Getting Better Acquainted

In GBA 205 we get better acquainted with Suraya. She talks about creating an erotica magazine for women, moving between cultures, countries and cities, the therapeutic and social value of storytelling, singing, writing, mental health and more. Suraya plugs: Tragic Spring at the Hackney Attic 25th April: http://www.facebook.com/events/588668424609848/ We mention: Risk! : http://risk-show.com/ The Moth: http://themoth.org/about/programs/the-moth-podcast Fran: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-170-fran Risk! Live in London: http://risk-show.com/podcast/3177/ Jen Hazel: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jen-hazel/b/302/2b6 Adele: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele Faure's Requiem: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requiem_%28Faur%C3%A9%29 Mickey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E-Zrg9CB_Q Sweet Valley High: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Valley_High Babysitters Club: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baby-Sitters_Club Dangermouse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Mouse_%28TV_series%29 Jamm: http://jaam.net.nz/ Radio 3 - The Verb: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnsf Arcola Theatre: https://www.arcolatheatre.com/ Filament: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filament_%28magazine%29 http://web.archive.org/web/20090406063332/http://www.filamentmagazine.com/ Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ Foyles: http://www.foyles.co.uk/ Mind Haringey: http://www.mindinharingey.org.uk/ Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/ CBT: http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Cognitive-behavioural-therapy/Pages/Introduction.aspx Both my Sex Club and Mental Health Stories are in this GBA extra: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-extra-the-parachute-opened Kinsey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Kinsey Meridith Chivers: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15482445 Nexus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Books#Imprints Black Lace http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Books#Imprints Mils and Boon: http://www.millsandboon.co.uk/ Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 204 we get better acquainted with Jim. He talks about being an accidental archaeologist, running a mobile disco for 30 years, volunteering in the opening ceremony of the Olympics, growing giant pumpkins and more. Also we talk about making Forty Hall by Candlelight 2014 and he gives me a parsnip. Jim plugs: The investigation he is currently involved in. I plug: Tragic Spring at the Hackney Attic 25th April: http://www.facebook.com/events/588668424609848/ We mention: Forty Hall: http://www.fortyhallestate.co.uk/ Candlelight Tours: http://www.fortyhallestate.co.uk/media/gallery/forty_hall_by_candlelight_2015 Nicholas Rainton: http://www.fortyhallestate.co.uk/about_forty_hall_estate/sir_nicholas_rainton Ade Edmonson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ade_Edmondson Enfield Council: http://www.enfield.gov.uk/ Saturday Night Fever: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Fever Top of the Pops: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_of_the_Pops Hold My Hands: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a639994/jess-glynnes-hold-my-hand-remains-uks-number-1-single.html Elsyng Palace: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsyng_Palace English Civil War: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War That's Life: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s_Life! Esther Rantzen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Rantzen Danny Boyle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Boyle Royal Festival Hall: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/royal-festival-hall 3 Mills Studio: http://www.3mills.com/ What's the time, Mr Wolf? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_the_time,_Mr_Wolf%3F Birdy Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jAG9GAqktY Vienna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DuCIGvsbMA Shaddap You Face: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaddap_You_Face Enfield Archaeology Society: http://www.enfarchsoc.org/ Go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_%28game%29 Imagine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRhq-yO1KN8 Star Wars Day: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Day Toby Sedgwick: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Sedgwick War Horse: http://www.warhorseonstage.com/ Steve Boyd: http://www.steveboydportfolio.com/ Underworld: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underworld_%28band%29 Industrial Revolution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution Jersey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey Opening Ceremony Hidden Camera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZlZZf8MKpM Pandemonium Drummers: http://www.pandemoniumdrummers.co.uk/ Vision Choir: http://www.visionmusic.org.uk/ Blackpool: https://www.blackpoolpleasurebeach.com/ Alton Towers: http://www.altontowers.com/ Much Wenlock: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenlock_Olympian_Games Philomena: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philomena_%28film%29 The Rock: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rock_%28film%29 The Shawshank Redemption: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shawshank_Redemption St Bartholomews Hospital: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Bartholomew%27s_Hospital Pro Mobile Disco: http://promobiledisco.com/ Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 203 we get better acquainted with Sajeela Kershi. She talks about making comedy and her show Immigrant Diaries where people share their true life stories, and we move from these topics into wider discussions of Islamophobia, racism, belonging, social responsibility as well as into personal recollections of Sajeela's childhood. Sajeela plugs: Changing Britain Festival: Immigrant Diaries: 24th April: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/immigrant-diaries-91203 Twitter: https://twitter.com/sajeelakershi Shallow Hallal: https://boxoffice.brightonfringe.org/comedy/7742/sajeela-kershi-shallow-halal Comedy Cottage: 16th April: https://www.facebook.com/events/1414664585508687/ I plug: Tragic Spring at the Hackney Attic 25th April: https://www.facebook.com/events/588668424609848/ We mention: The treatment in the press and public opinion of the young girls who wanted to join IS: http://mediadiversified.org/2015/02/24/the-denial-of-childhood-to-children-of-colour/ http://mediadiversified.org/2015/03/05/thetrashies-challenging-the-medias-misinformed-consensus/ http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/if-teenage-girls-want-to-join-isis-in-the-face-of-all-its-atrocities-then-they-should-leave-and-never-return-10065516.html Brief Encounter: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037558/ Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Eddie Peppitone: http://eddiepepitone.com/ Pro Resting: https://twitter.com/proresting Keith Jarrett: http://zoneonetosix.blogspot.co.uk/ Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/ Leicester Comedy Festival: http://www.comedy-festival.co.uk/ Amnesty: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/ USP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unique_selling_proposition Big Brother: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_%28UK_TV_series%29 TOWIE: http://www.itv.com/essex Punjab: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab_region Partition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_India Thatcher: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher Radcliffe Royds: https://radclifferoyds.wordpress.com/ Al Qaeda: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda Salman Rushdie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Rushdie The Satanic Verses: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Satanic_Verses Malcolm X: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X Cartoon - bikini / hijab: http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/02/22/questioning-definitions-of-freedom/ Hipsters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_%28contemporary_subculture%29 Lumbersexual: http://gawker.com/are-you-a-lumbersexual-1657844454 Algerian War: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algerian_War The Charlie Hebdo March: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/11338185/Paris-shootings-Crowds-join-Unity-march-for-Charlie-Hebdo-attacks-in-pictures.html Leaders: http://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2015/jan/13/charlie-hebdo-attack-world-leaders-paris-press-freedom Backlash to French Muslims: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/13/europe/france-anti-muslim-threats/ Enoch Powell: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_Powell Rivers of Blood: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_Powell#.22Rivers_of_Blood.22_speech Lenny Henry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Henry Romesh Ranganathan - Jonathan Ross: https://www.itv.com/itvplayer/the-jonathan-ross-show/series-8/episode-5 BNP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_National_Party Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 202 we get better acquainted with Tom Humberstone. He talks about turning the news into comics for the New Statesman, looking for nuance in political discourses, the landscape of the comics industry and how the internet effects argument and a lot more. Also we get into the comic he drew in response to the response to the Charlie Hebdo killings and how people responded to this response Tom plugs: His website: http://tomhumberstone.com/ In the Frame: http://www.newstatesman.com/subjects/In%20the%20Frame We mention: Helen Zaltzman: http://helenzaltzman.com/ Unfortunatalie/Nat Guest: https://twitter.com/unfortunatalie Wil Hodgson: https://wilhodgson.wordpress.com/ Kieron Gillen: http://gillen.cream.org/wordpress_html/ Hannah Berry: http://hannahberry.co.uk/ Alex Herne: https://twitter.com/alexhern Jen Adamthwaite: http://www.jadamthwaite.co.uk/ Edward Ross: http://edwardmaross.blogspot.co.uk/ Darren Hayman: http://www.hefnet.com/ January Songs: http://januarysongs.tumblr.com/ January songs picture: http://januarysongs.tumblr.com/post/2875721900/drawing-by-tom-humberstone New Statesman: http://www.newstatesman.com/ Helen Arney: http://helenarney.com/ Lorne Micheals: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorne_Michaels Tina Fey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Fey Solipsistic Pop: http://solipsisticpop.com/ McSweeneys: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/ Roar: http://roarcomics.com/ Drawn and Quarterly: https://www.drawnandquarterly.com/ Occupy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_movement Tom's Occupy comic: http://www.cartoonmovement.com/comic/7 Joe Sacco: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Sacco On Satire: http://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2015/jan/09/joe-sacco-on-satire-a-response-to-the-attacks Tom Humberstone: I Am Not Charlie: http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/01/frame-i-am-not-charlie Helen Lewis:https://twitter.com/helenlewis Comedian who got arrested: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/quenelle-comedian-dieudonne-arrested-for-apology-for-terrorism-9976667.html Boko Haram: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram Chalie Hebdo's Boko Haram cartoon: http://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2015/01/outside-charlie-hebdo/ Not All Men: http://time.com/79357/not-all-men-a-brief-history-of-every-dudes-favorite-argument/ Clapter: http://www.cinemablend.com/television/30-Rock-s-Tina-Fey-Clarifies-Her-Remark-About-The-Daily-Show-9612.html Steve Bell: http://www.belltoons.co.uk/ Adrian Tomine: http://www.adrian-tomine.com/Booksandcomics.html Daniel Clowes: http://danielclowes.com/ Chris Ware: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Ware Scott McCloud: http://scottmccloud.com/ Birdman: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birdman_%28film%29 Justice League International: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_League_International Jamie McKelvie: http://mckelvie.tumblr.com/ Hawkeye: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkeye_%28comics%29 Marvel: http://marvel.com/ Brian Bendis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Michael_Bendis Punisher: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punisher Black Panther: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_%28comics%29 Image: https://imagecomics.com/ Ed Brubaker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Brubaker Matt Fraction - Sex Criminals: https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/sex-criminals Pretty Deadly: https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/pretty-deadly Saga - Brian K Vaughan: https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/saga Kelly Sue - Bitch Planet: https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/bitch-planet Y: The Last Man: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y:_The_Last_Man Elipsis: http://ventedspleen.com/blog/category/comics/ellipsis/ Chrissy Williams: The Sky Dream: http://ventedspleen.com/blog/2012/05/08/the-sky-dream/ The Heart Horse: http://ventedspleen.com/blog/2012/05/01/the-heart-horse/ My Fellow Americans: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dan-Hancox-and-Tom-Humberstone/e/B00JR5DC2C Dan Hancox: https://twitter.com/danhancox Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 201 we get better acquainted with Mel Jones. She talks about so many things both personal and political; sex, depression, therapy, age, forgiveness, family, performing, community, discrimination, news, songwriting and speaking words are just a few of the topics and tangents we cover. Content Note: This episode deals with mental health issues and therapy. The conversation also covers issues around child abuse and sexual abuse, although it doesn't contain graphic descriptions of either. It also contains plenty of love, warmth and laughter Mel plugs: Friggers of Speech: https://www.facebook.com/FriggersofSpeech Contact Mel poetrymel@hotmail.co.uk or https://www.facebook.com/mel.jones.505 The next SUT is: Tragic Spring: http://www.facebook.com/events/588668424609848/ We mention: PBH Free Fringe CD: https://pbhfreefringespokenword.bandcamp.com/album/a-maze-of-breaths-spoken-word-at-pbhs-free-fringe Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Porn Poem: https://pbhfreefringespokenword.bandcamp.com/track/porn Asexuality: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asexuality fog in the channel europe cut off: http://politicalquotes.org/node/19094 Page 3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_3 Indigo Girls: http://www.indigogirls.com/ Joni Mitchell: http://jonimitchell.com/ Leonard Cohen: http://www.leonardcohen.com/home Lily Tomlin - forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/87427-forgiveness-means-giving-up-all-hope-for-a-better-past Oscar Wild quote: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/o/oscarwilde124821.html Ambivert: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ambivert Tantalus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus The Crib: http://www.thecrib.org.uk/ John Pilger - the inevitable ring of the unimaginable: http://www.rickieleejones.com/forum.htm RT: http://rt.com/uk/ Al Jazeera: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Radio 4: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 Bang Said the Gun: https://twitter.com/bangsaidthegun Dan Cockrill: http://www.danielcockrill.com/ Paul Excentric: http://pauleccentric.co.uk/ Dan Simpson: https://dansimpsonpoet.wordpress.com/ Luke Wright: http://www.lukewright.co.uk/ Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

