And just like that... It's time for Just The Gist to take a bow. For now!After 12 million downloads, hundreds of nutso stories and many, many fart jokes, Just The Gist is going on a little hiatus. So I wanted to take a moment to thank YOU, the Gisteners. From the absolute bottom of my heart, thank you for joining us on this crazy segway ride. Thank you so, so much for Gistening. Truly. And remember, this curtain call is 'goodbye' for now, but not forever! There's too many dumb billionaires in the world for JTG to stay away too long. RECCOS Listen to Jacob’s episode on Stuart Semple vs Anish Kapoor here https://bit.ly/jtg-stuartsemple . Listen to Jacob’s interview with Stuart Semple here  https://bit.ly/3Ptv7V1 . Listen to Jacob’s episode on Lindy Chamberlain here  https://bit.ly/jtg-lindychamberlain Listen to Rosie's episode 'Trapped at the bottom of the ocean for 60 hours' and the story of Harrison Okene's survivial in an underwater shipwreck https://bit.ly/jtg-harrison . Listen to Rosie's episode on the Trashman Yacht Sinking - https://bit.ly/jtg-trashman  Listen to Rosie's ep on Elizabeth Holmes - https://bit.ly/jtg-elizabethholmes . Listen to Mum Says My Memoir Is A Lie Rosie's other podcast https://bit.ly/memoir-lie . FOLLOW THE SHOW: Follow @justthegistpodcast on Instagram https://bit.ly/jtg-gram . Check out @justthegistpodcast in TikTok https://bit.ly/jtg-tiktok . 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 Audio Imager: Nat Marshall Social Producer: Zoe Panaretos Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh  Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's a two-fer baby! Jacob and Rosie need a little break so we're pulling out two more stories from the archives - revisiting two wild stories from the Just The Gist live tour; The Hillbilly Heist and Balloon Boy. We give you just the gist but if you want more;  Balloon Boy  Watch "Balloon Boy's' family discusses life 10 years after incident" from Nightline via Youtube https://bit.ly/balloonboy-interview . Read 'The Ballon Boy Hoax - Solved!' by Robert Sanchez for 5280.com from 2019 https://bit.ly/3CDFEW9 .  Read 'Couple behind 2009 'balloon boy' hoax in US granted pardons' from Colorado for The Guardian https://bit.ly/balloonboy-theguardian . Read The Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon_boy_hoax The Hillbilly Heist of 1997  Read 'The Book of Dave: A New Path After a $17 Million Misstep' by by David Gantt  https://bit.ly/3p4M8u6 . Watch 'Masterminds' trailer - the movie based on the Loomis Fargo robbery in which Zach Galifianakis plays David Gantt https://bit.ly/3NBcOMc . FOLLOW THE SHOW: Follow @justthegistpodcast on Instagram https://bit.ly/jtg-gram . Check out @justthegistpodcast in TikTok https://bit.ly/jtg-tiktok . 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 Audio Imager: Nat Marshall Social Producer: Zoe Panaretos Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh  Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Harrison Okene, a Nigerian ship's cook, faced a remarkable ordeal of survival. In May 2013, he was trapped in an underwater vessel, the Jascon 4, for an astonishing 60 hours before being miraculously rescued. The tugboat had capsized and sunk off the coast of Nigeria while supporting an oil platform. Okene found himself within an air pocket in the upturned hull of the ship as it rapidly sank. Struggling against panic, he clung to hope as water submerged the vessel completely. Surviving on Coca-Cola and biscuits, he endured darkness, cold, and the constant threat of drowning. With no means of communication, he remained alone in the depths, unsure if rescue would ever come. Meanwhile, a Dutch underwater rescue team, sent to recover bodies, descended to the wreck site. Against all odds, one diver, Nico van Heerden, discovered Okene alive inside the sunken vessel. Okene, disoriented and frightened, initially mistook the diver for a sea creature. Guided by the diver's light, he swam towards safety, rescued from the depths. Okene's survival story captured global attention, hailed as a miraculous testament to the human spirit. It shed light on the hazards faced by offshore workers and emphasised the importance of stringent safety measures. His extraordinary tale of endurance and resilience serves as an inspiration, reminding us of the unwavering will to survive, even in the most perilous circumstances. We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this: LINKS  Watch the footage of Harrison being discovered in the shipwreck from The Telegraph https://bit.ly/harrison-rescue . Read 'Nigerian sailor 'a phenomenon' for surviving in air pocket for 60 hours' by Monica Mark for The Guardian in 2013 https://bit.ly/3P3KHX7 . Watch an interview with Harrison and the Associated Press about the ordeal https://bit.ly/harrison-interview .  FOLLOW THE SHOW: Follow @justthegistpodcast on Instagram https://bit.ly/jtg-gram . Check out @justthegistpodcast in TikTok https://bit.ly/jtg-tiktok . Follow @jacobwilliamstanley on Instagram https://bit.ly/jacobwilliamstanley-IG . Follow @rosiewaterland on IG https://bit.ly/rosiewaterland-ig . Follow @sampetersen91 on IG https://bit.ly/sampetersen91 . Check out @confessionsthepodcast on IG https://bit.ly/3WZptvM . CREDITS Hosts: Rosie Waterland & Sam Petersen  Executive Producer: Elise CooperAudio Imager: Nat Marshall Social Producer: Zoe Panaretos Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh  Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reality TV is a global phenomenon. But.. what if we told you it kinda started in Sydney suburbia in the 90s. In this special branded episode - in partnership with Paramount + - we're giving you just the gist of reality TV; from the first show Sylvania Waters in the 90s, to the worldwide phenomenon in Big Brother, then the 00s hits with The Osbournes, Paris Hilton in the Simple Life, The Kardashians and now in 2023 the next big hit could well be - The Family Stallone. We give you Just The Gist but if you want more... Watch The Family Stallone available only on Paramount + https://bit.ly/thefamilystallone . Read 'TV Family Saga offends sensitive Australians' by Robert Milliken for The Independent in 1992 https://bit.ly/3oAYMkh .  Read 'How The Osbournes Made Its Legendary Mark On Reality TV History' by Merri Palmer for Looper https://bit.ly/3OLk6hA . Read 'The Simple Life Made Paris Hilton A Fortune: Here's Why Starring On The Reality Show Was One Of The Best Business Moves Of Her Life' by Aya Tzintsiras for thethings.com https://bit.ly/3OUw2NY . Listen to our episode on Kris Jenner for an in-depth look at how the Kardashian's got to such willlld levels of fame and success https://bit.ly/3WO44Fq .  FOLLOW THE SHOW: Follow @justthegistpodcast on Instagram https://bit.ly/jtg-gram . Check out @justthegistpodcast in TikTok https://bit.ly/jtg-tiktok . 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 CooperAudio Imager: Nat Marshall Social Producer: Zoe Panateros Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh  Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Imagine sitting at your desk at work, a day like any other. All of a sudden you hear a rumbling that gets louder, and louder. Then you look out the window and see it: a massive tank (yes - TANK), covered in guns, coming straight towards your office. You get outside just in time to see this thing completely flatten your building to the ground, then drive away. Um… WHAT? That’s exactly what happened in 2004 to the people in Granby, Colorado. Marvin Heemeyer, a local man, was angry at most people in town about a bunch of different nonsense, so he decided to take revenge by spending more than a year modifying a bulldozer into a weaponised war-like tank, which he then drove all over town for several hours destroying everything in his wake. As you do. Local businesses, the town hall, the library, even the police station - all flattened by the Killdozer. And because this thing was indestructible (bullet-proof, bomb-proof, unbreakable steel), there was nothing the police could do, but watch helplessly and hope something - anything - would stop it. It literally got to the point where the army considered dropping a bomb on it so strong it would also destroy the entire town. So what stopped the Killdozer in the end? We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: Watch the 'Tread' documentary trailer https://bit.ly/tread-documentary . Watch this good Youtube breakdown 'KILLDOZER: How a Man Made His Own Tank' https://bit.ly/3IGzqbi .  Watch News Footage from the day bootlegged on YouTube https://bit.ly/3MUF38r .  READ  Killdozer: The True Story of the Colorado Bulldozer Rampage https://bit.ly/killdozer-book  written by Patrick Brower - the editor of the local paper and was in one of the buildings Marvin Heemeyer attacked Read 'Marvin Heemeyer And His 'Killdozer' Rampage Through A Colorado Town' from All That's Interesting https://bit.ly/45AkqFJ . Read 'Enter the Killdozer: how a 2004 rampage inspired today’s right-wing preppers' from GQ by Bradley Garrett https://bit.ly/3MDufdm . Read 'Killdozer Day: The Story of Marvin Heemeyer' from Snopes.com https://bit.ly/424YVdf . Read Marvin's Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Heemeyer . FOLLOW THE SHOW: Follow @justthegistpodcast on Instagram https://bit.ly/jtg-gram . Check out @justthegistpodcast in TikTok https://bit.ly/jtg-tiktok . 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 CooperAudio Imager: Nat Marshall Social Producer: Zoe Panateros Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh  Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Just The Gist  - "F*cking White People" Edition; The story of the 1981 film ROAR. A tale of how a rich naive Hollywood couple spent over a decade making a movie that starred them, their kids and 150 lions, tigers, leopards, panthers, ALLL the big cats. The movie was pitched as a "family comedy", but is widely regarded as one of the most dangerous films of all time. Roar starred Tippy Hedron (Star of Hitchcock's The Birds and others) her daughter Melanie Griffiths, and the rest of their family. The plot is broadly "we can save the world/animal kingdom/lions and tigers etc are all big friendly besties who just are misunderstood and we can live with them in harmony". Sounds cute in theory, maybe in adorable cartoons, but filming with 150 big cats gives very different results. Turns out, big cats gunna big cat; the films credits say no animals were harmed in the making of the movie (lies lol), but they don't say anything about how many PEOPLE were mauled, scalped, attacked, and generally not treated as one would hope to be treated at work. We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this: LINKS  Watch ROAR! Trailer from it's 2015 re-release https://bit.ly/roarfilm-trailer . Read 'Looking Back at Roar, a Shocking, Lion-Filled 1981 Movie You've Never Seen (Yet)' by Matt Patches for Esquire Mag online https://bit.ly/3OyeI1i . Read 'Noel Marshall’s “Roar”: Humans Were Harmed in the Making of This Film' by Richard Brody for The New Yorker in 2020 https://bit.ly/3BSHuSp . Watch 'The Insane Story Behind The Movie Roar' from Weird History on Youtube https://bit.ly/3MoXf8z . Watch Roar - currently bootlegged on Youtube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_nOUrQNF_c&ab_channel=Hale . Photos of the stills from the film via IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083001/mediaindex . FOLLOW THE SHOW: Follow @justthegistpodcast on Instagram https://bit.ly/jtg-gram . Check out @justthegistpodcast in TikTok https://bit.ly/jtg-tiktok . 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 CooperAudio Imager: Nat Marshall Social Producer: Zoe Panateros Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh  Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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/ . FOLLOW THE SHOW: Follow @justthegistpodcast on Instagram https://bit.ly/jtg-gram . Check out @justthegistpodcast in TikTok https://bit.ly/jtg-tiktok . 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 CooperAudio Imager: Nat Marshall Social Producer: Zoe Panateros Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh  Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 . FOLLOW THE SHOW: Follow @justthegistpodcast on Instagram https://bit.ly/jtg-gram . Check out @justthegistpodcast in TikTok https://bit.ly/jtg-tiktok . Follow @rosiewaterland on IG https://bit.ly/rosiewaterland-ig . Perv on @jacobwilliamstanley on Instagram https://bit.ly/jacobwilliamstanley-IG . CREDITS Hosts: Rosie Waterland & Jacob Stanley Senior Producer: Lindsey Green Assisting Producer: Elise CooperAudio Imager: Nat Marshall Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh  Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 podcasts https://apple.co/3NWhwVH and Spotify https://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 . FOLLOW THE SHOW: Follow @justthegistpodcast on Instagram https://bit.ly/jtg-gram . Check out @justthegistpodcast in TikTok https://bit.ly/jtg-tiktok . Follow @rosiewaterland on IG https://bit.ly/rosiewaterland-ig . Perv on @jacobwilliamstanley on Instagram https://bit.ly/jacobwilliamstanley-IG . CREDITS Hosts: Rosie Waterland & Jacob Stanley Senior Producer: Lindsey Green Assisting Producer: Elise CooperAudio Imager: Nat Marshall Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh  Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 . FOLLOW THE SHOW: Follow @justthegistpodcast on Instagram https://bit.ly/jtg-gram . Check out @justthegistpodcast in TikTok https://bit.ly/jtg-tiktok . 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 CooperAudio Imager: Nat Marshall Social Producer: Zoe Panateros Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh  Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 . FOLLOW THE SHOW: Follow @justthegistpodcast on Instagram https://bit.ly/jtg-gram . Check out @justthegistpodcast in TikTok https://bit.ly/jtg-tiktok . Follow @rosiewaterland on IG https://bit.ly/rosiewaterland-ig . Perv on @jacobwilliamstanley on Instagram https://bit.ly/jacobwilliamstanley-IG . CREDITS Hosts: Rosie Waterland & Jacob Stanley Senior Producer: Lindsey Green Assisting Producer: Elise CooperAudio Imager: Nat Marshall Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh  Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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” button https://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 Me https://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 PanaretosAudio Imager: Nat Marshall Supervising Producer: Mike WilliamsManaging Producer: Sam CavanaghSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 Senior Producer: Lindsey Green Audio Imager: Nat Marshall Supervising Producer: Mike WilliamsManaging Producer: Sam Cavanagh Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 Senior Producer: Lindsey Green Audio Imager: Nat Marshall Supervising Producer: Mike WilliamsManaging Producer: Sam Cavanagh Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 Speak https://link.chtbl.com/Itsalot-therapyspeak . CREDITS Hosts: Rosie Waterland & Jacob Stanley Senior Producer: Lindsey Green Assisting Producer: Elise CooperAudio Imager: Nat Marshall Supervising Producer: Mike WilliamsManaging Producer: Sam CavanaghSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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=1Info on survivor Deborah Scaling Kiley: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Scaling_KileyDeborah’s book ‘Albatross: The True Story Of A Woman’s Survival At Sea: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/273844.AlbatrossTranscript of Deborah’s interview with Larry King: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/27/lkl.01.html Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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/   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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/ Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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'.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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?  Email us at justthegistpodcast@gmail.com or slide into our DM's at @justthegistpodcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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=Pvqu9Wd388cThe picture Rosie showed Jacob (distance from Tapas bar to apartment): https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/arid-20449056.html Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 .See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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) Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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... Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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   Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 Follow Amos on Instagram to find out when he's performing next: @abitofamosgill 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 Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.com Breakin' Nooz will be back in February 2023!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.  Follow Symon on Instagram @symonlovett @adamandsymonshow Hear more from him on his own podcast The Adam & Symon Show https://link.chtbl.com/psvkdOGu See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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!  Skip straight to the story: approx 9:08 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  Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.  Skip straight to the story: approx 6:26 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  Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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/5Xes8hB719uxSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. Skip straight to the story: approx 7:50 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  Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. Skip straight to the story: approx 15:36 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   Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 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  Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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/  Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 ;) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On an ordinary morning in 1980’s Maryland, 17-year-old Larry Swartz and his 9-year-old sister Annie called 9-11 to report that their parents had been killed at their family home. When police arrived, they found their mum, Kay, stripped naked on the front lawn with stab wounds to her neck and their dad, Bob, in their home office having been stabbed 17 times. There were no signs of a break in and nothing was missing from the home, so police turned their attention to the family as suspects: Larry, Annie and their older brother Michael who’d been kicked out of home for being violent and rebellious. Jacob shares every twist and turn with Veronica Milsom. This episode was brought to you by Hayu.