Getting Better Acquainted

In GBA 106 we get better acquainted with Jack and George. Whilst drinking brandy & chain-smoking Jack, George and me trade differing views of the legal system and ask whether you change significantly after childhood: what stays the same and what changes. This episode includes an account of being arrested for destroying a house, an account of being a witness to an assault, an account of a bus kidnapping and the curious case of the police confiscating George's Lou Reed collection. It's an interesting ride: Part surprise therapy session, part series of complimentary and contradictory experiences of the law and part documentation of a friendship. We actually don't sound as drunk as we were! We don't really plug anything. These are the individual GBAs with George and Jack: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-46-jack http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-6-george And this is the collected GBAs with Apples for Everyone members: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/apples-for-everyone/ We mention Talha Assan http://freetalha.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Talha_Ahsan Aim: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aim_(musician) Lou Reed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Reed Prince: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician) Thundercats: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThunderCats 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 105 we get better acquainted with Bec Hill. She talks talks loving puns, creating comedy for children and adults, coming from Australia to the UK, going straight from school to stand-up, where her comedy influences came from, giving up the day job and more. Bec plugs: Pun Run: April 18th Pheonix 7.30 £3 / £10 Pun Run Pun Size: May 18th Camden Head https://www.facebook.com/thepunrun https://twitter.com/ThePunRun I suggest: Youtube vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/rolypolygrandma Website: http://bechillcomedian.com/ Bec and Tom - Edinburgh Fringe https://www.facebook.com/BecandTom https://www.facebook.com/events/350150775089928/ Mentioned: Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Rachel Parris: http://rachelparris.com/ Bec Hill: Bec Hill is More Afraid Of You Than You Are of Her! http://www.theskinny.co.uk/comedy/reviews/303067-bec_hill_bec_hill_more_afraid_you_than_you_are Edinburgh Special: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-71-edinburgh-festival The Ministry of Stories: http://www.ministryofstories.org/ Mark Trenwith / Mr Snot Bottom: http://www.marktrenwith.com/ Kevin Eldon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Eldon Jackie Chan: http://jackiechan.com/ Greg Davies: http://www.gregdavies.co.uk/ The Goodies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goodies Monty Python: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python Dave Allen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Allen_(comedian) Kenny Everett: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Everett Black Rock: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1930294/ Class Clowns: http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2013/classclowns/ Raw Comedy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_Comedy_Award Gilded Balloon: http://www.gildedballoon.co.uk/ Sarah Millican: http://www.sarahmillican.co.uk/ Tony Law: http://www.mrtonylaw.com/ Justin Hamilton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Hamilton_(comedian) Louis CK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_C.K. Josie Long: http://www.josielong.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? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 104 we get better acquainted with Jessie. She talks about living through an earthquake, connecting to cultures and expressing artistic impulses through food, her complicated relationship with her father, written and radio journalism, her experience of China and more! Jessie plugs: Women and Health - Camden: http://www.womenandhealth.org.uk/ Her Website: http://jessielevene.com/ Twitter: Chinatown Food Tours with Jessie Levene: http://jessielevene.com/?p=277 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chinatown-Food-Tours-with-Jessie-Levene/152643261563669 The Listening Project: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/the-listening-project Mentioned: In the Dark: http://www.inthedarkradio.org/ The Partition: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-extra-the-partition Cello Piece: The Singing Instrument: http://soundcloud.com/london_laowai/the-singing-instrument Abigail Washburn: http://www.abigailwashburn.com/ Ai Weiwei: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei Alan Hall: http://www.fallingtree.co.uk/production_team/alan_hall 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 http://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 103 we get better acquainted with Ben. He talks style, substance and content, sexuality and fitting in, being a teenage actor, coming from the Caribbean to London, hipster culture, making art, digital media and so much more! We met in the coolest cafe I know on a day when I was wearing a bowler hat and had a really open, connected conversation captured on a mic with only one bar of battery. The cafe gets crowded and so its not the greatest sound quality but it's certainly great conversation quality. Ben plugs: Nothing but we talk about his interest in creating his own podcast. Mentioned: Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com Ben Chapman: Inner Voice: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/inner-voice-ben-chapman/ Being a Dickhead's Cool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVmmYMwFj1I Dan Savage: http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=16348913 Edinburgh Special: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-71-edinburgh-festival Angela: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-26-angela Hayley: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-9-hayley Susan Cain - Quiet: The Power of Introverts: http://www.thepowerofintroverts.com/ Four Days in A Room: http://soundcloud.com/fourdaysinaroom/sets/highlights-from-four-days-in-a 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 http://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 102 we get better acquainted with Julie. She talks about becoming a stand up comedian in her 70's, living through political and personal tyranny, her relationship to ageing, telling stories, living all over the world, surviving three tyrannies, being part of the computer revolution, how Elena Ceaușescu stole her desk and more! Julie plugs a great many things but ends up with: "There is always something good that comes from bad." "I don't mind a one night stand if you give me warmth. But don't call me in the morning. Google me." - Julie Kertesz Julie recently appeared on Channel Four: http://www.4thought.tv/themes/what-does-it-take-to-change-your-life/julie-kertesz Mentioned: Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/ Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Mistaken Identity Story: http://vimeo.com/21642360 Leaving Home Story: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/leaving-home-julie-kertez/ Now or Never Story: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/now-or-never-julie-kertez/ Grants True Tales video "When I was 10 years old" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-JHZKFzoHE Toastmasters: http://www.toastmasters.org/ Lewisham Speakers: http://lewishamspeakers.blogspot.co.uk/ Julie70's Flickr Account: http://www.flickr.com/people/joyoflife/ Julie on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/user6441144 Julie's Diary: http://julie70diary.blogspot.co.uk/ Photo Blog: http://photoblogjulie70.blogspot.co.uk/ Video Blog: http://julie70video.blogspot.co.uk/ Il y a de la vie après 70 ans (French Blog): http://julie70.blogspot.co.uk/ Julie in London at 77: http://julie70inlondon.blogspot.co.uk/ Competent Communicator: http://competentcommunicator.blogspot.co.uk/ Logan Murray: http://www.loganmurray.com/ - Stand Up and Deliver David Jones: http://www.stammering.org/news_toastmasters.html Silver Comedy (http://silvercomedy.co.uk/) Best Newcomer 2012: http://www.flickr.com/photos/joyoflife/6908120513/ Cavendish Arms - Tiny Cup: http://competentcommunicator.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/two-clowns-at-cavendish-arms.html Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/julie.kertesz GBA Episode 1: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-1-dave 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 http://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 101 we get better acquainted with Alex. He talks international law, Canadian identity and politics, studying in America and the UK, falling into radical research, strange jobs, being a part of a reality style TV show that was also a university course and more! If you are a US listener and you want to help podcasters and others fight patent trolls this is the place to go: https://www.eff.org/action Alex plugs: He joked about finding a job through his appearance and certainly anyone who has a job opportunity for this intelligent and modest man should send them to GBApodcast@gmail.com and I will pass them on. But after that quip he said he had nothing to plug. 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 http://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!

