552 - Chang and Eng, the original "Siamese twins"
Do Go On
Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2026
⏱️ 127 minutes
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Summary
Conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker were world famous in the 19th Century, so much so that for a long period other conjoined siblings were commonly referred to as "Siamese twins". Born in Siam (now Thailand), the brothers were taken to America under false pretences and "exhibited." But when the twins turned 21, they took control of their own destiny.
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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-14/chang-and-eng-bunker-the-original-siamese-twins/7992942
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/earshot/hyphenated-lives-part-1/7912758
https://allthatsinteresting.com/chang-eng-bunker
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chang-and-Eng
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_and_Eng_Bunker#
https://www.chop.edu/conditions-diseases/conjoined-twins
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK560839/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_and_George_Schappell
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to another episode of Dugo One. |
| 0:18.6 | My name is Dave Warnakey and, as always, I'm here with Jess Perkins and Matt Stewart. Hello. So good to be here. Thank you so much for having us on your show, Dave. A little joke there. This is mine and Jess's show and yes, we'll allow you to be here one more week. I appreciate that. Yeah, Matt and I have permanent contracts. You are on a week-to-week kind of vibe. That sounds pretty good. Hopefully I get some benefits at least, super or something? No, and no sick leave. No sick leave. No. Yes, which I've come in, even though I've got a slight cold, you might hear some dulcet tones going on here. But I need to feed my family. He's like, he's begging for the attention of being sick. Even before lunch, he was like, oh, yeah, I'm feeling a bit better today. And I said, oh, yeah, I forgot you were unwell because he sounds completely normal. And he's like, oh, I don't know. I think I sound pretty stuffy. Okay. Well, Dave, to be honest, if you're sick, don't come in. Yeah. You said he wouldn't pay me. That's the right I'm here. Wait, we don't... We don't want to get your sickness, mate. |
| 1:14.6 | So... Well, Dave, to be honest, if you're sick, don't come in. Yeah. You said he wouldn't pay me. |
| 1:11.0 | That's the right. You're all the problem. We don't want to get your sickness, mate. So I really hope that you aren't giving us it right now. Open your mouth. No. All I want to receive from you today is a fantastic report. Yeah. Hey. Your best effort. Yeah. I want to learn something |
| 1:28.4 | and I want to laugh with my friends. |
| 1:30.1 | Let's say it's my best ever |
| 1:30.6 | because obviously I've been a little bit soon. is a fantastic report. Yeah. Hey. Your best effort. Yeah. I want to learn something. |
| 1:28.6 | Well, |
| 1:28.9 | and I want to laugh with my friends. |
| 1:30.2 | Let's see it's my best effort because obviously I've been a little bit sick this way. All I want to receive from you is your best foot forward. Okay. Okay. Well, here it is. And maybe between, I don't know, in my lap. I don't know. Where would you receive a best foot forward now that I say it? |
| 1:42.7 | Straight up the chuffer. |
| 1:43.7 | Oh. |
| 1:45.1 | I don't want that. |
| 1:47.3 | Matt does. |
| 1:48.1 | Matt does. With like a, you know, like a beautiful Tony Lockett-esque wing extension. Exactly. Picking right through the ball. No, that's pretty good, actually. I meant more of like a, I'm imagining one foot goes forward ready for like a cha, cha-cha. Oh, yeah. That's what I'm picturing. |
| 2:01.8 | Yeah. |
| 2:02.0 | A step-ball change. |
| 2:03.1 | Thank you. |
| 2:03.4 | That's what I'm picturing. |
| 2:04.1 | Okay. |
| 2:15.6 | So you choose if you want to kick Matt in the balls or chat-ta-touch. I'd rather keep Matt in the chuff. Why don't you chach-cha-cha-ch-mach. Anyway. Would you like me to explain how this show works? |
| 2:17.9 | Well, hello, new listeners, and goodbye. |
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