Getting Better Acquainted

In GBA 294 we get better acquainted with Charmian. She talks about finding your feet at unexpected moments, talking to your past selves, wanting to be a centaur, school reports as first reviews, complicated families, how bullies bring out her inner vigilante and so much more.

Charmian plugs:

Soixante Mirth: http://charmianhughes.co.uk/

at the Brighton Fringe 7,8,14,15 May 8.20pm Blue Man: https://www.brightonfringe.org/box-office/shows/view/charmian-hughes-soixante-mirth

at the Buxton Fringe 20th, 21st July 10.30pm

at the Edinburgh Fringe 2.25pm Stand 4 - August

I plug:

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

We mention:

Antony and Cleopatra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_and_Cleopatra

Banshee Labyrinth: https://www.thebansheelabyrinth.com/

Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/

Raj Rage: http://www.chortle.co.uk/shows/edinburgh_fringe_2014/c/23073/charmian_hughes%3A_raj_rage%21

Royal Festival Hall: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/royal-festival-hall

Philippe Gaulier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Gaulier

Enterprise Allowance Scheme: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_Allowance_Scheme

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John Gordillo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gordillo

Four Days in A Room: https://soundcloud.com/fourdaysinaroom

Shelter: http://www.shelter.org.uk/

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

The Artists Way: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Artist%27s_Way

Jerry Cottle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Cottle

Seasick Steve: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasick_Steve

My Dad: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-dad-episodes

Lulu: http://www.lulu.com/

BFI: http://www.bfi.org.uk/

WB Yeats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._B._Yeats

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In GBA 293 we get better acquainted with Kobi. He talks about being excellent to each other, making and listening to podcasts, what he didn't get from further education, moving from chemical engineering to digital marketing consultancy, learning languages and music, coming to terms with Brexit and mortality and so much more.

Kobi plugs:

Flixwatcher: http://flixwatcher.tv/

Kobestarr Digital: http://kobestarr.io/

Jess Phillips - Every Woman: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everywoman-Womans-Truth-About-Speaking-ebook/dp/B01LA64ZXU

I plug:

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

Voting for GBA or The Family Tree for the British Podcast Awards Listener's Choice Award: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote/

We mention:

Helen Zaltzman: http://www.helenzaltzman.com/

Podcasters' Support Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/571436979623574/

Kobi's co-host on flixwatcher: Helen: https://twitter.com/TheCatFilmFan

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

Wooden Overcoats: http://www.woodenovercoats.com/

Flixwatcher episodes featuring Dave/Jen:

http://flixwatcher.tv/podcast-episode/ep-013-lobster-w-family-tree/

http://flixwatcher.tv/podcast-episode/ep-007-little-prince-w-family-tree-podcast/

Bill and Ted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Ted

Ed Sheeran: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Sheeran

Nick Clegg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Clegg

Coalition Government: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Cameron_ministry

Billy Bragg: http://www.billybragg.co.uk/

The Guilty Feminist: http://guiltyfeminist.com/

Jess Phillips: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Phillips_(politician)

David Cameron: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cameron

Proportional Representation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional_representation

Nigel Farage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Farage

Boris Johnson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Johnson

Kinsey Scale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinsey_scale

Trevor Noah: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Noah

The Restart Project: https://therestartproject.org/podcast/

The BFG: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_BFG

Non Binary Cutting: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/cuttings/cutting-11-binaries-and-borders/

Gravity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_(film)

Nerdist: http://nerdist.com/podcasts/nerdist-podcast-channel/

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In GBA 292 we get better acquainted with Elle. She talks about being "the most boring kind of twin", the stories behind dead teeth, talking to Hugh Grant about hand cramp, being expelled from school, being the class clown, working in TV, radio and podcasting, the pros and cons of confrontation and openness and so much more. We swap stories of complicated school lives, discuss how passing exams can help you see how meaningless and damaging exams can be and share our love for true storytelling.

Elle plugs:

Radio Wolfgang: https://www.radiowolfgang.com/

Scienceish: https://www.radiowolfgang.com/s/scienceish

It's Nice That Podcast: https://www.radiowolfgang.com/s/the-it's-nice-that-podcast

Matt Hill: https://rethinkaudio.wordpress.com/

The BPA's: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/

I plug:

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

Voting for GBA or The Family Tree for the British Podcast Awards Listener's Choice Award: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote/

We mention:

Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/

Tell It: http://tellitfestival.com/

London Podcast Festival: http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/curated-weeks/london-podcast-festival-2016#.WPcizNL1DIU

Podcast Festival Episodes of Spark: http://stories.co.uk/events/london-podcast-festival-2016/

https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/speciallondonpodcastfestival-part2-

The Restart Project Podcast: https://therestartproject.org/podcast/

Wrecking Ball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My2FRPA3Gf8

Miley Cyrus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miley_Cyrus

Johnathan Chapman: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-245-jonathan-chapman

Scienceish episode with eharmony: https://www.radiowolfgang.com/s/scienceish/specialish-018-harmone

Roundhouse: http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/

Bucky O'Hare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucky_O%27Hare

Jack Rooke: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-198-jack-rooke

Oceana: https://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/oceana-brighton

Applebottom Jeans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9iUPkb9Bbg

Missy Elliot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missy_Elliott

Hugh Grant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Grant

Enid Blyton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid_Blyton

What Katy Did: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Katy_Did

Harry Potter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter

Ex Machina: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_Machina_(film)

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This Getting Better Acquainted Extra is a true story I told at Spark London about how getting nominated for the British Podcast Awards sent me into a spiral of anxiety and depression as I found myself flashing back to a horrible experience I had at a school talent show when I was 15.

