Getting Better Acquainted

In GBA 308, we get better acquainted with Meg-John and Justin. They talk about how they came to be sex and relationship educators, approaching sex, relationships and sexuality in an inclusive and non judgmental way, avoiding thinking in binaries and lots more. With references that include Terry Pratchett, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Professional Cycling and Homer Simpson as well as a whole range of academics, activists and theorists, it's a fun and informative conversation. MJ and Justin plug: Enjoy Sex (How, when and if you want to): a practical and inclusive guide: https://www.waterstones.com/book/enjoy-sex-how-when-and-if-you-want-to/meg-john-barker/justin-hancock/9781785780806 Their podcast and other collaborations: http://megjohnandjustin.com/ https://twitter.com/megjohnjustin https://www.facebook.com/megjohnjustin Bish UK: http://www.bishuk.com/ Rewriting the rules . com: http://rewriting-the-rules.com/ How to Understand Your Gender: http://www.jkp.com/uk/how-to-understand-your-gender-2.html I plug: Smut Slam: Sex Education on Wednesday Sept 13th: https://www.facebook.com/events/827737554066972/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ We mention: Petra Boynton: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/dr-petra-boynton/ Carluccios: https://www.carluccios.com/ Open Barbers: http://openbarbers.co.uk/ Barber Streisand: https://barberstreisand.com/ Roz Gill: https://www.city.ac.uk/people/academics/rosalind-gill Laura Harvey: http://brighton.academia.edu/LauraHarvey Open University: http://www.open.ac.uk/ Simone de Beauvoir: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_de_Beauvoir PUA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seduction_community Neil Strauss: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Strauss bell hooks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_hooks Toxic Masculinity: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Toxic_masculinity Young Masculinities: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Young-Masculinities-Understanding-Contemporary-Society/dp/0333779231 Hegemonic masculinities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegemonic_masculinity Homer Simpson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Simpson Charles Bukowski: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukowski This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/why-we-cant-have-nice-things Revenge of the Nerds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_of_the_Nerds Intersectionality: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersectionality Kimberle Crenshaw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberle_Crenshaw Patricia Hill Collins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Hill_Collins Rewriting The Rules:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rewriting-Rules-Meg-Barker/dp/041551763X Terry Pratchett: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pratchett Relationship Anarchy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationship_anarchy Dan Savage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Savage Joss Whedon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joss_Whedon Joss Whedon Is a ‘Hypocrite Preaching Feminist Ideals,’ Ex-Wife Kai Cole Says (Guest Blog) http://www.thewrap.com/joss-whedon-feminist-hypocrite-infidelity-affairs-ex-wife-kai-cole-says/ Buffy the Vampire Slayer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer Gaslighting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting Complex PTSD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_post-traumatic_stress_disorder Petar Sagan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sagan Superstar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstar_(Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer) Jonathan Levinson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Levinson Laverne Cox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laverne_Cox The Eels: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eels_(band) 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 307, we get better acquainted with Michael. He talks about moving from stand up comedy into true storytelling, running festivals, making flashing hats and merkins, finding a voice, travelling the world and lots more. Michael hosts Natural Born Storytellers and I host the Hackney branch of Spark London and so this is a conversation between two people working in the same genre, and a lot of it is about storytelling and truth and performance. Michael plugs: Natural Born Storytellers: 3rd Wednesday of every month at the Camden Head I plug: What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ We mention: Natural Born Storytellers: http://www.naturalbornstorytellers.com/ Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/ Tell It Festival: http://tellitfestival.com/ Shambala: http://www.shambalafestival.org/ Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Smut Slam: https://www.facebook.com/events/827737554066972/ Survivors Collective: https://www.survivorscollective.co.uk/ Magnolia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia_(film) Shortcuts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Cuts_(film) Nelson