Getting Better Acquainted

In GBA 142 we get better acquainted with Nicole. She talks about storytelling, complicated families, jive dancing, the history of search engines and more. Nicole plugs: Her playwriting Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com Don't dance holding beer This is the story she told at Spark London: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/the-cookie-monster-nicole-thomas/ And this is a blogpost she wrote about a very sad event that we didn't get to on mic, but covered off mic [content note: addiction, death]: http://treefroggirl.tumblr.com/post/33664383911/the-duke-of-earl-wont-go-to-rehab I plug: Tragic Beginnings: 17th January @ Hackney Attic (upstairs at the Hackney Picturehouse) We mention: Yahoo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo! GoTo.com: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goto.com Microsoft: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft Google: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google Bing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing Search Alliance: http://yahoobingnetwork.com/en/home David Lee: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/david-lee Aaron Sorkin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Sorkin The Wire: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wire Swingers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swingers_(1996_film) Hula Boogie: http://www.hulaboogie.co.uk/ The Black Eyed Peas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Eyed_Peas Louise Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-78-louise Mayors Festival: http://thamesfestival.org/ Diamond Jive: http://www.diamondjive.com/ Up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_(2009_film) Dead Poets Society: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Poets_Society Spartacus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus A Raisin in the Sun: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Raisin_in_the_Sun_(1961_film) 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!

In this GBA Extra I discuss the uncertain position I find myself in this New Year, have a brief round up of what's been going on with Getting Better Acquainted in 2013 and offer up various rants and explanations. Reflections, apologies, resolutions and possible solutions. I plug: Suggesting/offering me jobs, commissions and solutions! - GBApodcast@gmail.com Mentioned: The 2012 Christmas Special: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-91-getting-better?in=gettingbetteracquainted/sets/christmas-specials GBA 100: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/gba100-1 Live episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/gba-live Edinburgh Season: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/stand-up-tragedy-at-edinburgh Resonance FM: http://resonancefm.com/ GBA Resonance Edits: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/resonance-fm-edits Helen Zaltzman: http://www.helenzaltzman.com/ Helen Zaltzman Live Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-9-helen-zaltzman Family Season 2013: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-family-season-2013 Family Reunion Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-135-the-osmaston-family Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Tragic Christmas: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/tragic-christmas-act-1 https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/tragic-christmas-act-2 Tragic Beginnings: Friday 17th Jan at Hackney Attic / 7.30pm / £5 advance, £7 on the door https://www.facebook.com/events/208432709344135/ http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Hackney_Picturehouse/film/Stand_Up_Tragedy_Tragic_Beginnings/ Josie Long: http://www.josielong.com/ Josie Long on SUT: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-daily-ep1-josie-long Robin Ince: http://robinince.com/ Robin Ince on SUT: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-daily-ep-8-robin-ince-and My Gran's passing: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-extra-true-stories-of-time Gods of Comedy Podcast: http://godsofcomedypodcast.com/ My GoC cameo: http://godsofcomedypodcast.com/podcast/episode-13-brydie-and-becs-non-denominational-festive-stick/ Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com/ Jan Spark Hackney open mic: Monday 13th Jan / 7.30 / £4 https://www.facebook.com/events/567796609975761/ Spark London Special: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/open-hearts-a-spark-london-special/ Hackney Attic: http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Hackney_Picturehouse/Attic/ Risk! : http://risk-show.com/ A Room Full of Christmas Friends: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-141-a-room-full-of 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!