This is GBA 200 pt 5 with guest host Charley Harrison. The #GBA200 season will celebrate 200 episodes of Getting Better Acquainted with a week of daily episodes where the script is switched and the people I know interview me. It's taking place from the 16th-20th of March. The guest hosts are Helen Zaltzman, Chella Quint, Sophia Walker and James McKay, Jen Adamthwaite and Charley Harrison. During this week we'll learn what Getting Better Acquainted might be like if it was made by someone else, and whether I'm a consistent character or not; we'll explore and celebrate how combinations of people and places create wildly different conversations. I'll also be re-sharing and discussing the first 200 episodes of GBA on the show's twitter feed, using the hashtag #GBA200. If you want to join in the celebrations by sharing your favourite episodes, you would be very welcome to do so! I plug: Listening to marginalised voices and non mainstream media sources via Social Media Mentioned in the episode: Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/ Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Jess: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-195-jess Orange is the New Black: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Is_the_New_Black Dead Poets Society: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Poets_Society Sparticus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus_%28film%29 X Factor: http://www.itv.com/xfactor The Middle Class Bastards: https://soundcloud.com/themiddleclassbastards/sets Jedward: http://www.planetjedward.net/ Sapiosexual: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/submission/6304/Sapiosexual Black Mirror: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror_%28TV_series%29 Moominland Midwinter: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Moominland-Midwinter-Puffin-Books-Jansson/dp/0140305025 Sex Club: http://risk-show.com/podcast/3177/ Mark Silcox: http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2015/01/08/21601/women_not_allowed Woman's Hour: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007qlvb Cbeebies - Ministry of Stories: http://bit.ly/MiScbeebies bell hooks - Men, Masculinity and Love: http://aia.berkeley.edu/strengthening_connections/handouts/1a/Bell%20Hook%20Men%20to%20Masculinity%20%20Tanji%20Donald.pdf http://books.simonandschuster.com/The-Will-to-Change/bell-hooks/9780743456081 Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

This is GBA 200 pt 4 with guest host Jen Adamthwaite. The #GBA200 season will celebrate 200 episodes of Getting Better Acquainted with a week of daily episodes where the script is switched and the people I know interview me. It's taking place from the 16th-20th of March. The guest hosts are Helen Zaltzman, Chella Quint, Sophia Walker and James McKay, Jen Adamthwaite and Charley Harrison. During this week we'll learn what Getting Better Acquainted might be like if it was made by someone else, and whether I'm a consistent character or not; we'll explore and celebrate how combinations of people and places create wildly different conversations. I'll also be re-sharing and discussing the first 200 episodes of GBA on the show's twitter feed, using the hashtag #GBA200. If you want to join in the celebrations by sharing your favourite episodes, you would be very welcome to do so! I plug: Watching TV! Mentioned in the episode: #ThePush https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ThePush&src=typd #VSS https://twitter.com/search?q=%23VSS&src=typd #ALineADayPoem: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ALineADayPoem&src=typd Kirsty Higginson: https://twitter.com/KirstyHigginson #FF https://twitter.com/search?q=%23FF&src=typd Library of Alexandria: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria Women's Hour Message Board: http://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2009/feb/03/bbc-web20 Women's Hour: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007qlvb Live Journal: http://www.livejournal.com/ Owain: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-16-owain bell hooks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_hooks Intersectional Feminism: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10572435/Intersectional-feminism.