GBA 254 Kirby

Summary: In GBA 254 we get better acquainted with Kirby. She talks volunteering to help with crisis management during Hurricane Sandy and in the current refugee crisis, Mommy Blogging, growing up within the counter culture, being a parent and activist during Occupy Wall Street, true storytelling and more. This conversation takes place on a walk around a historic cemetery on a lovely sunny spring day. Kirby plugs: Blog Authentic: http://www.blogauthentic.com/ @kirbyarmour: https://twitter.com/kirbyamour Sending Kirby links to great content and signing up for the mailing list: http://www.kirbyamour.com/ I plug: Spark London Refuaid Appeal/Get Matt Hill on GBA: http://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/sparkrefuaid What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk Donating: http://bit.ly/1LUtbKt SUT: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk We mention: Abney Park Cemetery: http://www.abneypark.org/ Spark: http://stories.co.uk/ The Moth: https://themoth.org/ Elna Baker: https://twitter.com/elnabaker Elna Baker's Spark Performance: http://stories.co.uk/podcasts/losing-my-religionvirginity-elna-baker-true-stories-live-in-london-2/ This American Life: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/ Spark Refugee stories: http://stories.co.uk/podcasts/escape-a-refuaid-special-true-stories-live-2/ http://stories.co.uk/podcasts/escape-ii-a-refuaid-special-2/ Parents of the Revolution: http://www.parentsoftherevolution.com/ Mayor Bloomberg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg Zucotti Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuccotti_Park Occupy Wall Street: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street Hurricane Sandy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy Red Hook: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hook,_New_York Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org.uk/ Janis Joplin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_Joplin Woodstock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock Bob Dylan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan The Band: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Band Levon Helm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levon_Helm CBGB: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBGB Justified: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justified_(TV_series) And so many other things that I can't links to all of them into the amount of characters soundcloud allows! 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!