Mandela: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela Video of me at NBS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdBcUA5Hb4Q Willy Wonka: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Wonka Slash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slash_(musician) Burning Man: https://burningman.org/ Merkin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkin 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 306, we get better acquainted with Sadia Azmat. She talks about comedy, politics, current events, the media, public speaking, being a British muslim woman who wears a hijab and does stand up while living in a society that often doesn't treat Muslims well and lots more. Content note: racism, sexism, islamophobia Sadia plugs: Follow her on twitter: https://twitter.com/sadia_azmats_ I plug: What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ We mention: Made of Human: https://www.madeofhumanpodcast.com/ Sofie Hagan: http://www.sofiehagen.com/ Smut Slam: https://www.facebook.com/events/827737554066972/ Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/ Charlottesville: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/charlottesville-attack-170813081045115.html Burkini ban: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/burkini-ban-why-is-france-arresting-muslim-women-for-wearing-full-body-swimwear-and-why-are-people-a7207971.html Women's March: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Women%27s_March bell hooks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_hooks ISIS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant Grace Dent: http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/if-teenage-girls-want-to-join-isis-in-the-face-of-all-its-atrocities-then-they-should-leave-and-10065516.html Assad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashar_al-Assad George Bush: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush Kanye West: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West Dwayne Johnson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson Pamela Geller: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Geller Micheal McIntyre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McIntyre Drawer Sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgUpDGAIdds Wikipedia Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadia_Azmat Deborah Fraces White: https://deborahfrances-white.com/ Funny Women: http://funnywomen.com/ 9/11: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11 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 305 we get better acquainted with Dave. He talks about recreating the first series of the sitcom The Trip with his best friend, the smell of motor racing, being a fan of comedy, how Blackadder, Asterix and the city of York influenced his interest in history, being comfortable being and living on your own and lots more. We recorded this conversation in a snatched hour within a family get together. Dave plugs: Support comedy, specifically the PBH Free Fringe at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival: I plug: What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://www.mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ We mention: Star Wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars John: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-129-john Jen: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-jen-episodes The Trip: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trip_(2010_TV_series) Steve Coogan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Coogan Rob Brydon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Brydon Micheal Winterbottom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Winterbottom Blackadder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackadder Shakespeare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare Asterix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterix The Handmaids Tale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Handmaid%27s_Tale Return of the Native: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_the_Native An Inspector Calls: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Inspector_Calls 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!

It's another episode of GBA Replayed which showcases some of the conversations recorded in the early years of Getting Better Acquainted. ------------ In GBA 81 we get better acquainted with... Dave. The tables are turned as Alex who was my guest in GBA 80 takes the reins and interviews me in his own unique style. His approach to hosting is very different from mine. We go on lots of interesting tangents produced by his crowd sourcing approach to coming up with questions. Personal, political, surreal, it's all there. This is the conversation I had with him immediately before we switched roles: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-80-alex Dave plugs: Personal: http://soundcloud.com/the-dave http://soundcloud.com/the-plural http://soundcloud.com/thereactionaries Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Don't Shoot the Clowns: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dont-Shoot-Clowns-Taking-Circus/dp/1904456480 The Dispossessed: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dispossessed-Ursula-Guin/dp/1857988825 