Greatest Hits: Balloon Boy & The Hillbilly Heist

And just like that... It's time for Just The Gist to take a bow. For now!After 12 million downloads, hundreds of nutso stories and many, many fart jokes, Just The Gist is going on a little hiatus. So I wanted to take a moment to thank YOU, the Gisteners. From the absolute bottom of my heart, thank you for joining us on this crazy segway ride. Thank you so, so much for Gistening. Truly. And remember, this curtain call is 'goodbye' for now, but not forever! There's too many dumb billionaires in the world for JTG to stay away too long. RECCOS Listen to Jacob’s episode on Stuart Semple vs Anish Kapoor here https://bit.ly/jtg-stuartsemple . Listen to Jacob’s interview with Stuart Semple here  https://bit.ly/3Ptv7V1 . Listen to Jacob’s episode on Lindy Chamberlain here  https://bit.ly/jtg-lindychamberlain Listen to Rosie's episode 'Trapped at the bottom of the ocean for 60 hours' and the story of Harrison Okene's survivial in an underwater shipwreck https://bit.ly/jtg-harrison . Listen to Rosie's episode on the Trashman Yacht Sinking - https://bit.ly/jtg-trashman  Listen to Rosie's ep on Elizabeth Holmes - https://bit.ly/jtg-elizabethholmes . Listen to Mum Says My Memoir Is A Lie Rosie's other podcast https://bit.ly/memoir-lie . FOLLOW THE SHOW: Follow @justthegistpodcast on Instagram https://bit.ly/jtg-gram . Check out @justthegistpodcast in TikTok https://bit.ly/jtg-tiktok . Follow @jacobwilliamstanley on Instagram https://bit.ly/jacobwilliamstanley-IG . Follow @rosiewaterland on IG https://bit.ly/rosiewaterland-ig . CREDITS Hosts: Rosie Waterland & Jacob Stanley  Executive Producer: Elise Cooper Audio Imager: Nat Marshall Social Producer: Zoe Panaretos Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh  Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's a two-fer baby! Jacob and Rosie need a little break so we're pulling out two more stories from the archives - revisiting two wild stories from the Just The Gist live tour; The Hillbilly Heist and Balloon Boy. We give you just the gist but if you want more;  Balloon Boy  Watch "Balloon Boy's' family discusses life 10 years after incident" from Nightline via Youtube https://bit.ly/balloonboy-interview . Read 'The Ballon Boy Hoax - Solved!' by Robert Sanchez for 5280.com from 2019 https://bit.ly/3CDFEW9 .  Read 'Couple behind 2009 'balloon boy' hoax in US granted pardons' from Colorado for The Guardian https://bit.ly/balloonboy-theguardian . Read The Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon_boy_hoax The Hillbilly Heist of 1997  Read 'The Book of Dave: A New Path After a $17 Million Misstep' by by David Gantt  https://bit.ly/3p4M8u6 . Watch 'Masterminds' trailer - the movie based on the Loomis Fargo robbery in which Zach Galifianakis plays David Gantt https://bit.ly/3NBcOMc . FOLLOW THE SHOW: Follow @justthegistpodcast on Instagram https://bit.ly/jtg-gram . Check out @justthegistpodcast in TikTok https://bit.ly/jtg-tiktok . Follow @jacobwilliamstanley on Instagram https://bit.ly/jacobwilliamstanley-IG . Follow @rosiewaterland on IG https://bit.ly/rosiewaterland-ig . CREDITS Hosts: Rosie Waterland & Jacob Stanley  Executive Producer: Elise Cooper Audio Imager: Nat Marshall Social Producer: Zoe Panaretos Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh  Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Harrison Okene, a Nigerian ship's cook, faced a remarkable ordeal of survival. In May 2013, he was trapped in an underwater vessel, the Jascon 4, for an astonishing 60 hours before being miraculously rescued. The tugboat had capsized and sunk off the coast of Nigeria while supporting an oil platform. Okene found himself within an air pocket in the upturned hull of the ship as it rapidly sank. Struggling against panic, he clung to hope as water submerged the vessel completely. Surviving on Coca-Cola and biscuits, he endured darkness, cold, and the constant threat of drowning. With no means of communication, he remained alone in the depths, unsure if rescue would ever come. Meanwhile, a