This is a short piece for the SoundCloud AudioBiography project: http://blog.soundcloud.com/2013/02/06/audiobiography/ I have created completely from clips from my podcast series Getting Better Acquainted. __________ Getting Better Acquainted is a weekly podcast where we join Dave Pickering on his journey to get better acquainted with the people he knows. There are lots of shows about famous people. This is a show about the rest of us. Part interview show, part oral history project, the show was nominated for a 2012 Radio Production Award and was featured on the Radio 5 Live podcast special, Helen and Ollie's Required Listening.

Part 2 of The GBA 100th Episode Special: To celebrate 100 episodes of the show I gathered a bunch of my favourite people together in a room and made them sit and listen to a special live episode of the show. There was talk and there was food. Part 2 features more clips from the first 100 episodes, in this second part the listeners pretty much programme the clips, the much of the focus is on correspondence from both listeners and past guests, the GBA house band A Room Full of Friends play two songs and there is a cake with 100 candles. The clips include discussions and experiences of guns, art movements, teenage romance, psycho-geography, homelessness, yoga in prisons, WW2, Chris Evans, inner city youth in the 70’s, dancing and lots and lots more. It also features a message from fellow podcast Chillpak Hollywood Hour. These episodes were recorded in January 2013. Full show notes here: http://gettingbetteracquainted.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/show-notes-gba-100-pt-2.html 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 http://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!

Part 1 of The GBA 100th Episode Special: To celebrate 100 episodes of the show I gathered a bunch of my favourite people together in a room and made them sit and listen to a special live episode of the show. There was talk and there was food (including a cake). In part 2 they’ll even be some live music from the GBA house band A Room Full of Friends. Part 1 features clips from the first 100 episodes, focusing first on the way that doing Getting Better Acquainted has influenced and changed my life, then moving into more general examples of what GBA conversations can be, and then getting into how the show has developed its own internal logic and has begun to create itself. It features messages from fellow podcasts I Like You and Risk!. Chillpak Hollywood Hour also gets focused on quite a lot. The conversation I had with Phil Leirness about his film The Truth Is Out There is was an interesting episode not just in itself but also in relation to how GBA works. The clips include childbirth, death, the time I poured coke on a friends white shirt because I thought it would be funny, dealing with anger, life during the Northern Irish "Troubles", epiphanies and lots and lots more. These episodes were recorded in January 2013. Part 2 comes out on Friday. Full show notes here: http://gettingbetteracquainted.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/show-notes-gba-100-pt-1.html 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 http://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!

