Getting Better Acquainted

In GBA 274 we get better acquainted with Guilaine Kinouani. She talks about structural power, racism, mental health issues and self care in relation to the experiences of women of colour, clinical psychology, feminism, the #PredatoryPeacekeepers campaign, the differences (and similarities) between British and French attitudes to race/migration and so much more. It's also the first Getting Better Acquainted recorded in a public library. Guilaine plugs: Predatory Peacekeepers: http://predatorypeacekeepers.tumblr.com/ PP Petition: https://community.avaaz.org/petitions/we-will-not-stand-by-when-un-soldiers-abuse-rape-and-murder Media Diversified: https://mediadiversified.org/ Now We Here: https://soundcloud.com/real-media-1 Real Media: http://realmedia.press/ RaceReflections: https://racereflections.co.uk We mention: Racism = prejudice + power: http://sjwiki.org/wiki/Prejudice_plus_power White Feminism: http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/08/need-talk-about-white-feminism/ Strong Black Woman Trope: https://blackgirlnerds.com/mental-health-and-the-strong-black-woman-trope/ bell hooks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_hooks Audre Lorde: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audre_Lorde AL quote: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2213-if-i-didn-t-define-myself-for-myself-i-would-be Code Blue Campaign: http://www.codebluecampaign.com/ Some articles on #PredatoryPeacekeepers: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/20/the-un-must-smash-the-culture-of-impunity-that-lets-peacekeepers/ https://mediadiversified.org/2016/04/12/the-uns-good-vs-bad-narrative-clears-the-way-for-sexual-violence-and-impunity/ Samantha Asumadu: http://www.samanthaasumadu.com/ Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 273 we get better acquainted with Natasha Magigi. She talks about making interactive community theatre out of news headlines, playing nearly all of Shakespeare's virgins, why the favourite character she has played is a many headed monster and so much more. We recorded the conversation in the National Theatre and a lot of it is about theatre and performance but we did try not to be too wanky about it! Tasha plugs: Comus: A Masque in Honour of Chastity by John Milton at Globe Theatre, 26 October – 19 November 2016 : http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/theatre/whats-on/sam-wanamaker-playhouse/comus-2016 I plug: The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefamilytreepodcast We mention: Storylines: http://www.ampersandmedia.co.uk/Storylines.php Ampersand Media: http://www.ampersandmedia.co.uk/ Mark episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-114-mark Brechtian: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Brechtian Deptford Lounge: http://deptfordlounge.org.uk/ Teatro Vivo: http://www.teatrovivo.co.uk/ Albany Theatre: http://www.thealbany.org.uk/ Sylvia Young: http://www.syts.co.uk/page/default.asp?title=Home&pid=1 Rose Bruford: https://www.bruford.ac.uk/ UCAS: https://www.ucas.com/ The Bill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bill Shakespeare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare As You Like It: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_You_Like_It Streetcar Named Desire: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Streetcar_Named_Desire To Kill A Mocking Bird: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Kill_a_Mockingbird The Color Purple: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Color_Purple Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roll_of_Thunder,_Hear_My_Cry The National Theatre: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/ Royal Festival Hall: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/royal-festival-hall Proscenium Arch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proscenium Telly Addicts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telly_Addicts Learning Zone: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01b8f09 Waiting For Godot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_for_Godot Mnemonic by Complicite: http://www.complicite.org/productions/Mnemonic Mother Courage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Courage_and_Her_Children The Good Person of Szechwan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Person_of_Szechwan The Odyssey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey Scylla and Charybdis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_Scylla_and_Charybdis Rebecca Peyton: https://twitter.com/rebeccapeyton Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 272 we get even better acquainted with Paul. After his first appearance on the show Paul wanted to return when he felt more himself to do a second conversation. We met up and walked and talked along the South Bank in the rain, covering mental health issues, masculinity, art, copyright, podcasts, ASMR, cultural appropriation, why people are like sliced bread, how facebook memories remind you regularly that your past self was a dick and lots of other stuff. It's a longer podcast than normal, partly because Paul is a fan of longform podcasts and partly because it was a conversation that flowed really well and so cutting bits out would have made it less coherent. Paul plugs: Sketchy Magpie: http://www.sketchymagpie.