This week, we're revisiting the very first story we ever Gistified on JtG, the Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton scandal. We're catching you up on the important work that Monica's been doing in the last 2 years since our episode originally dropped, and giving you the Gist of the documentary and TV show she produced.  The original story starts around 5:00 Jacob's update starts around 37:49 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: Listen to Monica's interview on Kara Swisher's podcast "Sway" https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9sMmk5WW5UZA/episode/OTIxOGEyYjAtMTRiMi00YzI2LTkxNzUtMGEzOWRiOTE3MDI2?hl=en-AU&ved=2ahUKEwi4zYK8ksvzAhWVbSsKHcS2CG8QjrkEegQIAhAF&ep=6 Here's Monica chatting with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show  https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/disagree-to-agree-government-spending-debate-monica/id1334878780?i=1000537802595 And here's another conversation she had with David Axelrod https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ep-461-monica-lewinsky/id1043593599?i=1000537084141 Monica discusses the process of working on "Impeachment" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/arts/television/monica-lewinsky-impeachment-american-crime-story.html This article is worth a read to understand the different ways Monica was viewed in the 1990s https://www.vox.com/culture/22672346/monica-lewinsky-bill-clinton-impeachment-american-crime-story  Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions! JustTheGistPodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Just the Gist

Checking in on Monica Lewinsky

We’ve got a special little treat for you, Gisteners! Jacob’s having a chat with our hero, Stuart Semple, about some of the hijinks he’s been up to in the last 18 months since we released our episode about his feud with Anish Kapoor. Revisit the original ep with us before the interview (from 4:07) or skip straight to the chat with Stuart at around 37:42 to hear us chat about his latest creations and projects, and of course, how he’s continued to punk Bean Boy. Here are the links we promised you:  If you missed the news about Jens Hanning “Take The Money and Run”, check this link out https://www.npr.org/2021/09/29/1041492941/jens-haaning-kunsten-take-the-money-and-run-art-denmark-blank Watch the video for Rubin’s song “Bean Boy” as many times as you can https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XOQ6DbXXOo (And stream it on your music streaming service as many times as you can) Read Stuart’s review of Anish Kapoor’s very grand exhibition https://www.artlyst.com/features/anish-kapoor-country-house-splendour-stuart-semple/ Just browse around the Culture Hustle website, and make sure you read every bit of text on the the Karen page https://culturehustle.com/collections/potions/products/karen-set-of-6-x-magnolia-acrylic-paints Check out the first exhibition at Giant Gallery https://fadmagazine.com/2021/02/25/stuart-semple-opens-new-gallery-giant-with-inaugural-exhibition-crash/ Listen to Stuart’s podcast, starting with his interview with Sarah Maple http://stuartsemple.com/social-works-shifting-the-social-dial-and-staying-humble-with-sarah-maple-visual-artist-1/ Be sure to look at Stuart’s Facebook post about his work “My Arse on the Line” https://www.facebook.com/MrStuartSemple/posts/my-arse-is-currently-on-show-diohoria-in-greece-my-arse-on-the-line-incredibly-k/357451459069903/ Check out Passions of Paradise for tours of the Great Barrier Reef https://passions.com.au Follow @stuartsemple @culturehustle @giantartgallery @justthegistpodcast @jacobwilliamstanley @rosiewaterland email us your sugGISTions justthegistpodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CHATTING WITH STUART SEMPLE

This week Jacob's kicking things off with a quick run-down on the massive week of Britney news before he prances into the archives and gets into the bizarre case of Gypsy Rose and Deedee Blanchard. This was one of our earliest episodes, and is still in our top five most outrageous stories. A mother poisoning her daughter - did she have Munchausen syndrome by proxy? Or was her daughter's illness part of a grift? The daughter orchestrating her mother's murder - was that self defence? Or revenge? Stick around til the end to get an update on what's happening in Gypsy's world now, 6 years on from the climax of the story and just months away from her first parole hearing.  Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions! JustTheGistPodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Revisiting Gypsy Blanchard (plus Britney updates!)

