Getting Better Acquainted

A live recording of a GBA recorded at #edfringe 2015 at the Banshee Labyrinth as part of the PBH Free Fringe. This recording is unedited and posted in a no frills way due to the intensive workload of the festival, and for that reason these shows will also not have shownotes attached to them. 11th August: Jenni Pascoe: http://freefringe.org.uk/edinburgh-fringe-festival/jibbajabba-3/2015-08-12/

In this getting better acquainted extra I talk with/at my partner Jen about Edinburgh Fringe prep as well as recommending a bunch of excellent shows. Plus a clip from a few years ago where my niece interviewed me about a children's show we had just seen. Due to time constraints this conversation hasn't been edited at all so it's a good way of noticing how much editing I usually do. Not editing it means that I haven't worked on the levels. Sorry about that! My shows: What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: 12.05 at Cabaret Voltaire Mini Cini 8th-30th August: http://www.mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk Stand Up Tragedy: 19.30 at Banshee Labyrinth Banqueting Room: 8th-30th August: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk Getting Better Acquainted: 19.30 at Banshee Labyrinth Banqueting Room: 11th/18th/25th August: https://www.facebook.com/events/1446178112341943/ Recommendations: Mathilda Gregory: How To Be Fat: 18.55 at Zoo Southside 7th-31st August Tickets here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/how-to-be-fat Cameryn Moore: Phone Whore (A One Act Play With Frequent Interruptions): 19:05 at Sweet Grassmarket 6th-30th August: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/phone-whore-a-one-act-play-with-frequent-interruptions Jack Rooke: Good Grief: Delhi Belly @ Underbelly 16.00 at 6th – 30th August: http://www.underbellyedinburgh.co.uk/whats-on/jack-rooke-good-grief Hannah Chutzpah: Asking Nicely: 18.45 at the Pilgrim 8th-29th August: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/asking-nicely AJ McKenna: Howl of the Bantee: 18.15 at The Stafford Centre 16th-22nd August: freefringe.org.uk/edinburgh-fringe-festival/howl-of-the-bantee/all/ Paula Varjack: How I became my self (by becoming someone else): 12:30 at Cowgatehead UpTwo 8th - 30th August: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/how-i-became-myself-by-becoming-someone-else Cameryn Moore: Slut (R)evolution: 21:35 at Sweet Grassmarket 6th-30th August: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/slut-r-evolution-no-one-gets-there-overnight Rosie Wilby: The Science of Sex: 17.00 at Sneaky Pete's 8th-15th August: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/rosie-wilby-the-science-of-sex Brydie Lee-Kennedy Loves You Two: 16:15 at Just the Tonic at the Caves (Salvation Rooms) 6th-31st August: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/brydie-lee-kennedy-loves-you-two Chella Quint: Adventures in Menstruating: 19.30 at The Stafford Centre at 8th – 28th August: https://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/event/504763-adventures-in-menstruating-with-chella-quint/ Miranda Kane: The Coin-Operated Girl – A Sex Worker’s Real Life Revelations of Frivolous Fornications: 16.05 at Liquid Room Annexe 8th-30th August: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/coin-operated-girl-a-sex-worker-s-real-life-revelations-of-frivolous-fornications Kids Do Forth at the Fringe: 11.00 at Gilded Balloon 14th/15th August: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/kids-do-forth-on-the-fringe Comedy Club 4 Kids: 16.15 at Assembly Roxy 6th-30th August: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/comedy-club-4-kids Previous GBA's with some of the people whose shows are on the list: Cameryn Moore: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-215-cameryn-moore Jack Rooke: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-198-jack-rooke Hannah Chutzpah: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-45-hannah Paula Varjack: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-194-paula-varjack Rosie Wilby: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-10-rosie-wilby Brydie Lee-Kennedy/Bec Hill: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-7-gods-of-comedy Chella Quint: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-11-chella-quint https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-200-pt-2-with-chella-quint Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 219 we get better acquainted with Anna Sulan Masing. She talks about how food, performance and post colonial feminism are bound up together in her in her life and work, discusses cultural practice and appropriation and considers her feelings and thoughts around identity, race, gender and home. We also discuss her new play "Don't sing in the kitchen or you'll marry an old man", my solo show "What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity" and the survey I did of 1000 anonymous men. Anna plugs: Plug: Don't sing in the kitchen or you'll marry an old man: 6th August at Barge Bar: https://www.facebook.com/events/1467633526881495/ Website for show: http://dontsing.co.uk Her website: http://annmasing.com On twitter: http://www.twitter.com/annasulan I plug: What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ GBA and SUT in Edinburgh: http://www.facebook.com/events/1378858509079820/ http://www.facebook.com/events/1446178112341943/ http://www.facebook.com/events/1554323898168649/ We mention: ManSurvey: http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/the-survey/ Adrian: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-162-adrian