V for Vendetta: http://www.amazon.co.uk/V-Vendetta-Alan-Moore/dp/1852862912 Oryx and Crake: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oryx-Crake-Margaret-Atwood/dp/0747562598 The writing of Jenny Adamthwaite http://www.jadamthwaite.co.uk/ 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 304 we get better acquainted with Scarlett. She talks about being the lead singer in a band from the age of 14 to the age of 21, writing and editing at Men's Health magazine, the landscapes of gender and masculinity, the value of asking for help, Spark London true storytelling, how complicated compliments can be and more. Content Note: Mental Health Issues, Therapy, Street Harassment, Sexism Scarlett plugs: Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/ I plug: What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://www.mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ Next Hackney night: Friendships 14th August: https://www.facebook.com/events/520373711490463/ Next Brixton night: https://www.facebook.com/events/465238527164037/ We mention: Charley: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-200-pt-5-with-charley-harrison Men's Health: http://www.menshealth.co.uk/ Brighton Journalist Works: http://www.journalistworks.co.uk/ Esquire: http://www.esquire.co.uk/ Scarlett telling a story at Spark: http://stories.co.uk/podcasts/promises-scarlett-brian-abel/ The Podcast about street harassment might be this one: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/603/once-more-with-feeling?act=1 Comic about street harassment: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://leftycartoons.com/2010/09/01/street-harassment/&gws_rd=cr&ei=blp7Wci6H8eBgAaxrpXICg Bugle: https://thebuglepodcast.com/ This American Life: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/ Radiolab: http://www.radiolab.org/ Mental Illness Happy Hour: http://mentalpod.com/ Infinite Monkey Cage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w/episodes/downloads Mind: https://www.mind.org.uk/ Mind Spark episodes: https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/multiculturalminds-truestorieslive https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/imfine-shannon-sparktruestories Jen Teen Vogue: http://www.teenvogue.com/ 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 303 we get better acquainted with Tyrone Lewis. He talks about documenting (and growing up within) the spoken word scene, being close to his mum, pop culture, football, editing video, taking photos and performing poems. We recorded this conversation at the Royal Festival Hall beginning in a quiet spot but during the conversation we were moved to a more challenging environment for background sound. Tyrone plugs: Scores Please: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2qc4OEmZAU Boomerang at Fringe 19th -27th: http://freefringe.org.uk/edinburgh-fringe-festival/boomerang-club/2016-08-06/ Process Productions: https://www.processproductions.org/ I plug: The next Smut Slam London: 13th September: https://www.facebook.com/events/827737554066972/ The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ We mention: Smut Slam: http://www.camerynmoore.com/smut-slam/ Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Dogstar: http://dogstarbrixton.com/ Tyrone's Smut Slam video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=przuh-Oy4cc Boomerang Club: https://www.facebook.com/BoomerangLondon/ Dan Simpson: http://www.dansimpsonpoet.co.uk Artificial Ineloquence: http://www.dansimpsonpoet.co.uk/new-events/2016/8/6/artificial-ineloquence-at-the-fringe Santa Clause: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Santa_Clause Toy Story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story Mulan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulan_(1998_film) Roundhouse: http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/ Jacob Sam-La Rose: http://jacobsamlarose.com/ Batman Animated Cartoon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_The_Animated_Series House: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_(TV_series) Breaking Bad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad War for The Planet of the Apes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_for_the_Planet_of_the_Apes Back to the Future: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Future Gremlins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlins Star Wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars Godfather: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather Falkor the Luckdragon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfKT_ndfNl8 Never Ending Story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Neverending_Story Kat Francois: http://www.katfrancois.com/ Joelle Taylor: http://joelletaylor.co.uk/ Tottenham: http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/ Taylor Swift: https://taylorswift.com/ Guardians Of The Galaxy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_(film) New Shit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF9wXMWN0_s Loud Poets: https://www.loudpoets.com/ 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 302 we get better acquainted with Nicole Henriksen. She talks about