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1978, eligible bachelorette Cheryl Bradshaw appeared on the American reality TV program Dating Game to try and find her perfect match. Cheryl picked Bachelor #1, Rodney Alcala, who was known for his passion for photography, skydiving and riding his motorcycle. Unbeknownst to Cheryl, she picked a man who’d spent the past 10 years brutally murdering women and girls all over the United States. Jacob shares the story with guest host and reality TV connoisseur Adam Densten. This episode was brought to you by Hayu.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In September 1977, an American Mormon missionary named Kirk Anderson went missing from his London church. When he returned three days later he claimed he’d been kidnapped by his ex-girlfriend, Joyce McKinney, tied to a bed and forced to have sex with her until she fell pregnant. Her story? They were in love and she was trying to rescue him from (what she believed was) the cult of Mormonism. Join Jacob and co-host Veronica Milsom as they follow the story including the salacious headlines, fake wigs & fat suits, John Travolta and a desperate accomplice named Keith waiting in the wings. This episode was brought to you by Hayu.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 BlySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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-d1558af697beSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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/9781451613575Vanity 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-YGM5BkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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_effectSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rosie is back, and it's been so long that she's collected a Breakin' Nooz BONANZA. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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’See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 - 8See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 2022See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The right to a safe abortion has been taken away from millions of people in the United States. In light of Roe v Wade being overturned last week, we wanted to share the story of Rosie's abortions. Solidarity protests are happening around Australia this week. Find one here: https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/roe-v-wade-australia-protest/  These article include links to places you can donate: https://jezebel.com/where-to-donate-abortion-access-roe-v-wade-1849053167 https://www.businessinsider.com/organizations-seeking-donations-after-overturning-of-roe-v-wade-2022-6  From Rosie: Every woman should have an unequivocal right to make decisions about her own body. It’s that simple. On the other side of the world, I felt so defeated by this news. Just… overwhelmed by a sense of helplessness. But one thing I’m good at is telling stories, so I figure I can at least use that skill to contribute in a way I know how. I’m one of millions of women who have made this choice about my own body, and I’m in a position to tell that story. It’s not a big contribution, but it’s something I can do.So here is just the gist of my abortions. ‘Choice Words: A collection of writing about abortion’ - the book Rosie contributed her story to: https://www.booktopia.com.au/choice-words-louise-swinn/book/9781760875220.html?source=pla&gclid=Cj0KCQjw4eaJBhDMARIsANhrQADf6mTOMLCERIoaKnboXcWFatAGggQvgSKaB2dAsGTbmlHI6ndFBU0aAjYqEALw_wcBSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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/StonecuttersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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/kyxWtitNSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Get tickets to the Just The Gist LIVE shows! https://moretalent.com.au/tours/just-the-gist/ Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 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/ Get tickets to the Just The Gist LIVE shows! https://moretalent.com.au/tours/just-the-gist/ Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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=hPUYuwSRwB8Watch 'The Greatest Wine Forger' documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4CByxYbyJ4Read some articles:Vanity Fair: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/07/wine-fraud-rudy-kurniawan-vintage-burgundiesThe Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/sep/11/the-great-wine-fraud-a-vintage-swindleThe 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. Get tickets to the Just The Gist LIVE shows! https://moretalent.com.au/tours/just-the-gist/ Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this: 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/  Get tickets to the Just The Gist LIVE shows! https://moretalent.com.au/tours/just-the-gist/ Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 Get tickets to the Just The Gist LIVE shows! https://moretalent.com.au/tours/just-the-gist/ Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 9:17We 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-2018-6https://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=enhttps://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniesoteriou/pete-davidson-mom-kim-kardashian-pregnantCount 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-8079199Get tickets to the Just The Gist LIVE shows! https://moretalent.com.au/tours/just-the-gist/ Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 Get tickets to the Just The Gist LIVE shows! https://moretalent.com.au/tours/just-the-gist/ Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 Get tickets to the Just The Gist LIVE shows! https://moretalent.com.au/tours/just-the-gist/ Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Coming to you LIVE from Adelaide, with TWO WHOLE STORIES! Skip straight to the stories: approx 18:26We 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_hoaxHeene 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.htmlhttps://apnews.com/article/9f5d255c2b0667a6520d45607de79dc2https://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  Get tickets to the Just The Gist LIVE shows! https://moretalent.com.au/tours/just-the-gist/ Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s our Canberra LIVE show, which means TWO stories in one ep!  Skip straight to the stories: approx 16:00We 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 Get tickets to the Just The Gist LIVE shows! https://moretalent.com.au/tours/just-the-gist/ Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 14:47We 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  Get tickets to the Just The Gist LIVE shows! https://moretalent.com.au/tours/just-the-gist/ Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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: 17:08We 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_IListen to the 'Gangster Capitalism' podcast episodes on the scandal:https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/introducing-season-1-the-college-admissions-scandal/id1460320573?i=1000519261599Good rundown of the 'side door' admission scheme:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/12/college-admissions-fraud-scandal-felicity-huffman-lori-loughlinThe 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_scandalOne of the only pieces about what happened to the kids involved: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/25/us/college-admissions-scandal-students.htmlGet tickets to the Just The Gist LIVE shows! https://moretalent.com.au/tours/just-the-gist/ Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 Get tickets to the Just The Gist LIVE shows! https://moretalent.com.au/tours/just-the-gist/ Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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/dunne199512https://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 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/ Get tickets to the Just The Gist LIVE shows! https://moretalent.com.au/tours/just-the-gist/ Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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?) Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast@RosieWaterland@JacobWillimStanleyEmail us your suGISTions!justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Merry Happy! Ignore your anti-vaxxer relatives by taking a walk and revisiting Jacob’s just the gist on Santa Claus from last year. Follow us on Insta!@JustTheGistPodcast@RosieWaterland@JacobWillimStanleyEmail us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 20:01We 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=COTC01-001Listen 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.htmlListen 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/ Follow us on Insta!@JustTheGistPodcast@RosieWaterland@JacobWillimStanleyFollow Mohammed’s TikTok: @the.lil.momoEmail us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 24:02We 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-13Some articles: https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/horrific-murder-playboy-playmate-verge-hollywood-stardom-flaw/story?id=66193166https://people.com/crime/dorothy-stratten-murder-playboy-model/A bit more detail on Paul Snider: https://allthatsinteresting.com/paul-sniderDorothy's Tonight Show interview with Johnny Carson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SahoSvAAbH4Trailer 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/pollyplattarchive28If 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/Get tickets to the Just The Gist Live show! https://moretalent.com.au/tours/just-the-gist/Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast@RosieWaterland@JacobWilliamStanleyEmail us your suGISTions!justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 16:29We 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  The Just The Gist LIVE Australian tour is now on sale! Get tickets here: https://moretalent.com.au/tours/just-the-gist Follow us on Insta:@JustTheGistPodcast@RosieWaterland@JacobWilliamStanleyEmail us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 22:21We 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-taleTom 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-screeningTrailer 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=OaQvsFIB4UwGet tickets to our Just The Gist Aussie tour! moretalent.com.au/justthegistFollow us on Insta!@JustTheGistPodcast@RosieWaterland@JacobWilliamStanleyEmail us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 listnrSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 17:32We 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 Follow us on Insta:@JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Send us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 33:35We 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=caEavQied1UFollow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanleySend us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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=pT4NYto3abMWATCH: 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!  Get in touch with us anytime! justthegistpodcast@gmail.com@justthegistpodcast@jacobwilliamstanley@rosiewaterlandEnjoy! xxSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 72:54Have 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/Get in touch with us anytime! justthegistpodcast@gmail.com @justthegistpodcast    @jacobwilliamstanley         @rosiewaterland               See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 1:01:25If you want to skip the original ep and head straight to the Great Emu Escape of 2021, skip to 1:01:25Remember to follow @bellegibsonofficial on Insta  Get in touch with us, we love hearing from youEmail justthegistpodcast@gmail.com Or on Insta:@justthegistpodcast            @jacobwilliamstanley         @rosiewaterland  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, we're revisiting the very first story we ever Gistified on JtG, the Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton scandal. We're catching you up on the important work that Monica's been doing in the last 2 years since our episode originally dropped, and giving you the Gist of the documentary and TV show she produced.  The original story starts around 5:00 Jacob's update starts around 37:49We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: Listen to Monica's interview on Kara Swisher's podcast "Sway" https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9sMmk5WW5UZA/episode/OTIxOGEyYjAtMTRiMi00YzI2LTkxNzUtMGEzOWRiOTE3MDI2?hl=en-AU&ved=2ahUKEwi4zYK8ksvzAhWVbSsKHcS2CG8QjrkEegQIAhAF&ep=6Here's Monica chatting with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show  https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/disagree-to-agree-government-spending-debate-monica/id1334878780?i=1000537802595 And here's another conversation she had with David Axelrod https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ep-461-monica-lewinsky/id1043593599?i=1000537084141 Monica discusses the process of working on "Impeachment" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/arts/television/monica-lewinsky-impeachment-american-crime-story.htmlThis article is worth a read to understand the different ways Monica was viewed in the 1990s https://www.vox.com/culture/22672346/monica-lewinsky-bill-clinton-impeachment-american-crime-story  Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanleyEmail us your suGISTions! JustTheGistPodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’ve got a special little treat for you, Gisteners! Jacob’s having a chat with our hero, Stuart Semple, about some of the hijinks he’s been up to in the last 18 months since we released our episode about his feud with Anish Kapoor. Revisit the original ep with us before the interview (from 4:07) or skip straight to the chat with Stuart at around 37:42 to hear us chat about his latest creations and projects, and of course, how he’s continued to punk Bean Boy. Here are the links we promised you:  If you missed the news about Jens Hanning “Take The Money and Run”, check this link out https://www.npr.org/2021/09/29/1041492941/jens-haaning-kunsten-take-the-money-and-run-art-denmark-blank Watch the video for Rubin’s song “Bean Boy” as many times as you can https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XOQ6DbXXOo (And stream it on your music streaming service as many times as you can) Read Stuart’s review of Anish Kapoor’s very grand exhibition https://www.artlyst.com/features/anish-kapoor-country-house-splendour-stuart-semple/ Just browse around the Culture Hustle website, and make sure you read every bit of text on the the Karen page https://culturehustle.com/collections/potions/products/karen-set-of-6-x-magnolia-acrylic-paints Check out the first exhibition at Giant Gallery https://fadmagazine.com/2021/02/25/stuart-semple-opens-new-gallery-giant-with-inaugural-exhibition-crash/ Listen to Stuart’s podcast, starting with his interview with Sarah Maple http://stuartsemple.com/social-works-shifting-the-social-dial-and-staying-humble-with-sarah-maple-visual-artist-1/ Be sure to look at Stuart’s Facebook post about his work “My Arse on the Line” https://www.facebook.com/MrStuartSemple/posts/my-arse-is-currently-on-show-diohoria-in-greece-my-arse-on-the-line-incredibly-k/357451459069903/ Check out Passions of Paradise for tours of the Great Barrier Reef https://passions.com.au Follow @stuartsemple@culturehustle@giantartgallery@justthegistpodcast@jacobwilliamstanley@rosiewaterland email us your sugGISTions justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Jacob's kicking things off with a quick run-down on the massive week of Britney news before he prances into the archives and gets into the bizarre case of Gypsy Rose and Deedee Blanchard. This was one of our earliest episodes, and is still in our top five most outrageous stories. A mother poisoning her daughter - did she have Munchausen syndrome by proxy? Or was her daughter's illness part of a grift? The daughter orchestrating her mother's murder - was that self defence? Or revenge? Stick around til the end to get an update on what's happening in Gypsy's world now, 6 years on from the climax of the story and just months away from her first parole hearing.  Original story starts around 23:17 Original story ends & updates start around 1:04:38 Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanleyEmail us your suGISTions! JustTheGistPodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Introducing: “Stories of Gistorical Significance” or “Gists You Might Have Missed”.  Rosie’s taking a little break at “The Spa” for a few weeks, and while she’s away Jacob's revisiting a few of our older episodes and sharing some new information that’s recently come to light, starting with the mystery of JonBenét Ramsey’s murder.  We're coming up on the 25th anniversary of JonBenét's death, and a new documentary about the Ramsey case was released earlier this year, which presents a very different theory of what happened than the one we presented in our original episode...  Listen to Rosie deliver the Gist of JonBenét's murder (recorded in March 2020) before Jacob then gives an overview of the case as presented by folks who believe an intruder killed JonBenét in December 1996.  