In GBA 141 we get better acquainted with Christmas (again). It's the 2013 Christmas Special: A festive curiosity once again full of intimacy, doubt, shared history, music & cheer. This year we join the GBA house band and A Room Full of Friends to sing some Christmas songs and talk some Christmas talk. This year's Christmas special is designed to be: "Like an episode of Killroy where the issue being discussed is Christmas. With songs." As part of the house band I am joined by: Asia - (GBA not yet aired) Sam - https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-99-sam George - https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-6-george https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-106-jack-and-george With special guest Harv who shared a song and recorded the room: https://twitter.com/SteveHSoundtech The rest of the room full of friends are: Jen: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-jen-episodes/ Dad: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-dad-episodes/ Tony: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-35-tony Liz: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-4-liz Chris: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-25-chris Nina: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-132-nina Natti: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-98-natti Alex: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-80-alex Charities plugged at the end of the episode are: Crisis at Christmas: http://www.crisis.org.uk/pages/christmas.html Core Arts: http://www.corearts.co.uk/ Arts Emergency: http://www.arts-emergency.org/ St Mungos: http://www.mungos.org/ Self Determination: http://developmentforafrica.org/selfdetermination.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/charity/against_1.shtml Red and Black social club: http://www.soundthealarm.org.uk/red-black-social-club-septembe/ GBC Legal: http://greenandblackcross.org/legal Previous incarnations of A Room Full of Friends: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-2-a-room-full-of https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/gba100-1 For other GBA takes on Christmas: The first GBA Christmas special focused on how I learned to love (albeit a highly neurotic and ambiguous love) the season despite its past crimes against my childhood. Here it is: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-christmas-special The second was a longform true story of the trip I took to Amsterdam with my mum in 2005. Warning it could be described as NSFW: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-91-getting-better I made this for Christmas this year: https://soundcloud.com/the-dave/time-to-be-nice I made this for a Christmas a few years back: Ghosts of... youtu.be/XqCKfOwA9vE This is a true story I told at Spark London that focuses on an incident that is touched on as back story in this episode: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/two-cathedrals-david-pickering/ Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year! (There will be no GBA next week. It will return on the 2nd of January 2013.) 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 140 we get better acquainted with Ewa. She talks about Polish political and religious history and relates it the present & the personal. We also get into the experience of being a student, working as a waiter in the UK when you are perceived as an "Eastern European" immigrant, studying PR, friendship and lots more. This is the second time (and first that has aired) in GBA history where I recorded a conversation, lost the recording and then had to record a second one! Ewa plugs: The art of Liam Willday: http://cargocollective.com/LiamWillday Her boyfriends (ex)band: https://soundcloud.com/the-angry-lesbians https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nikita-The-Angry-Lesbians/125129054330569 I plug: Tragic Christmas: 12th December @ The Dogstar in Brixton: www.facebook.com/events/215735955261699/ We mention: Volunteer Centre Westminster: http://www.volunteer.co.uk/ Warsaw Uprising: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Uprising Women's Party in Poland: http://www.partiakobiet.org.pl/ Brave New World: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World 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?

This Getting Better Acquainted extra brings together two true stories that are in some ways about time and space. They deal with memory, with family, with childhood and with relationship between different generations and cultures. Both stories in some way relate to each other and to this weeks main GBA episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-139-patricia The first is very directly related as it expands on some of the conversation that takes place in Episode 139. Patricia told this story live on stage at a Spark London night. http://www.sparklondon.com/ The second story was written and performed by me at my night Stand Up Tragedy. http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk It's about my gran who passed away less than 2 weeks ago. In some ways this extra episode is meant as a tribute to her, she is someone I will never be able to get better acquainted with. It's a different version of the story featured in this previous GBA episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-119-mum-3 Stand Up Tragedy are having a Tragic Christmas next Thursday at the Dogstar. Come and join us: https://www.facebook.com/events/215735955261699/ 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?

In GBA 139 we get better acquainted with Patricia. She talks about childhood, dead bodies, displacement, childhood, The European Union, storytelling, bereavement, Law School and more. On Friday a GBA extra will come out featuring a story Patricia told at Spark London which builds on many of the things she touches on in this conversation. Patricia plugs or perhaps negotiates with: her writing I plug: Tragic Christmas: 12th December @ The Dogstar in Brixton: www.facebook.com/events/215735955261699/ We mention: Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com/ Radcliffe Royds: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-radcliffe-episodes/ Appellate Law: http://www.appellatelaw.net/g-appellatelaw.htm 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?

In this special GBA Live recorded at the Idea Store Whitechapel as part of the Write Idea Festival Fringe I get better acquainted with Helen Zaltzman. http://www.helenzaltzman.com/ We talk adapting Answer Me This! into a book, badger taxidermy, old gods, Sound Women and books. Helen does a pretty excellent job of counter-interviewing me, getting a surprising amount out of as yet unrevealed Dave related info. In return I talk to her about her oddest editing jobs, how her artist father has influenced what she does, ghost writing and lots more. Helen plugs: Answer Me This!: http://www.answermethispodcast.com/ Sound Women Podcast: http://www.soundwomen.co.uk/podcast/ The Answer Me This! Christmas Album: http://answermethispodcast.com/albums I plug: Tragic Christmas: 12th December @ The Dogstar in Brixton: https://www.facebook.com/events/215735955261699/ We mention: Write Idea Festival: http://writeideafestival.org/ Unfortunatalie: https://twitter.com/unfortunatalie JJ Abrams: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Abrams Stephen King: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_King Chvrches: http://chvrch.es/ Fun.: http://www.ournameisfun.com/ Olly Mann: http://ollymann.com/ Martin Zaltz Austwick: http://www.martinzaltzaustwick.com/ Jen Adamthwaite: jadamthwaite.co.uk cardboard box tree funerals: http://www.beatree.com/ Answer Me This book: http://answermethis.wordpress.com/book/ JK Rowling: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling Harry Potter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter Tolkien: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien Upper Norwood Library: http://uppernorwoodlibrary.org/ 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?

