Getting Better Acquainted

In GBA 231 we get better acquainted with Paul. He talks about moving from fine art to photography and from fashion photography to portraiture, navigating the renting, fatherhood and freelance, growing up in Blackpool and Long Island, going on a roadtrip across Mongolia and lots more. Paul plugs: His website: http://www.pauljcochrane.co.uk I plug: Donating to GBA: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cm…_id=4RCU5NHZURXUL We mention: Ged: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-31-ged Richard: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-richard-episodes Infinity Wall: https://vimeo.com/blog/post/to-infinity-wall-and-beyond Matrix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix Heath Robinson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Heath_Robinson Pleasure Beach: https://www.blackpoolpleasurebeach.com/ Long Island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island Aer Lingus: https://www.aerlingus.com/ Blue Velvet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Velvet_(film) Little Shop of Horrors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Shop_of_Horrors_(film) Dresden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dresden Frankfurt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt Mongol Rally: http://www.theadventurists.com/mongol-rally/ Matt Hill: https://rethinkaudio.wordpress.com/ Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?

In GBA 230 we get better acquainted with Sally. She talks about connecting with people, maths, computers and horses, teaching teenagers, IT training, being independent, self knowledge, stepping out of your comfort zone and so much more. Sally plugs: Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/ Skeptics in the Pub: http://www.skeptic.org.uk/events/skeptics-in-the-pub And stepping out of your comfort zone I plug: Stand Up Tragedy Presents: http://www.facebook.com/events/461679520679231/ Spark Hackney Open Mic: Gifts https://www.facebook.com/events/689270927876614/ Donating to GBA: http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cm…_id=4RCU5NHZURXUL We mention: CERN: http://home.cern/ Good Thinking Society: http://goodthinkingsociety.org/ Simon Singh: http://simonsingh.net/ David Nutt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Nutt Bradford Photography Museum: http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/ Matt Parker: http://standupmaths.com/ Full Frontal Nerdity: http://festivalofthespokennerd.com/dvd/ Festival of the Spoken Word: http://festivalofthespokennerd.com/ Oresteia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oresteia Almeida Theatre: http://www.almeida.co.uk/ The Beaux' Stratagem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beaux%27_Stratagem National Theatre: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/ Kent PCC resigns over twitter: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22083032 Amy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_(2015_film) Amy Winehouse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Winehouse Manfred Mann: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Mann Val Doonican: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Doonican Sandie Shaw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandie_Shaw Andrew Jennings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jennings 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!

In GBA 229 we get better acquainted with Nick Van Der Kolk from Love + Radio. He talks about how and why he produces this unique podcast, his approach to the subjects that the show covers (both the people and the issues) and what he has learnt about podcasting in his time making podcasts. He also gives me an on air tutorial in recording technique. Nick plugs: Love + Radio: http://loveandradio.org/ Radiotopia: http://www.radiotopia.fm Radiotopia Fall Campaign 2015: https://www.commitchange.com/ma/cambridge/prx-inc/campaigns/radiotopia-fall-campaign-2015 I plug: Stand Up Tragedy Presents: http://www.facebook.com/events/461679520679231/ Donating to GBA: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4RCU5NHZURXUL In Pod We Trust: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06nhpxl We mention: Helen Zaltzman: http://helenzaltzman.com/ The Allusionist: http://www.theallusionist.org/ Serial: http://serialpodcast.org/ This American Life: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/ In the Dark: http://www.inthedarkradio.org/ Episode with voice disguising: https://soundcloud.com/loveandradio/jack-and-ellen Dan Savage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Savage The Wisdom of J Thunderbolt: https://soundcloud.com/loveandradio/the-wisdom-of-jay Third Coast International Festival: http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/ Ira Glass: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Glass Answer Me This! http://answermethispodcast.com/ No Such Thing As A Fish: http://qi.com/podcast/ HBO: http://www.hbo.com/ Digital Native: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_native PRX: http://www.prx.org/ Snap Judgement: http://snapjudgment.org/ Chicago Public Media: https://www.chicagopublicmedia.org/ 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!

