GBA 142 Nicole

Summary: 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!