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Do Go OnA fact based comedy podcast. Each week Melbourne comedians Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins and Dave Warneke take it in turns to research a topic and report back to the class. Author: Do Go On Media
A fact based comedy podcast. Each week Melbourne comedians Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins and Dave Warneke take it in turns to research a topic and report back to the class. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Language: en Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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540 - The Ni'ihau Incident
Tuesday, 24 February, 2026
After Japan's 1941 attack on Pearl Harbour, Japanese Pilot Shigenori Nishikaichi needed a place to conduct an emergency landing. He had been told that the nearby Hawaiian island of Ni'ihau was uninhabited, but that intel was wrong. People did live there, and what's more - the island known as "The Forbidden Isle" has a very interesting history...This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 07:20 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod Check out our other podcasts:Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheatPrime 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-comOur awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader ThomasDo Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present. REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-hawaii-rent-free-forbidden-island-strict-rules-niihau-robinson-2025-8https://www.historynet.com/niihau-incident/https://www.messynessychic.com/2021/08/25/hawaiis-forbidden-island-and-the-real-life-swiss-family-robinson-who-controls-it/https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2018/12/06/remembering-pearl-harbor-the-niihau-incident/https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/japanese/hawaii-life-in-a-plantation-society/https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/japanese-american-incarcerationhttps://www.britannica.com/place/Niihauhttps://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2018/11/OF-10b-2054.pdf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
