Getting Better Acquainted

In GBA 130 we get better acquainted with Charley. She talks childhood, family, divorce, storytelling, comedy, bitcoin and more. We swap our differently complicated childhoods, covering everything from rat based tragedy to everybody's wall's. Plus there's a performance she gave at Stand Up Tragedy. Charley plugs: Twitter: https://twitter.com/charleylucyha Make Me Funny: https://soundcloud.com/charley-lucy-harrison See You Next Thursday: https://www.facebook.com/seeyounextthurs NEXT THURSDAY: 3rd October 2013, 7.30pm, The Royal George, PWYL: https://www.facebook.com/events/186435714871900/ We mention: Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com/ Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Stand Up Tragedy at the Edinburgh Festival Special: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-124-stand-up-tragedy-at Brixton Blog: http://www.brixtonblog.com/ The Partition: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-extra-the-partition Christmas Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-91-getting-better Priory Arms: stockwell: wednesdays: http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/ai1ec_event/free-comedy/?instance_id=65401 WTF podcast: http://www.wtfpod.com/ Spark Story: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/sonnet-107-charley/ This American Life - money: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/423/the-invention-of-money 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 129 we get better acquainted with John. He talks playwriting and theatre, how to fit writing plays into your life and if and if it's a medium that is relevant the modern world. It's a conversation about process, using writing as a way of trying to understand the world, a way of expressing things you can't quite put into words in your everyday life. "I know you need your sleep now, I know your life's been hard. But many men are falling, where you promised to stand guard." Leonard Cohen John doesn't plug anything. We mention: Cherry Orchard - Chekhov: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cherry_Orchard Old Times - Pinter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Times Realism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realism_(theatre) Naturalism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalism_(theatre) Stanislavski: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislavski David Hare: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hare_(playwright) Brechtian / Brecht: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brecht Peter Brook: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Brook Leonard Cohen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cohen Nick Cave: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Cave 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 128 we get even better acquainted with Sam. It's a follow up conversation to the one we had in Episode 18: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-18-sam We talk about infidelity, her relationships falling apart, becoming a single parent, getting your life back together and embracing a new start, spirituality, growing up with dual heritage, spirituality, blogging, travel, photography and ideas around freedom and Karma. Sam plugs: Her blog: http://discardeddream.blogspot.co.uk/ Her photography: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lara-Feeney-Photography/137294306454007 I mention a quote from Sartre: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/33589-freedom-is-what-we-do-with-what-is-done-to 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 127 we get better acquainted with Robin the Fog. He talks radiophonics, records, finding sounds, Resonance FM, why he's called the fog and so much more. We go from The Prodigy to John Cage to Simon and Garfunkle to Thundercats, all the time talking about how you find sounds and how you find ideas. Robin at one point quotes Charlie Parker: "Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn." And that is pretty much what this conversation is about! Robin plugs (plus extras): His website: http://www.robinthefog.com His releases: http://www.thefogsignals.com The Ghosts of Bush: http://thefogsignals.com/album/the-ghosts-of-bush The Original Sound Track Show (OST) resonance: BBC Records Special: http://robinthefog.com/2012/10/23/a-living-sermon-ost-bbc-records-special/ Howlround: https://twitter.com/Howlroundmusic Howlround play London Analogue Festival on Sunday 8th September: http://www.londonanalogue.com/ Howlround LP. Secret Songs Of Savamala will be released September 16th on The Fog Signals in a strictly limited vinyl edition of 300 copies (plus download), with spine sleeve and beautiful cover photography by Milica Nikolic. Prequel to Ghosts of Bush: http://thefogsignals.com/album/earl-grey-whistle-test Resonance FM: http://resonancefm.com/ You can catch the follow up to The Ghosts of Bush Whirled Service is a twenty-minute nocturnal perambulation around the empty corridors, studios, stairwells and basements of the BBC’s recently completed home, New Broadcasting House on BBC3's Late Junction which is still on the iplayer till Thursday 5th http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038ygzc We mention: The Radiophonic Workshop: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop In the Dark: http://www.inthedarkradio.org/ John Cage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cage Stockhausen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Stockhausen altern-8: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altern-8 Lone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_(musician) Alern-8 active - 8 on top of the pops: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSWTNeg-uog The Prodigy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prodigy Smack My Bitch Up - video: http://vimeo.com/44561183 