Episode 5 of GBA Live: 5 conversations recorded as part of my Invisible Picture Palace (http://invisiblepicturepalace.com/) residency for In the Dark Radio (http://www.inthedarkradio.org/) that took place in November 2012. These episodes are going to come out daily in the week leading up to the GBA 100 two-part special. Each one has a different audience of people who came out to a greenhouse in Wapping to be a part of the conversation. Today we get we get even better acquainted with return guests Chris Goode and Karl James. Both have had individual conversations, this is the first time they have appeared on GBA together. http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-38-karl-james http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-83-chris-goode This was a very surprising and interesting conversation which is really hard to sum up in a blurb. It moves through themes of performance, listening, provocation, violence, shame, authority, empathy, difference, therapy, forgiveness and more. All this spills out of the starting point of two projects which Chris and Karl have collaborated on. A piece by Tim Crouch called The Author which seems to have had a powerful effect on audiences but also on Chris who acted in it and Karl who co-directed it. And the more recent Monkey Bars, a piece of theatre where adults perform verbatim dialogue originally spoken by children. This conversation went to places I hadn't expected it too and was a challenging and rewarding experience. Chris plugs: Chris Goode and Company: http://chrisgoodeandcompany.co.uk/ Thompson's Live: http://chrisgoodeandco.podbean.com/ Karl Plugs: Dialogue Project: http://www.thedialogueproject.com/ His future Book: Big Conversations And audio podcasts/conversations in general. We mention: The Author: http://www.newsfromnowhere.net/shows/the-author/the-author.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2009/sep/30/the-author-review http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2010/aug/12/edinburghfestival-theatre Tim Crouch: http://www.timcrouchtheatre.co.uk/ Andy Smith: http://www.asmithontheinternet.com/ Monkey Bars: http://chrisgoodeandcompany.co.uk/?page_id=69 http://www.standard.co.uk/arts/theatre/monkey-bars-unicorn--review-8447564.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2012/aug/16/monkey-bars-edinburgh-festival-review God/Head: http://www.ovalhouse.com/whatson/detail/god-head Irreversible: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290673/ Brené Brown Tedtalk: http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame.html GBA Abbie: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-85-abbie Georgie Meadows: http://www.wellcomecollection.org/whats-on/exhibitions/georgie-meadows.aspx 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 http://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!

Episode 4 of GBA Live: 5 conversations recorded as part of my Invisible Picture Palace (http://invisiblepicturepalace.com/) residency for In the Dark Radio (http://www.inthedarkradio.org/) that took place in November 2012. These episodes are going to come out daily in the week leading up to the GBA 100 two-part special. Each one has a different audience of people who came out to a greenhouse in Wapping to be a part of the conversation. Today we get we get even better acquainted with return guest Radcliffe. http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-radcliffe-episodes/ Rad talks about life before and after homelessness, crime, punishment and upbringing, addiction, being an options broker in the city, an unofficial school exchange trip, what to do when you find your father urinating in the mashed potato, how David Bowie is to blame for the financial crisis and lots more. We plug: Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com Radcliffe hosts the Spark Brixton Open Mic at the Ritzy Cinema on the third Monday of every month. The next night is 18th March at 7:30pm where the theme is Birthdays. I host the Spark Hackney Open Mic at the Hackney Attic on the second Monday of every month. The next night is 11th March at 7:30pm where the theme is Awkward. We mention: The Liar Show: http://www.theliarshow.com/ On Living in a Soho Skip: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/on-living-in-a-soho-skip-radcliffe-royds/ David Bowie: http://www.davidbowie.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 http://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!