-What-the-hell-is-it-And-why-you-should-care.html Apples for Everyone: https://soundcloud.com/applesforeveryone/sets Shakespeare: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare Arthur Miller: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Miller Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ The Wire: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wire Breaking Bad: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad Orange is the New Black: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Is_the_New_Black The Americans: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Americans_%282013_TV_series%29 Once Upon A Time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_%28TV_series%29 Our Friends in the North: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Friends_in_the_North My Mad Fat Diary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Mad_Fat_Diary Deadwood: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadwood_%28TV_series%29 Six Feet Under: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Feet_Under_%28TV_series%29 Buffy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer Joss Whedon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joss_Whedon Dollhouse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollhouse_%28TV_series%29 Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

This is GBA 200 pt 3 with guest hosts Sophia Walker and James McKay. The #GBA200 season will celebrate 200 episodes of Getting Better Acquainted with a week of daily episodes where the script is switched and the people I know interview me. It's taking place from the 16th-20th of March. The guest hosts are Helen Zaltzman, Chella Quint, Sophia Walker and James McKay, Jen Adamthwaite and Charley Harrison. During this week we'll learn what Getting Better Acquainted might be like if it was made by someone else, and whether I'm a consistent character or not; we'll explore and celebrate how combinations of people and places create wildly different conversations. I'll also be re-sharing and discussing the first 200 episodes of GBA on the show's twitter feed, using the hashtag #GBA200. If you want to join in the celebrations by sharing your favourite episodes, you would be very welcome to do so! I plug: Sophia Walker: https://www.facebook.com/SophiaWalker https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-172-sophia-walker James McKay: http://www.mckaypoetry.com/ https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-169-james-mckay Mentioned in the episode: Snufkin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snufkin The Moomins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moomin Adele Hampton: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-199-adele-hampton Intersectional Feminism: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10572435/Intersectional-feminism.-What-the-hell-is-it-And-why-you-should-care.html Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ David Lee Morgan: http://www.davidword.com/ Faggots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8muDiSOjOQY Shewee: http://www.shewee.com/ La-Z-boy: http://www.la-z-boy.co.uk/ Rambo: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462499/ Simon Cowell: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Cowell Glitter poo: http://metro.co.uk/2014/12/12/the-ultimate-party-girl-gift-pills-that-make-you-poop-rainbow-glitter-4984836/ "vaginal lipstick" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2419876/Who-knew-greying-genitals-problem-Amazon-stocking-30-labia-dye-restore-rosy-hue.html Vajazzling: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajazzle Lord of the Rings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings Ents: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ent Susie Bright: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susie_Bright Suzy Sexperts Lesbian Sex World: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Susie-Sexperts-Lesbian-Sex-World/dp/1573440779 On Our Backs Magazine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Our_Backs Radcliffe Royds: https://radclifferoyds.wordpress.com/ Eliza Cathy: http://www.eliza-carthy.com/ Phish: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phish Boris Johnson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Johnson Why chihuahuas don't run on the snow? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDaLg7G8rH0 The Magic Bike Ride https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=The+Magic+Bike+Ride&rlz=1C1CHFX_en-GBGB456GB456&oq=the+ma&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i60j69i57j69i60l2j0.1781j0j9&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8 Stephen Fry: http://www.stephenfry.com/ Hackney Lido (London Fields Lido!) http://www.better.org.uk/leisure/london-fields-lido Goldilocks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_the_Three_Bears Bears: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_%28gay_culture%29 Napoleon Complex: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_complex YMCA: http://www.ymca.org.uk/ Once Upon A Time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_%28TV_series%29 What About the Men: Mansplaining Masculinity https://www.facebook.com/events/1554323898168649/ Genderqueer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genderqueer Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