Paula: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-194-paula-varjack Chefs of Tomorrow: http://www.chefsoftomorrow.co.uk/ Duck and Waffle: http://duckandwaffle.com/ Iban: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iban_people Interview with woman from Sambal Shiok: http://www.dontsing.co.uk/#!Behind-the-scenes-Mandy-of-Sambal-Shiok/c1kod/55a19be80cf286eab020864b Sarawak: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarawak Borneo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borneo Flashdance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashdance Monet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Monet Trinh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinh_T._Minh-ha Cinderella: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella Jamie Oliver: http://www.jamieoliver.com/ Jamie Oliver "Jollofgate": http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/jamie-olivers-version-of-jollof-rice-does-not-go-down-well-with-west-africans-9829847.html Citizenship Test: http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/can-you-pass-a-uk-citizenship-test-most-young-people-cant--gJ0v-H6BQx Rihanna video: http://www.vevo.com/watch/rihanna/bitch-better-have-my-money-(explicit)/QM5FT1590005 Talk around BBHMM video: http://mediadiversified.org/2015/07/04/so-were-still-all-talking-about-rihannas-bitch-better-have-my-money/ The Island - Bear Grylls: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-island-with-bear-grylls Gloria Steinham - playboy bunny: http://www.gloriasteinem.com/updates/2011/8/22/i-was-a-playboy-bunny.html Zonta International: http://www.zonta.org/ Family Reunion Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-135-the-osmaston-family Sheila Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-117-sheila LASSCO: http://www.lassco.co.uk/ Anna at Stand Up Tragedy: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/tragic-summer-act-3-tragic-leisure Vera Chok: http://beautifulbitchmonsteridiot.com/ Samantha Mann: http://www.mssamanthamann.com/ Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 218 we get better acquainted with Shaun Atwood. He talks about being "the Walter White of the Ecstasy market in Arizona", struggling to survive in maximum and medium security prisons, starting a blog from the inside jail, playing chess with the Mafia, racism within criminal justice systems, teaching creative writing to prisoners, the Prison Industrial Complex, prohibition, the War on Drugs and more. Shaun plugs: Trilogy of memoir books: Hard Time, Party Time, Prison Time Website: http://www.shaunattwood.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/shaunattwood Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shaun-Attwood/228166633865948 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/derickatt/featured Blog: Jon's Jail Journal: http://jonsjailjournal.blogspot.co.uk/ I plug: My preview on 23rd July: http://www.facebook.com/events/1598769017027875/ GBA and SUT in Edinburgh: http://www.facebook.com/events/1378858509079820/ http://www.facebook.com/events/1446178112341943/ http://www.facebook.com/events/1554323898168649/ We mention: Spark London: http://sparklondon.com HMP Thameside: http://www.hmpthameside.org/ To Kill A Mockingbird: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Kill_a_Mockingbird Hard Time: Wolf of Wall Street: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolf_of_Wall_Street_(2013_film) Scarface: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarface_(1983_film) Pulp Fiction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction Rambo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambo_(film_series) Breaking Bad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad OJ Simpson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._J._Simpson Law Enforcement Against Prohibition: http://www.leap.cc/ Schopenhauer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Day_in_the_Life_of_Ivan_Denisovich Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Solzhenitsyn Shawshank Redemption: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shawshank_Redemption Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasing_the_Scream Johann Hari on Little Atoms: http://www.littleatoms.com/podcast/johann-hari-chasing-scream Orange is the New Black: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Is_the_New_Black Queen Victoria: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria Freud: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud Fred West: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_West David Nutt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Nutt The Bush Family: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_family Corrections Corporation of America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrections_Corporation_of_America Three Strikes Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-strikes_law California Prison Guards Union: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Correctional_Peace_Officers_Association Broadcom: https://www.broadcom.com/ Chris Grayling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Grayling Kill the Messenger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_the_Messenger_(2014_film) Gary Webb: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Webb Nancy Reagan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Reagan Just Say No: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Say_No Ronald Reagan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan George Bush