In GBA 228 we get even better acquainted with Mathy. She talks about her book Quit or Embrace Your Job Crisis, being a Third Culture Kid, navigating change, race, grief, stereotypes, depression, faith and creativity. We met up at the William Morris Gallery​ a few months back to ago. A lot has changed for both of us since she we had our last conversation way back in GBA 50. This is the first GBA conversation that I had with Mathy: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-50-mathy Mathy plugs: Quit or Embrace Your Job Crisis: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Quit-Embrace-your-job-crisis/dp/1508592136/ Good Morning Mathy: https://www.youtube.com/user/whathejobisthis I plug: Spark London: Muticultural Minds: https://www.facebook.com/events/1735829253307581/ Stand Up Tragedy Presents: https://www.facebook.com/events/461679520679231/ We mention: Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/ The Parachute Opened: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-extra-the-parachute-opened Janelle Monáe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janelle_Monáe Tightrope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwnefUaKCbc What the Job is This? http://whathejobisthis.com/ Personal Page: https://www.facebook.com/MathyLisikaM/ William Morris: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Morris William Morris Gallery: http://www.wmgallery.org.uk/ Third Culture Kid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_culture_kid Amy Clare Tasker: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-192-amy-clare-tasker Change Curve: https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newPPM_96.htm 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!

This getting better acquainted extra features various performances I've done on stage during 2015. Stand Up Tragedy Presents: https://www.facebook.com/events/461679520679231/ Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/ Multicultural Minds: https://www.facebook.com/events/1735829253307581/ Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Arts Emergency: http://www.arts-emergency.org/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: http://www.mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk GBA 106 Jack and George: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-106-jack-and-george Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 227 we get better acquainted with Charlie. Over coffee and cake he talks about commissioning documentaries for The Guardian, being arrested for protesting tax avoidance, what he looks for in documentaries, activism, being a vegan, working at Sheffield Doc Fest, Jewishness, solidarity and more. Charlie plugs: Guardian Documentaries: http://www.theguardian.com/news/series/the-guardian-documentary and giving him feedback on the Guardian Docs: Charlie.Philips@guardian.com I plug: Stand Up Tragedy presents.... http://www.facebook.com/events/461679520679231/ #ManSurvey: http://www.mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk We mention: Sonjas episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-164-sonja Spark London: http://www.stories.co.uk Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/ Auto Trader: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/ Alan Rusbridger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Rusbridger Owen Jones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Jones_(writer) Polly Toynbee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polly_Toynbee Jonathan Freedland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Freedland Vlogging: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_blog Sheffield Doc/Fest: https://sheffdocfest.com/ 291 Gallary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/291_(art_gallery) Channel 4: http://www.channel4.com/ Andrew Kötting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_K%C3%B6tting Pan's Labyrinth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan%27s_Labyrinth Guillermo del Toro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_del_Toro Super 8: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_8_film Structuralist Filmakers of the 60's and 70's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_film Hasidic Judaism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasidic_Judaism Radical Jewish Identity of the late 19th and early 20th Century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_left Trash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trash_(nightclub) Betty and the Werewolves: http://damagedgoods.co.uk/bands/betty-and-the-werewolves C86: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C86_(album) Paper Thin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2A2XBrI_T0 Damaged Goods: http://damagedgoods.co.uk/ Mumblecore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumblecore Lena Dunham: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Dunham Appropriate Behaviour: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appropriate_Behaviour SXSW: http://www.sxsw.com/ 20,000 Days on Earth: http://nickcave.com/news/nick-cave-20000-days-on-earth/ Jeremy Deller: http://www.jeremydeller.org/ Joe Sacco: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Sacco Maus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maus Ariel Shrag: http://www.arielschrag.com/ Persepolis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_(comics) Tiny Furniture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Furniture Ira Glass: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Glass Radiolab: http://www.radiolab.org/ Door Into The Dark: http://doorintothedark.com/ Socialist Worker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Workers_Party_(UK) Tony Benn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Benn Climate Rush: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_Rush Climate Camp: https://twitter.com/climatecamp UK Uncut: http://www.ukuncut.org.uk/ Jewdas: http://jewdas.org/ EDL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Defence_League Britain First: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain_First Horse Meat: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/horsemeat-scandal Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 226 we get better acquainted with Cheryl. She tells the story