GBA 115 Alice Bell
Summary: In GBA 115 we get better acquainted with Alice Bell. She talks Crystal Palace dinosaurs, working in the Science Museum, knitting, academia, blogging, science communication, teenage politics, how children's non fic communicates ideas, Captain Planet, communicating on the internet, and so much more. Alice is a science/media blogger for The Guardian, The New Left Project and also has her own blog on science communication and politics. http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/alice-bell http://www.newleftproject.org/index.php/site/authors/tag/Alice+Bell http://alicerosebell.wordpress.com/ Alice plugs: The Brain Train: https://soundcloud.com/brain-train-podcast https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/brain-train-podcast/id567550209 http://braintrainpodcast.wordpress.com/ Her twitter: https://twitter.com/alicebell I plug: The Stand Up Tragedy IndieGoGo campaign: www.indiegogo.com/projects/stand-u…oes-to-edinburgh We mention: Crystal Palace Park: http://www.crystalpalacepark.org.uk/ GBA Road Trips: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/cities/ Helen Zaltzman: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-65-helen-and-olly http://helenzaltzman.com/ Darwin and the Dinosaurs audio trail (Crystal Palace): http://www.audiotrails.co.uk/dinosaurs/ Richard Owen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Owen Natural History Museum: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/ The Great Exhibition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Exhibition Victoria and Albert Museum: http://www.vam.ac.uk/ Jurassic Park: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107290/ Gideon Mantell: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Mantell Science Museum: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/ Martin Austwick: http://martinzaltzaustwick.wordpress.com/ https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-67-martin-the-sound-man The Story: http://thestory.org.uk/ Captain Planet Episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwUHHw7GL3A Doctor Who: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who Pokemon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon Blue Peter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Peter Tiswas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiswas Captain Underpants: http://www.scholastic.com/captainunderpants/ Horrible Science: http://www.horrible-science.co.uk/ Infinite Monkey Cage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/timc Brian Cox: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_(physicist) Robin Ince: http://robinince.com/ Horrible Histories: http://horrible-histories.co.uk/ BlackAdder: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackadder Terry Deary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Deary CND: http://www.cnduk.org/ Ken Livingston: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Livingstone Militant Labour / Socialist Party: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Party_(England_and_Wales) SWP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Workers_Party_(UK) new left project - stop the war movement debate: http://www.newleftproject.org/index.php/site/article_comments/the_stop_the_war_coalition_the_socialist_workers_party_and_iraq Andy Warhol: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Warhol Emmerdale: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmerdale Call the Midwife: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_the_Midwife https://soundcloud.com/brain-train-podcast/brain-train-8-vincent-plagnol 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?
