187 - Joshua Norton, Emperor of The United States
Do Go On
Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2019
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
In 19th century San Francisco, Joshua Norton was a wealthy businessman. But he lost it all rice deal gone wrong... He fell off the map for a few years and when he reemerged he was describing himself as The Emperor of The United States. And people just went with it. He started dressing the part and even issuing royal decrees and his city fully embraced him. This is the story of the eccentric Norton I, the first and so far only Emperor of The United States.
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http://www.emperornorton.net/NortonI-Cowan.html
http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/norton.html
https://www.history.com/news/the-strange-case-of-emperor-norton-i-of-the-united-states
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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 |
| 0:05.0 | coming up soon. It's a live stream. It's very exciting. The tickets are sold out for |
| 0:08.6 | the live audience, 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. |
| 0:19.6 | And it's not just our 400th episode, but you also get to live stream our after party. |
| 0:24.6 | Yeah, well, Jess Perkins will be DJ Bob on the decks. There'll be some cakes and special |
| 0:28.8 | guests or sorts of stuff. And you can get tickets for our show on Saturday, June 17th at |
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| 0:37.8 | Yeah. And is this a kind of thing you can stream from anywhere in the world, anywhere |
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| 0:58.8 | Hello and welcome to another episode of dogoon. My name is Dave Warnicky and I'm sitting |
| 1:14.5 | here with Matt Stewart and Jess Perkins. Hello, Dave. Hello, Jess. Hello, Dave. |
| 1:20.8 | Hi, guys, how are you? |
| 1:22.8 | Great to be here. It's great to be the one that who's not being shunned for once. |
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