This week Jacob's kicking things off with a quick run-down on the massive week of Britney news before he prances into the archives and gets into the bizarre case of Gypsy Rose and Deedee Blanchard. This was one of our earliest episodes, and is still in our top five most outrageous stories. A mother poisoning her daughter - did she have Munchausen syndrome by proxy? Or was her daughter's illness part of a grift? The daughter orchestrating her mother's murder - was that self defence? Or revenge? Stick around til the end to get an update on what's happening in Gypsy's world now, 6 years on from the climax of the story and just months away from her first parole hearing.  Original story starts around 23:17 Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions! JustTheGistPodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Introducing: “Stories of Gistorical Significance” or “Gists You Might Have Missed”.  Rosie’s taking a little break at “The Spa” for a few weeks, and while she’s away Jacob's revisiting a few of our older episodes and sharing some new information that’s recently come to light, starting with the mystery of JonBenét Ramsey’s murder.  We're coming up on the 25th anniversary of JonBenét's death, and a new documentary about the Ramsey case was released earlier this year, which presents a very different theory of what happened than the one we presented in our original episode...  Listen to Rosie deliver the Gist of JonBenét's murder (recorded in March 2020) before Jacob then gives an overview of the case as presented by folks who believe an intruder killed JonBenét in December 1996.  We give you the gist, but if you want to dive in and get more detail Watch “The Case Of: JonBenét Ramsey” on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBUQO2u-eD4  And watch the newest doco “JonBenét  Ramsey: What Really Happened?” https://watch.foxtel.com.au/app/#/shows/401720/seasons/1/episode/HWW10545552  Here’s a description of the documentary which calls it “both riveting and heartbreaking”  https://www.foxtel.com.au/whats-on/foxtel-insider/latest-news/jonbenet-ramsey-doco.html  If you missed Rosie’s post on the socials last week, here it is https://www.instagram.com/p/CT01LyaPXG8/  Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions! JustTheGistPodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Revisiting JonBenét Ramsey

An extreme anti-abortion law was passed in Texas this month. A woman who seeks an abortion after six weeks can be arrested, along with anybody who aids her in seeking that abortion. $10,000 bounties are being offered to the public to ‘dob’ women in. Considering most women don’t even realise they are pregnant at that early stage, this law effectively bans more than 90% of abortions in the state. Clinics are already turning women away for fear of punishment.  Every woman should have an unequivocal right to make decisions about her own body. It’s that simple.  On the other side of the world, I felt so defeated by this news. Just… overwhelmed by a sense of helplessness. But one thing I’m good at is telling stories, so I figure I can at least use that skill to contribute in a way I know how. I’m one of millions of women who have made this choice about my own body, and I’m in a position to tell that story. It’s not a big contribution, but it’s something I can do. So here is just the gist of my abortions.  - Rosie ‘Choice Words: A collection of writing about abortion’ - the book Rosie contributed her story to: https://www.booktopia.com.au/choice-words-louise-swinn/book/9781760875220.html?source=pla&gclid=Cj0KCQjw4eaJBhDMARIsANhrQADf6mTOMLCERIoaKnboXcWFatAGggQvgSKaB2dAsGTbmlHI6ndFBU0aAjYqEALw_wcB Some further reading: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/01/texas-abortion-law-supreme-court https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/08/texas-abortion-vigilantes-sb8-citizens-sue https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/09/biden-administration-sue-texas-abortion-law See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rosie’s Abortions

