Podcasts by Just the Gist
Famous scandals, true crime, celeb dramas, conspiracy theories, politics, amazing people throughout history... if it's an incredible story, hilarious hosts comedian Rosie Waterland and Jacob Stanley will tell you about it without bogging you down with any of the boring bits. You'll get just the gist of what you need to know - only get the juiciest, most entertaining details (you know, the ones that make you look very smart and interesting when you repeat them at a dinner party).
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Rudy Kurniawan - the guy who tricked rich idiots into buying homemade wine from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
There are people in this world who spend literally hundreds of thousands of dollars on wine - sometimes on a single bottle. These wine 'experts' say they can taste the difference between a fancy bo...
ListenTania Esteve Head - the fake 9/11 survivor from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Her story was one of triumph over trauma. When planes flew into the World Trade Centre twin towers on September 11, Tania Head was on the floor where the plane hit. She somehow made it out, only to...
ListenThe Blair Witch Project (AKA... The Greatest Movie Marketing Campaign of ALL TIME) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In October of 1994, three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkettsville, Maryland while shooting a documentary... A year later their footage was found. AND EVERYBODY LOST THEIR DA...
ListenThe Chowchilla School Bus Kidnapping from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 1976 in the tiny town of Chowchilla, three men kidnapped 26 kids (aged 5-14) and their busdriver. They piled them into blacked-out vans, drove for 12 hours to the middle of nowhere, then forced ...
ListenBreakin' Nooz with special young fogey co-host Caleb Bond. Also Anna Delvey! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
JACOB'S COMPUTER POOPED ITSELF. And he's in the middle of nowhere working on that ridiculous tan, so we couldn't record together this week. Buuuut... we know how sad you get when we take a week off...
ListenRon and Joy Holiday and the Killer Cat Dancers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Before Tiger King, before Carole Baskin, before even Siegfried and Roy, there was husband and wife Ron and Joy - two gloriously tacky (but crazy talented) dancers, who decided to spice up their sho...
ListenThe Execution of the Romanov Family from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
One day they were the most powerful and wealthy royal family in the world, their ancestors having been in charge of Russia for more than 300 years. NEK MINIT... Tsar Nicholas Romanov, his wife Alex...
ListenWELCOME TO EP 50! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We’ve had a makeover! And Jacob has finally been promoted from ‘And Friends’ to his whole name! And in true ‘ex drama school students who love nothing more than to talk about themselves’ style, thi...
ListenThe Severed Foot Found in a Storage Locker (and the two guys fighting over it) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Shannon Whisnant bought an abandoned storage locker, and found a human foot inside. John Wood came forward and was like, "Um, hey, that's my foot, can I have it back please?" But Shannon liked the ...
ListenJennifer Pan from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
While living with her parents, Jennifer Pan finished high school, graduated university with a degree in pharmacology and started working as a pharmacist. Except... she didn't. None of it was true. ...
ListenThe killer bog terrorising a small town from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Imagine you’re peacefully sitting by the lake after a lovely swim, you look up, and there is a floating island of mud and gunk the size of 60 tennis courts coming right at you. A poo tsunami. A POO...
ListenThe Triplets Raised As A Science Experiment from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Imagine walking down the street and bumping into your identical twin - a twin you never even knew you had? That’s what happened to these guys, except there were three of them. They were born identi...
ListenAdolphe Sax - the guy who invented the saxophone from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
(Yes he named it after himself - wouldn’t you? HE IS THE REASON FOR KICK-ARSE 80s SAX SOLOS.) The saxophone is kind of the least interesting thing about this guy. He literally cheated death about ...
ListenThe Murder of Selena Quintanilla from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The ‘Queen of Tehano music’, people often said it wasn’t that she was ‘the Latin Madonna’ but that Madonna was ‘the English Selena’. She sung her Spanish-language music to stadiums of thousands, wa...
ListenThe Dancing Plague from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s a plague! With dancing! A dancing plague! Like, literally. There once was a town where a plague wiped out a bunch of the residents... by making them dance until they died. (Count how many danc...
ListenThe McDonald's Monopoly Fraud from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Did you know that in the US from 1989-2001, there were no real major prize winners of the McDonald's Monopoly game, because THE WHOLE THING WAS RIGGED? Every single person who won a big prize was p...
ListenThe Great Emu War from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
So, did you know that in 1932, the Australian Army went to war... against emus? Like, actual emus. The birds. That run. And before you say it doesn't make any sense for the army to go to war agains...
ListenJulie d’Aubigny from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This KICK-ARSE 17th century French woman started her own fight club for lols, seduced and bedded more men and women than Casanova (and was probs better at it too), got busted for grave-robbing and ...
ListenMary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
She was his 36-year-old teacher. He was her 12-year-old student. She went to prison for sexually grooming and abusing him. When he turned 21, they got married. Rosie gives Jacob just the gist on wh...
