406 - Princess/Spy Kawashima Yoshiko
Do Go On
Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke
4.9 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2023
⏱️ 128 minutes
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Summary
Yoshiko Kawashima was born a Chinese princess in the Qing dynasty, but due to a string of events later became a Japanese spy known for cross dressing and becoming a master of disguise. It's a wild tale, enjoy!
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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:
Manchu Princess, Japanese Spy by Phyllis Birnbaum
https://allthatsinteresting.com/yoshiko-kawashima
https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,798305,00.html
https://www.readex.com/blog/uncovering-incredible-story-yoshiko-kawashima-open-source-intelligence
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to another episode of Do Go On, my name is Dave Wonky and as always I'm here with Matt Stewart and Jess Perkins. |
| 0:21.0 | Hello! |
| 0:25.0 | Absolutely, now we're at a perfect harmony, perfect dismount. |
| 0:31.0 | We're very good, we're very musical. |
| 0:34.0 | Any catchphrases for other people to say, for example? |
| 0:37.0 | Catchphrase, I don't have any catchphrase, I do have a question, how good is it to be allowed? |
| 0:41.0 | A rhetorical one I should say. |
| 0:42.0 | I just have a statement. |
| 0:44.0 | I wish I was never born. |
| 0:46.0 | Wow, we're real Yin and Yang type, aren't we? |
| 0:49.0 | That's why we just can't get along. |
| 0:53.0 | That's why we get along so well. |
| 0:55.0 | Yes. |
| 0:56.0 | Because you can't get along. |
| 0:57.0 | Because we can't. |
| 0:58.0 | No, no, you're right, we can play it each other. |
| 1:00.0 | And then Dave's just here. |
| 1:01.0 | I'm standing on top of your platform. |
| 1:03.0 | The Yin and Yang classically just can't connect. |
| 1:07.0 | That's beautiful. |
| 1:11.0 | Dave, what is this show we're doing? |
| 1:12.0 | What am I doing here? |
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