Out of Space: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qriH-8yeqcE Take That: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_That Cradle of Filth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradle_of_Filth Simon and Garfunkle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_%26_Garfunkel DJ Shadow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Shadow Everybody in the Place - Prodigy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKmhlA2S2KU Robin the Fog in Wire magazine: http://robinthefog.com/2012/05/29/fog-on-the-wire/ Charlie Parker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Parker Decasia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decasia Resonance FM Inteview with Stewart Lee: https://soundcloud.com/resonance-fm/til-debt-do-us-part-the-entire Stewart Lee on Blasphemy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9EUe8jNr6o Stewart Lee: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Lee James Baldwin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baldwin Captain Planet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Planet_and_the_Planeteers Thundercats: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThunderCats Oasis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_(band) The Dave Album: https://soundcloud.com/the-dave/sets/going-back-to-finish-the-job Canary album: http://www.discogs.com/Jim-Fassett-Symphony-Of-The-Birds/release/3973873 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 126 we get better acquainted with my Uncle Willie talks about going from a transitory, working class Scottish background through a life as a military engineer and into the comfortable life of a successful entrepreneur. His episode makes an interesting addition to this week's episode with his wife my Aunty Margaret: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-125-margaret In many ways his episode is all about flying. 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 125 we get better acquainted with my Aunty Margaret. We learn a lot about each other that we didn't know in a conversation that covers singing in choirs, suicide attempts, God, the WI, depression, medication, boarding school, yoga and more. It's a really special moment captured on microphone where two people who know each other and share many things but have never really sat down and talked person to person do so. Margaret doesn't plug anything. 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 124 we get better acquainted with the Stand Up Tragedy team and our journey up to be a part of the PBH Free Fringe at the 2013 Edinburgh Festival. This show is a kaleidoscope of the fringe experience, mixing together intimate conversations, the sounds of the Royal Mile, stories, reviews and so much more. From stories late night conversations about sex to an 8 year old interviewing me about a children's show, from soul searching to love, from the overwhelmingness of the festival to its power and glory, this bumper edition of GBA captures a group experience in a time and place. Much of it was recorded by other members of the team. The SUT Team: Liz: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-4-liz Charley: https://twitter.com/charleylucyha Bryony: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-108-bryony Oona: https://twitter.com/carloona Harv: https://twitter.com/SteveHSoundtech Andy: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-94-andy Extra members of the cast: Nina: https://twitter.com/gourenina Alex: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-101-alex Richard Tyrone Jones: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-6-richard-tyrone James Hamilton: https://twitter.com/jameshamilton Peter Buckley Hill: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-8-peter-buckley-hill The shows mentioned or reviewed: Stand Up Tragedy: https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/spoken-word/stand-up-tragedy Superbard: The Flood: https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/spoken-word/superbard-the-flood Dan Simpson: We Are All Orange Ghosts: https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/spoken-word/we-are-all-orange-ghosts James McKay: Utter! Presents The New Popular Reciter: http://freefringeforum.org/event.php?event=295 The AntiSocial Network: http://freefringeforum.org/event.php?event=2593 The Moon Cannot Be Stolen: http://freefringeforum.org/event.php?event=4462 Bec and Tom's Awesome Laundry: https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/childrens-shows/bec-tom-s-awesome-laundry Beats byKieran Hurley : https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/theatre/beats-by-kieran-hurley Agnes of God: https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/theatre/agnes-of-god Monkey Poet: https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/theatre/monkey-poet-love-hurts-actually https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/spoken-word/monkey-poet Sophia Walker: Around the World in 8 Mistakes: http://freefringeforum.org/event.php?event=5111 Other Voices: https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/spoken-word/other-voices-spoken-word-cabaret Forget What You Heard About the Spoken Word Matthew Highton: https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/comedy/matthew-highton-s-it-came-from-the-mud Casual Violence: https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/comedy/casual-violence-presents-house-of-nostril Patti Smith Mega Gamers A Complete and Comprehensive History of the Roman Empire in Less Than an Hour - With Jokes: https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/comedy/complete-and-comprehensive-history-of-the-roman-empire-in-less-than-an-hour-with-jokes Domestic Science: https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/comedy/domestic-science Chris Coltrane: https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/comedy/chris-coltrane-compassion-is-subversive Also mentioned: Joe Murphy from Sergeant Buzfuz: http://www.sergeantbuzfuz.