This is GBA 200 pt 2 with guest host Chella Quint. The #GBA200 season will celebrate 200 episodes of Getting Better Acquainted with a week of daily episodes where the script is switched and the people I know interview me. It's taking place from the 16th-20th of March. The guest hosts are Helen Zaltzman, Chella Quint, Sophia Walker and James McKay, Jen Adamthwaite and Charley Harrison. During this week we'll learn what Getting Better Acquainted might be like if it was made by someone else, and whether I'm a consistent character or not; we'll explore and celebrate how combinations of people and places create wildly different conversations. I'll also be re-sharing and discussing the first 200 episodes of GBA on the show's twitter feed, using the hashtag #GBA200. If you want to join in the celebrations by sharing your favourite episodes, you would be very welcome to do so! I plug: My Patreon account is coming soon. Currently it's half finished because things like #GBA200 have been getting in the way of me finishing it! https://www.patreon.com/ Mentioned in the episode: Spark London: http://sparklondon.com Risk: http://risk-show.com/podcast/3177 Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk Steve Cross: https://twitter.com/steve_x Tragic Christmas: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/selected-tragedy-vol-5-tragic-christmas https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sets/tragic-christmas Christmas Story: http://sparklondon.libsyn.com/two-cathedrals Arts Emergency: http://www.arts-emergency.org/ PSHE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal,_Social_and_Health_Education Richard Tyrone Jones: http://www.richardtyronejones.com/ Kuiper Belt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt Pluto: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto Chella on GBA: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-11-chella-quint Chella on SUT: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/tragic-edinburgh-2014 Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

This is GBA 200 pt 1 with guest host Helen Zaltzman. The #GBA200 season will celebrate 200 episodes of Getting Better Acquainted with a week of daily episodes where the script is switched and the people I know interview me. It's taking place from the 16th-20th of March. The guest hosts are Helen Zaltzman, Chella Quint, Sophia Walker and James McKay, Jen Adamthwaite and Charley Harrison. During this week we'll learn what Getting Better Acquainted might be like if it was made by someone else, and whether I'm a consistent character or not; we'll explore and celebrate how combinations of people and places create wildly different conversations. I'll also be re-sharing and discussing the first 200 episodes of GBA on the show's twitter feed, using the hashtag #GBA200. If you want to join in the celebrations by sharing your favourite episodes, you would be very welcome to do so! I plug: Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Storylines: http://www.ampersandmedia.co.uk/current.php Edinburgh - SUT: https://www.facebook.com/events/1378858509079820/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://www.facebook.com/events/1554323898168649/ Mentioned in the episode: I Hated Being Young: https://soundcloud.com/the-dave/i-hated-being-young Four Days in a Room: https://soundcloud.com/fourdaysinaroom/sets/highlights-from-four-days-in-a Matt Hill: http://rethinkdaily.co.uk/ Richard: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-richard-episodes Jen: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-jen-episodes Jo: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-52-jo Apples for Everyone: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/ RethinkDaily: http://archive.rethinkdaily.co.uk/ Numbers: https://t.co/6jywRxG5xC Quantum Leap: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Leap Answer Me This! http://answermethispodcast.com/ Richard Herring - Collings and Herrin: http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/collingsherrin/archive/ This American Life: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/ Radiolab: http://www.radiolab.org/ WTF: http://www.wtfpod.com/ Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/ The Open Episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-open-episodes Risk! http://risk-show.com/podcast/3177/ GBA Specials: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/gba-specials Helen on SUT: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/selected-tragedy-vol-6-tragic-history Forty Hall: http://www.fortyhallestate.co.uk/ Enfield Council: http://www.enfield.gov.uk/ Dad episode - virginity: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-118-dad-3 Dad Episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-dad-episodes Anthony Kiedis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Kiedis Martin: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-67-martin-the-sound-man Everyday Sexism: http://everydaysexism.com/ Arthur Miller: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Miller Ian Curtis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Curtis Slipknot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slipknot_%28band%29 Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 199 we get better acquainted with Adele Hampton. She talks spoken word, journalism, finding her voice, navigating the intersections of class, race, gender and sexuality, her specific experiences of growing up biracial, moving to London from America and so much more. Adele plugs: Her video production work: Contact her at Adele Hampton on facebook. Check out her previous video work: http://adelehampton.com/ I plug: The upcoming #GBA200 season (16th-20th March 2015) where I will be celebrating 200 hundred episodes of Getting Better Acquainted with a week of conversations where the table is turned and other people run the show and I am the guest. And Tragic Spring: https://www.facebook.com/events/588668424609848/ We mention: Sophia Walker: https://www.facebook.com/SophiaWalker Can't Care Won't Care: http://www.rondotheatre.co.uk/production/1159/ Around the World in 8 Mistakes: http://sabotagereviews.com/2013/08/29/edinburgh-fringe-review-around-the-world-in-eight-mistakes-by-sophia-walker/ Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Oxford Brookes: https://www.brookes.ac.uk/ New College of Humanities: https://www.nchum.org/ My dad: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-dad-episodes Adele's dad: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3563885/ http://www.transcendingsurgeon.com/ Miner's Strike: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_miners%27_strike_%281984%E2%80%9385%29 Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/ Doctor Who: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who Daniel Radcliffe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Radcliffe Rhianna: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhianna_(singer) Annie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film) Ferguson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Ferguson_unrest The Wire: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wire Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 198 we get better acquainted with Jack Rooke. He talks about co-writing a show about the death of his dad with his Nan, the barriers to education and the arts that people from working class backgrounds have to deal with, how suicide is presented in the media, watching daytime TV and so much more. He *is* crowdfunding his show: http://t.co/TWiOZCoU3K Here he is in a video telling you about it: http://t.co/pZ50wGETXV Content Note: Bereavement and reference to suicide and mental health. Jack plugs: @JackRooke: https://twitter.com/jackrooke Good Grief: http://www.thegoodgriefproject.com Child Bereavement Network: http://www.childhoodbereavementnetwork.org.uk/ Plan If: http://www.planif.org.uk/ I plug: The upcoming #GBA200 season where I will be celebrating 200 hundred episodes of Getting Better Acquainted with a week of conversations where the table is turned and other people run the show and I am the guest. We mention: Roundhouse: http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/ Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/ Wilderness Festival: http://www.wildernessfestival.com/ Charley Harrison: http://charleylucyharrison.com/ About A Boy: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276751/ Owain: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-16-owain University of Westminster: http://www.westminster.ac.uk/ Trafalgar Studios: http://www.trafalgar-studios.co.uk/ Meera Syal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meera_Syal Arts Council: http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/ The Free Fringe: http://freefringe.org.uk/ This Morning: http://www.itv.com/thismorning Loose Women: http://www.itv.com/loosewomen The Chase: http://www.itv.com/thechase Doctors: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mh9v Bang Said the Gun: http://www.bangsaidthegun.com/ The Surgery - Radio One: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wkj8 Widow's Parents Allowance: http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/jul/15/widowed-parents-allowance-cut Bono: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bono CALM: https://www.thecalmzone.net/ My Aunt: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-125-margaret Lana Del Rey: http://lanadelrey.com/ L'Wren Scott: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Wren_Scott Mick Jagger: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Jagger Samaritans: http://www.samaritans.org/ Bowl of Oranges: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUym7n7fJTQ Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0W1v0kOELA Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 197 we get better acquainted with Toni. She talks about being a sex worker and sex worker rights activist, decriminalisation, the problems with the Swedish Model, the language and stigma around sex work, harm reduction, how various systems of oppression intersect around the lives of sex workers and more. Toni is a member of the Sex Worker Open University: http://www.sexworkeropenuniversity.com/ Content Note: Some reference to violence against sex workers and to rape and sexual