{"podcast":{"title":"Do Go On","slug":"do-go-on-216756","podcast_index_feed_id":216756,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/60de27e6-b679-4a3b-a9aa-53fa8e6d0313","website_url":"https://dogoonpod.com/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/610b01c34d914bfe9b341828/1636094784590-c0f8c96bf98e513aea1c23a62ca8aa6b.jpeg","author":"Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke","episode_count":582,"summary":"A fact based comedy podcast. Each week Melbourne comedians Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins and Dave Warneke take it in turns to research a topic and report back to the class. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/do-go-on-216756"},"episode":{"title":"546 - The Dunnes Store Strike, \"The Most Dangerous Supermarket Workers In The World\"","slug":"546-the-dunnes-store-strike-the-most-dangerous-supermarket-workers-in-the-world","published_at":"2026-04-08T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/do-go-on-216756/546-the-dunnes-store-strike-the-most-dangerous-supermarket-workers-in-the-world","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/do-go-on-216756","url":"https://shows.acast.com/do-go-on/episodes/546-the-dunnes-store-strike","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/do-go-on/e/69d48b87b76468caaca0968b/media.mp3","summary":"Those suffering under Apartheid in South Africa found a group of unlikely allies in 1984, when a group of young retail workers in Ireland went on strike after refusing to handle goods from South Africa. What started as a tiny movement slowly grew until the Irish government and the rest of Europe were under pressure to act... This is the story of 'The Grapefruit Ladies' also known as 'The Most Dangerous Supermarket Workers In The World.\" This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 11:05 (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: https://tribunemag.co.uk/2024/07/the-dunnes-stores-strike-was-a-lesson-in-solidarity Blood Fruit (2014) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V-gVA4kahc&t=2s https://www.ireland.ie/en/southafrica/celebrating-30-years-irish-and-south-africans-share-their-stories-of-connection/my-connection-to-south-africa-mary-manning-dunnes-stores-striker/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/apartheid/Opposition-to-apartheid https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/28682 https://sahistory.org.za/people/nimrod-sekeramane-nathale   https://www.bbc.com/news/world-af…","meta_description":"Those suffering under Apartheid in South Africa found a group of unlikely allies in 1984, when a group of young retail workers in Ireland went on strike a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6696,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/do-go-on-216756/episodes/546-the-dunnes-store-strike-the-most-dangerous-supermarket-workers-in-the-world/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/do-go-on-216756/546-the-dunnes-store-strike-the-most-dangerous-supermarket-workers-in-the-world.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}