232 - The Eccentricities of Howard Hughes
Do Go On
Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2020
⏱️ 134 minutes
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Summary
Howard Hughes was the richest man of his day, and also possibly the most eccentric. He spent the first half of his life making billions of dollars, producing films, setting aviation world records and dating half of Hollywood. But for the last two decades of his life he was rarely seen by anyone, becoming a recluse with an obsession with germs.
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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:
Howard Hughes - The Man & The Madness (1999):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ea5gIYfRH4
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761553204_2/Howard_Hughes.html
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Howard-Hughes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes#Death
https://www.biography.com/business-figure/howard-hughes
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is part of the Planet Broadcasting Network. |
| 0:03.0 | Visit Planet Broadcasting.com for more podcasts from our great mates. |
| 0:20.0 | Hello and welcome to another episode of Do Go On! |
| 0:23.5 | My name is Dave Warnicki and as always, |
| 0:26.0 | before me, sitting in some fantastic chairs, |
| 0:28.0 | it's Jess Perkins and Matt Stewart. |
| 0:29.5 | Hello, how are you, David? |
| 0:31.5 | How are you, Jessica? |
| 0:33.5 | Dave, we have to answer at the same time. |
| 0:35.5 | One, two, three, great. |
| 0:37.5 | Good thanks. |
| 0:38.5 | How are you, Matt? |
| 0:39.5 | I'm pretty good thanks. |
| 0:41.5 | You know, not letting the old COVID get me down. |
| 0:45.5 | But if I'm being honest, it's been a bit of a bummer. |
| 0:52.5 | On Friday, there was a tiger in Mexico that was born in a zoo there. |
| 0:57.5 | And it was actually... |
| 0:59.5 | They've named it COVID-warnicki? |
| 1:01.5 | Well, it's so cute. |
| 1:03.5 | You look at it. They have literally named it COVID. |
| 1:05.5 | No. |
| 1:06.5 | They named it COVID. |
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