Aliens? Supernatural forces? Or just two guys called Doug and Dave ‘aving a laff? Crop Circles - huge, intricate, geometric patterns in the ground that many insist cannot possibly be made by humans - have been appearing in random fields throughout history. But where exactly do they come from, and are they proof of extraterrestrial life? DO YOU BELIEVE? Skip straight to the story - approx 26:45 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: Watch this fairly balanced 2001 documentary, made at the peak of the crop circle frenzy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq3MjnCr30k  Watch this very unbalanced documentary from 1991  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBz1UCQnQWc  Read this article from Time Magazine about Doug and Dave’s revelation in 1991 https://www2.nau.edu/~gaud/bio372/class/readings/circ.htm  Watch their appearance on Dutch TV from the same year  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpVks_FMcLo  Spend a while exploring this website to get the latest Croppie gossip as well as some history  https://thecroppie.co.uk/  See photos of the latest crop circles as they appear  https://cropcircles.lucypringle.co.uk/  Get all the detail, videos and articles, about Operation Blackbird  http://thecroppie.co.uk/2016/02/05/operation-blackbird/  Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions! JustTheGistPodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Crop Circles

Widely considered the greatest literary hoax of modern times, the story of JT Leroy seems almost impossible to believe. Bursting onto the scene in 2001 with a bestselling book and heartbreaking life story, JT Leroy was a 20-year-old writing prodigy who quickly became the celebrity of the hour. He was photographed at A-List parties. Profiled in magazines. Gus Van Sant wanted to make a movie about him. Winona Ryder cried while giving a speech about him. The Smashing Pumpkins welcomed him backstage at their concerts. Madonna wanted him to join Kabbalah.  But JT Leroy didn’t exist.  So who was this person? And how did they dupe not just Hollywood, but the entire world? (TW: although JT Leroy turned out to be a fiction, this episode includes brief references to the physical and child sexual abuse described in his books.) Skip to the story! Approx 11:30 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: ‘The Boy Who Cried Author’ piece in Vanity Fair: https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2006/04/jtleroy200604/amp The first article to bust things wide open: https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/14718/ Interview with Savannah Knoop:https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/23/my-life-as-jt-leroy-savannah-knoop-on-playing-the-great-literary-hoaxer Vanity Fair Confidential episode, Season 4, Ep 2 (this one is a great overall summary): available to watch on Amazon Prime in Aus The Cult of JT Leroy doco trailer: https://youtu.be/ARPXyCqq1YI Author: The JT Leroy Story doco trailer (this is the nutso one with lots of interviews with Laura Albert): https://youtu.be/hvSwcE32VKg If this episode brought up any issues for please contact the following: Lifeline: 13 11 14 https://www.lifeline.org.au/ Beyond Blue:1300 224 636https://www.beyondblue.org.au/ LGBTQI support: 1800 184 527https://qlife.org.au/ Follow us on Insta: @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions!JustTheGistPodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

J.T Leroy

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: Here’s a nice, succinct doco about Cher’s life up to 1998  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGWrxldROLw  Here’s another doco from 2003, worth a view  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8zY9JnGl0U  Listen to Cher’s interview with Andrew Denton in 2018  (in which Cher talks about teaming up with Meryl Streep to reduce a woman from assault)  https://podcasts.apple.com/cz/podcast/cher/id1459220847?i=1000443335147  Watch 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 in the documentary “Dear Mom, Love Cher”  https://tv.apple.com/au/movie/dear-mom-love-cher/umc.cmc.2hfqeiden8wvse2vemzz4kjyh?action=play  Watch the trailer for the movie that sent Sonny and Cher bankrupt, “Chastity”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dmQyPKEWxA  "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 Jackon  https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3r2645  Watch a full episode of Cher’s solo show, in which her future husband / ex-husband Greg Allman is a guest star https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsihHU95etc Watch Cher’s medley of soul anthems performed with Elton John and Bette Midler on the “Cher” TV show in 1975  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p5kUaR3D04  Behold Cher’s magnificent one-woman performance of West Side Story from her special in 1978 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLq6k6Ckafg  Cher + Dolly Parton + gospel medley = life shifting perfection  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVGs41Mik1E  Just… Cher performing a medley with David Bowie (I’m not crying, you’re crying)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPlN8RBP-Ws  Cher with the Jackson Five (we know you’re still crying, and it’s ok) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGBJfnsT75E  Cher’s disco moment - Take Me Home (can’t believe Rosie didn’t know this song, but OK)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ3giJ0BPOw  Cher putting her true love Rob Camiletti on full display in her video for “I Found Someone” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WttpvJVjLE  Cher’s informercials, and the parodies, are all on this site  http://ruthsreport.blogspot.com/2020/11/that-time-cher-destroyed-her-career.html  Cher’s eulogy for Sonny. It’s heartbreaking, but such a beautiful tribute (and Cher is still so effing FUNNY and gets a lot of laughs)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fba-YxHIm6c  Watch the full Cherwell tour  https://vimeo.com/449975168  Enjoy Cher calling Letterman an asshole in 1986 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrX1ZFpvk14  Be moved by the time Sonny and Cher reunited in 1987 on Letterman    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4EaFzRVjlM  The brilliant profile by Tim Elliot on Jock Zonfrillo in Good Weekend: https://www.smh.com.au/national/he-s-very-nice-the-only-problem-is-chef-marco-pierre-white-on-jock-zonfrillo-20210714-p589q3.html Follow us on Insta!@JustTheGistPodcast@RosieWaterland@JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions! JustTheGistPodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CHER