Dutch underwater rescue team, sent to recover bodies, descended to the wreck site. Against all odds, one diver, Nico van Heerden, discovered Okene alive inside the sunken vessel. Okene, disoriented and frightened, initially mistook the diver for a sea creature. Guided by the diver's light, he swam towards safety, rescued from the depths. Okene's survival story captured global attention, hailed as a miraculous testament to the human spirit. It shed light on the hazards faced by offshore workers and emphasised the importance of stringent safety measures. His extraordinary tale of endurance and resilience serves as an inspiration, reminding us of the unwavering will to survive, even in the most perilous circumstances. We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this: LINKS  Watch the footage of Harrison being discovered in the shipwreck from The Telegraph https://bit.ly/harrison-rescue . Read 'Nigerian sailor 'a phenomenon' for surviving in air pocket for 60 hours' by Monica Mark for The Guardian in 2013 https://bit.ly/3P3KHX7 . Watch an interview with Harrison and the Associated Press about the ordeal https://bit.ly/harrison-interview .  FOLLOW THE SHOW: Follow @justthegistpodcast on Instagram https://bit.ly/jtg-gram . Check out @justthegistpodcast in TikTok https://bit.ly/jtg-tiktok . Follow @jacobwilliamstanley on Instagram https://bit.ly/jacobwilliamstanley-IG . Follow @rosiewaterland on IG https://bit.ly/rosiewaterland-ig . Follow @sampetersen91 on IG https://bit.ly/sampetersen91 . Check out @confessionsthepodcast on IG https://bit.ly/3WZptvM . CREDITS Hosts: Rosie Waterland & Sam Petersen  Executive Producer: Elise CooperAudio Imager: Nat Marshall Social Producer: Zoe Panaretos Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh  Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reality TV is a global phenomenon. But.. what if we told you it kinda started in Sydney suburbia in the 90s. In this special branded episode - in partnership with Paramount + - we're giving you just the gist of reality TV; from the first show Sylvania Waters in the 90s, to the worldwide phenomenon in Big Brother, then the 00s hits with The Osbournes, Paris Hilton in the Simple Life, The Kardashians and now in 2023 the next big hit could well be - The Family Stallone. We give you Just The Gist but if you want more... Watch The Family Stallone available only on Paramount + https://bit.ly/thefamilystallone . Read 'TV Family Saga offends sensitive Australians' by Robert Milliken for The Independent in 1992 https://bit.ly/3oAYMkh .  Read 'How The Osbournes Made Its Legendary Mark On Reality TV History' by Merri Palmer for Looper https://bit.ly/3OLk6hA . Read 'The Simple Life Made Paris Hilton A Fortune: Here's Why Starring On The Reality Show Was One Of The Best Business Moves Of Her Life' by Aya Tzintsiras for thethings.com https://bit.ly/3OUw2NY . Listen to our episode on Kris Jenner for an in-depth look at how the Kardashian's got to such willlld levels of fame and success https://bit.ly/3WO44Fq .  FOLLOW THE SHOW: Follow @justthegistpodcast on Instagram https://bit.ly/jtg-gram . Check out @justthegistpodcast in TikTok https://bit.ly/jtg-tiktok . Follow @jacobwilliamstanley on Instagram https://bit.ly/jacobwilliamstanley-IG . Follow @rosiewaterland on IG https://bit.ly/rosiewaterland-ig . CREDITS Hosts: Rosie Waterland & Jacob Stanley Executive Producer: Elise CooperAudio Imager: Nat Marshall Social Producer: Zoe Panateros Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh  Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Imagine sitting at your desk at work, a day like any other. All of a sudden you hear a rumbling that gets louder, and louder. Then you look out the window and see it: a massive tank (yes - TANK), covered in guns, coming straight towards your office. You get outside just in time to see this thing completely flatten your building to the ground, then drive away. Um… WHAT? That’s exactly what happened in 2004 to the people in Granby, Colorado. Marvin Heemeyer, a local man, was angry at most