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Do Go On

541 - The Freedom House Ambulance Service

Do Go On

Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke

History, Comedy, Fact, Facts

4.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

This week we hear the incredible story of some of the earliest paramedics, and the battle they faced in order to just do their jobs.


This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 06:07 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).


For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod

 

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Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/

Who Knew It with Matt Stewart: https://play.acast.com/s/who-knew-it-with-matt-stewart/

Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-com


Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader Thomas


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.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/us/freedom-house-ambulance-service-congress.html

https://www.wqed.org/freedomhouse/

https://teamrubiconusa.org/news-and-stories/freedom-house-ambulance-service-a-legacy-of-life-saving-care/

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

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/405-freedom-house-ambulance-service/

https://magazine.atavist.com/2019/the-first-responders-paramedics-pittsburgh-civil-rights-ems

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pGFo0OmfwY&t=3s



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Transcript

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0:00.0

Do you go on is performing some live podcast at the 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

0:06.6

Can you believe it, baby? You can come see us do three shows, 29th of March, 12th and 19th of April,

0:14.1

2.30 in the afternoon. What a gorgeous time to see some comedy. Sunday, fun day, am I right?

0:19.5

And it's true to say that the tickets are moving fast,

0:22.0

Dave. That's right. We are over 50% for all of the shows, and more than 50% of season passes are gone now, too. And that means you can see all three shows for a heavily discounted price. Oh, my God. But, you know, feel free to buy three individually if you like. Whatever. Yeah.

0:36.1

Hey, but also why not see me and Saranjo, I'm on a friend of the show,

0:39.8

doing our new material show. individually if you like whatever yeah hey but also why not see me and serenji i'm on a friend of

0:39.1

the show doing our new material show at the adelaide fringe this year's this year 2026 or

0:45.3

2027 it's 2026 26 March the third to the ninth at rhino room and i'm also doing a who knew

0:52.4

with met short live at the rhino room on Saturday, the March the 7th, the, the, the, the, the, the. And, yeah, Melbourne and International Comedy Festival. Also, the Coupers Inn means Sarenne, April 7th, the 19th. That means, I believe, you'll be able to at least do a double one time, maybe two times with Dugo On. Yeah.

1:11.5

Twice.

1:13.6

And why not do it twice?

1:15.7

Oh, do it twice because it's so nice.

1:17.0

Oh, Mama.

1:17.9

Double the fun.

1:18.8

It's number one.

1:23.4

Anyway, go to dogoonpod.com for all the links to these shows. Music Hello and welcome to another episode of Do Go On.

1:42.2

My name is Dave Warnacky and as always I'm here with Jess Perkins and Matt Stewart. Hooray! It's so good to be here in the podcast. It's wild. I'll try not to think about it too much. Because we're in a podcast. We're in a podcast right now. Someone is somewhere, you know, in Saskatchewan or something, and they're listening to us.

2:02.0

Yeah.

2:17.7

I don't, like, if I think about that too much, it'll freak me out. Yeah. Don't think about it. I'm not going to think about it. Just be in the moment. I'm going to try and be in the moment with my two friends. Thank you. Jess and the boy. Yeah. Thank you. Greg. I want to say Greg. I want to say Greg.

2:18.1

Yes.

2:37.1

So I will. I think I've got Greg energy. I think so. I said this to you recently that I think you could be a Stephen. Probably not a Steve, but a Stephen. Yeah. Would it be like a Gregie or just a Greg? Just a Greg, I think. If you were a Gregie, we wouldn't be hanging out.

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