In GBA 138 we get better acquainted with Scott. He talks about living with cluster headaches, primary stabbing headaches and other forms of neurological disability, watching and playing football, growing up in South London, working in electrical distribution trade, going to music festivals and more. We sit back and relax in the park on the South Bank during the sunshine of last summer and get pleasantly tipsy during the recording, I give an account of my only encounter with the Glastonbury festival and we consider the values of love, empathy and George. Scott plugs: Love. We mention: Apples for Everyone: https://myspace.com/applesforeveryone George Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-6-george Udderbelly: https://www.underbelly.co.uk/ London Eye: http://www.londoneye.com/ Royal Festival Hall: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/royal-festival-hall SOAS: http://www.soas.ac.uk/ Crash: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115964/ Talha Ahsan: http://freetalha.org/ George and Jack episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-106-jack-and-george Lou Reed: http://www.loureed.com/inmemoriam/ Ash: http://www.ash-official.com/ David Bowie: http://www.davidbowie.com/ Macy Gray: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macy_Gray Manu Chao: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Chao Clandestino: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clandestino White Stripes: http://www.whitestripes.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?

In GBA 137 we get better acquainted with Liz. She talks about her years as a Traffic Warden, writing, making music, being a Claims Adviser and more. Liz plugs: Her music - http://lizwyatt.com/ https://www.facebook.com/LizWyattMusic We mention: Paul Farley: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Farley Requiem for a Dream: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requiem_for_a_Dream Paolo Nutini: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Nutini Heartbeat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbeat_(UK_TV_series) Parking chaos claim over no Aberystwyth traffic wardens: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-13712977 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?

In GBA 136 we get better acquainted with Tony. He talks knife throwing accidents, impersonating Elvis on Channel 5, being a paparazzi photographer, transgressive art, travelling with the Circus, the World Gurning Championships, making serial killer puppet shows and more. Tony plugs: Meat Plough - https://www.facebook.com/groups/265143463593665/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Magazine-journal-transgressive-Londons-pigeons/dp/B008LF8UNA http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thatcher-death-special-Tony-Hickson/dp/B00C9JM9C2/ http://tonyhickson1.wix.com/tonyhickson I plug: Tragic Christmas: https://www.facebook.com/events/215735955261699/ We mention: The Dave: https://soundcloud.com/the-dave Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com/ Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Spark story: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/papped-out-tony-hickson/ Paul Daniels: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Daniels Gary Newman: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Numan Amy Winehouse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Winehouse Pete Doherty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Doherty Kate Moss: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Moss Kate Middleton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine,_Duchess_of_Cambridge The Ivy: http://www.the-ivy.co.uk/ Christopher Biggins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Biggins Lady Gaga: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gaga Guinness Book of Records: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Records Stand Up Tragedy story: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/stand-up-tragedy-14 Foolhardy Circus Knife Throwing Inccident 1995: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm9og5oFfpE Egremont Crab Fair World Gurning Championships: https://www.facebook.com/EgremontCrabFairWorldGurningChampionships Worlds Ugliest Face - The Gurning: http://youtu.be/1kRTOhP28lk Mary Bell: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Bell Where's Mary: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1250289/ Skunk Anansie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_Anansie Dodgy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodgy Psychic TV: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychic_TV Nirvana: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(band) Frank Sidebottom: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Sievey Channel Five: http://www.channel5.com/ Dogem Logic: http://www.dodgemlogic.com/ Alan Moore: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore Stewart Lee: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Lee 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?

