551 - Nasubi; Japan's real life 'Truman Show'
Do Go On
Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2026
⏱️ 102 minutes
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Summary
In the late 90's, an aspiring Japanese comedian auditioned for a new reality TV show. What he didn't know, was that the TV show would change his life forever. And not in a good way.
This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 05:32 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).
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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/may/02/the-contestant-documentary-japanese-reality-show
‘The Contestant’ 2023
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasubi
https://time.com/6972667/the-contestant-hulu-nasubi-interview/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-26/surviving-japans-real-life-truman-show/104810198
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Melbourne and Canada, we got exciting news for you. |
| 0:03.0 | And we should also say this is 2026. |
| 0:04.9 | Jess, what year is it? |
| 0:06.1 | 2026. |
| 0:07.3 | Thank God you're here. |
| 0:08.5 | Canada, we are visiting you in September this year. |
| 0:11.2 | If you somehow missed the news, we are heading up Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Toronto for shows. |
| 0:16.9 | That's going to be so much fun. |
| 0:18.3 | Lastly, very exciting news. |
| 0:20.3 | I'm going to do a live 200th episode special of Who Knewit with Matt Stewart in Melbourne at the basement comedy club on June the 27th in the afternoon, 4pm. |
| 0:29.0 | Tickets for all this stuff, I believe, are online. |
| 0:32.0 | And I'm here too. |
| 0:33.5 | Music Hello. |
| 0:52.2 | Hello and welcome to another episode of Do Go One. |
| 0:57.2 | My name is Dev Warnacky and as always I'm here with Matt Stewart and Jess Perkins. |
| 0:57.7 | Hello. |
| 1:02.3 | Hey, it's so good to be here in the year 2026. |
| 1:03.9 | It is 2026. That can't be true. |
| 1:05.1 | Why are you talking over a woman? |
| 1:07.7 | I was still saying hello. |
| 1:09.5 | Sorry. Oh, I fully tuned you out. |
| 1:13.5 | Sorry, that was me talking under you. |
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