Original story starts around 5:45 Original story ends & updates start around 46:47 We give you the gist, but if you want to dive in and get more detail Watch “The Case Of: JonBenét Ramsey” on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBUQO2u-eD4  And watch the newest doco “JonBenét  Ramsey: What Really Happened?” https://watch.foxtel.com.au/app/#/shows/401720/seasons/1/episode/HWW10545552  Here’s a description of the documentary which calls it “both riveting and heartbreaking”  https://www.foxtel.com.au/whats-on/foxtel-insider/latest-news/jonbenet-ramsey-doco.html  If you missed Rosie’s post on the socials last week, here it is https://www.instagram.com/p/CT01LyaPXG8/  Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanleyEmail us your suGISTions! JustTheGistPodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An extreme anti-abortion law was passed in Texas this month. A woman who seeks an abortion after six weeks can be arrested, along with anybody who aids her in seeking that abortion. $10,000 bounties are being offered to the public to ‘dob’ women in. Considering most women don’t even realise they are pregnant at that early stage, this law effectively bans more than 90% of abortions in the state. Clinics are already turning women away for fear of punishment. Every woman should have an unequivocal right to make decisions about her own body. It’s that simple. On the other side of the world, I felt so defeated by this news. Just… overwhelmed by a sense of helplessness. But one thing I’m good at is telling stories, so I figure I can at least use that skill to contribute in a way I know how. I’m one of millions of women who have made this choice about my own body, and I’m in a position to tell that story. It’s not a big contribution, but it’s something I can do.So here is just the gist of my abortions. - Rosie‘Choice Words: A collection of writing about abortion’ - the book Rosie contributed her story to: https://www.booktopia.com.au/choice-words-louise-swinn/book/9781760875220.html?source=pla&gclid=Cj0KCQjw4eaJBhDMARIsANhrQADf6mTOMLCERIoaKnboXcWFatAGggQvgSKaB2dAsGTbmlHI6ndFBU0aAjYqEALw_wcBSome further reading: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/01/texas-abortion-law-supreme-court https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/08/texas-abortion-vigilantes-sb8-citizens-sue https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/09/biden-administration-sue-texas-abortion-lawSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aliens? Supernatural forces? Or just two guys called Doug and Dave ‘aving a laff? Crop Circles - huge, intricate, geometric patterns in the ground that many insist cannot possibly be made by humans - have been appearing in random fields throughout history. But where exactly do they come from, and are they proof of extraterrestrial life? DO YOU BELIEVE?Skip straight to the story - approx 26:45We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: Watch this fairly balanced 2001 documentary, made at the peak of the crop circle frenzy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq3MjnCr30k  Watch this very unbalanced documentary from 1991  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBz1UCQnQWc  Read this article from Time Magazine about Doug and Dave’s revelation in 1991 https://www2.nau.edu/~gaud/bio372/class/readings/circ.htm  Watch their appearance on Dutch TV from the same year  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpVks_FMcLo  Spend a while exploring this website to get the latest Croppie gossip as well as some history  https://thecroppie.co.uk/  See photos of the latest crop circles as they appear  https://cropcircles.lucypringle.co.uk/  Get all the detail, videos and articles, about Operation Blackbird  http://thecroppie.co.uk/2016/02/05/operation-blackbird/  Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanleyEmail us your suGISTions! JustTheGistPodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Widely considered the greatest literary hoax of modern times, the story of JT Leroy seems almost impossible to believe. Bursting onto the scene in 2001 with a bestselling book and heartbreaking life story, JT Leroy was a 20-year-old writing prodigy who quickly became the celebrity of the hour. He was photographed at A-List parties. Profiled in magazines. Gus Van Sant wanted to make a movie about him. Winona Ryder cried while giving a speech about him. The Smashing Pumpkins welcomed him backstage at their concerts. Madonna wanted him to join Kabbalah.  But JT Leroy didn’t exist.  So who was this person? And how did they dupe not just Hollywood, but the entire world? (TW: although JT Leroy turned out to be a fiction, this episode includes brief references to the physical and child sexual abuse described in his books.) Skip to the story! Approx 11:30 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: ‘The Boy Who Cried Author’ piece in Vanity Fair: https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2006/04/jtleroy200604/amp The first article to bust things wide open: https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/14718/ Interview with Savannah Knoop:https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/23/my-life-as-jt-leroy-savannah-knoop-on-playing-the-great-literary-hoaxer Vanity Fair Confidential episode, Season 4, Ep 2 (this one is a great overall summary): available to watch on Amazon Prime in Aus The Cult of JT Leroy doco trailer: https://youtu.be/ARPXyCqq1YI Author: The JT Leroy Story doco trailer (this is the nutso one with lots of interviews with Laura Albert): https://youtu.be/hvSwcE32VKg If this episode brought up any issues for please contact the following: Lifeline: 13 11 14 https://www.lifeline.org.au/ Beyond Blue:1300 224 636https://www.beyondblue.org.au/ LGBTQI support: 1800 184 527https://qlife.org.au/Follow us on Insta: @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanleyEmail us your suGISTions!JustTheGistPodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jacob lives out his dream and gives us just the gist of Cher. No further description necessary. Skip to the story! Approx 18:04We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: Here’s a nice, succinct doco about Cher’s life up to 1998  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGWrxldROLw  Here’s another doco from 2003, worth a view  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8zY9JnGl0U  Listen to Cher’s interview with Andrew Denton in 2018  (in which Cher talks about teaming up with Meryl Streep to reduce a woman from assault)  https://podcasts.apple.com/cz/podcast/cher/id1459220847?i=1000443335147  Watch 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 in the documentary “Dear Mom, Love Cher”  https://tv.apple.com/au/movie/dear-mom-love-cher/umc.cmc.2hfqeiden8wvse2vemzz4kjyh?action=play  Watch the trailer for the movie that sent Sonny and Cher bankrupt, “Chastity”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dmQyPKEWxA  "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 Jackon  https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3r2645  Watch a full episode of Cher’s solo show, in which her future husband / ex-husband Greg Allman is a guest star https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsihHU95etc Watch Cher’s medley of soul anthems performed with Elton John and Bette Midler on the “Cher” TV show in 1975  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p5kUaR3D04  Behold Cher’s magnificent one-woman performance of West Side Story from her special in 1978 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLq6k6Ckafg  Cher + Dolly Parton + gospel medley = life shifting perfection  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVGs41Mik1E  Just… Cher performing a medley with David Bowie (I’m not crying, you’re crying)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPlN8RBP-Ws  Cher with the Jackson Five (we know you’re still crying, and it’s ok) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGBJfnsT75E  Cher’s disco moment - Take Me Home (can’t believe Rosie didn’t know this song, but OK)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ3giJ0BPOw  Cher putting her true love Rob Camiletti on full display in her video for “I Found Someone” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WttpvJVjLE  Cher’s informercials, and the parodies, are all on this site  http://ruthsreport.blogspot.com/2020/11/that-time-cher-destroyed-her-career.html  Cher’s eulogy for Sonny. It’s heartbreaking, but such a beautiful tribute (and Cher is still so effing FUNNY and gets a lot of laughs)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fba-YxHIm6c  Watch the full Cherwell tour  https://vimeo.com/449975168  Enjoy Cher calling Letterman an asshole in 1986 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrX1ZFpvk14 Be moved by the time Sonny and Cher reunited in 1987 on Letterman  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4EaFzRVjlM The brilliant profile by Tim Elliot on Jock Zonfrillo in Good Weekend: https://www.smh.com.au/national/he-s-very-nice-the-only-problem-is-chef-marco-pierre-white-on-jock-zonfrillo-20210714-p589q3.htmlFollow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanleyEmail us your suGISTions! JustTheGistPodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you’re claustrophobic you’re going to struggle with this one… A lot of you requested this story after our Baby Jessica episode, so you know it’s going to be INTENSE. In 2009, there was a massive 27-hour rescue operation to save John Edward Jones, a man who got stuck in the Nutty Putty Cave - 31 metres underground, in a rock crevice so small and tight that he couldn’t even expand his chest fully to take a proper breath. And… he was completely UPSIDE DOWN. Skip straight to the story: approx 19:15 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: All That’s Interesting article: https://allthatsinteresting.com/nutty-putty-cave CaveHaven article: https://cavehaven.com/nutty-putty-cave-accident/ ‘The Last Descent’ trailer: https://youtu.be/9aT2NN8FYoQ Some YouTube vids: https://youtu.be/WaIoXN-7FjM https://youtu.be/d1nuqpAULpEFollow us on Insta! @JustThePodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanleyEmail us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’ve all seen the horrific damage caused by tsunamis - buildings flattened, whole towns destroyed. But what if a tsunami wasn’t made of water? What if it was made of… molasses? As crazy as it sounds, that’s exactly what happened in Boston in 1919. A tsunami of what is basically maple syrup flooded the city, and this sticky wave destroyed everything - and killed everyone - that it came across.We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: Read Dark Tide, the super comprehensive book about the disaster and the context in which it happened:  https://www.booktopia.com.au/dark-tide-stephen-puleo/book/9780807078006.html  Check out this article to see a bunch of photos of the chaos the flood caused:  https://www.boston.com/news/history/2019/01/14/great-molasses-flood-photos/  Learn about the 21 victims who were killed by the flood, and how their lives ended: https://www.boston.com/news/history/2019/01/13/victims-great-boston-molasses-flood-1919/  Read an article about the painstaking cleanup process that took months:  https://www.boston.com/news/history/2019/01/14/great-molasses-flood-cleanup-aftermath/  Skip right to the story: approx 18:40 Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanleyEmail us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1987, there was a news event that brought the entire world together. People did not stop watching their TVs for days - the First Lady of the United States even postponed surgery until she knew the outcome. Eighteen-month-old Jessica McClure had fallen down an old well and was wedged almost ten metres underground for 56 hours. Every news channel that existed had cameras in that tiny backyard in Texas, while the world watched - live - and waited in suspense to see if she’d come out alive.  We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: The articles Rosie mentioned: LA Times in 1995: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-05-24-mn-5474-story New York Times Magazine in 1995: https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/23/magazine/death-on-the-cnn-curve.html Good summary: www.history.com/.amp/this-day-in-history/baby-jessica-rescued-from-a-well-as-the-world-watches Jessica on the 30 year anniversary: https://www.time.com/4980689/baby-jessica-30th-anniversary https://www.people.com/human-interest/baby-jessica-on-the-30-year-anniversary-of-her-rescue-from-a-well-her-life-as-a-wife-and-mom Trailer for the TV movie ‘Everybody’s Baby: The Rescue Of Jessica McClure’:  https://youtu.be/JIPAPTKr0xc Footage of Baby Jessica being rescued:  https://youtu.be/afSChsWNcbQ The podcast about Amazon that Jacob recommended: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/brown-box   Skip right to the story: approx 27:04 Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGist @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Send us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How did a little girl in India manage to convince not just her family, but some of the world’s biggest skeptics, that she had clear memories of a past life? From the age of four, she recognised words and places that there was no way she could know. She knew intimate details about the man she insisted was once her husband, and recognised people she’d never met, right down to knowing their names and secrets. She knew her way around the detailed streets of a town she’d never been to, and easily pointed out which house she’d once lived in. After studying her for years and putting her to the test time and time again, experts kept coming back to one conclusion: Shanti Devi was the first person to offer real proof that reincarnation is real.  Skip right to the story: approx 19:51 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: Shanti Devi’s biography “I Have Lived Before”, written by a former skeptic who came to be a believer:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/601269.I_Have_Lived_Before  Or you can just read a summary of it here: https://www.reincarnationresearch.com/reincarnation-case-of-lugdi-chaubey-shanti-devi-mathur-and-the-orb-phenomenon/  Get to know more about the career of Dr Ian Stevenson, one of the psychiatrists who examined and interviewed Shanti and concluded her story was true:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Stevenson  And read about cases he studied, in which children were born with physical traits that mirrored their past life or even their death:  https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/716499/reincarnation-REAL-proof-life-after-death  If you’d like a jumping off point to find out more about research that scientists are conducting into reincarnation and paranormal activity, here’s a good start: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/02/there-is-a-paranormal-activity-lab-at-the-university-of-virginia/283584/  Pooseum article in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jul/14/pooseum-tasmanian-museum-dedicated-to-poo-wins-three-year-heritage-battle-with-council-over-sign Follow us on Insta!@JustTheGistPodcast@RosieWaterland@JacobWilliamStanleySend us your suGISTions:justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

So… turns out your beloved 90s boyband was nothing but a financial scam. Lou Pearlman created Backstreet Boys and Nsync, taking them from unknown teens in Florida and turning them into the biggest bands in the world. At the height of their fame, both groups were bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars, yet they were only getting paid… $30 each a day. Yep - Lou Pearlman was a con artist, and he wasn’t just ripping off the boy bands he created. When authorities took a closer look, they realised he had been running the biggest Ponzi scheme in US history, and most of his investors were naive old people who thought they owned a little piece of the Backstreet Boys.We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there’s this:The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story (the doco produced by Lance Bass): https://youtu.be/CcCRs0Ic3FIVanity Fair Confidential episode ‘Mad About The Boys’ (season 1, episode 9 - available on Amazon Prime in Australia): https://youtu.be/KJR1_Hj-j2ABackstreet Boys: Show ‘Em What You’re Made Of: https://youtu.be/bOZm93IWvgAVanity Fair article ‘Mad About The Boys’: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/11/pearlman200711/ampWashington Post article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/03/13/lou-pearlman-was-disgraced-mogul-who-defrauded-s-boy-bands-then-came-million-ponzi-scheme/%3foutputType=ampNew Yorker piece: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/we-live-in-the-pop-culture-world-that-lou-pearlman-created/ampFree Britney stuff we mentioned:New Yorker piece by RONAN Farrow and Jia Tolentino: https://www.newyorker.com/news/american-chronicles/britney-spears-conservatorship-nightmare/ampNew podcast ‘Pieces Of Britney’: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p09mfr9sSkip right to the story: approx 22:42Brisbane and Perth Gisteners! Get tickets to Rosie’s show Kid Chameleon: https://moretalent.com.au/tours/rosiewaterland/Follow us on Insta!@JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanleyEmail us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Imagine sitting at your desk at work, a day like any other. All of a sudden you hear a rumbling that gets louder, and louder. Then you look out the window and see it: a massive tank (yes - TANK), covered in guns, coming straight towards your office. You get outside just in time to see this thing completely flatten your building to the ground, then drive away. Um… WHAT? That’s exactly what happened in 2004 to the people in Granby, Colorado. Marvin Heemeyer, a local man, was angry at most people in town about a bunch of different nonsense, so he decided to take revenge by spending more than a year modifying a bulldozer into a weaponised war-like tank, which he then drove all over town for several hours destroying everything in his wake. As you do. Local businesses, the town hall, the library, even the police station - all flattened by the Killdozer. And because this thing was indestructible (bullet-proof, bomb-proof, unbreakable steel), there was nothing the police could do, but watch helplessly and hope something - anything - would stop it. It literally got to the point where the army considered dropping a bomb on it so strong it would also destroy the entire town. So what stopped the Killdozer in the end? We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: The ‘Tread’ documentary trailer: https://youtu.be/yb1hQfo4nFY The book by Patrick Brower (who was editor of the local paper that day and in one of the buildings Marvin Heemeyer attacked) - ‘Killdozer: The True Story of the Colorado Bulldozer Rampage’: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37003600-killdozer A good YouTube Breakdown: https://youtu.be/Bo9Vu_X6lKw News footage from the day: https://youtu.be/PZbG9i1oGPA Articles: https://allthatsinteresting.com/marvin-heemeyer-killdozer https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/politics/article/killdozer-rampage-preppers/amp https://www.snopes.com/news/2017/06/09/killdozer-day-marvin-heemeyer/ Marvin’s wiki:  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Heemeyer Skip right to the story: approx 27:21 Follow us on Instagram! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us to your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.com Brisbane and Perth - Get tickets to Rosie’s show Kid Chameleon! https://moretalent.com.au/tours/rosiewaterland/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1991, a billion-dollar experiment took place, designed to see if humans could survive in an artificial earth inside a giant glass dome that would eventually be built on other planets. Years was spent building Biosphere 2 in the USA, and inside was an ocean with actual tides and waves, a rainforest, a desert, vast wetlands, a farm with crops, animals, housing and laboratories. ‘Rain’ could even be switched on and off. Eight Humans lived inside it for TWO YEARS. So why has hardly anybody has heard of it? Because it was a disaster, none of it worked, and they nearly died. Turns out, despite sounding impressive, this experiment wasn’t run by NASA or even scientists, it was run by a bunch of hippies from a cult-like experimental theatre group who had no clue what they were doing, but had duped a billionaire into giving them a lot of money.We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:The documentary Spaceship Earth (in Aus you can rent or buy it on YouTube or Amazon Prime): https://youtu.be/ySQU8kzmZBoThe current Biosphere 2 website (run by the University of Arizona): https://biosphere2.org/Some great articles: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/29/sunday-review/biosphere-2-climate-change.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jul/13/spaceship-earth-arizona-biosphere-2-lockdownhttps://www.history.com/.amp/news/biosphere-2-spaceship-earthAwesome footage from inside: https://www.pbs.org/video/good-stuff-nature-biosphere/https://youtu.be/eZcLeF4XM1IYou can visit! (Well, you know, when we can travel again…): https://news.arizona.edu/biosphere-2 Skip right to the story: approx 28:58Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanleySend us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comBrisbane and Perth! Get tickets to Rosie’s show Kid Chameleon: https://moretalent.com.au/tours/rosiewaterland/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Extray! Extray! Ya fave AWARD WINNING podcast team is back, with so much nonsense to talk about that we needed to put it all in a whole seperate episode. That’s right… you get TWO this week! And yes - WE TALK ABOUT BRITNEY. JEAN. SPEARS. (With a lil bit of John McAfee in there for ya too.) It’s comin’ down the wirrre!We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:Britney’s full court statement transcript: https://variety.com/2021/music/news/britney-spears-full-statement-conservatorship-1235003940/amp/Leah Remini’s podcast, Scientology: Fair Game https://fairgamepodcast.com/A Perfect Storm podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a-perfect-storm-the-true-story-of-the-chamberlains/id1481929640Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanleySend us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comBrisbane and Perth! Get tickets to Rosie’s show Kid Chameleon: https://moretalent.com.au/tours/rosiewaterland/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“A DINGO’S GOT MY BABY.” That now infamous line is what most people blurt out when asked about Lindy Chamberlain, but there is so, so much more to the story. At just 9 weeks old, Azaria Chamberlain was snatched and killed by a dingo while the Chamberlain family were camping at Uluru. Despite a desperate search, her body was never found - and that’s when the accusations started. Had Lindy or her husband Michael killed their baby? Why doesn’t Lindy seem emotional enough? How DARE she be attractive? Does Azaria actually mean ‘sacrifice in the wilderness’? Despite very clear evidence that it had in fact been an awful dingo attack, Lindy Chamberlain became the victim of a nationwide witch-hunt, which would see her end up in prison. It was only years later that the truth came out - some very powerful people had set Lindy up to be found guilty. She never stood a chance. We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: Listen to the brilliant podcast series A Perfect Storm, especially if you want to hear the candid recordings of the detectives involved in the case https://open.spotify.com/show/4sADNVGYAf0VnP6TqaBW3i  Watch a fantastic 2020 documentary that unpacks the entire saga. Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story https://10play.com.au/lindy-chamberlain/episodes/season-2020/episode-1/tpv200927vrkel  Explore Lindy’s website, where Lindy shares her thoughts and many rumours are debunked https://lindychamberlain.com/  Order Lindy’s book https://lindychamberlain.com/book/  Watch Evil Angels AKA A Cry In the Dark  cause it's bloody good and not enough people appreciate Sam Neill's tan in it  (Available on Netflix in Australia)  Skip right to the story: approx 20:26 Brisbane and Perth - get tickets to Rosie’s show Kid Chameleon! https://moretalent.com.au/tours/rosiewaterland/ Follow us on Insta!@justthegistpodcast@rosiewaterland@jacobwilliamstanleyEmail us your suGISTions!justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Arguably the most famous child star the world has ever known, Shirley Temple was so talented that the Vatican sent a priest to confirm the 5-year-old girl wasn't actually a middle-aged woman with dwarfism. The top earning actress and box office earner in the US, Temple was easily the most famous person in the world for most of the 1930s... until she had the AUDACITY to grow a little older (as in, she hit double-digits). So how does someone go from being the youngest person ever to win an Oscar, to struggling to get cast in a movie within just a few years? Whatever happened to Shirley Temple? We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:Shirley Temple Black's autobiography, 'Child Star': https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/782944.Child_Staredwards/ebook/9781493026920.htmlShirley Temple: The Little Girl Who Fought The Great Depression: https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-little-girl-who-fought-the-great-depression-john-f-kasson/book/9780393350616.html'Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling' doco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pcUEmnGX2g'The Dark Side Of' podcast episode about Shirley Temple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hollywood-shirley-temple-child-star/id1461918400?i=1000444480614One of the (very creepy) 'Baby Burlesks': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsCQ0t-3t1IShirley Temple dancing with Bill Robinson:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X4A9mI5bxwShirley Temple Black interviewed by Larry King in 1988:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_KacEMBJg0 Skip right to the story: approx 14:07Brisbane and Perth - get tickets to Rosie's show Kid Chameleon! https://moretalent.com.au/tours/rosiewaterland/Follow us on Insta!@JustTheGistPodcast@RosieWaterland@JacobWilliamStanleyEmail us your suGISTions!justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nine Russian hikers go missing in the mountains in 1959. They are found dead soon after, with shocking and unexplained injuries to their bodies (we're talking 'missing eyeballs and exploded hearts' kind of shocking). Authorities find their tent has been cut open from the inside, as if they were trying to escape in an absolute panic. But what were the hikers running from? And what could've killed them in a way that looked like it came straight out of a horror movie? There are theories from aliens to an axe murderer to the Russian government testing secret weapons. But one thing we do know -  whatever happened during the Dyatlov Pass hiking trip, it was truly horrifying.We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this: Rummage through all the details and files available on  https://dyatlovpass.com/  Read Donnie Eichar’s 2014 book, Dead Mountain  https://www.booktopia.com.au/dead-mountain-donnie-eichar/book/9781452140032.html  Check out the recent New Yorker article that bumped this story to the top of the Gist List:  https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/17/has-an-old-soviet-mystery-at-last-been-solved  Was it an avalanche all along? Watch this overview of how a slab fall can happen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22OmPK7Ml34  A few more articles that were published recently we think you might enjoy:  https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-may-have-finally-unraveled-mystery-dyatlov-pass-incident-180976886/  https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00234-5  https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/02/russia-dyatlov-pass-conspiracy-theory/605863/  Skip right to the story: approx 21:32 Get tickets to Rosie's show Kid Chameleon!  https://moretalent.com.au/tours/rosiewaterland/ Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Send us your suGISTions!  justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A man gets on a plane, says he has a bomb, demands $200,000 and a parachute. He gets what he asks for, jumps, AND THEY NEVER FIND HIM. DB Cooper pulled off the only successful plane hijacking in US history, in a case that baffles the FBI to this day. There are many, many theories as to who DB Cooper really was (from it actually being a woman, to a nutso connection to the show 'Mad Men'), but nobody has ever been able to confirm who the person in the famous criminal sketch is for sure, or what happened to him. We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:The Mystery of DB Cooper (I kept calling it the 'Disappearance' of DB Cooper but it's actually the 'mystery' MY BAD!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diuo8_VfpRw Stuff You Should Know podcast ep: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-stuff-you-should-know-26940277/episode/sysk-live-the-db-cooper-heist-29467756/FBI casefile: https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/db-cooper-hijackingBuzzfeed Unsolved ep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHSehKtDyoIInterview with Flight Attendant Tina: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/db-cooper-tina-mucklow-untold-story-1111944/Prancer the Chihuahua Insta: https://www.instagram.com/prancerthechihuahua/ Skip right to the story: approx 26:48Get tickets to Rosie's show Kid Chameleon: https://moretalent.com.au/tours/rosiewaterland/Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanleySend us your suGISTtions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A bunch of people suddenly drop dead for no reason - the only thing they have in common? They had all just taken tablets for a headache. It doesn't take long for doctors and police to figure out that the painkillers they had taken were laced with cyanide - and the whole world went into a TOTAL PANIC. How did a deadly poison get into tablets that pretty much everyone has in their home? Who put the cyanide in there? And why? The Chicago Tylenol murders and the Excedrin murders of the 1980s are the reason we now sell all medications in tamper-proof packaging, because back then, anyone could open a bottle of headache tablets up, put poison in the capsules, then put it back on the shelf in the pharmacy without anybody noticing. You just had to hope you weren't the one who picked up the headache tablets that could kill you...We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:Bitter Almonds by Gregg Olsen: https://www.amazon.com/Bitter-Almonds-Mothers-Daughters-Seattle/dp/0312982003Forensic Files ep about Stella Nickell:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZi3lUmN7FEMurderpedia page: https://murderpedia.org/female.N/n/nickell-stella.htmChicago Tylenol Murder info:https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/tylenol-murders-1982https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tylenol_murdersContraceptive Pill/Blood Clot articles:https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/the-pill-blood-clots-vs-coronavirus-vaccine/https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-pill-causes-clots-too-why-no-outrage-20210410-p57i3w.htmlhttps://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/how-common-are-blood-clots-on-the-contraceptive-pillPain and Prejudice by Gabrielle Jackson:https://www.booktopia.com.au/pain-and-prejudice-gabrielle-jackson/book/9781760878665.htmlFollow us on Insta!@justthegistpodcast@rosiewaterland@jacobwilliamstanleyEmail us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Otherwise known as the biggest dick measuring contest of all time (according to Rosie), this is Just The Gist of two of the first men to discover dinosaur bones back in the 1800s. So many fossils and dinosaurs were being discovered at the time that they called it 'The Great Dinosaur Rush', because every time you discovered a new dinosaur, you got to name it and go down in the history books as the OFFICIAL CLEVER MAN WHO FOUND THIS DINOSAUR. But did Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh play fair in this rush to discover new dinosaurs? Of course they didn't! They let their egos get in the way, and in the race to be the bestest, most importantist dino digger, they actually started DESTROYING fossils just so the other guy couldn't find them. That's right - there could be hundreds of dinosaurs that we'll never know about because these two guys smashed them up like babies. So who won The Bone Wars in the end? We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more there's this: Here’s a few articles worth reading:  https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/battle-for-the-bone-wars-beasts  https://www.wired.com/2011/08/o-c-marsh-before-the-bone-wars/  https://interactive.wttw.com/prehistoric-road-trip/detours/the-two-paleontologists-who-had-a-bone-to-pick-with-each-other  The Wikipedia page is especially detailed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_Wars And a few videos worth checking out:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMWAOWfbN1M  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaEFwNGwHxk  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP_3PF-FOV0  Some podcasts: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b05xh31n  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BffwWquMh-8  Skip right to the story: approx 20:26 Follow us on Insta! @justthegistpodcast @rosiewaterland @jacobwilliamstanley Get tickets to Rosie's show Kid Chameleon! https://moretalent.com.au/tours/rosiewaterland/Email us your suGISTions!justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Remembered for being possibly the most infamous and feared killer of recent times, there's not many people who don't know about Charles Manson and the Tate/LaBianca murders. But, it tends to be one of those topics everybody assumes they know everything about, until they hear the bizarre details. Like, did you know that Manson didn't actually kill movie star Sharon Tate himself, or any of the victims that 'The Manson Family' are most known for slaughtering? Or that Charles Manson was good friends with The Beach Boys, to the point where one of his songs even ended up on one of their albums? Or that during his trial, people actually admired him so much that he was put on the cover of Rolling Stone? It's a famous story that's been told a gazillion times, but there's way more crazy 'shock your friends at a dinner party' details in this one than you think. We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:The AMAZING 'Charles Manson's Hollywood' series of the 'You Must Remember This' podcast by Karina Longworth: http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/2020/1/20/charles-mansons-hollywoodThis bestselling book considered one of the definitive texts about it all:'Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson' by Jeff Guinn: https://www.amazon.com.au/Manson-Life-Times-Charles/dp/1451645171'Helter Skelter' by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry - probably the most famous book about Manson, written by the lawyer who prosecuted him:https://www.amazon.com/Helter-Skelter-Story-Manson-Murders/dp/0393322238The Rolling Stone cover story from 1970 'Charles Manson: The Incredible Story of the Most Dangerous Man Alive': https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/charles-manson-the-incredible-story-of-the-most-dangerous-man-alive-85235/Charles Manson's first televised prison interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbW0agGFv88From Breakin' Nooz:Watch 'EXPOSED: The Ghost Train Fire' on ABC iView: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/exposed-the-ghost-train-fireFollow brilliant journalist Caro Meldrum-Hanna on twitter, who investigated the show and provides all the updates you need on possible future inquests etc: https://twitter.com/caromeldrum Skip right to the story: approx 27:02Get tickets to Rosie's one-woman show Kid Chameleon! https://moretalent.com.au/tours/rosiewaterland/Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanleyEmail us your suGISTtions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We took our nonsense to Melbourne and had an EXCELLENT time - Bird in Hand in hand obvi.We’ve got some Breakin’ Nooz for ya, plus TWO stories!Jacob gives Just The Gist on Lawrence Joseph Bader, otherwise known as John Fritz Johnson - a guy who faked his own death to escape his boring life OR got total amnesia one day, disappeared and became a local TV star in a different town. WHAT REALLY HAPPENED?Rosie gives Jacob Just The Gist on COCAINE BEAR! Thought it was just a bear that died after eating a lot of cocaine in the 80s? Turns out there’s a lot more to it than that, involving a paratrooper called Andrew Thornton II, a massive drug smuggling operation, and Gucci Loafers.We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:John Fritz Johnson: Article from LIFE magazine from the year Fritz was discovered: https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KkEEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA41&ots=tKFmLcXexd&dq=Lawrence%20Joseph%20Bader&pg=PA41#v=onepage&q=Lawrence%20Joseph%20Bader&f=false  And another article from that same year: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1734&dat=19650210&id=C00fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bFEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6932,2562925&hl=en  Another take, reflecting back on the story from 2019:  https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/585515/how-presumed-dead-lawrence-bader-invented-new-life  And if you life reading other people's opinions and hot takes on events, you might like to read the Reddit comments on the case:  https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/68o5l7/the_strange_disappearance_of_larry_bader_and_the/  Cocaine Bear:IFL Science breakdown: https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/cocaine-bear-the-true-story-of-a-bear-that-ate-70-pounds-of-cocaine/Kentucky For Kentucky - the people who tracked down Cocaine Bear and now have him on display (along with a bunch of awesome merch): https://kyforky.com/History on Andrew Thornton: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_C._Thornton_IIhttps://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2017/apr/28/fbi-cia-cocaine/Tickets to Rosie's comedy show Kid Chameleon: https://moretalent.com.au/tours/rosiewaterland/Follow us on Instagram: @justthegistpodcast @rosiewaterland @jacobwilliamstanelySend us your suGISTions: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If a wealthy old billionaire with a cartoonish name told you he’d hidden $2 million worth of treasure somewhere in a national park, would you actually believe him? More importantly, would you have a crack at trying to find that treasure for yourself? When Forrest Fenn announced in 2010 that he’d hidden a bronze chest filled with jewels and gold in the Rocky Mountains, a lot of people did choose to believe, and they sure did have a crack at finding that treasure. Over the course of a decade, more than 350 000 people fulfilled their childhood fantasies of going on a real-life treasure, hoping to become instant millionaires.  