people in town about a bunch of different nonsense, so he decided to take revenge by spending more than a year modifying a bulldozer into a weaponised war-like tank, which he then drove all over town for several hours destroying everything in his wake. As you do. Local businesses, the town hall, the library, even the police station - all flattened by the Killdozer. And because this thing was indestructible (bullet-proof, bomb-proof, unbreakable steel), there was nothing the police could do, but watch helplessly and hope something - anything - would stop it. It literally got to the point where the army considered dropping a bomb on it so strong it would also destroy the entire town. So what stopped the Killdozer in the end? We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: Watch the 'Tread' documentary trailer https://bit.ly/tread-documentary . Watch this good Youtube breakdown 'KILLDOZER: How a Man Made His Own Tank' https://bit.ly/3IGzqbi .  Watch News Footage from the day bootlegged on YouTube https://bit.ly/3MUF38r .  READ  Killdozer: The True Story of the Colorado Bulldozer Rampage https://bit.ly/killdozer-book  written by Patrick Brower - the editor of the local paper and was in one of the buildings Marvin Heemeyer attacked Read 'Marvin Heemeyer And His 'Killdozer' Rampage Through A Colorado Town' from All That's Interesting https://bit.ly/45AkqFJ . Read 'Enter the Killdozer: how a 2004 rampage inspired today’s right-wing preppers' from GQ by Bradley Garrett https://bit.ly/3MDufdm . Read 'Killdozer Day: The Story of Marvin Heemeyer' from Snopes.com https://bit.ly/424YVdf . Read Marvin's Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Heemeyer . FOLLOW THE SHOW: Follow @justthegistpodcast on Instagram https://bit.ly/jtg-gram . Check out @justthegistpodcast in TikTok https://bit.ly/jtg-tiktok . Follow @jacobwilliamstanley on Instagram https://bit.ly/jacobwilliamstanley-IG . Follow @rosiewaterland on IG https://bit.ly/rosiewaterland-ig . CREDITS Hosts: Rosie Waterland & Jacob Stanley Executive Producer: Elise CooperAudio Imager: Nat Marshall Social Producer: Zoe Panateros Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh  Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Just The Gist  - "F*cking White People" Edition; The story of the 1981 film ROAR. A tale of how a rich naive Hollywood couple spent over a decade making a movie that starred them, their kids and 150 lions, tigers, leopards, panthers, ALLL the big cats. The movie was pitched as a "family comedy", but is widely regarded as one of the most dangerous films of all time. Roar starred Tippy Hedron (Star of Hitchcock's The Birds and others) her daughter Melanie Griffiths, and the rest of their family. The plot is broadly "we can save the world/animal kingdom/lions and tigers etc are all big friendly besties who just are misunderstood and we can live with them in harmony". Sounds cute in theory, maybe in adorable cartoons, but filming with 150 big cats gives very different results. Turns out, big cats gunna big cat; the films credits say no animals were harmed in the making of the movie (lies lol), but they don't say anything about how many PEOPLE were mauled, scalped, attacked, and generally not treated as one would hope to be treated at work. We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this: LINKS  Watch ROAR! Trailer from it's 2015 re-release https://bit.ly/roarfilm-trailer . Read 'Looking Back at Roar, a Shocking, Lion-Filled 1981 Movie You've Never Seen (Yet)' by Matt Patches for Esquire Mag online https://bit.ly/3OyeI1i . Read 'Noel Marshall’s “Roar”: Humans Were Harmed in the Making of This Film' by Richard Brody for The New Yorker in 2020 https://bit.ly/3BSHuSp . Watch 'The Insane Story Behind The Movie Roar' from Weird History on Youtube https://bit.ly/3MoXf8z . Watch Roar - currently bootlegged on Youtube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_nOUrQNF_c&ab_channel=Hale . Photos of the stills from the film via IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083001/mediaindex . FOLLOW THE