Sr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush Bill Clinton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton Contras: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contras Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 216 we get better acquainted with Tiernan Douieb. He talks making comedy for kids and adults, checking his privilege, the landscape of TV comedy, making politics funny, Arts Emergency and more. Tiernan plugs: This Isn't For You: http://www.tiernandouieb.co.uk/ 2.30pm - PBH Free Fringe - Liquid Room Annex - The World is Full of Idiots Let's Live in Space: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/tiernan-douieb-the-world-s-full-of-idiots-let-s-live-in-space @TiernanDouieb: https://twitter.com/TiernanDouieb I plug: GBA and SUT in Edinburgh: http://www.facebook.com/events/1378858509079820/ http://www.facebook.com/events/1446178112341943/ http://www.facebook.com/events/1554323898168649/ We mention: Caimh McDonnell: http://whitehairedirishman.com/ March Against Austerity: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jun/21/protest-march-austerity-london-russell-brand-peoples-assembly Arts Emergency: http://www.arts-emergency.org/ The Moth: http://themoth.org/ Louis CK: https://louisck.net/ Louis CK Moth Acceptance Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1iXJPFnFyA Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/ Natural Born Storytellers: http://www.naturalbornstorytellers.com/ Truth Be Told: Pilot on 26th August: https://twitter.com/truthbetold_bbc Sarah Benetto - Storytellers Club: https://www.facebook.com/StoryClub Eddie Brimsom: http://www.eddybrimson.com/ Craig Campbell: http://www.avalonuk.com/artists/view/14 Comedian's Comedian Podcast: http://www.comedianscomedian.com/ Alexei Sayle: http://www.alexeisayle.me/ Jo Brand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Brand Harry Enfield: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Enfield Eddie Izzard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Izzard Jack Dee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Dee Comedy Club 4 Kids: http://www.comedyclub4kids.co.uk/ Bec Hill: http://www.bechillcomedian.com/ Bec Hill GBA: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-105-bec-hill Bec and Tom's Awesome Laundry: http://www.becandtom.com/ Tom Allen: http://www.tomindeed.com/ Andrew O'Neill: http://www.andrewoneill.co.uk/ Nick Doody: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Doody Howard Read: http://www.howardread.com/ James Acaster: http://www.jamesacaster.com/ Nish Kumar: http://www.nishkumar.co.uk/ Ben Hilton: http://www.mrbenhilton.com/ VHX: https://www.vhx.tv/ Greg Proops: http://www.gregproops.com/ Aziz Ansari: http://azizansari.com/ Dan Harmon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Harmon Harmontown: http://live.harmontown.com/ Russell Howard's Good News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00phwkz John Oliver's Last Week Tonight: https://www.youtube.com/user/LastWeekTonight Partly Political Broadcast: http://www.tiernandouieb.co.uk/shows_partlypolitical.php Josie Long: http://www.josielong.com/ Chris Coltrane: http://www.chriscoltrane.co.uk/ Joe Wells: http://www.joewells.org.uk/ Charlie Brooker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Brooker Frankie Boyle: http://www.frankieboyle.com/ Frankie Boyle's Election Autopsy: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02qs82x Mock the Week: http://www.mocktheweek.tv/ FB's Guardian articles: http://www.theguardian.com/profile/frankie-boyle Daily Show: http://thedailyshow.cc.com/ Stephen Colbert: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Colbert Jon Stewert on Charleston shooting: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/19/daily-shows-jon-stewart-on-charleston-shooting-this-was-a-terrorist-attack Lolitics: http://www.chriscoltrane.co.uk/lolitics-my-camden-political-comedy-club.html Andy Zaltzman: http://satiristforhire.com/ Lampoon Apathy: http://www.lampoonapathy.com/ Election Giggle: https://www.facebook.com/events/769185533174803/?ref=5 Thom Tuck: http://turlygod.com/ Tim Fitzhigham: http://www.fitzhigham.com/ Y: The Last Man: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y:_The_Last_Man Preacher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preacher_(comics) Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 215 we get better acquainted with Cameryn Moore. She talks about her shows Phone Whore, Smut Slam Caberet and Slut (R)evolution, the ethics around making art about difficult subjects; responsibility, accountability and authenticity, balancing doing phone sex work and being a touring artist, fat acceptance, authentic sexuality, "bigot comedy bingo" and more. Cameryn plugs: Phone Whore and Slut (r)evolution at the Buxton Fringe: http://www.buxtonfringe.org.uk/descriptions2015.html Phone Whore at the Manchester Fringe: http://www.greatermanchesterfringe.co.uk/ Dundee - Phone Whore: http://www.camerynmoore.com/current-tour/ Phone Wore, Slut (R)evolution and Smut Slam Caberet at the Edinburgh Fringe: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/phone-whore-a-one-act-play-with-frequent-interruptions https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/slut-r-evolution-no-one-gets-there-overnight https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/smut-slam-cabaret-where-sexy-and-storytelling-collide Website: http://www.camerynmoore.com/ I plug: GBA and SUT in Edinburgh: http://www.facebook.com/events/1378858509079820/ http://www.facebook.com/events/1446178112341943/ http://www.facebook.com/events/1554323898168649/ We mention: Adrian: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-162-adrian Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/ Natural Born Storytellers: http://www.naturalbornstorytellers.com/ Smut Stand: http://www.camerynmoore.com/sidewalk-smut/ Heather McAllister: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_MacAllister_(activist) Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 214 we get better acquainted with Paul. He talks about drawing portraits for Arts Emergency, his experience of bipolar, how he relates to the idea of being an artist, growing up in Stafford and lots more. Paul plugs: Arts Emergency: http://www.arts-emergency.org/ @PaulWilliamsArt: https://twitter.com/paulwilliamsart I plug: GBA and SUT in Edinburgh: http://www.facebook.com/events/1378858509079820/ http://www.facebook.com/events/1446178112341943/ https://www.facebook.com/events/1554323898168649/ We mention: Avatars: http://www.arts-emergency.org/aobn-portraits-paul-williams/ Black Mirror: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror_(TV_series) Stephen Fry - Secret Life of a Manic Depressive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Fry:_The_Secret_Life_of_the_Manic_Depressive Nine Inch Nails: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails Pink Floyd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd The Wall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall The Wall Film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd_%E2%80%93_The_Wall Gerard Scarfe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Scarfe Lord of the Flies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_the_Flies_(1963_film) Terrence McKenna: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_McKenna Timothy Leary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary Josie Long: http://www.josielong.com/ Neil Griffiths: https://twitter.com/_griff Housmans: http://www.housmans.com/ McMillan's: http://www.macmillan.org.uk/ Fedora: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora MRA's: http://mic.com/articles/90131/the-8-biggest-lies-men-s-rights-activists-spread-about-women Tiernan Doueib: http://www.tiernandouieb.co.uk/ Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Tragic Christmas: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sets/tragic-christmas Arts Emergency at BAFTA: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a646595/jessica-hynes-has-a-powerful-anti-cuts-message-in-baftas-speech.html#~pgvS61e78kY0TN 200AD: http://www.2000adonline.com/ Zenith: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenith_(comics) Ballad of Halo Jones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Halo_Jones Alan Moore: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Alan_Moore Watchmen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen Mazeworld Arthur Ranson: http://www.arthurranson.com/content/mazeworld Proportional Representation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional_representation XTube: http://www.xtube.com/ Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 213 we get better acquainted with Bisha. We talk about feeling like frauds, the prison industrial complex and restorative justice, kindness, empathy, hierarchical systems, turning difficult subjects into comedy, insecurity, creativity, privilege and so much more. Bisha plugs: The Turtle Bookclub: http://www.turtlebookclub.com/ Bisha website: http://www.bishakali.com/ Bisha fringe show: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/bisha-k-ali-ridiculous Bisha twitter: https://twitter.com/bishakali I plug: Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ What About the Men: http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ GBA and SUT in Edinburgh: http://www.facebook.com/events/1378858509079820/ http://www.facebook.com/events/1446178112341943/ We mention: Tamer Kattan: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-13-tamer-kattan bell hooks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_hooks Restorative Justice: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Restorative_justice Angela Davis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Davis Anarchist Book Fair: http://www.anarchistbookfair.org.uk/ Gift Economy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_economy Universal Basic Income: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income Johann Hari on Little Atoms: http://www.littleatoms.com/podcast/johann-hari-chasing-scream Are Prisons Obsolete by Angela Davis: http://www.feministes-radicales.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Angela-Davis-Are_Prisons_Obsolete.pdf Niels Bohr: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Niels_Bohr https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/821936.Niels_Bohr George Carlin: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=George_Carlin How to Explain White Priviledge to a Broke White Person: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gina-crosleycorcoran/explaining-white-privilege-to-a-broke-white-person_b_5269255.html Billy Bragg: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Billy_Bragg Comic Relief: http://www.comicrelief.com/ Bob Geldof: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Bob_Geldof Lenny Henry: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Lenny_Henry Hitler: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler Majid Nawaaz - Quilliam: http://www.quilliamfoundation.org/about/staff/maajid-nawaz/ Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 212 we get better acquainted with Ian. He talks about finding growing up