Content Note: bullying, reference to suicide

Mentioned:

Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/

British Podcast Awards: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/

Stop Whispering by Radiohead: https://youtu.be/PECnzN8P6KQ

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

Cameryn Moore: http://www.camerynmoore.com/

Smut Slam: https://www.facebook.com/events/1329431967123652/

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In GBA 291 we get better acquainted with Andrew. We talk about history, culture, politics, education, learning to understand your privilege, the history of genocide and ethnic cleansing, who Belle should have ended up with at the end of Beauty and the Beast, being conscious of language and word choices, Power Rangers, the influence of fear on cultural development, why I hate the Lego Batman movie and lots of other things.

Content note: Mention of genocide, rape, slavery, war, domestic violence, suicide, child abuse, and other forms of violence, all of which are discussed within a broader analysis of history, politics and culture, with no descriptions or personal anecdotes.

Andrew plugs:

Conference on Visual Thinking in the Digital Humanities

on May 19th at King's College: http://newperspectivesdh.com/

Sending the Black Cultural Archives £5: http://bcaheritage.tumblr.com/

I plug:

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

Voting for GBA or The Family Tree for the British Podcast Awards Listener's Choice Award: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote/

We mention:

Anita Sarkeesian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Sarkeesian

Feminist Frequency: https://feministfrequency.com/

Gamergate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_controversy

Cracked: http://www.cracked.com/

Alt-Right: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt-right

Pizzagate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzagate_conspiracy_theory

Agricultural Revolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_revolution

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

Iroquois Confederacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois

Émile Durkheim - Suicide: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_(book)

American Graffiti: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Graffiti

Dazed and Confused: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazed_and_Confused_(film)

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

Helen Zaltzman: http://helenzaltzman.com/

Beauty and the Beast Remake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(2017_film)

Beauty and the Beast Original: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(1991_film)

French Revolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution

Article comparing Gaston and the Beast: http://observer.com/2017/03/beauty-and-the-beast-why-belle-should-have-chosen-gaston/

Saint Simone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Henri_de_Rouvroy,_comte_de_Saint-Simon

Lego Movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lego_Movie

Lego Batman Movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lego_Batman_Movie

Now You See Me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_You_See_Me_(film)

Now You See Me 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_You_See_Me_2

John Hodgman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hodgman

The Simpsons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons

Star Wars Rogue 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_One

Star Wars: The Force Awakens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens

Ghostbusters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(2016_film)

Ghost in the Shell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell_(2017_film)

Thor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_(film)

Power Rangers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Rangers_(film)

Toxic Masculinity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic_masculinity

Iron Fist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Fist_(TV_series)

Steps to Tyranny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk2-ZXAWkfg

Red Nose Day: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/24/africa-comic-relief

Live Aid: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/jun/24/g8.debtrelief

Confidence of a Mediocre White Man: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/254893785/confidence-tote-bag

Universal Basic Income: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income

Hamilton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_(musical)

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This Getting Better Acquainted Extra features two stories told at Spark London nights and one told at a storytelling event I hosted in Warwick. Plus a new song.

Mentioned:

Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/

Next Brixton Night: 3rd April https://www.facebook.com/events/1891953977747487/

Next Hackney Night: April 10th https://www.facebook.com/events/263159014125695/

The new song is called Isthmus and can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2vXFynC24c

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In GBA 290 we get better acquainted with Hamja Ahsan. He talks about his forthcoming book Shy Radicals, the zine festival DIY Cultures that he curates for, the successful campaign to free his brother Talha Ahsan, society as a teen movie, being bullied at school, mental health issues, male suicide, the history of state crimes, imprisonment, extradition and internment and so much more.

Content note: Mental Health Issues, Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar, Suicide, Mania, Bullying, Incarceration

Hamja plugs:

DIY Cultures - 14th May:

https://www.richmix.org.uk/events/exhibitions/diy-cultures-2017

https://www.facebook.com/events/259081314527166/

http://diycultures.tumblr.com/

DIY Knowledge - 3rd May - 2ndJune:

https://www.richmix.org.uk/events/exhibitions/diy-cultures-exhibition-diy-knowledge

Shy Radicals - published by bookworks and out any time now!

https://www.facebook.com/ShyRadicals/

http://shyradicals.tumblr.com/

I plug:

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

Voting for GBA or The Family Tree for the British Podcast Awards Listener's Choice Award: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote/

We mention:

Talha Ahsan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Talha_Ahsan

Hamja Ahsan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamja_Ahsan

Liberty Award: https://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news/press-releases/liberty-honours-human-rights-heroes-annual-awards-ceremony