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 this special GBA Live recorded at the Banshee Labyrinth as part of the PBH Free Fringe at the Edinburgh Festival. I get better acquainted with Peter Buckley Hill the creator and director of the PBH Free Fringe. We talk about the creation of the Free Fringe, his parents attitude to creativity, transferring from the Folk circuit to the comedy circuit, the way running the Free Fringe has affected his life and his art and more. We plug: The PBH Free Fringe: http://freefringe.org.uk/ Spoken Word at PBH's Free Fringe: https://twitter.com/PBHSpokenWord And these are some of my recomendations from the Spoken Word line-up: Rob Auton: https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/comedy/rob-auton-the-sky-show Jem Rolls: https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/spoken-word/jem-rolls Sofia Walker: http://freefringeforum.org/event.php?event=5117 Dan Simpson: https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/spoken-word/science-love-and-revolution Other Voices: http://freefringeforum.org/event.php?event=162 David Lee Morgan: https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/spoken-word/we-are-all-orange-ghosts 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 Banshee Labyrinth as part of the PBH Free Fringe at the Edinburgh Festival. I get better acquainted with Bec Hill and Brydie Lee-Kennedy from the Gods of Comedy podcast. We talk comedy, religion, belief and more. We plug: Gods of Comedy: http://godsofcomedypodcast.com/ Sugar & Vice: All the Men We've Never Slept With Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot ​ Date:13-26 August Time: 21:00 https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/cabaret/sugar-vice-all-the-men-we-ve-never-slept-with Bec Hill: Bec by Popular Demand Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot ​ Date: 13-25 August Time: 16:00 https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/comedy/bec-hill-bec-by-popular-demand Pun Run Venue: The Canons' Gait ​ Date: 14 August Time: 18:05 https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/comedy/pun-run Stand Up Tragedy (Fiddler's Elbow Downstairs, Venue 71) 3rd - 14th August at 6.30pm: http://www.facebook.com/events/597921693564454/?fref=ts And my next live GBA shows 13th August w/ Peter Buckley Hill: 1.40pm Banshee Labyrinth Banquetting Hall: http://www.facebook.com/events/197046307128430/?fref=ts And we all plug: A Maze of Breaths - pbhfreefringespokenword.bandcamp.com/album/…fringe 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 in the Soundcloud space on the royal mile we get even better acquainted with BBC Radio 4's Richard Tyrone Jones who was on the show a few years ago: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-13-richard-tyrone-jones We talk Edinburgh, spoken word, heart conditions and challenging performance art, plus Dan Simpson drops by to join us and talk pac man, poems and chiptunes. Richard Tyrone Jones plugs his Cananda tour. You can find him here: http://www.richardtyronejones.com/ http://twitter.com/RTJpoet Dan Simpson plugs his show We Are All Orange Ghosts (Fiddler's Elbow Downstairs, Venue 71)3rd - 18th August at 2.45pm You can find him here: http://dansimpsonpoet.wordpress.com/ http://twitter.com/dansimpsonpoet I plug: Stand Up Tragedy (Fiddler's Elbow Downstairs, Venue 71) 3rd - 14th August at 6.30pm: https://www.facebook.com/events/597921693564454/?fref=ts And my live GBA shows: 12th August w/ Gods of Comedy: 1.40pm Banshee Labyrinth Banquetting Hall: https://www.facebook.com/events/489862131092073/?fref=ts 13th August w/ Peter Buckley Hill: 1.40pm Banshee Labyrinth Banquetting Hall: https://www.facebook.com/events/197046307128430/?fref=ts And we all plug: A Maze of Breaths - http://pbhfreefringespokenword.bandcamp.com/album/a-maze-of-breaths-spoken-word-at-pbhs-free-fringe 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 123 we get better acquainted with Daniel Simpson. He talks about his experience trying to bring Ibiza to the Balkans in a story that involves being a journalist for the New York Times, drug smuggling, the Serbian mafia, Sonic Youth, and the conflict between idealism and egotism. We also get into both the wider politics that frame this story (the media, the Balkans, The War on Terror, The War on Drugs, Western Foreign Policy) and what he learnt personally about himself from his terrible experiences. At PBH's Free Fringe (part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival): Getting Better Acquainted - 1.40pm, 12th August, Banshee Labyrinth w/ Gods of Comedy: http://www.facebook.com/events/489862131092073/ - 1.40pm, 13th August, Banshee Labyrinth w/ Peter Buckley Hill: http://www.facebook.com/events/197046307128430/ Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ 6.30pm, 3rd - 14th August, Fiddler's Elbow (downstairs): http://www.facebook.com/events/597921693564454/ Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com/ 12.15pm, 8th August, Fiddler's Elbow (Downstairs): http://www.facebook.com/events/120455901458002 Daniel Plugs: Rough Guide to the Darkside: http://www.roughguidedarkside.com/ Spark London in August: 12th August @ Hackney Attic: https://www.facebook.com/events/431964896916829/ 19th August Upstairs @ The Ritzy: https://www.facebook.com/events/153907941477134/ We mention: George Orwell: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell Echo: http://www.echofestival.com/croatia/ Sonic Youth: http://www.sonicyouth.com/ Hunter S Thompson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_S._Thompson Glenn Greenwald: http://www.theguardian.com/profile/glenn-greenwald Derrick May: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_May_(musician) Ram Dass: http://www.ramdass.org/ Gary Web - dark alliance - consortium news: http://consortiumnews.com/2011/12/09/the-warning-in-gary-webbs-death/ The Truth is Out There: http://www.truth-is-out-there.com/ Chillpack Hollywood Hour: http://www.chillpakhollywood.com/ Phil Leirness: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-60-phil-leirness/ Chris Roberts: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-41-chris 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 122 we get better acquainted with Allan. He talks about being tall, being vulnerable, being shy and so much more. We discuss storytelling, acting, growing up as an introverted "dork" within a struggling single parent family in Perth, Australia and auditioning to be a giant clown in Cirque du Soleil. The episode also features a clip of Allan performing a true story at Stand Up Tragedy. At PBH's Free Fringe (part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival): Getting Better Acquainted - 1.40pm, 12th August, Banshee Labyrinth w/ Gods of Comedy: https://www.facebook.com/events/489862131092073/ - 1.40pm, 13th August, Banshee Labyrinth w/ Peter Buckley Hill: https://www.facebook.com/events/197046307128430/ Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ 6.30pm, 3rd - 14th August, Fiddler's Elbow (downstairs): https://www.facebook.com/events/597921693564454/ Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com/ 12.15pm, 8th August, Fiddler's Elbow (Downstairs): https://www.facebook.com/events/120455901458002 Allan Plugs: General Assembly: https://generalassemb.ly/ Soccket: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/unchartedplay/soccket-the-energy-harnessing-soccer-ball Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/ We mention: Cirque Du Soleil: http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/welcome.aspx Colin McPherson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conor_McPherson 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 121 we get better acquainted with Sue. She talks about friendship, judgement, the NHS, the founding of a community garden, talking to children, working in many positions within the health service, the state of public services and so much more. Sue is a close family friend to all branches of my complicated non-nuclear family. She brings the family season to a close with this warm, open and wise conversation. Sue Plugs: The Waterboys : An Appointment with Mr Yeats: http://www.mikescottwaterboys.com/waterboys-mr-yeats-album.php http://open.spotify.com/album/4EStbTDHbaKdWUMs25Xbfa These other GBA episodes are mentioned: The special episode about the way the family experienced my father's heart condition: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-53-to-the-heart-of-it Conversation with Karl James from the Dialogue Project: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-38-karl-james Conversation with Lucy about her time working in the Library Service: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-173-lucy 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?

GBA 120 is a special episode that was mostly recorded whilst travelling on buses a couple of years ago. For half of it you join me on a National Express bus that is going from Bristol from London and for the other half I am returning from this journey. This trip to Bristol wasn't really about travelling between locations. It was a journey about family, memory and coming to terms with various things that have made me and my family who and what we are. This episode documents a life changing, revelatory weekend, where I spent time with 4 generations of my family, held an almost new born baby, interviewed close friends about their lives, had various experiences at St Paul's Carnival, and sat down on a sunny Sunday morning to have three very different conversations with my mother, the third one of which focused on our relationship with each other, the full episode that features that conversation went out last Wednesday. This episode is a kind of commentary on all of the above, a summation of how those things intertwined around my life and sense of self for a while, a documentation of an epiphany live as it occurs, before it becomes part forgotten like all realisations. It contains clips from all three conversations with my mother: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-mum-episodes-1/ And also from conversations I had with my friends Jess and Dan: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-111-jess https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-112-dan 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 119 we get even better acquainted with my Mum as she returns for her 3rd full episode. We talk about the tensions and similarities between us, nature verses nurture, rage, depression and mother issues! It was a hard but revelatory conversation to have. And in some ways is as personally revealing as last weeks episode with my dad. Another one I'm nervous to share. We talked about my mothers relationship with my gran too and how that relationship has shaped and influenced her. So I have also included a short story I wrote about my grandparents in the middle of the conversation. That story was written in part as a reaction and extension of this conversation. It was performed in front of a live audience at Stand Up Tragedy. The conversation was a big one for me. You hear me having unexpected feelings live on mic. And it's actually a very unconfrontational conversation. It was the third one in a row that I'd recorded with her. https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-mum-episodes-1 These conversations were part of a very intensive life changing visit to Bristol and on Friday I'm releasing a GBA special called The Truth of Today which documents and deals with the experiences that I had that weekend. 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?