of when as a result of misunderstandings and other circumstantial issues she was taken from her home by the police and put into a mental institution against her will. This experience changed her understanding of the human rights afforded to people with mental health issues and her knowledge of what mental health services can be like. This traumatic experience inspired her to become an anti-psychiatry activist. We have a conversation around her story about our different perspectives on mental health but mostly the episode focuses on the details of her experience which are terrifying, vivid and often horribly darkly funny. For more perspectives and experiences of mental health listen to this collection of Getting Better Acquainted episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/mental-health-issues Cheryl plugs: Speak Out Against Psychiatry: http://speakoutagainstpsychiatry.org/ Asylum Magazine: http://www.asylumonline.net/ Petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/104681 I plug: Spark London: Multicultural Minds: https://www.picturehouses.com/film/spark-london-storytelling-multi-cultural-minds Stand Up Tragedy: Tragic Autumn: http://www.facebook.com/events/1453089018350037/ Stand Up Tragedy presents.... http://www.facebook.com/events/461679520679231/ #ManSurvey: http://www.mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ We mention: Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/ Mind Freedom International: http://mindfreedom.org/ Network Against Psychiatric Assault: http://networkagainstpsychiatricassault.org/ Kidnapped by Psychiatry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU0Ue1xg9m4 ECT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroconvulsive_therapy Mind: http://www.mind.org.uk/ DSM 5: http://www.dsm5.org/Pages/Default.aspx Bupa: http://www.bupa.co.uk/ Rethink: http://www.rethink.org/ Nellie Bly - 10 days in a Mad-House: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/bly/madhouse/madhouse.html Aunty Margaret: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-125-margaret My story from the Spark London Mental Health Stories night is included in this GBA episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/uncertain-new-year Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 225 we get better acquainted with Frog. He talks about Daniel Barker's Birthday, glass aquariums, a love for natural history and the history of science, high and low culture and literature, the twitter-verse, the story of the family Tench and how he came to be writing a book about whaling. And he did all this whilst at the same time cooking a delicious meal for two. Frog plugs: China_Miéville: Iron Council: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Iron-Council-New-Crobuzon-3/dp/0330534203 China_Miéville: Perdido Street Station: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Perdido-Street-Station-New-Crobuzon/dp/0330534238 Twitter: @gimzify: https://twitter.com/gimzify @FrogCroakley: https://twitter.com/frogcroakley The Sea Hates A Coward (Tomes of the Dead) by Nathan/Nate Crowley: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Hates-Coward-Tomes-Dead-ebook/dp/B013I681P8 I plug: Stand Up Tragedy: Tragic Autumn: http://www.facebook.com/events/1453089018350037/ Stand Up Tragedy presents.... http://www.facebook.com/events/461679520679231/ #ManSurvey: http://www.mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ We mention: Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/ Daniel Barker: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-177-daniel-barker Daniel Barker's Birthday: https://storify.com/FrogCroakley/the-colelcted-daniel-barker-s-birth http://danielbarker.cogdiss.com/ On Buzzfeed: http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/a-guy-complained-no-one-had-wished-him-happy-birthday-on-twi Guy / @brainmage: https://twitter.com/brainmage China Miéville: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Mi%C3%A9ville Shakespeare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare Dickens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens Star Wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_wars Timehop: http://timehop.com/ Helen Zaltzman: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-200-pt-1-with-helen-zaltzman London Aquarium: https://www2.visitsealife.com/london/ London Zoo: https://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo Tench: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tench Izaak Walter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izaak_Walton The Compleat Angler: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izaak_Walton#The_Compleat_Angler Whipsnade: https://www.zsl.org/zsl-whipsnade-zoo Amsterdam: http://www.artis.nl/en/artis-royal-zoo/ National Aquarium Atlanta Georgia: http://www.georgiaaquarium.org/ Whale shark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_shark Steampunk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk His Dark Materials: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Dark_Materials Studio Ghibli: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Ghibli Warhammer 40k: http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Warhammer-40-000 Great Exhibition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Exhibition Dinosaurs in Chrystal Palace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Palace_Dinosaurs Moby Dick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby-Dick ASMR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_sensory_meridian_response Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 224 we get better acquainted with AJ. She talks about writing and performing poetry, finding her poetry voice as a result of transitioning, responding to banter culture, transphobia and transmisogyny, kink, sex and sexuality. This was a snatched conversation during the Edinburgh Fringe 2015 where we were both did solo shows. Our shows had a lot of cross over and that's reflected in the conversation. AJ plugs: A Lady of a Certain Rage: http://www.lulu.com/shop/aj-mckenna/a-lady-of-a-certain-rage/paperback/product-21075072.html The Gunshots that Kill Us Are Silenced: https://ajmckenna.bandcamp.com/album/the-gunshots-which-kill-us-are-silenced Public Address III: http://www.applesandsnakes.org/page/108/PUBLIC+ADDRESS+THE+SOAPBOX+TOUR/1597 @AnathemaJane: https://twitter.com/anathemajane I plug: Stand Up Tragedy presents.... https://www.facebook.com/events/461679520679231/ Stand Up Tragedy: Tragic Autumn: http://www.facebook.com/events/1453089018350037/ #ManSurvey: http://www.mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ We mention: Stand Up Tragedy: http://standuptragedy.co.uk Cis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisgender David Cameron: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cameron UKIP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Independence_Party Jeremy Clarkson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Clarkson #KillAllMen: https://stavvers.