and looking back, accidentally getting into computing, playing chess against adults as a boy, and we chart his experience of living for over a decade as someone with a long term illness, how ME was for him and his journey of recovery. Ian plugs: Believing ME sufferers when they express their experiences. ME Story: http://sparklondon.libsyn.com/me-story-ian-barratt I plug: Spark Bristol: http://www.sparkbristol.org.uk/ Spark Preston: http://www.sparkpreston.org.uk/ Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/ Radio 4 Pilot: https://www.facebook.com/events/1432959260340325/ Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ What About the Men: http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ GBA and SUT in Edinburgh: https://www.facebook.com/events/1378858509079820/ https://www.facebook.com/events/1446178112341943/ We mention: Louise: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-louise-episodes-1 Four Days in a Room: https://soundcloud.com/fourdaysinaroom In the Dark: http://www.inthedarkradio.org/ Thatcher: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher Douglas Rushkoff: http://www.rushkoff.com/ Program or be programmed: http://www.rushkoff.com/program-or-be-programmed/ Sutton Coldfield: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton_Coldfield Birmingham: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham Garry Kasparov: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Kasparov Nigel Short: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Short Glandular Fever: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Glandular-fever/Pages/Symptoms.aspx Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Chronic-fatigue-syndrome/Pages/Introduction.aspx CBT: http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/cognitive-behavioural-therapy/pages/introduction.aspx St Bartholomew’s Hospital: http://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/our-hospitals/st-bartholomew%E2%80%99s-hospital/ Kafka: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 211 we get better acquainted with Lizanne. She talks van driving, assembly lines, office jobs, corporate catering, what it's like being a woman working in male dominated industries, her love of cars, vans and other driving machines and turning her life and thoughts into stories and comedy. Lizanne plugs: YouTube/ Shepherd1964 Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizanne_davies I plug: Tragic Summer: http://www.facebook.com/events/1374545949536475/ Spark Hackney Open Mic: Head/Heart: https://www.facebook.com/events/455504937947384/ We mention: Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/ HGV: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_goods_vehicle Fiant Mutipla: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Multipla Ford Motor-company Dagenham: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Dagenham West Ham: http://www.whufc.com/ Lewis Hamilton: http://www.lewishamilton.com/ Formula 1: https://www.formula1.com/ The Goodies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goodies Monty Python: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python Dave Allen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Allen_%28comedian%29 Jasper Carrot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Carrott Two Ronnies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_Ronnies Aston Martin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Martin Jo Brand: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Brand Lee Hearst / Backyard: http://www.leehurst.com/ Harry Hill: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Hill Bill Bailey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bailey Rhythm Factory: http://www.rhythmfactory.co.uk/ Mslexia: https://mslexia.co.uk/ NHS Direct: http://www.nhs.uk/nhs-direct/pages/nhs-direct-legacy-enquiries.aspx DVLA: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/driver-and-vehicle-licensing-agency Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 210 we get better acquainted with Stephen. As we sit on London Fields in the sunshine he tells me about growing up: childhood in Middlesborough, early adulthood in Uganda and London, working in the mental health system, losing anger and finding perspective. The conversation features stories of risk taking, danger, violence and car crashes told openly and with humour. Content Note: Mental Heath, Fighting, Discription of an animals violent death Stephen doesn't plug anything. I plug: What About the Men: https://www.facebook.com/events/1554323898168649/ The #ManSurvey: http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ Tragic Summer: http://www.facebook.com/events/1374545949536475/ And Tragic Spring on the Stand Up Tragedy podcast: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy We mention: London Fields: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Fields Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/ PTSD: http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder/pages/introduction.aspx H Rider Haggard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Rider_Haggard Joseph Conrad: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Conrad Whitby: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitby Scarborough: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarborough,_North_Yorkshire Cuban Heals: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_heel Carrie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_%281976_film%29 Diagram: http://platformthing.com/2014/06/11/this-is-why-editing-your-own-work-is-problematic/ Kafka: Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 209 we get better acquainted with Juliet Jacques. She talks about football, comment and opinion journalism, the differences and tensions between writing non fiction and writing fiction, marginal art and voices, the material reality of being a writer and so much more. Juliet plugs: Her memoir Trans will be out on 22nd September: http://www.versobooks.com/books/1975-trans At Home She's A Tourist: http://julietjacques.blogspot.co.uk/ I plug: Tragic Summer: www.facebook.com/events/1374545949536475/ And Tragic Spring on the Stand Up Tragedy podcast: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy We mention: Hattie Jacques: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_Jacques Steve Cross: https://twitter.com/steve_x Dawn Foster: https://twitter.com/dawnhfoster https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-206-dawn-foster Alice Bell: https://twitter.com/alicebell https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-115-alice-bell David Peace: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Peace Belle and Sebastian: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_and_Sebastian The Smiths: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smiths The Guardian: A Transgender Journey http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/series/transgender-journey Hillsborough: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster Luton / Millwall Riot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Kenilworth_Road_riot Review of Anna Krien's Night Games : http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2015/01/journey-dark-heart-sport-anna-kriens-night-games Hollis Frampton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollis_Frampton Goodbye to the NHS: a personal story of a public service: http://www.newstatesman.com/juliet-jacques/2014/09/goodbye-nhs-personal-story-public-service On the “dispute” between radical feminism and trans people: http://www.newstatesman.com/juliet-jacques/2014/08/dispute-between-radical-feminism-and-trans-people Writers of Colour: http://mediadiversified.org/ Manifesto for Confessional Journalism: http://thenewinquiry.com/features/manifesto-for-confessional-journalism/ Brixton East Art Gallery: http://www.brixtoneast.co.uk/ White Review - Lars Iyer manfesto: http://www.thewhitereview.org/features/nude-in-your-hot-tub-facing-the-abyss-a-literary-manifesto-after-the-end-of-literature-and-manifestos/ 200th Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/gba200 Huw Lemmey: https://twitter.com/spitzenprodukte Reasons why your landlord is awesome: http://www.buzzfeed.com/dclg/is-your-landlord-actually-incredible-mu2w My comment is free piece: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/01/tough-choice-cut-job-enfield-children-centres-austerity Reflections on Villaplane: http://www.berfrois.com/2014/09/reflections-on-villaplane-juliet-jacques/ Skunk Anansie: Yes it's fucking political: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcaUer4fuU8 Liz Jones: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Jones A Week of Goodbyes: http://davepickeringblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/a-week-of-goodbyes.html Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQhEBCWMe44 "Masculinity": http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jan/26/transgender-juliet-jacques-masculinity-football Travels of a transsexual football fan: http://www.newstatesman.com/juliet-jacques/2013/11/travels-transsexual-football-fan Verso Books: http://www.versobooks.com/ Gang of Four: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_of_Four_%28band%29 Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 208 we get better acquainted with Jude Cowan Montague. She talks about her show The News Agents on Resonance FM, turning the Reuters newsfeeds into art, improvised singing and the relationship between journalism and the arts. Jude plugs: The Leidenfrost Effect: http://folkwit.com/artists/jude-cowan-and-wim-oudijk The News Agents on Resonance FM - 2.30-3.30 Saturday: http://resonancefm.com/listen And on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/playlists/the-news-agents/ Her website: http://www.judecowanmontague.com/ I plug: Tragic Summer: http://www.facebook.com/events/1374545949536475/ And Tragic Spring on the Stand Up Tragedy podcast: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy We mention: Richard Tyrone Jones: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-richard-tyrone-jones Resonance FM: http://resonancefm.com/ GBA on Resonance: https://soundcloud.com/resonance-fm/sets/getting-better-acquainted Rosie Wilby: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-10-rosie-wilby Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/ ITN: http://www.itn.co.uk/ For the Messangers: http://judecowan.net/ Iain Overton / Action on Armed Violence: https://aoav.org.uk/staff/iain-overton/ Jo Thomas: http://www.jothomas.me/ Pink Guns on Iain Overton's blog: http://www.gunbabygun.com/gun-baby-gun/women-show-off-pink-guns-on-social-media-sites/ Paxman New Agents Manifesto: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Paxman Candle dancing story: http://www.itnsource.com/jp/shotlist/RTV/2007/01/05/RTV22707/?v=1 " A, I" (All India Radio): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_India_Radio Agnès Varda: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agn%C3%A8s_Varda French New Wave: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_New_Wave Associated Press: http://www.ap.org/ My dad: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-dad-episodes