566 - Canadians Burn Down The White House (The War of 1812)

This week our Canadian-Australian friend Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall tells us all about the War of 1812, fought between the United States and the United Kingdom. This story, integral to the history of Canada results in the Capture of Washington and the burning of many buildings, including The White House.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 12:59 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

Come see us in Canada in September 2026: https://dogoonpod.com/live-shows/

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

Check out our other podcasts:

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

Prime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/

Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/

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

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

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

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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tämä jakso on lisätty Podme-palveluun avoimen RSS-syötteen kautta eikä se ole Podmen omaa tuotantoa. Siksi jakso saattaa sisältää mainontaa.

Jaksot(594)

565 - Prince Alfred's Cursed Australian Visit

Queen Victoria's son, Prince Alfred, was the first member of the British Royal Family to visit Australia. Let's just say, the Aussie's didn't exactly make a great first impression...This is a comedy/h...

19 Elo 2h 12min

564 - Tycho Brahe: Danish Astronomy Kook

Today we are talking about Tycho Brahe, a brilliant 16th century Danish astronomer - but also a bit of a kook. We are joined by Claire Hooper who is heading to Edinburgh this week, go see her show and...

12 Elo 2h 29min

563 - The Afronauts, Zambia's Space Program

In October 1964, as the Southern African country of Zambia was celebrating independence, an exciting and somewhat surprising announcement was made... Edward Mukuka Nkoloso was setting up Zambia's Nati...

5 Elo 1h 40min

562 - The Most Expensive Gay Porno Ever Made

In 1980 a chance meeting between a talented young film maker and a millionaire philanthropist led to the making of 'Centurians of Rome', the most expensive gay porn film of all time (at that time), an...

29 Heinä 2h 30min

561 - John Titor: Time Traveller

In 1998, a radio DJ received an anonymous fax from a person claiming to be... from the future!!This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 06:38 (though as always, we go off o...

22 Heinä 1h 38min

560 - The Munich Air Disaster (and the Manchester United Busby Babes)

In 1958, Manchester United were one of the best football teams on the planet. Managed by Matt Busby and nicknamed 'The Busby Babes' because of the team's youth, in February 1958 the team took an ill f...

15 Heinä 2h 46min

559 - The Transit of Venus part 2: Back in the Orbit

Following on from last week's episode, we hear of more adventures undertaken by scientists in the 1760's in the effort to track the transit of Venus! Intrepid astronomers this week include Frenchmen A...

8 Heinä 2h 22min