SHOW: Follow @justthegistpodcast on Instagram https://bit.ly/jtg-gram . Check out @justthegistpodcast in TikTok https://bit.ly/jtg-tiktok . Follow @jacobwilliamstanley on Instagram https://bit.ly/jacobwilliamstanley-IG . Follow @rosiewaterland on IG https://bit.ly/rosiewaterland-ig . CREDITS Hosts: Rosie Waterland & Jacob Stanley Executive Producer: Elise CooperAudio Imager: Nat Marshall Social Producer: Zoe Panateros Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh  Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lol in our DREAMS (Rosie… kind of likes nature now though?). Plus! Gen Z have invented a new way to shower and you’re doing it wrong. Also! Epidurals - an expensive luxury? And! A new show where a camera is pointed in men’s faces and they are simply asked… why? RECCOS: Watch 'Boston Legal' on Disney Plus - https://bit.ly/42MwjXu . Watch 'I Am A Stalker' on Netflix https://bit.ly/3M7BNVC . Visit 'Durban Tourism' https://visitdurban.travel/ . Follow @SouthAfricaANZ on IG https://bit.ly/42uFw6M . Find out more about 'G Adventures: Explore Kruger National Park' https://www.gadventures.com/trips/explore-kruger-national-park/DSENG/ . Visit 'Kurt Safari Company' at https://www.kurtsafari.com/ . Check out 'Karangwe Private Game Reserve' at https://www.karongweportfolio.com/ . Visit 'Planterra: Uplifting Communities Through Tourism' at https://planeterra.org/ . FOLLOW THE SHOW: Follow @justthegistpodcast on Instagram https://bit.ly/jtg-gram . Check out @justthegistpodcast in TikTok https://bit.ly/jtg-tiktok . Follow @jacobwilliamstanley on Instagram https://bit.ly/jacobwilliamstanley-IG . Follow @rosiewaterland on IG https://bit.ly/rosiewaterland-ig . CREDITS Hosts: Rosie Waterland & Jacob Stanley Executive Producer: Elise CooperAudio Imager: Nat Marshall Social Producer: Zoe Panateros Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh  Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A turner has been corned! Four years, hundreds of stories, thousands of poop anecdotes. We've finally reached our 200th episode! Join us as we take a stroll down memory lane, looking back on our best moments: how the show started, where our random catchphrases began, winning an Australian Podcast Award dressed as Moira Rose, Jacob losing his mind over segways, not knowing how bad ‘this weird covid thing’ would be, Rosie trying desperately to get sponsored by Bird In Hand… it’s all in there bébé! Plus, hearing from YOU - the Gisteners! A great way to get acquainted with JTG if you’re new to the party, and fun memories to re-live if you’re already an old school Gistener. Here’s to 200 more! EPISODES Listen 'Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Brrrrreakin' Noooos' https://bit.ly/3M9dqqt . Listen 'Melbourne Live Show!' where the Breakin Nooz theme song gets a live poll on who hates it and who loves it https://bit.ly/41NSmvw .  Hear the first time Segway Stories broke Jacob during the Julie d'Aubigny episode https://bit.ly/3Bvk4Cy . The origins of "I Could Do The Adele Interview" https://bit.ly/3MAw1xk . FOLLOW THE SHOW: Follow @justthegistpodcast on Instagram https://bit.ly/jtg-gram . Check out @justthegistpodcast in TikTok https://bit.ly/jtg-tiktok . Follow @rosiewaterland on IG https://bit.ly/rosiewaterland-ig . Perv on @jacobwilliamstanley on Instagram https://bit.ly/jacobwilliamstanley-IG . CREDITS Hosts: Rosie Waterland & Jacob Stanley Senior Producer: Lindsey Green Assisting Producer: Elise CooperAudio Imager: Nat Marshall Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh  Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Cher's birthday so we've gotta do it; From the archives, Jacob lives out his dream and gives us just the gist of Cher. No further description necessary. We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: Watch 'Behind The Music: Cher' Season 2, Episode 25 bootlegged on Facebook https://bit.ly/42hWtBc . Watch 'Cher' 2003 documentary from The Biography Channel https://bit.ly/cherdoco-biographychannel .  