Nellie Bly’s Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly

Some info on the Women’s Lunatic Asylum at Blackwell’s Island (now Roosevelt Island): https://www.nps.gov/places/blackwell-s-island-new-york-city.htm

http://www.asylumprojects.org/index.php/Blackwell%27s_Island_Asylumhttps://medium.com/legendary-women/what-nellie-bly-exposed-at-blackwells-asylum-and-why-it-s-still-important-4591203b9dc7

Trailer for the Lifetime movie starring Christina Ricci ‘Escaping The Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story’: https://youtu.be/qFjttOo4FLo

Annnnnd the trailer for the even worse looking made-for-tv movie: https://youtu.be/5P3Tz3tLX90

Caleb’s show ‘Could You Survive On The Breadline?’: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/could-you-survive-on-the-breadline

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Nellie Bly

FKN WOOPS. Two mothers give birth to twins on the same night at the same hospital. They take those twins home, and each raise what they assume are their non-identical twin boys. But 25 years later, through total chance, the young men discover there is someone who looks exactly like each of them living in the same city. Yep - two sets of twins had been mixed up at the hospital when they were born, and it turns out they had been identical all along, it's just that they were sent home with the wrong brother...

Skip straight to the story - approx 33:35

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

READ: The New York Times article that broke the story in 2015: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/magazine/the-mixed-up-brothers-of-bogota.html 

READ: Nancy Segal's brilliant book about what the case teaches us, written with Yesika Montoya https://www.booktopia.com.au/accidental-brothers-nancy-l-segal/book/9781250101907.html 

LISTEN: The interview with Nancy Segal about what twin studies tell us about how nature and nurture work together to form identity https://www.npr.org/2019/03/21/705487258/what-twins-can-tell-us-about-who-we-are

WATCH: Video of the twins meeting for the first time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caEavQied1U

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The Twins Accidentally Switched at Birth And Sent Home With The Wrong Parents

Gisteners / Glisteners, the trailer for Tiger King 2 dropped last week, & oh my CATNESS it has caused a commotion. 

We're serving the gist of what you need to know about the lawsuit Carole Baskin (friend of the podcast) immediately filed against Netflix to try to stop the release of the new series, & also serving the gist of the most important docos you NEED to watch before Tiger King 2 lands. 

Consider it your homework for the next two weeks 🙂 And you'll successfully complete one portion of your assignment simply by listening to this episode, which revisits the story of Ron and Joy Holiday: The Cat Dancers. 

Before Sigfried and Roy, & long before Joe Exotic, they were THE big cat performers whose story ended in tragedy. Think of it as a prequel to Tiger King, complete with throuple, tigers, sequins, lions, lycra, panthers, perms... & only one survivor. 

The original Cat Dancer episode starts at around 5:22 and ends at roughly 63:45.

And here are some useful links to help you complete your homework: 

WATCH: The Tiger King 2 trailer (before it's taken down) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT4NYto3abM

WATCH: The Conservation Game (on Stan Australia) https://play.stan.com.au/programs/3069587 

WATCH: Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic (on ABC iView in Australia) https://iview.abc.net.au/show/louis-theroux-shooting-joe-exotic?utm_source=google_feed&utm_medium=syndicated_content&utm_campaign=iview_google_feed 

WATCH: Louis Theroux: America's Most Dangerous Pets https://play.stan.com.au/programs/346972 

LISTEN: Wondery's 2020 podcast series on Joe Exotic https://wondery.com/shows/joe-exotic/ 

READ: about Carole Baskin (Queen of the Gliteners) & her lawsuit against Netflix https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/nov/02/carole-baskin-sues-netflix-for-using-footage-of-her-in-tiger-king-2 

And if you can, try to watch the documentary "Cat Dancers" about Ron and Joy Holiday, it's gobsmacking! 

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Tiger King 2 Is Coming!

Do you like scary movies? 

This week, we're talking about the next chapter in the Blair Witch saga and the next phases of its evolution (the witch is back!) 

But before we go into the lasting impact of the 1999 film and its marketing strategy, we want to share some of the LEAST successful movie marketing stunts of all time with you.

The original Blair Witch episode starts at around 15:12 and ends at roughly 72:54

Have a BOO-tiful HAlloween, Gisteners! 

Links: 

Visit the archived version of the original 1999 Blair Witch website https://web.archive.org/web/20210402102230/https://www.blairwitch.com/project/mythology.html

Learn more about the competition to be the writer of the next chapter in the Blair Witch story https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/lionsgate-dorian-blair-witch-project-1235021881/ 

And maybe submit your entry https://home.dorian.live/blair-witch-fest 

Read Ben Rock's 8 detailed blog posts about working on the film: https://www.dreadcentral.com/author/ben-rock/ 

And this article about the marketing strategy of the film: https://web.archive.org/web/20170130094758/https://mwpdigitalmedia.com/blog/the-blair-witch-project-the-best-viral-marketing-campaign-of-all-time/

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Happy Halloween, (Blair) Witches!

This week we're walking you through a series of recent updates on some of our favourite characters from episodes past, including Agafia Lykov, Belle Gibson, Imelda Marcos and a bunch more. 

Then we're revisiting the Great Emu War of 1932, a Gistorically Significant event in Australian history which is approaching its 89th anniversary, and after that we're getting in to the Great Emu Escape of 2021.

The original Emu War episode starts at around 25:20 and ends at roughly 1:01:25

If you want to skip the original ep and head straight to the Great Emu Escape of 2021, skip to 1:01:25

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