Hillsborough Justice Campaign: http://www.contrast.org/hillsborough/

Sheila Coleman: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/sep/16/kevin-sampson-hillsborough

Guildford Four: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guildford_Four_and_Maguire_Seven

Birmingham Six: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Six

Through The Wind and the Rain: http://www.contrast.org/hillsborough/issue17.shtm

Red All Over the Land: http://redallovertheland.com/

Riot Grrrl: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot_grrrl

Hamja on Hillsborough Voices - Media Diversified: https://mediadiversified.org/2016/12/08/political-book-of-the-year-hillsborough-voices-the-real-story-told-by-the-people-themselves/

Black Panthers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Party

Suffragettes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffragette

Tolpuddle Martyrs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolpuddle_Martyrs

ANC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_National_Congress

Malcolm X: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X

George: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-6-george

https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-106-jack-and-george

Orbital: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_(band)

Kurt Cobain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Cobain

Elliot Smith: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Smith

Mark Fisher: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/18/mark-fisher-k-punk-blogs-did-48-politics

What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity

Mean Girls: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_Girls

Clement Attlee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Attlee

Moazzam Begg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moazzam_Begg

Cage: https://cage.ngo/

Gareth Pierce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Peirce

In the name of the father: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Name_of_the_Father_(film)

Susan Cain - Quiet: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/mar/22/quiet-power-introverts-susan-cain-review

Joe Moran - shrinking violets: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/01/shrinking-violets-field-guide-shyness-joe-moran-review

Nina Power: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Power

Political Prisoner Radio: http://www.blacktalkradionetwork.com/politicalprisonerradio/

Law and Disorder Radio: http://lawanddisorder.org/

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

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In GBA 289 we get better acquainted with Shane Solanki. We talk about identity, belonging, sustainability, masculinity, storytelling, time, science, art, connection, pain, love, change and lots more. It's a really wide ranging conversation which is both very theoretical and very personal, recorded on a sunny spring Saturday morning on a balcony overlooking a canal in Hackney Wick.

Content note: mental health issues

Shane plugs:

The project he is currently developing called The Miseducation of of Lunar Khan

His website: http://lastmangoinparis.net/

Mangoes are forever: https://www.facebook.com/mangosareforever

Shane Solanki on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shane.solanki.5

I plug:

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

We mention:

Angela: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-26-angela

Industrial Revolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution

Wes Anderson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Anderson

Tim Burton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Burton

Isle of Dogs (film): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Dogs_(film)

Spirit Level: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spirit-Level-Equality-Better-Everyone/dp/0241954290

Stevie Wonder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder

Paul McCartney: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney

Ebony and Ivory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZtiJN6yiik

What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: http://www.mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/

Under the Skin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Skin_(2013_film)

Chaps Choir: http://www.chapschoir.com/

Dominic Stichbury: https://twitter.com/domstich

Suffragettes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffragette

Abolition of Slavery: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolition_of_slavery

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

Martin Luther King: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.

Gene Sharp: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Sharp

Paul Hawkin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hawken

Blessed Unrest: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blessed-Unrest-Largest-Movement-Restoring/dp/0143113658

You are brilliant the earth is hiring: http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/columns/you-are-brilliant-and-the-earth-is-hiring

Buckminster Fuller: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller

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

Brian Eno: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Eno

Stuart Brand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Brand

Whole Earth Catalog: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_Earth_Catalog

The Long Now Foundation: http://longnow.org/

Elon Musk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk

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

Micheal Sandel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Sandel

Harvard Ethics and Law: http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/law_ethics_society/

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

Sum: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sum-Tales-Afterlives-David-Eagleman/dp/1847674275

http://www.eagleman.com/blog/eagleman-and-eno-perform-sum

David Eagelman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Eagleman

Possibilian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possibilianism

Dark Matter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_matter

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This is the second episode of a new strand of GBA called GBA Replayed which showcases some of the conversations recorded in the early years of Getting Better Acquainted.

Part of the reason for me re-releasing this episode is that Elspeth has a cause that she would like people to know about which is highlighted in the introduction.

Register For Ruby: http://www.registerforruby.com/

Ruby desperately needs to be matched with a bone marrow donor with Salvadoran or Latin American heritage - something the doctors have said is not going to be easy.

Her time is running out.

https://twitter.com/registerforruby

https://www.facebook.com/RegisterForRuby/

This is the video featured in the intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk8B8jNUYZw

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In episode GBA #2 we get better acquainted with Elspeth who talks about religion, feminism and sudden death.

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If you want to get even better acquainted with the show you can email Dave at: [email protected]

This is the first episode of a new strand of GBA called GBA Replayed which showcases some of the conversations recorded in the early years of Getting Better Acquainted.

As mentioned in the intro, Sam did came back on for follow up conversation a couple of years later: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-128-sam-2

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In GBA 18 we get better acquainted with Sam. She talks about having a premature baby, being a young mum, nearly marrying a man she met on holiday in the Dominican Republic when she was 16 and other stories of innocence and experience.

It's a brave and frank discussion full of hope and warmth as well as sadness and her young baby provides a soundtrack and commentary for this intimate and moving conversation.

Sam plugs: Nothing.

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