The only clues to the chest’s location were laid out in a (terrible) poem Forrest had included in his memoir. Sounds like a recipe for a whimsical, joyful adventure, right? Well… the hunt turned out to be quite a destructive force to not only the environment, but to the treasure hunters themselves. People were very seriously injured, and several of them even lost their lives. Plus the legal system quickly became clogged with lawsuits (because: America), and the constant suing really sucked a lot of the fun out of the whole thing. We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this: Have a read of this 1986 People Magazine article about Forrest Fenn’s gallery and lifestyle https://people.com/archive/rivals-scorn-his-santa-fe-gallery-but-forrest-fenn-baskets-the-cash-vol-25-no-23/ Visit Fenn’s Clues - a website dedicated to deciphering the poem and locating the treasure  http://fennclues.com/the-poem.html Check out this article about the hunt, published in 2012 when it started to go mainstream https://www.newsweek.com/forrest-fenn-wants-you-find-his-treasure-and-his-bones-64427 Here's a great article about Fenn’s life and the treasure hunt, written shortly after his death https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/16/buried-treasure-forrest-fenn-rockies Get to know more about Jack, the man who found the treasure https://www.outsideonline.com/2419429/forrest-fenn-treasure-jack-stuef This book is going to be worth the read when it’s released in May 2021 https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/604063/chasing-the-thrill-by-daniel-barbarisi/ And watch some examples of Fennhead YouTube channels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFIZQP4XfmA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqgLMclzLWs Skip right to the story: approx 20:41 Get tickets to a Just The Gist LIVE show! https://moretalent.com.au/tours/just-the-gist/ Get tickets to Rosie's solo show Kid Chameleon!https://moretalent.com.au/tours/rosiewaterland/ Follow us on Insta! @justthegistpodcastEmail us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We recorded our very first LIVE SHOW at the Adelaide Fringe Festival last week! And it was loose and ridiculous and fun and involved lots of Bird In Hand (obviously).Including Breakin' Nooz, plus TWO whole stories! Jacob gives Rosie just the gist on Tik Tok scammer Paul Zimmer (or is it Troy Becker?), who tricked a bunch of kids into sending him money. And Rosie gives Jacob just the gist on the story that inspired the movie Changeling -  Bobby Dunbar, the 4-year-old boy who disappeared and came back 8 months later... but nobody could ever be sure if it was really him.We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:Paul Zimmer/Troy Becker: One of the first articles to bring the story into the mainstream media:  https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/social-media/2020/01/strange-case-paul-zimmer-influencer-tiktok-instagram-rebrand-different-person-troy-becker  'Troy’s' website: https://thetroybecker.com/  The @paulzimmerconspiracies Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/paulzimmerconspiracies/ Here’s the video of Paul/Troy addressing the DRAMA and introducing his wife and baby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEGxoAM58eM  Paul/Troy’s ex-best-friend Danny explains what makes the guy tick in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR_fQ8j9Cdc&t=122s  “Troy’s” acting debut on Dharr Mann’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmG9maCcut4&t=1sv  Bobby Dunbar: The amazing NPR series 'The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar':  https://www.thisamericanlife.org/352/the-ghost-of-bobby-dunbar Buzzfeed Unsolved video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYUdnsIn5OU&t=577s The wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Bobby_Dunbar Archived USA TODAY article about the DNA test: https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-05-05-1914-dna_x.htm Great summary on All That's Interesting: https://allthatsinteresting.com/bobby-dunbar Live shows will be coming to a hometown near you soon, so stay tuned and check here for tickets! https://moretalent.com.au/tours/just-the-gist/Tickets to Rosie's comedy show Kid Chameleon: https://moretalent.com.au/tours/rosiewaterland/Follow us on Instagram: @justthegistpodcast @rosiewaterland @jacobwilliamstanelySend us your suGISTions: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yeah... not much else we can title this one, really. Travis the Chimp was treated like a son by his owners Sandy and Jerry. They bought him as a pet when he was just three days old, and raised him like a human. Seriously - by the time he was ten, he had favourite TV shows, helped mow the lawn, loved drinking wine, and could even drive a car. But no matter how domesticated he became, Travis was still, at the end of the day, a wild animal. And that became all too clear the day a call came through to the Connecticut 911: “HELP PLEASE! HE... HE RIPPED HER FACE OFF!” Probably even more shocking is that the woman Travis attacked SURVIVED. (And obviously went on Oprah, in what is now remembered as one of her most harrowing, famous interviews: with a woman forced to wear a veil because she no longer had a face.)We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: Read an in-depth article from New York magazine about Travis's life: https://nymag.com/news/features/70830/  Watch the video of Oprah’s interview with Charla in Oct 2009: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj2fSt1OPJU  See how much Charla’s condition had improved by 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6JhIldn2FQ  And see Charla’s progress as of 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6inhUFpQnOo  Skip right to the story: approx 19:02 Get tickets to Rosie’s comedy show Kid Chameleon: https://moretalent.com.au/tours/rosiewaterland/ Get tickets to the Just The Gist LIVE shows:https://moretalent.com.au/tours/just-the-gist/ Follow us on Insta! @justthegistpodcast Email us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marvel movies may be the biggest money-making blockbusters in the world today, but back in 1994, they made one that was SO bad, when studio bosses saw the final cut, they decided they would never, ever release it to the public. It was just that... embarrassing. It was an attempt at a Fantastic Four movie, and after how disastrously it went, Marvel bosses desperately tried to keep it a secret, even banning current Marvel stars from ever talking about it. So how exactly does that happen? How does an entire superhero movie filmed in Hollywood end up so bad it can't even be released?  And can you watch it today? (Yes. Yes you can.) We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this: Watch the full-length, unreleased 1994 film here:  https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x19pvwt  The trailer Rosie watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgeFPKECZKE Watch the 2016 documentary “Doomed” on Amazon Prime:  https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0IIEUXLMWWO1CPPNCM0BPQEIO8/ref=atv_sr_def_c_unkc__1_1_1?sr=1-1&pageTypeIdSource=ASIN&pageTypeId=B072N1JF6T&qid=1615461973  Read this 2005 article from Los Angeles Magazine - “Fantastic Faux”:  https://books.google.com.au/books?id=SF8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA109&dq=%22selling+the+character%27s+option+to+Universal%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FJbjUPe3KMy70AHlwoDAAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22selling%20the%20character's%20option%20to%20Universal%22&f=false  And this loving tribute from Den of Geek:  https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-roger-corman-fantastic-four-movie-the-most-faithful-ff-ever/  Skip right to the story: approx 25:04 Get tickets to a Just The Gist LIVE show! https://moretalent.com.au/tours/just-the-gist/ Get tickets to Rosie's solo show Kid Chameleon!https://moretalent.com.au/tours/rosiewaterland/Email us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Before Prince Harry decided to jump ship with Meaghan Markle, there was one other guy who decided to quit the Royal family. King Edward VIII fell in love with a divorced American woman back in 1936, and when the Royal family treated her like crap, he quit ‘The Firm’ and left the country with her for good. SOUND FAMILIAR?With Harry and Meghan spilling all the tea in their Oprah interview this week, we thought this was the perfect time to get just the gist on the other Royal couple everyone keeps comparing them to: Wallis and Edward. Skip right to the story: approx 16:25We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more there’s this:The audiobook with awesome narration that Rosie listened to: Untitled: The Real Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor by Anna Pasternak https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780008297312/untitled-the-real-wallis-simpson-duchess-of-windsor/The book with details about all their Nazi connections: 17 Carnations by Andrew Morton https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22313811-17-carnationsThis book is veeeery long and detailed but good:The Crown in Crisis: Countdown to the Abdication by Alexander Larman https://www.hachette.com.au/alexander-larman/the-crown-in-crisis-countdown-to-the-abdicationFilmed interview with Wallis and Edward where they spill some tea (kind of like their Oprah interview at the time): https://youtu.be/I02fZDd-BBcSome documentaries:Wallis Before Edward: https://youtu.be/aOBm305ooVQThe Love Affair That Almost Destroyed Britain (Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters): https://youtu.be/Swd3ISRF_wYInterview with expert and author Anna Pasternak: https://youtu.be/yYYq5v6WApsPodcast episode:Stuff You Missed In History Class - Wallis Simpson and the Nazi King https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/stuff-you-missed-in-history-class/id283605519?i=1000463641705See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When she was born, Agafia's father had become convinced that their family was being hunted by the Russian government, so he had packed up the whole family and escaped into the Siberian wilderness - hundreds of kilometres from any other humans. Agafia is now 76, the rest of her family has died, and she is still living - alone - in the tiny hut her father built back in the 1940s. She has only left her home a total of six times in her entire life, and if not for being discovered by chance in the 80s, nobody would ever even have known she was there.  If you want to see Agafia performing for the camera, start by watching these 2 videos:  VICE documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt2AYafET68 RUSSIA TV documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFK3DJ7Kn6s&pbjreload=101 Read this stuff: Read this excellent article from Smithsonian magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/for-40-years-this-russian-family-was-cut-off-from-all-human-contact-unaware-of-world-war-ii-7354256/ If you can track down a copy of Vasily Peskov’s book about the Lykov family, apparently it’s excellent: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1166194.Lost_in_the_Taiga Read about the influencer who put Agafia’s life at risk by flouting social distancing rules during the pandemic… https://igvofficial.com/updateworlds-loneliest-hermit-has-been-put-at-risk-of-covid-19-after-influencer-takes-a-trip-to-see-her/ And you can go to Google Maps and see exactly where she lives: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lykov+family+settlement/@51.4608556,88.4183531,15z/data=!3m1!4b1 RECCOS: Watch 'I Care A Lot' on Amazon Prime: https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0TIXYYBH7U617YC52G595LGU44/ref=atv_hm_hom_c_8pZiqd_2_2 Read the Forbes article about Britney's (lack of) wealth: https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2021/02/17/britney-spears-net-worth-revealed--and-its-shockingly-low-compared-to-her-pop-peers/?sh=50a826f718ac Skip right to the story: approx 21:51 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s Britney bitch. What is her conservatorship all about? Is it true that she’s being held prisoner by her dad? Is she sending secret messages through her Instagram? Why are thousands upon thousands of people convinced that one of the greatest pop stars of all time needs to be ‘set free’? Here’s just the gist on Britney Jean Spears and the #FreeBritney movement.We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more there this:Articles:NYT: https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/article/framing-britney-spears.amp.htmlNYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/arts/music/is-britney-spears-ready-to-stand-on-her-own.htmlSlate: https://slate.com/culture/2021/02/framing-britney-spears-gives-pass-to-free-britney.html Podcasts:Britney’sGram: https://britneysinstagram.libsyn.com/Eat, Pray, Britney:https://www.eatpraybritney.com/Even The Rich (the Britney episodes):https://wondery.com/shows/even-the-rich/Watch:NYT Presents: Framing Britney Spears (it’s not legally available in Australia yet boooo)Britney singing ‘Love Can Build A Bridge’ on Star Search: https://youtu.be/wWuK5EnXaWUVery detailed 5-part Free Britney doco from super fans on a channel called ‘Deep Dive’: https://youtu.be/_6CGuHwWDFsLawyer reacts to Framing Britney Spears: https://youtu.be/B63NjIYtoXM Skip right to the story: approx 10:45 Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcastEmail us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ALLEGEDLY! Imagine if Mark Zuckerberg went nutso, started walking around shirtless with a gun trying to take over another country? That's pretty much John McAfee. Most people know his name because he's the guy who invented the antiviral computer software that almost everyone has used at one point or another. Just another nerdy tech dude with lots of money, right? Lol no. John McAfee took off to the jungle in Belize, pretty much tried to take over the country with his own army, insisted he was creating magical new medicines out of rare jungle plants, and left a suspicious trail of abused and/or dead people in his wake. Oh, and he didn't get in trouble for any of it. FREAKING RICH WHITE DUDES. Skip right to the story: approx 40:34 We give you just the gist but if you want more, there's this: There’s a lot of content on John’s YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxoo1v5Zp15ZrujZ8OxColQ  Including the Dateline segment about John and his return to the USA after escaping Belize: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FO9TG8DkA&t=1s  John McAfee’s side of the story - an open letter: https://www.businessinsider.com/john-mcafee-what-really-happened-in-belize-2016-5?IR=T  And his defence in video form: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx3yTWkN3fI  John’s website: http://www.whoismcafee.com/  And another website he runs, dedicated to discrediting the content in “Gringo”: http://showtimegringo.com/  Joshua Davis’ Wired article from 2012: https://www.wired.com/2012/12/ff-john-mcafees-last-stand/  And the extended book - John McAfee’s Last Stand: https://www.amazon.com.au/John-McAfees-Stand-Kindle-Single-ebook/dp/B00A88KHYI  How John’s whereabouts in Guatemala were revealed by accident: https://www.wired.com/2012/12/how-vice-got-john-mcafee-caught/  John’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/officialmcafee?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor  The Junkee article with precious links to Caleb's hilarious, adorable and ICONIC appearances on Rove Live: https://junkee.com/rove-launched-caleb-bond/158631See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. Then... yeah - 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).This one is a WILD fkn ride.  Skip right to the story: approx 22:19We 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=1Info on survivor Deborah Scaling Kiley: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Scaling_KileyDeborah’s book ‘Albatross: The True Story Of A Woman’s Survival At Sea: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/273844.AlbatrossTranscript of Deborah’s interview with Larry King: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/27/lkl.01.html Email us your suGISTtions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