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyiamfAwZ7rqwOpqLztjv8w I plug: The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefamilytreepodcast We mention: Paul 1: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-214-paul-williams/ You Made It Weird: http://nerdist.com/podcasts/you-made-it-weird-channel/ PJ and Duncan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PJ_%26_Duncan_discography Slipknot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slipknot_(band) 9 Inch Nails: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails Let's Get Ready to Rhumble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjXZmtg7GwI Arts Emergency: http://arts-emergency.org/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity Natalie episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-250-natalie Dreadlock Truth: http://dreadlocktruth.com/ ASMR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_sensory_meridian_response Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hallucinations-Oliver-Sacks/dp/1447208269 Silent Hill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Hill Resident Evil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil Download: https://downloadfestival.co.uk/ Save It For The Show: http://www.saveitfortheshow.com/ Misophonia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misophonia Dad Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-3-dad-1 Walking Dead: http://www.amc.com/shows/the-walking-dead Ram Dass: https://www.ramdass.org/ Richard Herring: http://www.richardherring.com/ RHLSP: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/ RHLSP with Stephen Fry: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/episode_18_stephen_fry/ WTF Marc Maron: http://www.wtfpod.com/ Mental Illness Happy Hour: http://mentalpod.com/ Alan Moore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore Ricky Gervais: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Gervais S Club 7: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_Club_7 Billy Bragg and the skaters: https://johnnyvoid.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/billy-brag-is-a-knob-ignore-him-and-help-save-the-southbank/ Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 271 we get better acquainted with Nathaniel Tapley. He talks writing, if our current political landscape is killing satire, being a women on the internet for a short period of time, making political comedy, pissing off Dapper Laughs, creating the comic character Sir Ian Bowler, MP, the landscape of print and online media and so much more. @Natt plugs: Following him @natt and/or Sir Ian Bowler @sirianbowlermp on twitter. I plug: The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefamilytreepodcast We mention: Katy Darby: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-75-katy-darby Lollitics - Chris Coltrane: http://www.chriscoltrane.co.uk/lolitics-my-camden-political-comedy-club.html Lost Treasures of the Black Heart - Josie Long: http://www.losttreasurespodcast.com/ Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Sajeela Kershi: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-203-sajeela-kershi Comedy Cottage: http://www.harlequintheatre.co.uk/whats-on/comedy-cottage/ Sir Ian Bowler: https://twitter.com/sirianbowlermp Tonightly: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/tonightly Dapper Laughs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dapper_Laughs UsVSTh3m: http://www.mirror.co.uk/usvsth3m/ Rob Manuel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Manuel Dapper Laughs Cancelation: http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/dapper-laughs-tells-audience-member-4602725 Review of Christmas Album: http://usvsth3m.com/post/we-listened-to-all-25-painful-minutes-of-dapper-laughs-christmas-album-so-you-dont-have-to Abi Wilkinson: https://twitter.com/AbiWilks Jake Yapp: http://jakeyapp.co.uk/ David Ike: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Icke Toxic Masculinity: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Toxic_masculinity Charlie Hebdo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Hebdo Charlie Hebdo Racist Editorial: https://charliehebdo.fr/en/edito/how-did-we-end-up-here/ Alan Kurdi - Charlie Hebdo: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jan/14/charlie-hebdo-cartoon-depicting-drowned-child-alan-kurdi-sparks-racism-debate The Onion: http://www.theonion.com/ Clickhole: http://www.clickhole.com/ Canary: https://t.co/MEwTjn7IfH Rupert Murdoch Kelvin McKenzie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin_MacKenzie Hillsborough: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 270 we get better acquainted with Karla. She talks about making the Arts Emergency Podcast, how radio and music have intertwined with her life, how she came to writing the long way round after her hopes to be a dancer were defeated by circumstance, how class, race and other types of privilege have an effect on the arts, the media and society and so much more. You can find her on twitter at @karlamsweet. Karla plugs: The Arts Emergency Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-arts-emergency-podcast/id1044115346?mt=2 https://soundcloud.com/arts-emergency I plug: The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefamilytreepodcast We mention: Deborah Pearson: https://deborahpearson123.wordpress.com/ The Whole Darn Thing: http://thewholedarnedthing.podbean.com/ Arts Emergency: http://www.arts-emergency.org/ 127 hours: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/127_Hours Precariat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precariat Degenerative Tendinosis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tendinosis Daleks vs Ethnic Minorites on the cover of the radio times: https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2014/writers-key-boosting-diversity-screen-bbc1-controller/ Radio 4 Front Row: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qsq5 The Streets - "don't mug yourself": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veAIHDGghP4 Kara Tointon's Don't Call Me Stupid: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vy8c7 Jimmy Mcgovern's accused: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accused_(TV_series) Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 269 we get better acquainted with Terry. He talks stand-up, graphic design, novels, politics, how he definitely isn't a hipster and why he makes a podcast about Formula 1. We also talk class, writing, how the darkest times in life are also often hilarious and about the time we worked together making a radio show for Cbeebies where Terry was played Jenni Murray's underling. Terry plugs: His podcast For F1's Sake: http://www.ff1s.com/ I plug: The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefamilytreepodcast We mention: Ministry of Stories: http://ministryofstories.org/ Ministry of Stories Radio Show (looks like it is mostly no longer available online): http://bbc.in/2cmEBfB Jenni Murry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenni_Murray Podcast I