170 - The Essex And The Real Life Moby Dick

Do Go On

Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke

History, Comedy, Fact, Facts

4.9 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2019

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

In 1852, Herman Melville published what would much later become his most famous work... Moby Dick, or The Whale. He based this work upon a real life horror story that he'd read about. Twenty years earlier, a whaling ship called The Essex had been attacked and sunk by a giant sperm whale. Alone and literally in the middle of the ocean many thousands of miles from civilisation, the crew had to do some questionable things just to stay alive. This week's episode is all about their epic quest for survival.

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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2000/05/essex-200005

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-true-life-horror-that-inspired-moby-dick-17576/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Essex-whaling-ship

The True Story Of Moby Dick Documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71sn-WDQoXI

http://www.galapagos.to/TEXTS/NICKERSON.HTM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_(whaleship)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/south-america/ecuador/galapagos-islands/articles/the-secret-history-of-galapagos/

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0:00.0	Before we start the show, I just want to let you know that we've got our huge 400th episode coming up soon.
0:05.6	It's a live stream. It's very exciting. The tickets are sold out for the live audience,
0:09.3	but you can watch it on the stream. Is that right, Jess?
0:12.0	That is correct. You can watch it on a live stream because we know how technology works.
0:17.6	A lot of confidence late there.
0:20.1	And it's not just our 400th episode, but you also get to live stream our after party.
0:24.5	Yeah, well, Jess Perkins will be DJ Bob on the decks.
0:27.3	There'll be some cakes and special guests or sorts of stuff.
0:30.0	And you can get tickets for our show on Saturday, June 17 at dogoonpod.com.
0:35.6	And you can watch live all later.
0:38.1	Yeah, and is this the kind of thing you can stream from anywhere in the world?
0:41.6	Anywhere in the world, even Antarctica.
0:44.0	Okay. Well, it's a lot of fun. I like there.
0:46.0	Yeah, pretty good.
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0:57.3	Hello and welcome to another episode of dogoon.com.
1:11.1	My name is Dave Wannakie and here before me is Jess Perkins and match to it.
1:15.8	Here I am before you.
1:18.4	Hi, I'm also before you bowing down to my Lord and Savio.
1:24.6	Oh, thank you.
1:25.6	I wasn't going to bless fame like that.
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