So it's just a bunch of crazy conspiracies from right-wing pro-Trump people, right? Saying mean things about Hillary? Something about a Pizza Restaurant...?Well yeah, QAnon is all that, but it's also SO MUCH CRAZIER THAN YOU THINK. QAnon is a weird fantasy in which Donald Trump is a superhero/Jesus, and the 'Lightworkers' say he is the only one who can save imprisoned children from being tortured at the hands of an underground group of celebrities and politicians who want to eat babies and destroy the earth. LOL WHAT?Yeah... when those 'Q' people stormed the capitol, it wasn't just because they were cranky Trump lost and Biden won, it was because they thought the very fabric of human existence was at stake, and NOTHING could convince them otherwise. So how did a bunch of boomers and once regular, smart people (one of them Jacob's friend) end up sucked into the bizarre conspiracy world of QAnon? How did it start, and do people still believe it now that Trump has slunk away to play golf rather than be their Jesus and save the world?Reply All podcast episode: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/llhe5nm Conspirituality podcast episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/conspirituality/id1515827446QAnon Anonymous podcast (start at beginning): https://podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/qanon-anonymous/id1428209307 Q Clearence podcast (start at beginning): https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/q-clearance-the-hunt-for-qanon/id1534027012 Some articles about the 3 people who amplified Q in the early stages:  https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/how-three-conspiracy-theorists-took-q-sparked-qanon-n900531 https://heavy.com/news/2018/08/paul-furber/ https://heavy.com/news/2018/08/tracy-diaz/ Learn more about Ron and Jim Watkins: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/men-qanon/story?id=73046374 Learn what it took to finally take down 8chan: https://www.theneweconomy.com/technology/a-sorry-site-8chan-gets-the-axe-raising-questions-about-internet-censorship Skip right to the story: approx 37:47See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It turns out 2021 is just two 2020s in a trenchcoat, so there's been a LOT of Breakin' Nooz since we went on break at the end of December. Which means... a whole episode of Breakin' Nooz! The Block Scandal! Hilaria Baldwin! Sydney's own lady Bernie Madoff! A penis cartoon! And so much more! All in one month! 2021 sure has hit the ground running.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WE MADE IT. Welcome to 2021. Let's all agree that last year can go straight into a bin that is then lobbed directly into the sun. But before that happens, let's reminisce on the dumpster fire that was the last 12 months...Here's just the gist of 2020!We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this: Normally we put links here, but... for real... we all lived it. Just google stuff. Email us with your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Whether you're stuck dealing with racist Uncle Barry or chilling at home eating Chinese food and watching movies, we decided to get you through the day with a sneaky lil history on the origins of Santa Claus! And it's a pretty intense history tbh. There's pimping out women for cash, children being turned into ham and eaten, and way more guns than you would've thought.Oh, and we answer the question everyone asks in primary school: Was Santa's red and white suit really invented by the Coca Cola company?We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this: This is an excellent documentary about Christmas traditions from around the world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crocEiyluyk  Read about the 'real' Saint Nick's life https://www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas  Check out Santa's appearances in wartime propaganda https://www.history.com/news/santa-goes-to-war  Some more details on Sinterklaas traditions https://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/holland.shtml  Here's some detail on how the New York Knickerbockers made Santa a thing in the USA http://historydetectives.nyhistory.org/2018/12/the-new-york-city-origins-of-santa-claus/ Email us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1979, a fire broke out on the ghost train at Sydney’s Luna Park, killing 7 people - 6 of them children. Despite being over 40 years since the tragedy occurred, it’s still considered one of Sydney’s greatest unsolved mysteries, as authorities never figured out how or why it happened. But, there are main two theories that refuse to go away - that an infamous Sydney criminal caused the fire in an attempt to take over the park, or... that a devil-horned man named Moloch started the fire as part of a child sacrifice. Story starts at approx 13:17 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: Daily Telegraph article with interviews: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/luna-park-tragedy-36th-anniversary-of-the-fire-that-killed-seven-riders-on-the-ghost-train-in-1979/news-story/6e70f4ea61959d1d393ce597da253c78 Mosman Collective article with good collection of pics: https://www.mosmancollective.com/latest/2020/6/11/local-history-the-un-solved-mystery-behind-the-deadly-ghost-train-inferno-at-luna-park-still-haunts-sydney-more-than-40-years-later Some podcast eps:  Fairground F*uck-Ups:  https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-ghost-train-luna-park-pt-1/id1536362713?i=1000500701793 True Crime Island: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/episode-25-the-luna-park-ghost-train-fire/id1184429621?i=1000392932858 Investigates: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/investigates/id1344649849?i=1000469479078 Email us with your suGISTions!  justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2009, six celebrity-obsessed teenagers decided that the best way to live like their idols was to, well, steal their stuff. These kids used Google, TMZ, Facebook and good ol' Hollywood Star Maps to figure out where celebs lived and when exactly when they weren't at home. Then they'd break into their (usually unlocked) mansions and steal piles of their stuff. They ransacked the homes of Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Rachel Bilson, Orlando Bloom and more. By the time they were caught, they had $3million worth of stuff, and the crazy thing? Most of the celebrities hadn't even noticed anything was missing. Story starts at approx 13:57 We give you Just The Gist, but if want more, there's this: This is the article that blew up the story around the world, Nancy Jo Sales’ The Suspect wore Louboutins:  https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/share/e9cc0cc3-dbf1-4fab-8367-5fc7c05608e6 Her book 'The Bling Ring': https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16248269-the-bling-ring The Bling Ring movie by Sophia Coppola (available in Australia on STAN): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4LzhgExvrc Read all the details of how Nick Prugo destroyed a woman’s life in a vicious, evil way  https://www.lamag.com/longform/aesthetician-arrested-murder/  Here’s an update on where the Ring members were in 2018 https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/the-bling-ring-where-are-they-now/alexis-neiers/  Watch the Alexis reality show 'Pretty Wild' (this ep is the one where she gets mad at Vanity Fair for saying she was wearing the wrong shoes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6nlonPQQlU  Email us with your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1995, daytime talk shows like Jerry Springer and Jenny Jones were at the height of their popularity thanks to using a tactic called ‘ambush television’ - getting guests on stage and shocking or embarrassing them for entertainment. There were episodes like ‘Mom, I’ve been sleeping with your boyfriend’ or ‘Remember our one night stand? WELL THIS IS YOUR BABY!’ One episode of Jenny Jones at the time was called ‘Guess your secret crush!’ and in it, a man called Scott Amedure admitted to his friend Jonathan Schmitz that he had a crush on him. Three days later, Scott was dead. Jonathan had murdered him, and he blamed The Jenny Jones Show. Story starts at approx 24:05We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:The doco episode of ‘Trial By Media’ that Rosie talked about, called ‘Talk Show Murder’ (on Netflix): https://www.netflix.com/title/80198329?s=i&trkid=13747225Episode of ‘Criminal’ podcast about the ‘Gay Panic’ defence: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/criminal/id809264944?i=1000458839778Some articles: https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/inside-the-jenny-jones-show-murder-25-years-later.html/https://people.com/crime/netflix-trial-by-media-jenny-jones-murder/This episode may have been triggering or upsetting for members of the LGBTQIA community, so please reach out if you need to. Here’s some links:Lifeline: https://www.lifeline.org.au/Q Life: https://qlife.org.au/ACON: https://www.acon.org.au/Beyond Blue: https://www.beyondblue.org.au/Email us your suGISTions! justthegist@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Imagine if Donald Trump and the dude who created Fyre Fest were allowed to run an Olympics - that’s the level of disaster that was going on at the 1904 St Louis Olympic Games. Nothing was organised, competitors almost died, and the US kept giving citizenship to foreign athletes who won so they could have the highest medal tally. Who cares if cars were literally driving through races? AMERICA WANTED TO WIN BIGLY. Story starts at approx 20:00We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there’s this: Some fun articles to read about the Marathon: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-1904-olympic-marathon-may-have-been-the-strangest-ever-14910747/  https://www.avclub.com/the-1904-olympic-marathon-was-the-worst-race-ever-run-1842740808  This one in particular has some great photos:  https://www.boredpanda.com/1904-olympic-marathon-st-louis/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic  And some articles about the Olympics as a whole:  https://www.history.com/news/8-unusual-facts-about-the-1904-st-louis-olympics  https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB109218288511488239  One of many videos on YouTube about the Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl6Onu-mhVs  For scale, check out how big the St Louis World’s Fair was in comparison to the Olympics:  https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/09/the-1904-st-louis-worlds-fair-photos/597658/  The Conspirituality Podcast Jacob mentioned: https://open.spotify.com/show/2imIsM2NZRPpQvI56TLdM5?si=vn2ttetbSC2T3PD0y9RTbA  Send us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 1940s and 1950s, Dr Walter Freeman performed his 'pioneering' procedure on thousands of people, and trained other doctors to perform it on thousands more. The media was calling it a 'miracle cure' for any and all mental illness. You could get it done at your local doctor's office in five minutes for the bargain price of 25 bucks. The only problem? The 'procedure' involved taking an ice pick, sticking it through the eye socket up into the brain, and swishing it around at random. People would go in suffering mild depression, and come out with the mental capacity of a toddler. But that didn't stop Dr Freeman, with hundreds of thousands of people getting the 'miracle' Ice Pick Lobotomy before he was finally stopped. Story starts at approx 25:20 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:Psych Central article: https://psychcentral.com/blog/the-surprising-history-of-the-lobotomy/ Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobotomy Guardian article about Howard Dully: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/jan/13/neuroscience.medicalscience NPR interview with Howard Dully: https://www.npr.org/2005/11/16/5014080/my-lobotomy-howard-dullys-journey More info on Rosemary Kennedy: https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/rosemary-kennedy-jfk-sister-life-lobotomy-what-happened/ Great episode of 'LORE' with super gory reinactments, but tells the story really well (watch in Aus on AmazonPrime): https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0HBSJWFIHCW6RDKSPFSX0YILCW/ref=atv_hm_hom_c_8pZiqd_2_1 Follow us on Insta! @rosiewaterland @jacobwilliamstanley @justthegistpodcast Email us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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! Story starts at approx 16:00We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:Watch the 'Sour Grapes' documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPUYuwSRwB8Watch 'The Greatest Wine Forger' documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4CByxYbyJ4Read some articles:Vanity Fair: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/07/wine-fraud-rudy-kurniawan-vintage-burgundiesThe Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/sep/11/the-great-wine-fraud-a-vintage-swindleThe New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-true-crime-documentary-about-the-con-that-shook-the-world-of-wineFollow us on Instagram! @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley @JustTheGistPodcastEmail us with sugistions!! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Her story was one of triumph over trauma. When planes flew into the World Trade Centre twin towers on September 11, Tania Head was on the floor where the plane hit. She somehow made it out, only to still be at ground zero when the tower collapsed. Waking up in hospital with horrific injuries, she is told that her fiancé who was in the other tower, has died. She goes on to become president of the World Trade Centre Survivor’s Network, and is the public face of those who made it out.  One little problem - she had never even been to the World Trade Centre. She wasn’t even in the country on 9/11. IT WAS ALL A LIE.  So how does a woman who made up her entire story of survival end up president of the damn Survivor’s Network? And what happened when they found out she’d been faking it all along - that she was the woman who wasn’t there? Story starts at approx 24:34 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: Watch the documentary The Woman Who Wasn't There: https://tubitv.com/movies/319707/the-woman-who-wasn-t-there Read the book of The Woman Who Wasn’t There: https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-woman-who-wasn-t-there-robin-gaby-fisher/book/9781451652093.html Angelo Guglielmo explains how he came to make the film and write the book:https://www.huffpost.com/entry/9-11-survivor-book_b_1399852 David Dunlap’s 2007 article that revealed all of Tania’s lies: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/nyregion/27survivor.html?auth=login-email&login=email Documentary about the hoax from 2008 called The 9/11 Faker:https://watchdocumentaries.com/the-911-faker/RECCOS!The prison podcast by the FyreFest guy Billy McFarland called ‘Dumpster Fyre’: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/dumpster-fyre/id1535569915A good article breaking down all the Quibi nonsense: www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/10/21/21527197/quibi-streaming-service-mobile-shutting-down-end-katzenbergDISHMANTLED! https://youtu.be/f4fx6V7ura0The AMAZING Coogee Bay Hotel poo article in Junkee by Rob Stott: https://junkee.com/coogee-bay-poo-mystery/179190Follow us on Insta! @rosiewaterland@jacobwilliamstanley@justthegistpodcastEmail us with ideas/comments/complaints about the Breakin’ News song! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In October of 1994, three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkettsville, Maryland while shooting a documentary... A year later their footage was found. AND EVERYBODY LOST THEIR DAMN MINDS. The Blair Witch Project was a horror film that gripped the world because everybody (Rosie included) was convinced it was a real 'documentary'. It was a mania that could only have happened at that one point in time - the internet was new, 'found footage' horror movies weren't around yet, and we were all JUST SO NAIVE. But how did the creators actually do it? How did they make millions of people believe they were watching actual footage of missing students being murdered? Rosie gives Jacob Just The Gist on exactly how The Blair Witch Project was pulled off - from auditioning the actors to (whose parents got condolence cards from friends who thought they had died) to faking entire newspaper articles to pull people in. Story starts at approx 18:34 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this: Ben Rock's 8 detailed blog posts about working on the film: https://www.dreadcentral.com/author/ben-rock/The 1999 Blair Witch website:https://www.blairwitch.com/main.htmlArticle 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/ Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blair_Witch_Project American Hysteria podcast mini-episode about The Blair Witch Project mania of 1999: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/13-believing-in-the-blair-witch/id1441348407?i=1000437303993 This week's RECCOS: Watch Seduced (the other NXIVM documentary besides 'The Vow'): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmogBLEhbjY(Available to watch in Australia on Stan) Listen to the 'wellness debunking' podcast Rosie mentioned called 'Maintenance Phase':https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/maintenance-phase/id1535408667Reply All episode about QAnon 'A Country of Liars': https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/llhe5nm/166-country-of-liarsRabbit Hole podcast:https://www.nytimes.com/column/rabbit-holeFollow us on Insta! @jacobwilliamstanley@rosiewaterland@justthegistpodcastEmail us your ideas!justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1976 in the tiny town of Chowchilla, three men kidnapped 26 kids (aged 5-14) and their busdriver. They piled them into blacked-out vans, drove for 12 hours to the middle of nowhere, then forced them to climb down a ladder into a hole in the ground before locking them inside. As the older kids tried to comfort the younger ones, they suddenly heard the unmistakable sound of dirt being poured on top of them. They were being buried alive. BUT! As Rosie always says, arrogant male criminals are idiots, so things don't exactly go to plan for the kidnappers...   Story starts at approx 23:07We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:CBS 48 Hours documentary episode: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chowchilla-bus-kidnapping-frederick-woods-survivor-i-felt-like-i-was-an-animal-going-to-the-slaughterhouse/A collection of the nutso photos Rosie mentioned: https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/chowchilla-bus-kidnapping-frederick-woods-rare-photos-from-one-of-the-largest-kidnappings-in-u-s-history/Trusty old Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Chowchilla_kidnappingMy Favourite Murder podcast ep about it: https://podcasts.apple.com/gh/podcast/233-free-range-children/id1074507850?i=1000486606773News article about Frederick Woods' 2019 parole hearing: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7550463/Chowchilla-kidnapper-67-parole-40-years-abducted-26-kids-buried-alive.htmlRECCOS!Class Action Park: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqg48h_uKYM (Watch in Australia on BINGE)My Octopus Teacher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s0LTDhqe5A(Watch in Australia on Netflix)FOLLOW!Rosie on Instagram: @rosiewaterlandJacob on Instagram:@ jacobwilliamstanleyJust The Gist on Instagram: @justthegistpodcastEMAIL US WITH SUGGISTIONS!justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

