About this episode
The episode explores the bizarre history of competitive cave sitting, focusing on Beatriz Flamini's record attempt of 500 days in a cave.
This week we look at the weird history of competitive cave sitting (people seeing how long they can stay in a cave without contact with the outside world), culminating with Spaniard Beatriz Flamini's 2021 world record attempt to spend 500 days in a cave. Recorded live at the 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 05:40 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report). For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod Check out our other podcasts: Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheat Prime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/ 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…
People in this episode
Host: Do Go On Media
Topics covered
- competitive cave sitting
- Beatriz Flamini
- world record
- cave history
- comedy
- live recording
Keywords
- cave sitting
- Beatriz Flamini
- world record
- comedy podcast
- history podcast
- Melbourne Comedy Festival
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Book Cheat, Prime Mates, Listen Now, Who Knew It with Matt Stewart, Jess Writes A Rom-Com
Places: Melbourne
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