recorded after we'd recorded with Jenni Murray: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-5-chris-goode-and Podcast I recorded the day after the 2015 election: http://www.londonfieldsradio.co.uk/2015/05/10/fail-better-podcast-episode-4-dave-pickering-james-harris-election-special/ Split Infinitive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_infinitive Resonance FM: https://resonancefm.com/ Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Matt Hill: https://rethinkaudio.wordpress.com/ Financial Times Article: https://www.ft.com/content/0062eed2-401e-11e5-b98b-87c7270955cf Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 268 we get better acquainted with Ben. We talk about gender, sexuality, privilege, music, podcasting and lots of other things. We met for the first time about an hour before I turned the mic on after being introduced by a mutual friend via email. Ben had heard my show about masculinity and was interested in talking about some areas in and around it and we were also meeting because he is gearing up to make his own podcast using Binaural microphones. But everything else was discovery. We started talking in a quiet cafe/bar in New Cross which becomes louder by the end of the episode. We're both thinking out new thoughts influenced by personal events and national news and the cafe music provides a nice sound bed (although it means the episode is a little less edited than some). Ben plugs: His upcoming new podcast Dissident Kitchen I plug: The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefamilytreepodcast What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk Donating: http://http://bit.ly/1LUtbKt We mention: Jo Barratt: https://twitter.com/JoBarratt Life In Scents: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/life-in-scents/id455509067 Farmarama: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/farmerama/id1031542491?mt=2 Tech For Good: http://www.techforgood.global/ Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Sch%C3%BCssler_Fiorenza Kyriarchy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyriarchy Androphilia and gynephilia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androphilia_and_gynephilia Revolutionary Road: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Road_(film) Binaural microphones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binaural_recording kitchen sisters Being A Man: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/festivals-series/being-a-man-2015 Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 267 we get better acquainted with... me. In this shorter episode than usual I share some of the true stories I've told on the Spark London stage in 2016. As host of the Spark Hackney open mic I start every night with a story from my life that fits that months theme. I've been hosting for 4 years so finding stories to tell is a constant challenge. For more about Spark True Stories: http://stories.co.uk/ I plug: The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefamilytreepodcast What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk Donating: http://bit.ly/1LUtbKt Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

I'm taking a few days off after working flat out on a new podcast that's coming out in the autumn and so don't really have time to write episode notes for this one. It's a great conversation with Richard, who I studied creative writing with at University, recorded a while back in 2012 (I think!) on a trip with my partner Jen to Lancaster. She is also in the episode but not much. She's also co-producing the new show and having a break with me as it goes. If you you want to find out more about the show we're working on go here: http://www.thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk

In GBA 265 we get better acquainted with... well... it's hard to say really. This was recorded in 2012 for what I intended to make into a Lancaster special, but things didn't go entirely to plan. Mostly you get better acquainted with me and with my partner Jen and get an idea of why audio roadtrips are not something we are best suited to doing together. This is a shorter episode than most GBAs:. It starts in a train and ends in a graveyard. I plug: The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefamilytreepodcast Donating to GBA: http://bit.ly/1LUtbKt Things mentioned: Steve: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-63-steve The Priory: http://lancasterpriory.org/ Coventry Special: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-64-coventry Cardiff Special: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-17-cardiff Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 264 we get better acquainted with Jen. We talk about the things she wants to have done before turning 30, the process of working on yourself, the value of sharing true stories and attempting to live authentically and so much more. Despite working together as part of the Spark London team we had never really sat down and had a face to face conversation and we dive straight in with the big questions. Jen is a brilliant and active listener with a history of interviewing/documenting people and so I end up talking a lot! Jen Plugs: Spark: http://stories.co.uk/ I plug: The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefamilytreepodcast What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk Donating: http://bit.ly/1LUtbKt We mention: The Risk episode where I told my sex club story: http://risk-show.com/podcast/3177/ Body and Soul: https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/body-soul Sex Worker Stories: https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/special-sex-worker-stories Kevin Allison: https://twitter.com/TheKevinAllison Two Cathedrals: https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/ff1da899-bf3e-481c-8f20-8d84d1e99e9b Bright Eyes - Bowl of Oranges: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUym7n7fJTQ Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 263 we get better acquainted with Neil. We talk about the personal and political factors and influences that motivated him to co-created Arts Emergency, how Arts Emergency has impacted his life and the vital and important