ListenThe Famous ‘Loch Ness Monster photo’ (and the man who faked it) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jacob tells Rosie about a guy called Marmaduke Wetherell, a surgeon who just wanted to cut people open in peace, and how a crazy plot to bring down The Daily Mail is actually what led to the most (...
ListenAmelia Earheart from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The most famous female pilot in history who disappeared in 1937 without a trace. There are a gazillion theories about what happened to her, and the most likely one also happens to be THE MOST NUTSO...
ListenThe 1989 Oscars (or: The Worst Oscars in history) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The 1989 Oscars are infamous for being the most embarrassing ceremony ever. The producer never worked again. The lead actress went back to her home town never to return. THERE WERE GIANT DANCING TA...
ListenStuart Semple vs Anish Kapoor from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Did you know there's a mean, cranky artist who tried to buy and own colours so nobody else could have them? (Yeah, you can own colours apparently.) But then another artist decided LOL NO HOW DARE Y...
ListenThe Billionaire Boys Club from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rosie could not believe she had never heard of this one. There's scammers (her favourite), Ponzi schemes (another fave) and IDIOT MEN AND GENDER DYNAMICS. Also murder. And 80s heartthrob Judd Nelso...
ListenFake Heiress Anna Delvey from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
She turned up in New York and said she was an heiress to a Russian billionaire family. She stayed in the best hotels, ate at the best restaurants and hung out with the coolest high society people. ...
ListenThe Challenger Disaster from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rosie gives Jacob the gist on the 1986 space shuttle that broke apart 73 seconds after lift-off, killing all 7 crew on board - with thousands of school kids watching live because a teacher was goin...
ListenOne Crazy Summer: The Patty Hearst Story from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Imagine if Paris Hilton was kidnapped, became besties with her kidnappers, and started robbing banks with them. That’s Patty Hearst - a millionaire heiress who went rogue in the 1970s. See omnystu...
ListenImelda Marcos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As a special lil treat this week, Jacob is giving Rosie just the gist of something! (And of course he named it SHOES GLORIOUS SHOES: The Imelda Marcos Story.) She owned lots of shoes and (allegedly...
ListenSir Alfred Nasseri from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
You think being stuck at home for a few weeks is bad? This guy got stuck living in an airport for 18 YEARS. A lost passport meant no country would take him, so he set himself up near the Maccas in ...
ListenJonBene?t Ramsey from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hey all you cool cats and kittens. Rosie tells Jacob the tragic story about the little girl who’s only remembered for being a murdered child beauty queen. (Also TIGER KING CAROLE BASKIN DID IT GOOD...
ListenBernie Madoff from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
He stole billions of dollars through the biggest Ponzi scheme in history... which meant Rosie had to figure out what the hell a Ponzi scheme is so she could explain it to Jacob. Also Jacob question...
ListenSpanish Flu from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Felt apt this week, no? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
ListenDo Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Brrrrreakin’ Noooos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Toilet paper, baboons, Jacob’s Byron Bay conspiracy theory addled brain, and Rosie’s brave feminist dating stance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
ListenASTROPHYSICS BY ASTRO BACHIE from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
AKA Dr. Matt Agnew. AKA Rosie’s husband. In our first ever special guest episode, Astro Bachie gives Rosie and Jacob just the gist on Space Guessing! There’s talk of alien predators, the sun blowin...
ListenBelle Gibson from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
ROSIE TOLD JACOB THIS WAS INTERESTING AND NOW SHE PROVES IT IS. YES ALL CAPS ARE NECESSARY HERE BECAUSE ROSIE IS VICTORIOUS. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
ListenHenry VIII’s wives from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Divorces, beheadings and a body that explodes at a funeral. And nobody sings this week! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
ListenDee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
One of recent history’s most famous Munchausen by proxy cases... or was it? Rosie Waterland and Jacob talk about what happened between Dee Dee and her daughter Gypsy Rose. Also they sing again - ha...
ListenWhat is actually the plot of CATS? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Everyone is talking about it. Nobody understands it. Rosie attempts to give Jacob just the gist of the plot of CATS. They both needed a lot of wine to get through it. (And as a special end of year ...
ListenLorena Bobbitt from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rosie gives Jacob just the gist of the woman who cut off her husband’s special place and threw it in a field. A hotdog box, a lot of ice and the cinematic masterpiece Frankenpenis all play a role. ...
ListenThe Jonestown Massacre from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ever wondered where the phrase ‘drinking the kool-aid’ comes from? Rosie gives Jacob just the gist of the largest ‘mass-suicide’ in history, and explains why we technically shouldn’t be calling it ...
ListenElizabeth Holmes from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jennifer Lawrence is about to play her in a movie. She was once the youngest self-made female billionaire, now she’s worth nothing. Rosie actually did some work for this one. See omnystudio.com/li...
ListenMonica Lewinsky from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
To kick off Just The Gist classic, Rosie is telling Jacob everything about Monica Lewinsky! Well, not ‘everything’... just, you know, the gist. That’s the name of the show. FINALLY WE CAN TALK ABOU...