Jacob lives out his dream and gives us just the gist of Cher. No further description necessary. Skip to the story! Approx 18:04 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: Here’s a nice, succinct doco about Cher’s life up to 1998  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGWrxldROLw  Here’s another doco from 2003, worth a view  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8zY9JnGl0U  Listen to Cher’s interview with Andrew Denton in 2018  (in which Cher talks about teaming up with Meryl Streep to reduce a woman from assault)  https://podcasts.apple.com/cz/podcast/cher/id1459220847?i=1000443335147  Watch 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 in the documentary “Dear Mom, Love Cher”  https://tv.apple.com/au/movie/dear-mom-love-cher/umc.cmc.2hfqeiden8wvse2vemzz4kjyh?action=play  Watch the trailer for the movie that sent Sonny and Cher bankrupt, “Chastity”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dmQyPKEWxA  "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 Jackon  https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3r2645  Watch a full episode of Cher’s solo show, in which her future husband / ex-husband Greg Allman is a guest star https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsihHU95etc Watch Cher’s medley of soul anthems performed with Elton John and Bette Midler on the “Cher” TV show in 1975  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p5kUaR3D04  Behold Cher’s magnificent one-woman performance of West Side Story from her special in 1978 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLq6k6Ckafg  Cher + Dolly Parton + gospel medley = life shifting perfection  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVGs41Mik1E  Just… Cher performing a medley with David Bowie (I’m not crying, you’re crying)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPlN8RBP-Ws  Cher with the Jackson Five (we know you’re still crying, and it’s ok) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGBJfnsT75E  Cher’s disco moment - Take Me Home (can’t believe Rosie didn’t know this song, but OK)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ3giJ0BPOw  Cher putting her true love Rob Camiletti on full display in her video for “I Found Someone” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WttpvJVjLE  Cher’s informercials, and the parodies, are all on this site  http://ruthsreport.blogspot.com/2020/11/that-time-cher-destroyed-her-career.html  Cher’s eulogy for Sonny. It’s heartbreaking, but such a beautiful tribute (and Cher is still so effing FUNNY and gets a lot of laughs)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fba-YxHIm6c  Watch the full Cherwell tour  https://vimeo.com/449975168  Enjoy Cher calling Letterman an asshole in 1986 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrX1ZFpvk14  Be moved by the time Sonny and Cher reunited in 1987 on Letterman  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4EaFzRVjlM  The brilliant profile by Tim Elliot on Jock Zonfrillo in Good Weekend: https://www.smh.com.au/national/he-s-very-nice-the-only-problem-is-chef-marco-pierre-white-on-jock-zonfrillo-20210714-p589q3.html Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions! JustTheGistPodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you’re claustrophobic you’re going to struggle with this one… A lot of you requested this story after our Baby Jessica episode, so you know it’s going to be INTENSE. In 2009, there was a massive 27-hour rescue operation to save John Edward Jones, a man who got stuck in the Nutty Putty Cave - 31 metres underground, in a rock crevice so small and tight that he couldn’t even expand his chest fully to take a proper breath. And… he was completely UPSIDE DOWN.   (Skip straight to the story: approx 19:15)   We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:   All That’s Interesting article: https://allthatsinteresting.com/nutty-putty-cave CaveHaven article: https://cavehaven.com/nutty-putty-cave-accident/ ‘The Last Descent’ trailer: https://youtu.be/9aT2NN8FYoQ Some YouTube vids: https://youtu.be/WaIoXN-7FjM https://youtu.be/d1nuqpAULpE Follow us on Insta!@JustThePodcast@RosieWaterland@JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Jones - the man who was buried alive for 27 hours