work the organisation does supporting and mentoring young people from less advantaged backgrounds to find their way into to arts and humanities. Arts Emergency is the grassroots ALTERNATIVE to old boy networks in arts, culture and higher education. For more information about what they do, how you can donate and how to become an AE mentor visit http://arts-emergency.org/ Neil Plugs: Arts Emergency: https://twitter.com/artsemergency I plug: The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefamilytreepodcast What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk Donating: http://bit.ly/1LUtbKt We mention: Candid Cafe: http://www.candidarts.com/sections/galleryandcafepages/candid_cafe.htm Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Tragic Christmas: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sets/tragic-christmas No Sweat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Sweat_(organisation) Josie Long: http://www.josielong.com/ Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 262 we get better acquainted with Miranda Kane. We recorded this conversation at the Audible studios in London during the recording of her new audio sitcom Slaving Away which is a comedy about a cheerful and happy-go-lucky single girl who just happens to be a dominatrix that will be hitting your earways this August. We talk about making comedy about sex work and sex worker rights, why it took a while for her to realise she could fit into the world of stand-up comedy, not making fat people and sex workers into punchlines and lots more. We also talk about her show Coin Operated Girl which is back again at this year's PBH Free Fringe: https://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/event/602895-the-coin-operated-girl/ For more about sex worker rights, decriminalization and sex worker led activism see: Sex Worker Open University: http://www.sexworkeropenuniversity.com/ Toni Mac: The Laws That Sex Workers Really Want: https://www.ted.com/talks/toni_mac_the_laws_that_sex_workers_really_want GBA 197 - Toni https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-197-toni Miranda Plugs: Slaving Away: https://www.amazon.com/Slaving-Away-Speaking-Audible-Original/dp/B010PRLWLI I plug: The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefamilytreepodcast What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk Donating: http://bit.ly/1LUtbKt We mention: Audible: http://www.audible.co.uk/ Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/ Spark SW podcasts: https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/special-sex-worker-stories https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/more-sexworkerstories-truestoriestoldlive Coin Operated Girl: http://www.coinoperatedgirl.co.uk/ Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 261 we get better acquainted with Rita. She talks about why she came to the UK, how it feels to be a Polish person in London during Brexit, her play Girl Fag, performing stand-up, writing poetry, being othered, being a freelance artist, the difference between prolific and productive and lots more. Rita Plugs: Her featured slot at Rhymes with Orange on 28th July: http://orangesrhyme.com/ Sam Rhodes Comedy Explosion: https://www.facebook.com/SamRhodesCE/ And look out for The Job Stealers Podcast with The London Pole I plug: The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefamilytreepodcast What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk Donating: http://bit.ly/1LUtbKt We mention: GAP Salon: https://gapsalon.wordpress.com/ Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Amy Clare Tasker: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-192-amy-clare-tasker Girl Fag: https://twitter.com/hashtag/GirlfagThePlay?src=hash The Living Songbook: https://twitter.com/livingsongbook Rita's Poem about EUref: https://youtu.be/iTgPLie_ipQ Erasmus Exchange: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus_Programme Agatha Christie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie Media Diversified: https://mediadiversified.org/ LBC German Woman: http://www.lbc.co.uk/im-so-scared-now-german-woman-hit-by-xenophobia-calls-james-in-tears-132971 Safety Pin: http://indy100.independent.co.uk/article/safetypin-the-simple-way-to-show-solidarity-with-the-uks-immigrant-population--ZJzeRPz6kHW Tragedy plus time quote: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/257244-humor-is-tragedy-plus-time Michael Jackson - Jam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbHI1yI1Ndk Rikki Beadle Blair: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikki_Beadle-Blair Arts Jobs: http://www.artsjobs.org.uk/ Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 260 we get better acquainted with Tom. Tom is a listener and podcaster who contacted me to meet up when he was in town. We talk about why he became interested in War Studies, how he ended up in journalism and why he makes The Muckheap podcast which offers an irreverent look at farming and countryside communities. We also discuss podcasting, language evolution, UK politics, free speech and lots more. Tom Plugs: His podcast, The Muckheap: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-muckheap/id1079767773?mt=2 I plug: Stand Up Tragedy Presents at the Dogstar, Brixton, 13th and 14th July, doors open 7.30pm PWYL: SUT: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefamilytreepodcast What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk Donating: http://bit.ly/1LUtbKt We mention: Helen Zaltzman: http://helenzaltzman.com/ Z List Dead List Podcast: http://www.zlistdeadlist.com/ Iszi Lawrence: http://iszi.com/ Lapel Mic: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=lapel+mix&rlz=1C1CHFX_en-GBGB456GB456&oq=lapel+mix&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l2j69i61l3.1694j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#safe=off&q=lapel+mic John Keegan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keegan Agincourt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Agincourt Waterloo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo Hardcore History: http://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/ Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!