Episode 3 of GBA Live: 5 conversations recorded as part of my Invisible Picture Palace (http://invisiblepicturepalace.com/) residency for In the Dark Radio (http://www.inthedarkradio.org/) that took place in November 2012. These episodes are going to come out daily in the week leading up to the GBA 100 two-part special. Each one has a different audience of people who came out to a greenhouse in Wapping to be a part of the conversation. Today we get better acquainted with Urie. She talks about Little Apple Dolls, making art, nearly getting signed to DC comics, growing up shifting between different religions as her mum followed a spiritual quest, depression, family, dogs with silly faces, bullying and much more. It's a really open and honest conversation which covers a lot of ground, from comics conventions to Nigerian Church Cults, from the imaginary space of The Inbetween to living with mental health issues, Urie is engaging, funny and wise. The live recording of this episode was picked as part of Something You Said's Top Gigs of 2012: http://somethingyousaid.com/2012/12/28/something-you-saids-top-gigs-of-2012/ Urie plugs: Her new Little Apple Doll: http://screamingmatriarch.bigcartel.com/product/new-limited-edition-lustravi-14-little-apple-doll And Screaming Matriach: http://screamingmatriarch.bigcartel.com/ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Little-Apple-Dolls/10150159360495593 We mention: Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk Urie will be performing at SUT on Thursday 28th March at the Dogstar in Brixton. Byron Burger: http://www.byronhamburgers.com/ J Horror: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_horror Robert Rodriguez: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rodriguez Quentin Tarantino: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino 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 http://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!

Episode 2 of GBA Live: 5 conversations recorded as part of my Invisible Picture Palace (http://invisiblepicturepalace.com/) residency for In the Dark Radio (http://www.inthedarkradio.org/) that took place in November 2012. These episodes are going to come out daily in the week leading up to the GBA 100 two-part special. Each one has a different audience of people who came out to a greenhouse in Wapping to be a part of the conversation. Today we get we get better acquainted with A Room Full of Friends. This is the pilot of a new strand of the GBA podcast. The Getting Better Acquainted house band, A Room full of Friends, will play regular gigs in rooms full of different groups of friends. We play songs, we talk, we talk to the audience, and we have fun. In this episode the songs and the conversation take us to all sorts of places from Steven Seagal, to heart attacks, to Winnie the Pooh, to teenage goth memories, to eulogies to dead friends and much, much more. The current line up of a room full of friends is: Dave: Vox/Guitar/Uke Asia: Vox Sam: Drums: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-99-sam George: Bass: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-6-george We plug: Sams other projects: Stark Dangerous: http://www.starkdangerous.com/ Hwan: http://soundcloud.com/indifference-engine We mention: Steven Seagal: http://stevenseagal.com/ Arnold Schwarzenegger: http://www.schwarzenegger.com/ Johnny Cash: http://www.johnnycash.com/ Where Wild Roses Grow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDpnjE1LUvE Bruce Springsteen: http://brucespringsteen.net/ Winnie the Pooh: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh 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 http://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!

Episode 1 of GBA Live: 5 conversations recorded as part of my Invisible Picture Palace (http://invisiblepicturepalace.com/) residency for In the Dark Radio (http://www.inthedarkradio.org/) that took place in November 2012. These episodes are going to come out daily in the week leading up to the GBA 100 two-part special. Each one has a different audience of people who came out to a greenhouse in Wapping to be a part of the conversation. Today we get we get even better acquainted with return guest Michael Fenton Stevens http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-79-micheal-fenton-stevens Mike talks about acting for the radio, growing up in Bermondsey, his view of recent UK comedy history, putting pets down, his relationship with and to religion and in particular to his Catholic upbringing, and lots more. The conversation is engaging, fun and surprising. We also discuss the fate of my pet rats, reveal what was then a spoiler for The Archers, hear a passionate case for atheism from a former altar boy and consider the value of empathy and compassion in relationship to people who damage other people. We plug: I plug the two places you can currently find him: Performing as the Prime Minister in Yes Prime Minister: http://www.yesprimeminister.co.uk/ Performing in The Archers: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qpgr And then Mike plugs Radio 4: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/ We mention: Stewart Lee: http://www.stewartlee.co.uk/ Keith Allen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Allen_(actor) Leonard Cohen: http://www.leonardcohen.com/ Andy Hamilton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Hamilton This Episode of the Nerdist Podcast: http://www.nerdist.com/2012/11/nerdist-podcast-eric-idle-eddie-izzard-billy-connolly-and-sophie-winkleman/ Old Harry's Game: http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/oldharrysgame/ Eddie Izzard: http://www.eddieizzard.com/ Ricky Gervais: http://www.rickygervais.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 http://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 99 we get better acquainted with Sam. He talks rhythm, SantaCon, Burning Man, chasing the pony of enlightenment and "that" gig. He also turns the tables and grills me on my writing history and creative process. Sam was the last drummer in my old band Apples for Everyone and we get into music, drumming, bands and whether being drunk on stage is always a good thing. http://www.myspace.com/applesforeveryone Sam doesn't plug anything because it would "tarnish this whole conversation." We mention: SantaCon: http://santacon.info/ Burning Man: http://www.burningman.com/ Jojo Mayer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jojo_Mayer Oblique Strategies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_Strategies Phil Collins: http://www.philcollins.co.uk/ The Plural: http://soundcloud.com/the-plural 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 http://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!