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/kill-all-men/ https://medium.com/matter/the-meme-ification-of-misandry-3b0c95ad51f5 Bahar Mustafa: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/bahar-mustafa-goldsmiths-university-diversity-officer-could-lose-job-after-being-accused-by-students-10260697.html #FuckCisPeople: https://cisnormativity.wordpress.com/2013/08/17/disrupting-the-politics-of-etiquette/ Kate Fox: http://katefox.co.uk/ Angela Readman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Readman Rich Mix: http://www.richmix.org.uk/ The Bathroom Thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7qfU45jhOQ Queer'Say: http://bit.ly/1OGtG04 Daniel Bye: http://www.danielbye.co.uk/ Marina Abramović: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Abramovi%C4%87 Sarah Thomasin: http://sarahthomasin.com/ Kate Tempest: http://katetempest.co.uk/ Stewart Lee: http://www.stewartlee.co.uk/ If You'd Prefer A Milder Comedian Please Ask for One: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stewart-Lee-Prefer-Milder-Comedian/dp/B003XMVGYQ Josie Long: http://www.josielong.com/ Fun Home by Alison Bechdel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fun_Home Eggshells: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUQdVTNnr_4 Stonewall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots Mattachine Society: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattachine_Society Ferguson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_unrest Autogynephilia: http://www.tsroadmap.com/info/autogynephilia.html DSM: http://psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm Breuer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Breuer Charcot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Martin_Charcot Freud: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud Hirschfeld: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Hirschfeld Paraphilia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphilia Topping from the Bottom: http://houseofvoid.com/2012/04/18/topping-from-the-bottom-what-does-it-mean/ Fay Roberts: http://www.fayroberts.co.uk/ 6 Sexes: http://www.nature.com/news/sex-redefined-1.16943 Niels Bohr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Bohr My Revelation Will Not Be Trivialised: https://ajmckenna.bandcamp.com/track/my-revelation-will-not-be-trivialised Gil Scott-Heron: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Scott-Heron Pegging: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegging_(sexual_practice) Chella Quint: https://chellaquint.wordpress.com/ Kyriarchy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyriarchy Chelsea Poe: http://chelseapoe.com/ Kasey Platt - A Safe Girl to Love: https://alumni.columbia.edu/node/984451 Gender dysphoria: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_dysphoria Transmisogyny: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transmisogyny

In GBA 222 we get better acquainted with Renee. She talks about storytelling, identity, culture, feminism and feeling like a grafted tree. The conversation maps out her story, the different countries she has lived, the different heritages that have formed who she is. Renee plugs: Her twitter: https://twitter.com/BOHOSOJO Her blog: http://bohosojo.com/ I plug: My twitter: https://twitter.com/goosefat101 Spark Encore: Infectious: https://www.facebook.com/events/420281474843128/ Spark Hackney: Borders: https://www.facebook.com/events/1658041704462196/ Stand Up Tragedy: Tragic Autumn: https://www.facebook.com/events/1453089018350037/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://www.facebook.com/events/1453089018350037/ http://www.mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ We mention: Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/ SOAS: https://www.soas.ac.uk/ Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Women-Who-Run-With-Wolves/dp/1846041090 Putin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin Utrecht: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utrecht The Moth: http://themoth.org/ Rachel Dolezal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Dolezal Hafu: http://hafufilm.com/en Miss Japan: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/30/world/asia/biracial-beauty-queen-strives-for-change-in-mono-ethnic-japan.html International Women's Day: http://www.internationalwomensday.com/ Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mistakes-Made-Work-Influential-Reflect-ebook/dp/B00FX7LUUO Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 222 we get better acquainted with James. He talks about coding, the power dynamics around public shaming, the tech industry, online culture, masculinity and privilege. Clearly I was very much inside the process of writing the #ManSurvey show and interpreting the #ManSurvey when we recorded this episode! James plugs: The software he makes. His book Javascript Testing Recipes: http://jstesting.jcoglan.com/ All of which can be found at: http://jcoglan.com/ I plug: What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ We mention: Geek/Science Showoff: http://www.scienceshowoff.org/ Moomins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moomin Steve Cross: https://twitter.com/steve_x Myspace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace What if Hemingway Wrote Javascript?: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hemingway-Wrote-JavaScript-Angus-Croll/dp/1593275854 Twitter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter Facebook:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook Samaritans App: http://publicsectorblogs.org.uk/2014/11/samaritans-radar-suspended-but-its-not-over-yet-adrian-short/ Doxxing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxing You Have Been Publicly Shamed: http://www.amazon.co.uk/So-Youve-Been-Publicly-Shamed/dp/1594487138 Adria Richards: http://www.shakesville.com/2015/02/the-falsest-of-false-equivalencies.html Revenge of the Nerds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_of_the_Nerds Harrison Ford: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Ford Star Wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars Blade Runner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner Indiana Jones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_(franchise) X-Men: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_men Studies of gender balance in films: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/soraya-chemaly/20-mustknow-facts-about-g_b_5869564.html Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 221 we get better acquainted with Mathilda. She talks about #HowToBeFat, writing werewolf erotica, comedy, writing, performance, parenthood, slash fiction and more. We recorded the conversation in Edinburgh during the Fringe where both of us were doing solo shows that (in different ways) talk about taboo subjects, shame, identity, stigma, privilege and social pressure. We compare notes on doing shows that people might describe as brave. Mathilda plugs: Her Website: https://mathildia.wordpress.com Slah Night: https://www.facebook.com/events/1114214225259785/ September 17th, Brighton @Mathildia: https://twitter.com/mathildia I plug: Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ We mention: Rosie Wilby: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-10-rosie-wilby Mathilda at SUT: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/tragic-horror-act-2 Tragic Bodies: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/tragic-spring-act-2-tragic-bodies How to Be Fat: https://mathildia.wordpress.com/performance/how-to-be-fat/ Werewolf Erotica: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/14/sexy-werewolf-novel-review-us-judge Slash Night: https://slashnight.wordpress.com/ Fan Fic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_fiction Komedia: http://www.komedia.co.uk/ Jo Neary: http://www.joneary.com/home.html Black Lace: http://www.blacklace.co.uk/ Equal Opportunities: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Equal-Opportunities-Black-Mathilde-Madden-x/dp/0352340703 Erotic Awards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_Awards Cameryn Moore: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-215-cameryn-moore Phone Whore: http://www.camerynmoore.com/ Slash Fic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slash_fiction Kids doing PE in school: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/07/pe-teachers-fat-children-stereotyped-overweight Doctor Who: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who Pre Internet Slash Fic: http://www.kelper.co.uk/helenraven/prehistoryfull.html Professionals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Professionals_(TV_series) Tumblr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumblr Bridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_bridge Steven Universe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Universe Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 220 we get better acquainted with Rachel. She talks about the different strands of her life and interests that lead to or from museums: Museums Showoff, academia, science, arts and humanities, museology, consulting, producing, communicating, travelling and the theory and history of museums and exhibition design. http://rachelsouhami.com/ https://twitter.com/rachelsouhami Rachel plugs: Museums Showoff: https://museumsshowoff.wordpress.com Next one on 29th September Slaughtered Lamb: https://museumsshowoff.wordpress.com/2015/08/14/sept-29-sign-up/ @MuseumsShowoff: https://twitter.com/MuseumsShowoff I plug: Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ We mention: Arts Emergency: http://www.arts-emergency.org/ Helen & Martin: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-answer-me-this-episodes-1 Science Showoff: http://www.scienceshowoff.org/ Steve Cross: https://twitter.com/steve_x Bristol City Museum: http://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/bristol-museum-and-art-gallery/ Royal Festival Hall: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/royal-festival-hall Carsten Holler: Decision http://carstenholler.southbankcentre.co.uk/ Hayward Gallery: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/hayward-gallery Jon Durant: http://web.mit.edu/sts/people/durant.html Science Museum: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/ Welcome Wing: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/about_us/doing_business_with_us/corporate_and_private_events/receptions_galas/wellcome_wing.aspx NESTA: http://www.nesta.org.uk/ Behind the Scenes at the Science Museum by Sharon MacDonald: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Behind-Scenes-Science-Materializing-Culture/dp/1859735711 Kierkegaard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard Museum of Copenhagen: http://www.copenhagen.dk/en/ Louisiana Museum of Art just outside of Copenhagen: http://en.louisiana.dk/ Manchester Museum: http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/ Launchpad: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum_OLD/galleries/launchpad.aspx Bodmer Report: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_awareness_of_science#The_Bodmer_Report National Gallary: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/ Future of Museums Conferance: https://museumsshowoff.wordpress.com/the-future-of-museums/ Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ny_Carlsberg_Glyptotek Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

This recording is unedited and posted in a no frills way due to the intensive workload of the festival, and for that reason these shows will also not have shownotes attached to them. 25th August: Keith Jarrett: http://zoneonetosix.blogspot.co.uk/

This recording is unedited and posted in a no frills way due to the intensive workload of the festival, and for that reason these shows will also not have shownotes attached to them. 18th August: Ms Samantha Mann: http://www.mssamanthamann.com/