{"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":598,"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":"2026-09-24T00:20:38.967057+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/do-go-on-216756"},"episode":{"title":"563 - The Afronauts, Zambia's Space Program","slug":"563-the-afronauts-zambia-s-space-program","published_at":"2026-08-05T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/do-go-on-216756/563-the-afronauts-zambia-s-space-program","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/do-go-on-216756","url":"https://shows.acast.com/do-go-on/episodes/563-afronauts-zambias-space-program","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/do-go-on/e/6a71ea662031aa1a2847f0fd/media.mp3","summary":"In October 1964, as the Southern African country of Zambia was celebrating independence, an exciting and somewhat surprising announcement was made... Edward Mukuka Nkoloso was setting up Zambia's National Space Program and whats more, his 'Afronauts\" were going to beat the Americans and Soviets to the moon and beyond. This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 06:02 (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://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-zambian-afronaut-who-wanted-to-join-the-space-race https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/story-behind-zambian-space-program Faces Of Africa - Mukuka Nkoloso: The Afronaut (CGTN) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2ikxZK65pA The Time When Zambia Tried To Go To Mars (SideNote) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TI9ixb-a5M https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Makuka_Nkoloso# https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-almost-forgotten-zambian-space-odyssey/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/10/old-weird-tech-the-zambian-space-cult-of-the-1960s/64945/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/history-of-Zambia h…","meta_description":"In October 1964, as the Southern African country of Zambia was celebrating independence, an exciting and somewhat surprising announcement was made... Edwa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6055,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/do-go-on-216756/episodes/563-the-afronauts-zambia-s-space-program/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-216756/563-the-afronauts-zambia-s-space-program.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}