Listen to Cher's interview on Andrew Denton's podcast INTERVIEW on Apple podcasts https://apple.co/3NWhwVH and Spotify https://spoti.fi/41fOG5C . Watch "Dear Mom, Love Cher' on Apple TV - and adore Cher, Georgie and Georganne have an intimate chat sitting on the same couch like three sisters, so close, and all finishing each other’s sentences https://apple.co/41jAj06 . Watch the trailer for 'Chastity' - the movie that sent Sonny and Cher bankrupt https://bit.ly/3NQbyFu . "She’s not just a girl, she’s an experience…" Get a taste of the Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour with Ronald Reagan and a young innocent Michael Jackson https://bit.ly/42Bbiyt . Watch an episode of 'Cher' 1975 - with future husband/ex husband Greg Allman guest starring https://bit.ly/41wdSoz . Watch Cher’s medley of soul anthems performed with Elton John and Bette Midler on the “Cher” TV show in 1975 https://bit.ly/3nToqQS . Behold Cher’s magnificent one-woman performance of West Side Story from her special in 1978 https://bit.ly/42Qn87S . Admire: 'Cher + Dolly Parton + gospel medley = life shifting perfection' bootlegged on Youtube https://bit.ly/3I5n8ca . Just… Cher performing a medley with David Bowie in 1975 (I’m not crying, you’re crying) https://bit.ly/3O2pXOY . Cher singing on her show with the Jackson Five (we know you’re still crying, and it’s ok) https://bit.ly/3LVdyd3 . Cher’s disco moment - Take Me Home (can’t believe Rosie didn’t know this song, but OK) https://bit.ly/42ppfQi . ADORE Cher putting her true love Rob Camiletti on full display in her video for "I Found Someone" https://bit.ly/3LZhFEW . Watch Cher’s 1990s Informercials, and the parodies, are all on this site https://bit.ly/cher-infomercial-history . Watch Cher’s eulogy for Sonny in 1998. It’s heartbreaking, but such a beautiful tribute (and Cher is still so effing FUNNY and gets a lot of laughs) https://bit.ly/3LUs5Wx . Enjoy Cher calling Letterman an asshole in 1986 'Cher's Infamous Appearance On David Letterman, 1986: "(Because You're An) Asshole" https://bit.ly/3I7T8fR . Be moved by the time Sonny and Cher reunited in 1987 on Letterman on Youtube -   https://bit.ly/42sbGiV . FOLLOW THE SHOW: Follow @justthegistpodcast on Instagram https://bit.ly/jtg-gram . Check out @justthegistpodcast in TikTok https://bit.ly/jtg-tiktok . Follow @rosiewaterland on IG https://bit.ly/rosiewaterland-ig . Perv on @jacobwilliamstanley on Instagram https://bit.ly/jacobwilliamstanley-IG . CREDITS Hosts: Rosie Waterland & Jacob Stanley Senior Producer: Lindsey Green Assisting Producer: Elise CooperAudio Imager: Nat Marshall Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh  Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

And we know you read that in Rosie's Arnold Schwarzenneger accent. Plus! We sat on the same toilet as Mariah Carey at the Oyster Box Hotel. And! We may be on a trip but Rosie hits Jacob with a weird paranormal update that sends him into an existential crisis. Also! Elizabeth Holmes SPEAKS (and she's dropped 'the voice'). LINKS: The Oyster Box Hotel https://oysterboxhotel.com/ . Visit 'Durban Tourism' https://visitdurban.travel/ . Follow @SouthAfricaANZ on IG https://bit.ly/42uFw6M . Find out more about 'G Adventures: Explore Kruger National Park' https://www.gadventures.com/trips/explore-kruger-national-park/DSENG/ . RECCOS! READ 'Liz Holmes Want You To Forget Elizabeth' from The New York Times https://bit.ly/3VY9XQ7 . WATCH 'Marcel The Shell With Shoes On' from A24 https://bit.ly/3nNBlDU . WATCH 'Am I Being Unreasonable' Trailer https://bit.ly/3VNOvxb . FOLLOW THE SHOW: Follow @justthegistpodcast on Instagram https://bit.ly/jtg-gram . Check out @justthegistpodcast in TikTok https://bit.ly/jtg-tiktok . Follow @jacobwilliamstanley on Instagram https://bit.ly/jacobwilliamstanley-IG . Follow @rosiewaterland on IG https://bit.ly/rosiewaterland-ig . CREDITS Hosts: Rosie Waterland & Jacob Stanley Executive Producer: Elise CooperAudio Imager: Nat Marshall Social Producer: Zoe Panateros Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh  Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.