394 - The Kidnapping of Shergar

Do Go On

Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke

Fact, History, Facts, Comedy

4.9 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2023

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Thoroughbred racehorse, Shergar, was referred to as "a national hero in Ireland. ... one of the most recognizable sports personalities—horse or human—in Ireland." But then in 1983, in the middle of the night, he was taken. By whom and for what reason? Listen to find out!

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 04:28 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

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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.

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21316921

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-44383969

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shergar

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/shergar-irish-horse-kidnap

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of Dugo.
0:18.6	One, my name is Dave Warnke and as always I'm here with Matt Stewart and Jess Perkins.
0:22.6	Hello!
0:23.6	Hey how could it be a live so good to be with you, Jess, Dave and the listeners?
0:29.0	A bit of free vibrato there for you and let me just say I wish I was never born.
0:33.6	You catch phrase?
0:36.6	Blurvin' it.
0:37.6	I'm actually loving it.
0:38.6	Me too.
0:39.6	I love it.
0:40.6	What did you like to be here?
0:43.2	Let's catch up.
0:44.2	Yeah.
0:45.2	What have you been up to?
0:46.2	Oh, I recorded episode of my bonus podcast, Fracing the Bar really, that people always
0:53.2	do on Patreon.
0:54.2	Oh that's cool.
0:55.2	What we guys do this morning.
0:56.2	I was doing the same.
0:57.2	I was talking about the show Soulman.
1:00.2	Wait, a whole lot of Soul?
1:02.2	A whole lot of Soul.
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