GBA 270 Karla Marie Sweet

Summary: 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!