In 1961, a group of ten scientists conducted a somewhat clandestine meeting in Green Bank, West Virginia. They were there to talk about extra terrestrial life, but the real star of the show was more interested in dolphins - tune in for this wild story.

CONTENT WARNING some of the experiments go a bit beastility

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 05:19 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

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Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present.

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

The Theory of Everything Else by Dan Schreiber

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/08/the-dolphin-who-loved-me

https://allthatsinteresting.com/margaret-Lovatt-lovatt

https://www.astronomy.com/science/the-order-of-the-dolphin-setis-secret-origin-story/

The Girl Who Talked To Dolphins BBC

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/google-is-training-a-new-ai-model-to-decode-dolphin-chatter-and-potentially-talk-back-180986434/

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We've made to 500 episodes! To celebrate we are releasing three episodes over three days, all recorded live at The Capitol Theatre in Melbourne. First up we have a mysterious cryptid called The Fouke Monster, AKA The Legend of Boggy Creek. Joining us to hear about this terrifying creature haunting the USA in the 1970s is Nick Mason and Cass Paige.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 13:38 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

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Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheat

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Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present.

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://web.archive.org/web/20030803215531/http://texarkanagazette.com/articles/2001/06/24/export15709.txt

https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2019/jun/14/hairy-monster-hunted-fouke-sector/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fouke_Monster#

https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/fouke-monster-2212/

http://www.foukemonster.net/festival/

https://americanprimate.org/beachfoot/

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In 1905 a motor boat race was staged from Algiers to Toulon and it's fair to say things didn't go well! This week we hear about the race and the amazing life of one of the entrants, Camille du Gast!

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 07:53 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

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Who Knew It with Matt Stewart: https://play.acast.com/s/who-knew-it-with-matt-stewart/

Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader Thomas

Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present.

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

Power Boat: The Quest for Speed Over Water by Kevin Desmond

“DIMANCHE 25 MAI 1905 Naro 70 PERTE DU CANOT AUTOMOBILE CAMILLE DANS LA COURSE ALGER-TOULON Périlleux sauvetage de M du Gast par les vaillants marins". Sunday, May 28th, 1905 - Le Petit Journal

https://guides.loc.gov/feminism-french-women-history/famous/camille-du-gast

https://www.historicracing.com/driverDetail.cfm?driverID=3048

http://lesliefield.com/races/1905_algiers_to_toulon_race_autoboats_swamped.htm#

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-algiers-toulon-motor-boat-race/ https://guides.loc.gov/feminism-french-women-history/famous/camille-du-gast

https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Du_Gast,_Camille

http://speedqueens.blogspot.com/2010/01/camille-du-gast.html

https://www.beaulieu.co.uk/news/women-in-motorsport-social-history-camille du-gast/

https://www.infinite-women.com/women/camille-du-gast/

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