assault, although none of these references are graphic or personal accounts. Toni plugs: @SexWorkerOU: https://twitter.com/SexWorkerOU CONFIDE: Helpline: http://confideinfo.com/about/ I plug: Tragic Winter @ Hackney Attic: 28th February: http://www.facebook.com/events/1516191711967276/ We mention: International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers: http://www.december17.org/ Carol Leigh: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Leigh Tres Cosas Campaign: https://3cosascampaign.wordpress.com/about/ Decriminalisation: http://prostitutescollective.net/2010/09/28/decriminalisation-of-prostitution-v-legalisation-2/ Swedish/Nordic Model: http://www.sexworkeropenuniversity.com/blog/swou-statement-on-poverty-sex-work-and-the-swedish-model-poverty-is-objectifying-demeaning-and-coercive1 Amnesty International - the backlash: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/agm-decisions-to-date http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2013/06/amnesty-human-rights-and-criminalisation-sex-work Friends: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends Petite Jasmine: http://titsandsass.com/the-bloody-state-gave-him-the-power-a-swedish-sex-workers-murder/ http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/alex-bryce/petite-jasmine-sex-workers_b_4439049.html Arrested Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrested_Development_%28TV_series%29 Tina Fay: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Fey Morecambe Bay Cockle Picking Disaster: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Morecambe_Bay_cockling_disaster ECP: http://www.nswp.org/members/europe/english-collective-prostitutes http://prostitutescollective.net/ x: talk: http://www.xtalkproject.net/ NSWP: http://www.nswp.org/ Ipswich Serial murders: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipswich_serial_murders Associated Press: http://www.ap.org/ Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 196 we get better acquainted with Siobhan. She talks about making comedy, being a sign language interpreter, the politics of marriage, honeymooning in lapland, grief and bereavement, spreading eccentric joy, feminism, being an identical twin and so much more. The conversation focused on Siobhan's breasts much more than either of us were expecting. Siobhan plugs: We Are Funny Variety @ Dirty Dicks: 25th February: https://www.facebook.com/events/807156749349594/ I plug: Tragic Winter @ Hackney Attic: 28th February: https://www.facebook.com/events/1516191711967276/ We mention: Stand Up Tragedy: www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Tragic Heroes: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sets/tragic-heroes CUNTH: http://www.cunth.co.uk/ Charley Harrison: http://charleylucyharrison.com/ We Are Funny: http://wearefunnyproject.com/ Tragic Christmas: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sets/tragic-christmas BSL: http://www.british-sign.co.uk/ SSE: http://www.signedlanguage.co.uk/signsupportedenglish.html Sense: http://www.sense.org.uk/ Usher Syndrome: http://www.sense.org.uk/content/usher-syndrome Disability Challengers: http://www.disability-challengers.org/ Cochlia Implant Video: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2590509/Watch-The-moving-moment-deaf-woman-overcome-emotion-HEARS-time-having-cochlea-implants-switched-on.html Ged: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-31-ged Womanism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Womanism Louisa Omielan: http://www.iloveluisa.com/ Nadia Kamil: http://nadiakamil.co.uk/ Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 195 we get better acquainted with Jess. He talks about positivity as a political act, being a tour guide, the representation of minority religions, teaching English in China, the impact of his sister's life and death on his family and exploring the infinite and the unknown. Jess plugs: Upcoming short film in production: working title Duty of Care: http://www.ideastap.com/People/Jess-Brownrigg @JessBrownrigg Thinking beyond ourselves. Extra plug: Stand Up Tragedy: Tragic Winter 28th February: http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Hackney_Picturehouse/film/Stand_Up_Tragedy_Tragic_Winter/ We talk: Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/ Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Stand Up Tragedy Story: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/tragic-beginnings-act-1 Tour Guide Spark Story: https://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/a-grand-gesture-jess-brownrigg/ Kepler Telescope: http://kepler.nasa.gov/ New Scientist: http://www.newscientist.com/ Aristotle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle 38 Degres: http://www.38degrees.org.uk/ George Mobiot on growth: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/27/if-we-cant-change-economic-system-our-number-is-up Green Party: http://www.greenparty.org.uk/ The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Songlines-Vintage-Classics-Bruce-Chatwin/dp/0099769913 Rik Mayall: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rik_Mayall Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!