In this GBA Special we get better acquainted with The Osmaston Family. This episode is in a more documentary style and explores the posh part of my family history as I travel to the Osmaston family reunion to capture their memories of a quarter of my genetic heritage. A personal journey into the unknown territories of family history featuring rediscovered wartime diaries, the legacy of the British Empire, childhoods in India filled with tigers and elephants, engineering the industrial revolution, walking on graves, landed gentry, confronting the judgement of my 15 year old self and more. People I get better acquainted with in this episode include: June Hoy Stephen Nash Bill Wright Mark Giles Charles Wright John Osmaston Charles Nichols Henry Osmaston Jill Button Plugs: Doreen's Diary: http://www.doreensdiary.org.uk/ Three Posh Boys: http://goosefat101twitterspills.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/three-posh-boys.html Clive's episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-11-clive We mention: People's Assembly: http://thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/ Time Team: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-team St Pancras: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station Victoria Falls Bridge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Falls_Bridge Falkirk Wheel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel Cromford High Peak Railway: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromford_and_High_Peak_Railway Vauxhall Bridge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_Bridge Kirdford Church (St John the Bapist) http://www.achurchnearyou.com/kirdford/ 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?

In GBA 134 we get better acquainted with Caroline. She talks about changing her own perspectives and challenging other people's perceptions, travelling to Honduras and her plans to cycle from the UK to Africa, and we swap teenage stories from the POV of ex "Mean Girl" and ex "severely bullied geek". Caroline plugs: Her future travel journalism idea: Livingstone to Livingstone! And the episode was put out to help fund this campaign she is currently running for the Honduras Child Alliance (9 days to go if you want to donate): http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/building-bathrooms-honduras-child-alliance We mention: Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com/ Ritzy Cinema: http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Ritzy_Picturehouse/ Dole: http://www.dole.com/ VSO: http://www.vso.org.uk/ Mathy's episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-50- mathy How does hollywood see africa - you tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKYVfmNKsDU Don't Shoot the Clowns - Jo Wilding: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dont-Shoot-Clowns-Taking-Circus/dp/1904456480 Mean Girls: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_Girls 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?

In GBA 133 we get better acquainted with Paul. He talks equal marriage, immigration, life changes, the death of his father and so much more. It's a really warm and open conversation with the theme of history running through its centre. Paul plugs: The recognition of same sex immigration and equal marriage rights for all. We mention: Louise's episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-78-louise Dan Savage - Savage Love: http://www.savagelovecast.com/ Dad Episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-dad-episodes Mum Episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-mum-episodes-1/ Time Team: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Team 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?

In GBA 132 we get better acquainted with Nina. She talks bullying, complicated childhoods, feminism(s), mental health, France, twitter and more. The first GBA conversation with someone who had made a spider diagram of their life for me to follow during the conversation. And the first time Nina and I had met in person. Until then our friendship had been via email and twitter. Nina first reached out to me as a listener to the show. Some of our initial correspondence was featured in the 100th episode. https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/gba100-1 Nina plugs: North East Feminist Gathering: http://www.nefeministgathering.com/ Blog and writing: http://fifty2stories.tumblr.com/ http://www.quailpipe.co.uk/ Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/gourenina Her podcast: https://soundcloud.com/nina-gray-1 Her radio play: https://soundcloud.com/epilepsyaction/play-diagnose-it-yourself-nina-gray-ilkley-players Epilepsy Action: https://www.epilepsy.org.uk/ We mention: Martin's episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-67-martin-the-sound-man Ally Fogg: https://twitter.com/AllyFogg http://freethoughtblogs.com/hetpat The Push: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ThePush&src=hash Artwiculate: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23artwiculate&src=hash 1 Million and Rising: http://www.onebillionrising.org/ Ira Glass - taste / ability: http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2010/09/how-beginners-get-better-ira-glass-explains/ Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com/ Audre Lourde: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audre_Lorde Laurie Penny: https://twitter.com/PennyRed http://www.newstatesman.com/laurie-penny 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?

In GBA 131 we get better acquainted with Carl. He stops off in the middle of travelling around the world to talk neuroscience, culture, the merely real and share some stories of his travels. Carl plugs: "Have joy if you can in the merely real." "Do stuff while you can because there's a fine line between can and can't and you don't want to discover it on the wrong day." His Blog: http://themerelyreal.blogspot.com/ We mention: BBCQT Watch-a-long: https://www.facebook.com/events/361392280657539/ https://twitter.com/BBCQTWatchalong Unfortunatalie: https://twitter.com/unfortunatalie couchsurfing.org: https://www.couchsurfing.org/ Watching the English - Kate Fox: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Watching-English-Hidden-Rules-Behaviour/dp/0340818867 The Two Cultures - CP Snow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_Cultures Program or be Programmed - Douglas Rushcoff: http://www.amazon.com/Program-Be-Programmed-Commands-Digital/dp/159376426X Centre for Applied Rationality: http://rationality.org/ 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?