JACOB'S COMPUTER POOPED ITSELF. And he's in the middle of nowhere working on that ridiculous tan, so we couldn't record together this week. Buuuut... we know how sad you get when we take a week off, so I forced Caleb to jump on the mic and do half an hour of Breakin' Nooz with me! Then we re-dropped the Anna Delvey episode, because a certain actress is going to play her in a TV show and was recently seen visiting her in prison...This week's RECCOS:Watch Love Fraud: https://play.stan.com.au/programs/55932/seasons/extras Watch Get Orgnaised: The Home Edit: https://www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=81094723 Watch PEN15 Season 2: https://play.stan.com.au/programs/2758060/play Listen to the American Hysteria podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/american-hysteria/id1441348407 Read 'The Diana Chronicles' by Tina Brown: https://www.amazon.com.au/Diana-Chronicles-Tina-Brown/dp/076792309X --- She turned up in New York and said she was an heiress to a Russian billionaire family. She stayed in the best hotels, ate at the best restaurants and hung out with the coolest high society people. BUT IT WAS ALL FAKE AND NOW SHE'S IN PRISON. For scamming, well, pretty much everyone. Genius or con artist? Or both? We give you Just The Gist, but if you want to dive deeper, there's this: The viral article from The Cut that first made Anna (in)famous: https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/how-anna-delvey-tricked-new-york.html The Fake Heiress podcast from BBC: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fake-heiress/id1491349699 The book by Rachel DeLoache Williams: 'My Friend Anna': https://www.booktopia.com.au/my-friend-anna-rachel-deloache-williams/book/9781787478299.html Anna Delvey's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theannadelvey/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Before Tiger King, before Carole Baskin, before even Siegfried and Roy, there was husband and wife Ron and Joy - two gloriously tacky (but crazy talented) dancers, who decided to spice up their show by bringing in the ultimate back-up performers: tigers. And leopards. Oh, and the occasional jaguar. Add to the mix their shared boy toy Chuck Lizza, throw in some sequins and buckle down for a crazy story... that obviously ends in more than one person getting eaten. Skip straight to the story: approx 21:03 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this: Watch the Cat Dancers documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sYgkGqzjz0 Watch 'Tiger Terror' - Season 3 Episode 6 of 'Fatal Attractions' for some glorious reenactments: https://www.amazon.com/Terror-at-Bear-Farm/dp/B079WKVQ7L/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=fatal+attractions&qid=1600920959&sr=8-5 Interview with Ron Holiday: http://www.stevekorver.com/writing/profilesinterviews/strangerrrrr-than-fiction/Some articles: https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1999/11/27/a-lasting-trust-in-tigers/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-cat20jun20-story.htmlhttps://www.popmatters.com/71962-cat-dancers-2496041273.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One day they were the most powerful and wealthy royal family in the world, their ancestors having been in charge of Russia for more than 300 years. NEK MINIT... Tsar Nicholas Romanov, his wife Alexandra and their five children (including the legendary Anastasia) are taken down to a basement in the middle of the night and killed, in a VERY botched and violent execution. For years, Russia refused to acknowledge what really happened that night, which led to much speculation about their fate. Did all of them die that night? Or did 16-year-old Anastasia Romanov escape and move to Florida, eventually retire and become one of the Golden Girls?  Story starts at approx 14:41 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this: Watch docudrama 'The Last Czars': https://www.netflix.com/title/80211648Watch BBC doco 'Russia's Lost Princesses': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHQWpcpJVM0HIstory article about the remains of the Romanov family: https://www.history.com/news/romanov-family-bodies-discovery-coverupLast Podcast On The Left 'Rasputin' series: https://www.lastpodcastontheleft.com/episodes/2018/4/7/episode-310-rasputin-part-i-greg-drunkFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justthegistpodcast/Email us! justhegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’ve had a makeover! And Jacob has finally been promoted from ‘And Friends’ to his whole name! And in true ‘ex drama school students who love nothing more than to talk about themselves’ style, this week we talked so much shit answering all your Ask Us Anything questions that we didn’t even get to an actual story! Lots of Breakin’ Nooz, lots of reminiscing, lots of surprises and lots of singing (badly). Thank you so much for listening so far - here’s to many more! Follow us on Instagram: @justthegistpodcastEmail us: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shannon Whisnant bought an abandoned storage locker, and found a human foot inside. John Wood came forward and was like, "Um, hey, that's my foot, can I have it back please?" But Shannon liked the foot, and didn't want to give it back. He bought it fair and square, damn it! That's how the most bizarro (and hilarious) legal battle began - two men fighting over a LITERAL MUMMIFIED FOOT. Who is the rightful owner in the end? Story starts at approx 14:36 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this: Make sure you watch the Finders Keepers documentary on Amazon Prime or Google Play - you will LOVE it! https://www.amazon.com/Finders-Keepers-John-Wood/dp/B079599877  Rolling Stone article that came out around the time of the Finders Keepers documentary: https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/two-men-and-a-severed-foot-inside-the-most-bizarre-doc-of-the-year-72903/   Hear Shannon talking about the movie and his plans for the future in an episode of the podcast “In the Mouth of Dorkness”: http://inthemouthofdorkness.podbean.com/e/the-foot-man-in-the-mouth-of-dorkness/ Or just read a summary of it here in an obituary for Shannon published shortly after his death in 2016: https://filmschoolrejects.com/win-win-winning-e5377c8b9f97/#.eltnvxb8e Email us! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While living with her parents, Jennifer Pan finished high school, graduated university with a degree in pharmacology and started working as a pharmacist. Except... she didn't. None of it was true. Jennifer had basically spent years hiding in cafes and libraries and making pretend notes so her parents would think she was working hard. And when they found out, the shit really hit the fan. Story starts at approx 20:16 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:The book Rosie listed to (A Daughter's Deadly Deception by Jeremy Grimaldi): https://www.booktopia.com.au/a-daughter-s-deadly-deception-jeremy-grimaldi/ebook/9781459735262.htmlThe Toronto Life article that made the story famous (Jennifer Pan's Revenge by Karen K. Ho): https://torontolife.com/city/crime/jennifer-pan-revenge/Casefile podcast episode with audio of her interrogation: https://casefilepodcast.com/case-50-jennifer-pan/Video footage of Pan's police interrogation:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfnEO-6Ca7UEmail us! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Imagine you’re peacefully sitting by the lake after a lovely swim, you look up, and there is a floating island of mud and gunk the size of 60 tennis courts coming right at you. A poo tsunami. A POONAMI. You can’t run, you can’t hide. And there’s no way of knowing where the killer bog is going to go next. That’s what happened to this US lakeside town in 2017. A massive killer bog was on the loose and destroying everything in its path... until the locals decided to fight back. (Yes, this is completely true. And yes, Rosie loses her mind with poo jokes so strap yourselves in Gisteners.) Story starts at approx 28:45 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: See just how big the bog was in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHELCyicUZY  If you want to jump in the rabbit hole Jacob spiralled down, you can read some of the articles written about the incident here: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/wandering-beast-of-a-bog-wreaks-havoc-on-minnesota-lake/483870036  https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/floating-island-bog-crow-wing-county-minnesota  https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/4447019-efforts-move-monstrous-floating-bog-northern-minnesota-lake-bogs  http://www.northlandoutdoors.com/2019/06/17/minnesota-lakeshore-owners-remove-floating-bog-one-piece-at-a-time/  See just how impossible it was to move the monster bog in one piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIAsfgosg_U And see what it looked like when it got chopped up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGl90Tt3MuE  Watch Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story: https://youtu.be/RE-GwkeZQmI Email us your ideas/comments/complaints about the Breakin’ Nooz song! justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Imagine walking down the street and bumping into your identical twin - a twin you never even knew you had? That’s what happened to these guys, except there were three of them. They were born identical triplets, and adopted out to seperate families as babies. 18 years later, they randomly found each other. And that’s not even the craziest part of their story... TW: this episode references mental health and suicide  Story starts at approx 21:57 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: Watch Three Identical Strangers: https://youtu.be/hwNJtPCj_GE The Lawrence Wright story from 1995: https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.newyorker.com/magazine/1995/08/07/double-mystery/amp A couple more articles: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/28/three-identical-strangers-the-bizarre-tale-of-triplets-separated-at-birth https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-three-identical-strangers-documentary-20180702-story.html Email us at justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

(Yes he named it after himself - wouldn’t you? HE IS THE REASON FOR KICK-ARSE 80s SAX SOLOS.) The saxophone is kind of the least interesting thing about this guy. He literally cheated death about 57 times, starting with swallowing a 6-inch needle when he was a toddler, followed by accidentally drinking a cup of poison and surviving assassination attempts from people who were jelly that the saxophone was just so awesome and their instruments were lame.  Rosie is convinced Kenny G went back in time to make sure he survived Story starts at approx 26:48 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: The Belgian city where Adolphe was born (Dinante) loves to celebrate their local hero - check out their Sax dedicated page here: http://www.dinant.be/en/inheritance/adolphe-sax  Stephen Cottrell wrote a very comprehensive biography of Adolphe Sax in his book The Saxophone (which you might have to dig to find if you are keen to read it - it’s out of print and it's rare) Here are the first articles Jacob came across that piqued his interest: https://allthatsinteresting.com/adolphe-sax  http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2019/07/the-surprisingly-badass-life-of-the-inventor-of-the-saxophone-adolphe-sax/  Mary Trump’s book that Rosie read: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Much_and_Never_Enough The William Shatner show on Binge that Rosie couldn’t remember the name of (it’s ‘The UnXplained’ btw 😂): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_UnXplained Email us! justthepodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The ‘Queen of Tehano music’, people often said it wasn’t that she was ‘the Latin Madonna’ but that Madonna was ‘the English Selena’. She sung her Spanish-language music to stadiums of thousands, was one of the wealthiest Latin-music stars in America and was about to become a mainstream superstar by releasing her first album in English. Then she was murdered, at 23, by the president of her fan club.  Story starts at approx 21:58We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:Podcasts Rosie listened to:Selena: A Star Dies in Texas https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/selena-a-star-dies-in-texas/id1505572990?i=1000473720346Murder Made Me Famous-Yolanda Saldivar https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/murder-made-me-famous/id1492150996?i=1000459993657Selena (1997 biopic with J-Lo) https://youtu.be/0ottkTXAe_sSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s a plague! With dancing! A dancing plague! Like, literally. There once was a town where a plague wiped out a bunch of the residents... by making them dance until they died. (Count how many dancing references Jacob manages to squeeze into this one - it’s truly something to behold.) Story starts at approx 17:47Some good, solid articles to get you started if you want to know more: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20161028-the-town-the-nearly-danced-itself-to-death https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/jul/05/bizarre-dance-epidemic-of-summer-1518-strasbourg https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-dancing-plague-of-1518 Puppet History episode that made Jacob briefly obsessed with the story: https://youtu.be/2MZZrDA-I4MThe book Jacob did not read is by a chap called John Waller - if you want to read it buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1848310536/ref=nosim?tag=thepubdomrev-20 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did you know that in the US from 1989-2001, there were no real major prize winners of the McDonald's Monopoly game, because THE WHOLE THING WAS RIGGED? Every single person who won a big prize was part of a major scam, and when the FBI found out, they teamed up with Maccas to go UNDER COVER BABY! This one is nuts. Story starts at approx 24:09 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this: The doco called McMillion$ that just came out that Rosie is OBSESSED with and demands you all watch (available on Binge or HBO):https://binge.com.au/shows/show-mcmillion!6090 The McMillion$ podcast hosted by the doco creators:https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-mcmillion%24-podcast/id1495403653Some great articles:https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-an-ex-cop-rigged-mcdonalds-monopoly-game-and-stole-millionshttps://www.vulture.com/2020/02/mcdonalds-monopoly-game-fraud-true-story.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/arts/television/mcmillions-hbo-explained.htmlThe Mary Kay Letourneau article Rosie mentioned in Breakin' Nooz:https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/mary-kay-letourneau-vili-fualauu-relationship-media-child-rape-tryst-1025466/Email us at justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

So, did you know that in 1932, the Australian Army went to war... against emus? Like, actual emus. The birds. That run. And before you say it doesn't make any sense for the army to go to war against emus, the crazier part of this story is: THE EMUS BLOODY WON. Join us for this bizarre (and embarrassing tbh - for the army, not the emus) little piece of Aussie history. We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:Some articles Jacob read: https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2016/10/on-this-day-the-emu-wars-begin/https://medium.com/war-is-boring/australia-once-lost-a-war-to-the-mighty-emu-fd0f07203ca4 https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-great-emu-war-in-which-some-large-flightless-birds-unwittingly-foiled-the-australian-army/Images of the newspaper headlines/articles at the time:https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/great-emu-war-1932-weird-sounds/Write to us at justthegistpodcast@gmail.com to tell us what you think! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This KICK-ARSE 17th century French woman started her own fight club for lols, seduced and bedded more men and women than Casanova (and was probs better at it too), got busted for grave-robbing and arson AND was a famous opera singer. Otherwise known as Mademoiselle Maupin, this is the kind of woman we should be learning about in history class. Story starts at approx 14:12 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 omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

