Looking Up

About Looking Up

Explore the big and the small questions in astronomy, cosmology, and space science. Hosted by Kechil Kirkham, no subject is too big or too small, and experts are regularly brought on board to illuminate and excite. Cape Town is the place to be for astronomy, with some of the largest telescopes in the world housed or being built not too far away. Looking Up takes advantage of the shoals of scientists and engineers working on the planet’s most advanced astronomy projects, who live and work right here in the Mother City. Kechil has recently acquired an MPhil in Space Studies at the University of Cape Town, and works in South Africa’s space industry on the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope.

Publisher

Fine Music Radio

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Feb 2021

Latest episode

10 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

238 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Dec 2025

   Looking Up - 10 Dec 25 - Gerhard Swart, SKA

   Gerhard Swart of the SKA talks to Kechil about South Africa's electric car.

2. 

   3 Dec 2025

   Looking Up - 03 Dec 25 - Kathryn Rosie, Mechanical Engineer at SAAO

   Kathryn Rosie, Mechanical Engineer at SAAO describes the building of Hera, a radio telescope.

3. 

   26 Nov 2025

   Looking Up - 26 Nov 25 - John Woodland describes Follow That Star

   John Woodland describes Follow That Star, an upcoming musical performance.

Who has been a guest on Looking Up

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr Karen Lee-Waddell
• John Woodland
• Professor Oleg Smirnov
• Oleg Smirnov
• Pran Govender

Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

95

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

50

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Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.