stripping, making comedy, making theatre, flyering and other forms of work and performance, being vulnerable and open in a world that discourages these qualities, living with anxiety and being a robot in human skin. I also go into some detail about my own journey through understanding my mental health covering self diagnosis, re-understanding self harm and suicidal ideation and struggling to get therapy on the NHS. All of which may make this episode sound pretty heavy, but it's actually full of laughter and fun and was a real joy to record. Content Note: Sex and Sexuality, Racism and Sexism, Mental Health Issues, Suicidal Thoughts, Self Harm, Self Destruction Nicole plugs: Robot In Human Skin at #Edfringe: Underbelly Medquad: http://www.underbellyedinburgh.co.uk/whats-on/a-robot-in-human-skin Making It Rain at King's Head Theatre, Islington http://nicolehenriksen.com/ I plug: The next Smut Slam London: 13th September: https://www.facebook.com/events/827737554066972/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://www.mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ We mention: Smut Slam: http://www.camerynmoore.com/smut-slam/ Cameryn Moore: http://www.camerynmoore.com/smut-slam/ ELSC: http://ethicalstripper.com SWARM: https://www.swarmcollective.org/ Spark Sex Worker Stories: https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/special-sex-worker-stories https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/more-sexworkerstories-truestoriestoldlive Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/ Nicole's Stripper Stories: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxGO2ejzx6b2ewA_jn2gFxohi23yK1osY Aunty Margaret: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-125-margaret Seroxat: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/sep/16/seroxat-study-harmful-effects-young-people Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Beasts_and_Where_to_Find_Them_(film) 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 3 stories I told at Spark London about various kinds of adulthood and various ways that I've grown up and grown out over the years. Content Note: Some references to trauma and discussion of sex, sexuality and substance use. Mentioned: Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/ The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://www.mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ 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 301 we get better acquainted with Dr Nira Chamberlain. He talks about the history of black mathematicians, his personal journey from being a child told by his careers adviser that he couldn't be a mathematician to getting a PHD in maths and becoming the first black mathematician to be included in the Who's Who, how the women from Hidden Figures could have been his role-models, the real world maths of mathematical modelling and so much more. I sat down with Nira in a quiet room at University of Greenwich where he was giving a talk. We met each other for the first time at a Spark London fundraiser for the Steve Sinnott Foundation. Content note: Racism, slavery Nira plugs: Success Looks Like You: Saturday 29th July: 1pm-4pm https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/success-looks-like-me-tickets-34548932788 @ch_nira: https://twitter.com/ch_nira His website: http://nirachamberlain.com/ Black Heroes of Mathematics: http://www.mathscareers.org.uk/article/black-heroes-mathematics/ http://nirachamberlain.com/the-black-heroes-of-mathematics/ We mention: Steve Sinnott Foundation: www.stevesinnottfoundation.org.uk/ Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/ Nira on Spark: https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/notaboxer-nira Greenwich University: http://www2.gre.ac.uk/ Babcock International Group: https://www.babcockinternational.com/ Ronaldo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristiano_Ronaldo Messi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Messi Science Council: http://sciencecouncil.org Who's Who: http://www.ukwhoswho.com/ Professor Phakeng: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamokgethi_Setati Black History Month: http://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/ Black Heroes Of Mathematics: http://nirachamberlain.com/the-black-heroes-of-mathematics/ Hidden Figures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Figures Thomas Jefferson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson Target Oxbridge: http://www.targetoxbridge.co.uk/ Aston Villa: https://www.avfc.co.uk/ JFK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy Euler: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonhard_Euler Paul Erdos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Erd%C5%91s Thomas Fuller 1710 - 1790, Slave and Mathematician 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!

To celebrate the 300th episode of GBA I'm putting out a season of 3 special episodes, which ends with today's GBA Extra. Most of today's episode was produced, performed and arranged by Martin Zaltz Austwick: http://www.martinzaltzaustwick.com/ The sample used in today's episode was taken from GBA 38 Karl James: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-38-karl-james 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!