She was his 36-year-old teacher. He was her 12-year-old student. She went to prison for sexually grooming and abusing him. When he turned 21, they got married. Rosie gives Jacob just the gist on why she’s FURIOUS that so many people still consider this a ‘love story’. Story starts at approx 27:07We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:Scandal Made Me Famous episode (super cheesy but gets the story across). Rosie found it on Binge: https://binge.com.au/shows/show-scandal-made-me-famous!4746The book 'If Loving You Is Wrong' by Gregg Olsen: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/478075.If_Loving_You_Is_WrongThe Barbars Walters interview that made Rosie MAD AF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_ek0kBJShoAnd Rosie's podcast recco!Debutante - Race, Resistance and Girl Power (Hosted by Nakkiah Lui and Miranda Tapsell): https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Debutante-Race-Resistance-and-Girl-Power-Audiobook/B089H1B33P?source_code=AUDOR02806152000JFSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jacob tells Rosie about a guy called Marmaduke Wetherell, a surgeon who just wanted to cut people open in peace, and how a crazy plot to bring down The Daily Mail is actually what led to the most (totally real!) photo of the Loch Ness Monster in history. Story starts at approx 21:26 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more there’s this: NYT article about Marmaduke and the hoax: https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/20/weekinreview/loch-ness-fiction-is-stranger-than-truth.html  Background on how ‘The Surgeon’s Photo’ came to be: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lochness/legend3.html  Book Jacob read - Nessie: The Surgeon’s Photograph Exposed by David MArtin and Alastair Boyd: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5541953-nessie  Very nerdy blog deep-diving on all things Nessie and Marmaduke: http://lochnessmystery.blogspot.com/2010/08/motives-of-marmaduke-wetherell.html  The recommendations of Aboriginal and Black Lives Matter voices/material/everything you should be looking into right now (CLICK ON LOTS OF THESE PLEASE!):  Listen to: Speaking Out with Larissa Behrendt: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/speakingout/  Pretty For An Aboriginal with Nakkiah Lui and Miranda Tapsell: https://www.buzzfeed.com/prettyforanaboriginal  Breathless - Guardian podcast covering the death in custody of David Dungay Jr: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2019/nov/26/after-the-inquest-david-dungays-family-say-theyre-still-searching-for-justice-breathless-podcast  1619 - New York Times podcast covering the USA’s history of slavery: https://www.nytimes.com/column/1619-project  Floodlines - Atlantic podcast covering the racist response to and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/floodlines/  Read: Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia edited by Anita Heiss: https://www.booktopia.com.au/growing-up-aboriginal-in-australia-anita-heiss/book/9781863959810.html Welcome To Country by Marcia Langton: https://www.booktopia.com.au/marcia-langton-welcome-to-country-marcia-langton/ebook/9781743585269.html  Australia Day by Stan Grant: https://www.booktopia.com.au/australia-day-stan-grant/book/9781460753187.html The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper: https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-tall-man-chloe-hooper/book/9780143010661.html Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe: https://www.booktopia.com.au/dark-emu-bruce-pascoe/book/9781921248016.html Blood On The Wattle - Massacres and Mistreatment of Aboriginal Australians since 1788 by Bruce Elder: https://www.booktopia.com.au/blood-on-the-wattle-3rd-edition-bruce-elder/book/9781741100082.html So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo: https://www.booktopia.com.au/so-you-want-to-talk-about-race-ijeoma-oluo/book/9781580056779.html White Fragility: Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism by Robin Diangelo: https://www.booktopia.com.au/white-fragility-robin-diangelo/book/9780807047415.html  How To Be Less Stupid About Race by Crystal M Fleming: https://www.booktopia.com.au/how-to-be-less-stupid-about-race-crystal-marie-fleming/book/9780807050774.html White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby Haamd: https://www.booktopia.com.au/white-tears-brown-scars-ruby-hamad/book/9780522875584.html  #BlackInTheIvory on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackintheIvory?src=hashtag_click  Follow: Lynda June-Coe: https://twitter.com/LyndaJune1  Amy McQuire: https://twitter.com/amymcquire  Nakkiah Lui: https://twitter.com/nakkiahlui  Roxy Moore: https://twitter.com/Roxy_Moore_  Nayuka Gorrie: https://twitter.com/NayukaGorrie  Indigenous X: https://twitter.com/IndigenousX  NITV: https://twitter.com/NITV  Rae Johnston: https://twitter.com/raejohnston  Roxane Gay: https://twitter.com/rgay  Watch: The 8/6/20 episode of QandA (Hard Truths): https://iview.abc.net.au/show/qanda but in particular Meyne Wyatt’s monologue from his play City of Gold at the end: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys2FTUmOnIg  The Final Quarter: https://10play.com.au/the-final-quarter and The Australian Dream: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/australian-dream - documentaries about the racism Adam Goodes faced in the AFL In My Blood It Runs - about a ten year old Aboriginal Boy trying to balance his traditional upbringing with public school education: https://inmyblooditruns.com/  After The Apology: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1333274179947/after-the-apology - about Grandmothers Against Removals, a group that reveals the racism inherent in the child protection system in this country: https://www.facebook.com/GMAR.GrandmothersAgainstRemovals/  Anything on NITV (National Indigenous TV): https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/  13th - Oscar Nominated documentary about the criminalisation and imprisonment of African Americans: https://www.netflix.com/title/80091741  When They See Us - miniseries about the wrongful imprisonment of the Central Park Five: https://www.netflix.com/title/80200549  Donate: GoFundMe for Justice for David Dungay Jr - the Aboriginal man killed in custody in 2015: https://au.gofundme.com/f/d9qkb6-justice-for-david  FreeHer - many Aboriginal women are in prison just for being unable to pay simple fines. FreeHer aims to pay these fines, court costs etc to keep women out of the prison system: https://au.gofundme.com/f/bfvnvt-freethepeople  Aboriginal Legal Service - provides legal representation for the Aboriginal community: https://www.alsnswact.org.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The most famous female pilot in history who disappeared in 1937 without a trace. There are a gazillion theories about what happened to her, and the most likely one also happens to be THE MOST NUTSO. Story starts at approx 22:09We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:Official website: https://www.ameliaearhart.com/TIME article Rosie read: https://time.com/5486999/amelia-earhart-disappearance-theories/THE CRABS OH GOD THE CRABS: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1273743/amelia-earhart-news-mystery-pilot-eaten-alive-thousands-crabs-fred-noonan-expert-sptThe Int. Group For Historic Aircraft Discovery break down their theories/search: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLn6rgQRlHgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 1989 Oscars are infamous for being the most embarrassing ceremony ever. The producer never worked again. The lead actress went back to her home town never to return. THERE WERE GIANT DANCING TABLES, PEOPLE. Whip these video clips out at a dinner party and you'll be the star of the evening. Story starts at approx 17:01We give you Just The Gist, but if want more, there's this:The infamous Snow White/Rob Lowe opening number: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mronRVvdmwThe 'Stars Of Tomorrow' number: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAQ9Taunh7wInterview with Eileen Bowman (SNOW!): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-rob-lowes-snow-white-422225Los Angeles Magazine longread about how it all came together (or didn't lol): https://www.lamag.com/longform/snow-job/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did you know there's a mean, cranky artist who tried to buy and own colours so nobody else could have them? (Yeah, you can own colours apparently.) But then another artist decided LOL NO HOW DARE YOU and started doing everything he could to stop him, BECAUSE COLOURS SHOULD BE FOR EVERYONE. This one is a crazy, crazy ride and turned out to be Rosie's absolute favourite episode so far. This is the story of the hilarious Stuart Semple vs the meanie Anish Kapoor.We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this: WIRED article: https://www.wired.com/story/vantablack-anish-kapoor-stuart-semple/ Interview with Stuart Semple: https://www.format.com/magazine/features/art/anish-kapoor-stuart-semple-vantablack-blackest-black Buy all the awesome Stuart Semple stuff Jacob talked about: https://culturehustle.com/ Stuart Semple's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWBqdrCAINHy6EO2hC81AOQSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rosie could not believe she had never heard of this one. There's scammers (her favourite), Ponzi schemes (another fave) and IDIOT MEN AND GENDER DYNAMICS. Also murder. And 80s heartthrob Judd Nelson.  Story starts at approx 24:50We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:People Magazine Presents: Murder Made Me Famous - The Billionaire Boys Club: https://www.LiSTNRaustralia.com.au/podcasts/murder-made-me-famous/billionaire-boys-clubMarcia Clark Investigates: The First 48 - Billionaire Boys Club: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/8-billionaire-boys-club/id1362807920?i=1000411133983Washington Post Article 1990 'Dirty Rotten Kids': https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1990/01/14/dirty-rotten-kids/0abbbbde-de42-4f38-b361-3979522fab97/1987 Miniseries starring Judd Nelson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQOTcBbZQU4Some cheesy Doco Rosie found on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNijxK214yQSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

She turned up in New York and said she was an heiress to a Russian billionaire family. She stayed in the best hotels, ate at the best restaurants and hung out with the coolest high society people. BUT IT WAS ALL FAKE AND NOW SHE'S IN PRISON. For scamming, well, pretty much everyone. Genius or con artist? Or both? Story starts at approx 7:39We give you Just The Gist, but if you want to dive deeper, there's this: The viral article from The Cut that first made Anna (in)famous: https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/how-anna-delvey-tricked-new-york.html The Fake Heiress podcast from BBC: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fake-heiress/id1491349699 The book by Rachel DeLoache Williams: 'My Friend Anna': https://www.booktopia.com.au/my-friend-anna-rachel-deloache-williams/book/9781787478299.html Anna Delvey's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theannadelvey/?hl=enSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rosie gives Jacob the gist on the 1986 space shuttle that broke apart 73 seconds after lift-off, killing all 7 crew on board - with thousands of school kids watching live because a teacher was going into space for the first time. Story starts at approx 10:36Also look we're profresh and doing show notes now!We give you Just The Gist, but if you want to know more, there's this:The 'You're Wrong About' podcast ep Rosie talked about: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-challenger-disaster/id1380008439?i=1000465289942Doco Rosie watched 'Rush To Launch': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FehGJQlOf0Live footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd7dxmBLg48National Geographic stuff: https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/tv/challenger-disaster-lost-tapes/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Imagine if Paris Hilton was kidnapped, became besties with her kidnappers, and started robbing banks with them. That’s Patty Hearst - a millionaire heiress who went rogue in the 1970s. Skip straight to the story: approx 10:45See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As a special lil treat this week, Jacob is giving Rosie just the gist of something! (And of course he named it SHOES GLORIOUS SHOES: The Imelda Marcos Story.) She owned lots of shoes and (allegedly!) killed lots of people. Enjoy! Skip straight to the story: approx 1:33See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You think being stuck at home for a few weeks is bad? This guy got stuck living in an airport for 18 YEARS. A lost passport meant no country would take him, so he set himself up near the Maccas in the food court and that was that. Seriously - this one is nutso and sad and almost too hard to believe.  Skip straight to the story: approx 13:18See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey all you cool cats and kittens. Rosie tells Jacob the tragic story about the little girl who’s only remembered for being a murdered child beauty queen. (Also TIGER KING CAROLE BASKIN DID IT GOODNIGHT.) Skip straight to the story: approx 14:31See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

He stole billions of dollars through the biggest Ponzi scheme in history... which meant Rosie had to figure out what the hell a Ponzi scheme is so she could explain it to Jacob. Also Jacob questions the origin of Rosie's 'BREAKIN' NEWS' accent and Rosie is not happy about it.  Skip straight to the story: approx 00:35See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Felt apt this week, no? Skip straight to the story: approx 20:28See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Toilet paper, baboons, Jacob’s Byron Bay conspiracy theory addled brain, and Rosie’s brave feminist dating stance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“NOT THE MOVIE THE ACTUAL SHIP YOU CHUMPS.” - Rosie Waterland (Titanic nerd since 1991) Skip straight to the story: approx 10:07See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AKA Dr. Matt Agnew. AKA Rosie’s husband. In our first ever special guest episode, Astro Bachie gives Rosie and Jacob just the gist on Space Guessing! There’s talk of alien predators, the sun blowing up and juuuust a little Bachelor goss. Matt’s Agnew’s Adelaide Fringe show A Guide To Life Beyond Earth runs from Feb 14-23. Get tickets by pasting this link into your browser: http://bit.ly/2Sqe3kU. Rosie Waterland’s show Kid Chameleon starts touring nationally on Feb 25. Get tickets by pasting this link into your browser: http://bit.ly/2SH695I.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ROSIE TOLD JACOB THIS WAS INTERESTING AND NOW SHE PROVES IT IS. YES ALL CAPS ARE NECESSARY HERE BECAUSE ROSIE IS VICTORIOUS. Skip straight to the story: approx 22:55See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Divorces, beheadings and a body that explodes at a funeral. And nobody sings this week! Skip straight to the story: approx 12:46See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of recent history’s most famous Munchausen by proxy cases... or was it? Rosie Waterland and Jacob talk about what happened between Dee Dee and her daughter Gypsy Rose. Also they sing again - harmonies this time! Skip straight to the story: approx 11:12See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everyone is talking about it. Nobody understands it. Rosie attempts to give Jacob just the gist of the plot of CATS. They both needed a lot of wine to get through it. (And as a special end of year treat, they sing a live duet of ‘Memory’. You’re welcome!) Skip straight to the story: approx 10:06See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rosie gives Jacob just the gist of the woman who cut off her husband’s special place and threw it in a field. A hotdog box, a lot of ice and the cinematic masterpiece Frankenpenis all play a role.  Skip straight to the story: approx 6:30See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ever wondered where the phrase ‘drinking the kool-aid’ comes from? Rosie gives Jacob just the gist of the largest ‘mass-suicide’ in history, and explains why we technically shouldn’t be calling it that... Skip straight to the story: approx 10:35See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jennifer Lawrence is about to play her in a movie. She was once the youngest self-made female billionaire, now she’s worth nothing. Rosie actually did some work for this one. Skip straight to the story: approx 8:26See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To kick off Just The Gist classic, Rosie is telling Jacob everything about Monica Lewinsky! Well, not ‘everything’... just, you know, the gist. That’s the name of the show. FINALLY WE CAN TALK ABOUT STUFF OTHER THAN BACHIE! Skip straight to the story: approx 9:08See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WE MADE IT TO THE END. I would to thank wine. And Oprah. Oh and she picked the human Ken Doll.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All these guys are duds but we are pushing through, like Timmmmm at a club at 3am. NEARLY AT THE FINISH LINE PEOPLE!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CIARRAN FOREVER. Jaime never. There’s also some other dudes we barely noticed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THIS WAS CLEARLY A FILLER WEEK NOTHING HAPPENED BUT JACOB AND I HAD SOME WINE AND MADE THE BEST OF IT. Manchester Guy continues to be amazing. Jaime continues to be creepy. Dog Guy continues to... like dogs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rosie thinks she has evidence ANGIE ENDS UP WITH NOBODY. Also, Manchester guy's peen, Stalker Jaime collecting Angie's toenails and a 'Dog Guy' who seems to be unemployed, but very handsome.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Angie is our bogan, relatable queen (but still hot cos that’s important)! Also 74 guys with long hair and a puppy called Rosie.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Get boozy with Rosie and Jacob as they break down Astro Bachie’s final decision under the South African Peen Tree.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rosie finally cracks it and rage quits watching an episode because FEMINISM. Plus Elly gets booted back to her Tarago and Subtly Bitchy Helena’s brain completely malfunctions over... France, we think?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We have a new Cheeser, but is it Abbie or Astro Bachie himself? PLUS Helena is told by Bachie Royalty/The Superior Women that her only future is to be a gestational carrier IMMEDIATELY.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are in mourning over the loss of Cheeser and Bad Batch Of Shit Cake. Pray to Oprah. Never forget. PLUS f-bombs on Studio Ten and Persian Princess Sogand proves she’s sexy by imitating Shakira.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Persian Princess Sogand goes full KILL BILL REVENGE on AbbieSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It finally happened: DOG C-WORD WEEK IS HERE! Listen to Rosie emotionally exhaust herself as she tells Jacob how all the drama went down.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Astro Bachie literally avoids pashing a girl he hates by eating cheese instead. Other highlights include Vag Juice Perfume and Vakoo just existing.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sorting the Potential Wifeys from the Reject Stunt Cast is what Episodes 1 and 2 of The Bachelor are all about. Rosie Waterland recaps The Bachelor for her friends Emily and Jacob. Highlights include the Chinese Tourism Robot, the Stage 5 Pube Stealer and of course, a bad batch of sh*t cake.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rosie Waterland ‘gives the gist’ of any topic she finds interesting, to her comedian friends by recapping the things that she has learned that week, that they know nothing about…and don’t necessarily need to know about. So If you want to know just enough about something to get you through a dinner party, we’ll give you just the gist.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.