GBA 212 Ian

Summary: 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!