GBA 186 Connor

Summary: In GBA 186 we get better acquainted with Connor. In a glass house late at night in the cold eating crisps we have a conversation where all roads lead back to radio, passing through Ireland, Brussels, China, childhood, The Third Coast Festival, In the Dark and more. There's also lot's of podcast talk. Connor plugs: In the Dark: http://www.inthedarkradio.org/ Invisible Picture Palace: http://invisiblepicturepalace.com/ We mention: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-87-in-conversation Invisible Picture Palace episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/gba-live-the-invisible-picture Helen and Olly's Required Listening: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m5j91 Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/ https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-127-robin-the-fog Rethink Daily: http://rethinkdaily.co.uk/ Ricky Gervais podcast: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ricky_Gervais_Show Radio Sweden: http://sverigesradio.se/sida/default.aspx?programid=2054 Ministry of Stories Ouch! http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/podcast/ Farming Today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/farming The Live GBA Episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/gba-live 100th Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/gba100-1 International Crisis Group: http://www.crisisgroup.org/ Magritte: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Magritte BBC Chinese Service: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/chinafocus DX Listening Digest: http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html The World Service: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Radio 4: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 China Radio International: http://english.cri.cn/ Coffee Flavoured Tea: http://www.coffeeflavouredtea.net/wordpress/ https://soundcloud.com/coffeeflavouredtea RTE: http://www.rte.ie/ Radio 1: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1 Radio 2: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2 Radio 5 Live: http://www.bbc.co.uk/5live Murphy Radio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy_Radio https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-74-mervyn Good Friday Agreement: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Friday_Agreement 6 Degrees of Separation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation Open Society Foundation: http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/ George Soros: http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/people/george-soros Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ This American Life: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/ Radiolab: http://www.radiolab.org/ Third Coast Festival: http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/ The Story: http://thestory.org.uk/ Karl James episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-chris-and-karl-episodes Timehop: http://timehop.com/ Maplin: http://www.maplin.co.uk/ The Sound of Silence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zLfCnGVeL4 Simon and Garfunkle Greatest Hits: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_and_Garfunkel's_Greatest_Hits Carry On Up the Charts Beautiful South: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_On_up_the_Charts Bailrigg FM: http://bailriggfm.co.uk/ Teenage Kicks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAtUw6lxcis John Peel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Peel Micheal Fenton Stevens episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-michael-fenton-stevens Pigs in Space: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTGDpUg3CHY Lights Out Listening: https://lightsoutlisteninggroup.wordpress.com/ You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. On-demand and on the go! Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores. 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!