Do Go On

Our second and final episode on World War II, covering December 1941 through to the end of the war in September 1945.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 05:13 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).
For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod

Check out our other podcasts:
Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheat
Prime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/
Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/
Who Knew It with Matt Stewart: https://play.acast.com/s/who-knew-it-with-matt-stewart/
Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-com
Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader Thomas
Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present.

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

World War II With Tom Hanks:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt40385200/
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/battle-midway#main
https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/encyclopedia/tobruk
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/introduction-to-the-holocaust
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E84294
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E84663
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad#Background
https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Stalingrad
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/death-of-benito-mussolini
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benito-Mussolini/Role-in-World-War-II
https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/boeing-b-29-superfortress-enola-gay/nasm_A19500100000
https://www.war.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/article/4069599/battle-of-iwo-jima-80-years-later-lessons-learned/
https://cds.library.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/NewTimeline.html#1941
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As a part of Blocktober 2026, we look at what is arguably the biggest event in human history... World War Two. Part One covers to the lead up to the war through to the attack on Pearl Harbour in December 1941.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 05:22 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).
For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod

Check out our other podcasts:
Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheat
Prime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/
Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/
Who Knew It with Matt Stewart: https://play.acast.com/s/who-knew-it-with-matt-stewart/
Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-com
Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader Thomas
Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present.

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

World War II With Tom Hanks:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt40385200/
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/how-did-adolf-hitler-happen
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adolf-Hitler/Rise-to-power
https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-II
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii
https://www.britannica.com/event/Treaty-of-Versailles-1919/German-reparations-and-military-limitations
https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-France-World-War-II/The-invasion-of-the-Low-Countries
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/neville-chamberlain
https://www.britannica.com/event/Invasion-of-Poland
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/neville-chamberlain
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/timeline/factfiles/nonflash/a1057312.shtml
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/second-world-war/dunkirk/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-dunkirk-evacuations
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zsrwjxs/revision/9
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-we-call-axis-powers-axis-powers-180960980/
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/axis-powers-world-war-ii
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/second-world-war/eastern-front/operation-barbarossa-and-germanys-failure-in-the-soviet-union
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For a fifteen year period from the late 1960s and into the 80s adult films went mainstream! From Deep Throat to Debbie Does Dallas, this is the story of the Golden Age of Porn!

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 04:10 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).
For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod

Check out our other podcasts:
Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheat
Prime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/
Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/
Who Knew It with Matt Stewart: https://play.acast.com/s/who-knew-it-with-matt-stewart/
Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-com
Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader Thomas
Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present.

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Porn
The Golden Age of Porn: Nostalgia and History in Cinema by Susanna Paasonen and Laura Saarenmaa
https://www.salon.com/2014/10/05/the_5_most_bizarre_porn_films_of_the_1970s_partner/
https://time.com/archive/6907719/that-old-feeling-when-porno-was-chic/
https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/21/archives/pornochic-hardcore-grows-fashionableand-very-profitable.html
https://cityonahillpress.com/2009/02/05/the-rise-and-fall-of-pornography/
https://archive.org/details/sim_vogue_1970-03-01_155_5/page/n5/mode/2up
http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/celebrity/john_holmes/
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/page-one-porn-king-jim-mitchell-walks-out-of-2826073.php#page-2
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This week we hear the story behind OceanGate, and their submersible vessel, Titan. In 2023, Titan embarked on a journey to the wreckage of the Titanic, and never returned.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 09:36 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).
For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod

Check out our other podcasts:
Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheat
Prime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/
Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/
Who Knew It with Matt Stewart: https://play.acast.com/s/who-knew-it-with-matt-stewart/
Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-com
Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader Thomas
Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present.

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:
https://abcnews.com/US/titan-submersible-implosion-coast-guard-hearing-last-messages/story?id=113729878
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_submersible_implosion
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/17/titan-sub-design-flaws-company-groupthink-report
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-06/titan-submersible-report-finds-toxic-safety-culture/105617606
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The Black Death or The Plague, was a devastating global plague pandemic that swept across Europe, Asia and North Africa from 1346 to 1353 killing a large percentage of Earth's population. On this episode we look at where it came from, how it spread and how it changed the course of humanity.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 08:32 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod

Check out our other podcasts:
Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheat
Prime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/
Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/
Who Knew It with Matt Stewart: https://play.acast.com/s/who-knew-it-with-matt-stewart/
Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-com
Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader Thomas
Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present.

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/black-death-greatest-catastrophe-ever
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-35064071
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/the-plague
https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/bubonic-plague-first-pandemic
https://jmvh.org/article/the-history-of-plague-part-1-the-three-great-pandemics/
https://www.britannica.com/event/Black-Death
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zdkssk7#zc9gg7h
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-02/nursery-rhyme-meanings-often-urban-myths/8225910
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/septicemic-plague#diagnosis
https://www.who.int/news/item/29-09-2026-who-reports-latest-global-trends-in-cholera--meningitis-and-plague
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death#Consequences
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