Getting Better Acquainted

In GBA 309, we get better acquainted with Sam. He talks about making an award winning "terrible idea" podcast, his early career as a boy soprano, being an actor/musician, occasionally discarding the idea of weighing up the pros and cons of things (via a thought experiment about icecream), the history and future of comics, the influence of his grandfather on his life and so much more.

Sam does lots of things including making the Song By Song podcast which discusses the songs of Tom Waits in chronological order.

Sam plugs:

Song By Song: http://www.songbysongpodcast.com/

https://twitter.com/songbysongpod

@SamPay: https://twitter.com/sampay

Key Theatre in Peterborough: Sleeping Beauty: https://www.vivacity-peterborough.com/whatson/theatre-and-arts/sleeping-beauty/

Song By Song Live: tomorrow: http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/song-by-song-a-podcast-about-tom-waits

I plug:

A workshop on Telling Personal Stories that I'm co-running on Sunday: http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/interact/telling-personal-stories

Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360

The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/

We mention:

Martin Zaltz Austwick: http://www.martinzaltzaustwick.com/

Award Winning: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/winners/

Tom Waits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Waits

Podcaster Support Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/571436979623574/

CORRECTION: The album we talked about was Blue Valantine

The Family Tree Song By Song episodes:

$29.00: https://soundcloud.com/songbysongpodcast/2900-blue-valentine-tom-waits-060

Wrong Side of the Road: https://www.songbysongpodcast.com/wrong-side-of-the-road

Whistlin' Past the Graveyard: http://www.songbysongpodcast.com/whistlin-past-the-graveyard

Kentucky Avenue: http://www.songbysongpodcast.com/kentucky-avenue

Four Days In A Room: https://soundcloud.com/fourdaysinaroom/sets/highlights-from-four-days-in-a

Benign Essential Tremor: http://www.healthline.com/health/essential-tremor

Bob Carlton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Carlton

Return to the Forbidden Planet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_to_the_Forbidden_Planet

Penn and Teller: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_%26_Teller

Jen: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-jen-episodes

Auteur Theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auteur

Turn of the Screw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turn_of_the_Screw_(opera)

Hamlet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet

Understanding Comics - Scott McCloud: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Understanding_Comics

Saga: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga_(comics)

Preacher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preacher_(comics)

Y: The Last Man: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y:_The_Last_Man

Scalped: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalped

Jack Kirby: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kirby

Stan Lee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Lee

Alan Moore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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It's another episode of GBA Replayed which showcases some of the conversations recorded in the early years of Getting Better Acquainted.

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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/

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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/

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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/

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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)

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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/

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