Grierson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Grierson BFI: http://www.bfi.org.uk/ BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ Jimmy Saville: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Savile Bermunda Triangle Test Engineers: http://btttb.blogspot.co.uk/ Melanie Clifford: http://melanieclifford.net/ Howard Jacques: https://twitter.com/howardjacques1 Sumatera_Barat: http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatera_Barat The Leidenfrost Effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leidenfrost_effect Wim Oudijk: https://soundcloud.com/wim-oudijk Polydor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydor_Records Native Instruments: https://www.native-instruments.com/en/ BBC Radio Shropshire - Genevieve Tudor's Sunday Folkhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7lt Disco Fair / Burt Coops: http://www.discofair.nl/ Royal Society of Printmakers: http://www.re-printmakers.com/ Billie Holiday: http://www.billieholiday.com/ Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 207 we get better acquainted with Simon. He talks about dealing with the death of both his parents at a young age and how that, and the lives and values his parents had, has shaped his own life and world view. It's a conversation about bereavement, life, mental health and perspectives but most of all it's a conversation about stories, about the narratives and fictions we create and refine. Simon doesn't really plug anything. I plug Tragic Summer: https://www.facebook.com/events/1374545949536475/ and the Stand Up Tragedy podcast: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy We mention: Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/ Risk! Live from London: http://risk-show.com/podcast/3177/ Kevin Allison: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-90-kevin-allison After Effects: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_After_Effects Charlie Hebdo: http://mediadiversified.org/2015/01/10/hatred-breeds-hatred-charlie-hebdo-marginalisation-and-terrorism/ Tony Judt - Post War Europe: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Postwar-History-Europe-Since-1945/dp/009954203X Rosa Parks: http://mediadiversified.org/2014/04/11/no-alibis-educating-children-about-racism/ MLK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr. Mark Cousins: https://twitter.com/markcousinsfilm Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Bill Hicks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hicks Joris Luyendijk: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joris_Luyendijk Niels Bohr: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Bohr Schrödinger's cat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s_cat Micheal Frayn - Copenhagen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen_%28play%29 Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 206 we get better acquainted with Dawn Foster. She talks journalism, class, the housing crisis, the cuts, the election, writing a blog about receiving street harassment when cycling, the way that the media presents poverty and so much more. Dawn plugs: Her book "Lean Out" that is coming in November. You can find her here: https://twitter.com/DawnHFoster We mention: Focus e15: http://focuse15.org/ The Story: http://thestory.org.uk/ Laurie Penny: http://laurie-penny.com/ Alice Bell: https://alicerosebell.wordpress.com/about/ Juliet Jacques: http://julietjacques.com/ Geek Showoff: http://www.scienceshowoff.org/ Dawn at Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/profile/dawn-foster Inside Housing Magazine: http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/ Sky News: http://news.sky.com/ Tories: https://www.conservatives.com/Together.aspx Labour: http://www.labour.org.uk/ Greens: https://www.greenparty.org.uk/ Lib Dems: http://www.libdems.org.uk/ Nick Clegg: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Clegg Nikki Morgan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicky_Morgan_%28politician%29 Human Geography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_geography Coventry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry Leamington Spa: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Leamington_Spa Kenilworth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenilworth Question Time: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006t1q9 Rover: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_Company Lehman Brothers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehman_Brothers Northern Rock: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Rock Mary Poppins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Poppins_%28film%29 Everyday Sexism: http://everydaysexism.com/ Arts Emergency: http://www.arts-emergency.org/ NEET: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEET David Blunkett: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Blunkett Keynes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maynard_Keynes Benefits Street: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/benefits-street Tatler Documentary: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04q0wwg John Major: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Major Road to Wigan Pier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier North and South: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_and_South_%28Gaskell_novel%29 Iraq War: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War Lean In: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_In Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!