ListenBachelorette - Week Six from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
WE MADE IT TO THE END. I would to thank wine. And Oprah. Oh and she picked the human Ken Doll. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
ListenBachelorette - Week Five from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
All these guys are duds but we are pushing through, like Timmmmm at a club at 3am. NEARLY AT THE FINISH LINE PEOPLE! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
ListenBachelorette - Week Four from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
CIARRAN FOREVER. Jaime never. There’s also some other dudes we barely noticed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
ListenBachelorette - Week Three from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
THIS WAS CLEARLY A FILLER WEEK NOTHING HAPPENED BUT JACOB AND I HAD SOME WINE AND MADE THE BEST OF IT. Manchester Guy continues to be amazing. Jaime continues to be creepy. Dog Guy continues to... ...
ListenBachelorette - Week Two from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rosie thinks she has evidence ANGIE ENDS UP WITH NOBODY. Also, Manchester guy's peen, Stalker Jaime collecting Angie's toenails and a 'Dog Guy' who seems to be unemployed, but very handsome. See o...
ListenBachelorette - Week One from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Angie is our bogan, relatable queen (but still hot cos that’s important)! Also 74 guys with long hair and a puppy called Rosie. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
ListenAstro Bachie - FINALE WEEK from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Get boozy with Rosie and Jacob as they break down Astro Bachie’s final decision under the South African Peen Tree. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
ListenAstro Bachie - Week Seven from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rosie finally cracks it and rage quits watching an episode because FEMINISM. Plus Elly gets booted back to her Tarago and Subtly Bitchy Helena’s brain completely malfunctions over... France, we thi...
ListenAstro Bachie - Week Six from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We have a new Cheeser, but is it Abbie or Astro Bachie himself? PLUS Helena is told by Bachie Royalty/The Superior Women that her only future is to be a gestational carrier IMMEDIATELY. See omnyst...
ListenAstro Bachie - Week Five from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We are in mourning over the loss of Cheeser and Bad Batch Of Shit Cake. Pray to Oprah. Never forget. PLUS f-bombs on Studio Ten and Persian Princess Sogand proves she’s sexy by imitating Shakira. ...
ListenAstro Bachie - Week Four from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Persian Princess Sogand goes full KILL BILL REVENGE on Abbie See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
ListenAstro Bachie - Week Three from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It finally happened: DOG C-WORD WEEK IS HERE! Listen to Rosie emotionally exhaust herself as she tells Jacob how all the drama went down. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
ListenAstro Bachie - Week Two from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Astro Bachie literally avoids pashing a girl he hates by eating cheese instead. Other highlights include Vag Juice Perfume and Vakoo just existing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...
ListenAstro Bachie - Week One from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sorting the Potential Wifeys from the Reject Stunt Cast is what Episodes 1 and 2 of The Bachelor are all about. Rosie Waterland recaps The Bachelor for her friends Emily and Jacob. Highlights inclu...
ListenJust The Gist - Trailer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rosie Waterland ‘gives the gist’ of any topic she finds interesting, to her comedian friends by recapping the things that she has learned that week, that they know nothing about…and don’t necessari...
ListenSANTA CLAUS! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Whether you're stuck dealing with racist Uncle Barry or chilling at home eating Chinese food and watching movies, we decided to get you through the day with a sneaky lil history on the origins of S...
ListenPepe The Frog from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
How did a cute, unassuming cartoon frog end up a symbol of racism and favourite mascot of the alt-right? Pepe started off as a funny little meme, created by an artist who just wanted to spread joy ...
ListenThe Sydney Luna Park Ghost Train Fire from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 1979, a fire broke out on the ghost train at Sydney’s Luna Park, killing 7 people - 6 of them children. Despite being over 40 years since the tragedy occurred, it’s still considered one of Sydne...
ListenThe Bling Ring from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 2009, six celebrity-obsessed teenagers decided that the best way to live like their idols was to, well, steal their stuff. These kids used Google, TMZ, Facebook and good ol' Hollywood Star Maps ...
ListenThe Jenny Jones talk show shooting from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 1995, daytime talk shows like Jerry Springer and Jenny Jones were at the height of their popularity thanks to using a tactic called ‘ambush television’ - getting guests on stage and shocking or ...
ListenThe 1904 Olympic Games - aka the one that was so bad they almost cancelled the Olympics forever from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Imagine if Donald Trump and the dude who created Fyre Fest were allowed to run an Olympics - that’s the level of disaster that was going on at the 1904 St Louis Olympic Games. Nothing was organised...
ListenJust The Gist - Trailer from 2019-07-24T07:27
Rosie Waterland ‘gives the gist’ of any topic she finds interesting, to her comedian friends by recapping the things that she has learned that week, that they know nothing about…and don’t necessari...
ListenJust The Gist - Trailer from 2019-07-24T07:27
Rosie Waterland ‘gives the gist’ of any topic she finds interesting, to her comedian friends by recapping the things that she has learned that week, that they know nothing about&hell...
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