To celebrate the 300th episode of GBA I'm putting out a season of 3 special episodes, which continues with today's conversation. In many ways this feels like a regular GBA episode and is a good example for new listeners of what the show is usually like. It's also a conversation with someone who it's taken 299 episodes to persuade to come on as a guest. Part of the motivation for that is encourage people to donate to Refuaid which you can do here: http://stories.co.uk/ https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/sparkrefuaid In GBA 300 we get better acquainted with Matt. We talk about forming a theatre company together as students, 16 years of friendship, the different collaborations we have had over the years, who is actually the hardest working person in UK podcasting, the different interests and experiences that have led to him becoming a major force in British podcasting and how experiencing and healing from a spinal injury caused by a carcrash has influenced his outlook on the world. This episode also features a cameo from previous guest (and Matt's wife) Louise and contains the moment I met their child for the first time! He doesn't plug anything but you can find out about all the things he does via his website: https://rethinkaudio.wordpress.com/ I plug: Donating to GBA: http://bit.ly/2szNgUN The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ Freelance Stuff: http://www.davepickeringstoryteller.co.uk Mansplaining masculinit: http://www.mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ We mention: Lancaster University: http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/ Jen: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-jen-episodes Zoe: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-zoe-and-gay-episodes Richard: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-richard-episodes Pink Floyd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd Iraq War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War Agitprop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agitprop Proscenium Arch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proscenium_arch Ged: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-31-ged Ringworm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringworm Helen Zaltzman: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-9-helen-zaltzman http://helenzaltzman.com/ Matt's true story at Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/podcasts/anatomy-of-a-road-traffic-accident-matt-hill-2/ Rethink Daily: http://archive.rethinkdaily.co.uk/ New York Times Daily: https://www.nytimes.com/podcasts/the-daily Radio 4: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 Kerrie: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-14-kerrie Four Thought: Liberating Men: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07x5vsh Louise: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-louise-episodes-1/ South Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park Cbeebies: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies Ministry of Stories: http://ministryofstories.org/ Private Eye Podcast: http://www.private-eye.co.uk/eyeplayer/podcast BAFTA: http://guru.bafta.org/series/the-guru-podcast Sachsgate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Russell_Brand_Show_prank_telephone_calls_row British Podcast Awards: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/ Sony Radio Awards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Academy_Awards Pete Price: http://ppmtelevision.com/ Crystal Maze: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Maze Knightmare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knightmare Micheal Fenton Stevens: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-michael-fenton-stevens Hackney Hear: http://www.hackneyhear.com/ Soho Stories: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/may/17/london-soho-stories-sex-drugs-rock-and-roll Adam Curtis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Curtis Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/ 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!

To celebrate the 300th episode of GBA I'm putting out a season of 3 special episodes, starting with today's Episode 1 Revisited which is in some ways a conversation between two different versions of me, the 2011 Dave and the 2017 Dave. This episode contains the original audio from Episode 1 with a new commentary and reflection on that material. Episode 1 focused on introducing me, featuring audio pieces and performances. It contains the first two true stories that I ever told at Spark London. I found listening back to the past version of me a difficult thing to do and doing so inspired lots of different emotions in me. Content note: Mental Health Issues, violence against children, sex and sexuality, toxic masculinity and Christmas. The 300th season will continue on Wednesday with GBA 300. In that episode a friend who has resisted being a guest for 299 episodes finally comes on the show, and it will finish on Friday with a special musical GBA Extra. 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 part 2 of this two part GBA special we join my 93 year old dad on the second day of a two day trip to some of the places where he grew up. My dad had wanted to take this trip for a while and me and my little sister (technically my half sister) managed to arrange to take him in February 2017. My 12 year old niece is the last member of the team on this roadtrip adventure. In this episode we visit the Bristol Museum, Bristol Zoo and The Downs. My dad learns why he was attracted to the Museum as a child and how much the city has transformed since he moved through it as a little boy, and bumps into a Gorilla that he used to know. It also includes an interesting moment involving an icecream van, a lack of appropriate ice-cream options for a 12 year old with very specific ice-cream tastes and a spontaneous outburst of Italian. Day 2 of the journey takes us through time, space, memory, dementia, old age, love, family and the ways places and people change. Next week will feature more podcast episodes than usual as I release some audio pieces that celebrate Getting Better Acquainted hitting 300 episodes. 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 part 1 of this two part GBA special we join my 93 year old dad on a two day trip to some of the places where he grew up. My dad had wanted to take this trip for a while and me and my little sister (technically my half sister) managed to arrange to take him in February 2017. My 12 year old niece is the last member of the team on this roadtrip adventure. In this episode we travel from London to my dad's childhood home in Sea Mills which is now a suburb of Bristol. Day 1 of the journey takes us through time, space, memory, lost branches of the family tree, dementia and old age and the ways places and people change. Next week in part two of episode 299 of Getting Better Acquainted we travel into Bristol to the Bristol Museum and other places my dad visited as a child. 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!