GBA 213 Bisha K Ali

Summary: 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!