If you’re claustrophobic you’re going to struggle with this one… A lot of you requested this story after our Baby Jessica episode, so you know it’s going to be INTENSE. In 2009, there was a massive 27-hour rescue operation to save John Edward Jones, a man who got stuck in the Nutty Putty Cave - 31 metres underground, in a rock crevice so small and tight that he couldn’t even expand his chest fully to take a proper breath. And… he was completely UPSIDE DOWN. Skip straight to the story: approx 19:15 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: All That’s Interesting article: https://allthatsinteresting.com/nutty-putty-cave CaveHaven article: https://cavehaven.com/nutty-putty-cave-accident/ ‘The Last Descent’ trailer: https://youtu.be/9aT2NN8FYoQ Some YouTube vids: https://youtu.be/WaIoXN-7FjM https://youtu.be/d1nuqpAULpE Follow us on Insta! @JustThePodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’ve all seen the horrific damage caused by tsunamis - buildings flattened, whole towns destroyed. But what if a tsunami wasn’t made of water? What if it was made of… molasses? As crazy as it sounds, that’s exactly what happened in Boston in 1919. A tsunami of what is basically maple syrup flooded the city, and this sticky wave destroyed everything - and killed everyone - that it came across. We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: Read Dark Tide, the super comprehensive book about the disaster and the context in which it happened:  https://www.booktopia.com.au/dark-tide-stephen-puleo/book/9780807078006.html  Check out this article to see a bunch of photos of the chaos the flood caused:  https://www.boston.com/news/history/2019/01/14/great-molasses-flood-photos/  Learn about the 21 victims who were killed by the flood, and how their lives ended: https://www.boston.com/news/history/2019/01/13/victims-great-boston-molasses-flood-1919/  Read an article about the painstaking cleanup process that took months:  https://www.boston.com/news/history/2019/01/14/great-molasses-flood-cleanup-aftermath/  Skip right to the story: approx 18:40  Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Great Molasses Flood

In 1987, there was a news event that brought the entire world together. People did not stop watching their TVs for days - the First Lady of the United States even postponed surgery until she knew the outcome. Eighteen-month-old Jessica McClure had fallen down an old well and was wedged almost ten metres underground for 56 hours. Every news channel that existed had cameras in that tiny backyard in Texas, while the world watched - live - and waited in suspense to see if she’d come out alive.  We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: The articles Rosie mentioned: LA Times in 1995: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-05-24-mn-5474-story New York Times Magazine in 1995: https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/23/magazine/death-on-the-cnn-curve.html Good summary: www.history.com/.amp/this-day-in-history/baby-jessica-rescued-from-a-well-as-the-world-watches Jessica on the 30 year anniversary: https://www.time.com/4980689/baby-jessica-30th-anniversary https://www.people.com/human-interest/baby-jessica-on-the-30-year-anniversary-of-her-rescue-from-a-well-her-life-as-a-wife-and-mom Trailer for the TV movie ‘Everybody’s Baby: The Rescue Of Jessica McClure’:  https://youtu.be/JIPAPTKr0xc Footage of Baby Jessica being rescued:  https://youtu.be/afSChsWNcbQ The podcast about Amazon that Jacob recommended: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/brown-box   Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGist @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Send us your suGISTions! justthegistpodcast@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Baby Jessica

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 necessarily need to know about. So If you want to know just enough about something to get you through a dinner party, we’ll give you just the gist.

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Just the Gist

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