Getting Better Acquainted

In GBA 288 we get better acquainted with Peta Lily We talk about making performance from our personal lives, dark clowns and red nose clowns, creating solo shows, gender, identity, movement, memory, memoir, mime, physical theatre, bodies and lots more.

Content note: bereavement, breast cancer

She plugs:

Her workshops: http://www.petalily.com/

Her shows: https://www.facebook.com/Peta-Lily-Shows-301578776530474/

Look out for a development read through of Topless in May

We mention:

Devoted and Disgruntled: https://www.devotedanddisgruntled.com/

Camden Peoples Theatre: https://www.cptheatre.co.uk/

D & D:

Making Work That Helps Liberate Men From Patriarchy/Masculinity WITHOUT Dominating Feminist Spaces https://www.devotedanddisgruntled.com/events/dd-gap/reports/making-work-that-helps-liberate-men-from-patriarch/

Wikipedia on Peta: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peta_Lily

bell hooks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_hooks

Open Space Technology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology

#ManSurvey: http://www.mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/

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

Sharon Burrell: http://www.to-the-moon.net/who-we-are.html

La Boite Repertory Theatre Brisbane: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Boite_Theatre_Company

Desmond Jones: http://www.desmondjones.co.uk/

Marcel Marceau: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Marceau

Edinburgh Fringe: https://www.edfringe.com/

London Mime Festival: http://mimelondon.com/

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

Phelim McDermott: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phelim_McDermott

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

Total Theatre Magazine: http://totaltheatre.org.uk/

Release Technique: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Release_technique

Lecoq: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Lecoq

Dark Clown: http://www.petalily.com/clown-dark-clown-theatre-practice-blog

The Pip SimmonsTheatre Group: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pip_Simmons_Theatre_Group

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

Théâtre du Mouvement: http://theatredumouvement.fr/en/

Etienne Decroux: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne_Decroux

Claire Heggin: http://theatredumouvement.fr/?rub=1&docId=213161

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

Richard III: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_(play)

Martha Graham: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Graham

Tales From Vienna Woods: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_from_the_Vienna_Woods

Arnold Mindell - The Flirts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Mindell

Debrah Winger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debra_Winger

Terms of Endearment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Endearment

Betty Blue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Blue

Ann Bancroft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Bancroft

The Graduate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Graduate

84 Charing Cross Road: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/84_Charing_Cross_Road_(film)

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

Mullholland Drive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulholland_Drive_(film)

Black Swan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Swan_(film)

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

Gertrude: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_(Hamlet)

Anaïs Nin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana%C3%AFs_Nin

Girls: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_(TV_series)

Lena Dunham: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Dunham

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

8 Mile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_Mile_(film)

Jean Jeunet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Genet

Hiroshima Mon Amour: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima_mon_amour

UCL: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/

Liberating Men: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07x5vsh

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This Getting Better Acquainted Extra starts with a story I told at a Spark London night about mental heath in November 2016 and then jumps to Feb 2017 to continue the story. It's all about therapy, mental health, diagnosis and the relationship between the personal and the political.

Mentioned

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

Hackney Night: https://www.facebook.com/events/1362423493814282/

Spark Mind Podcast Specials:

https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/multiculturalminds-truestorieslive

https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/imfine-shannon-sparktruestories

Mind in Haringey: http://www.mindinharingey.org.uk/

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

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

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

Smut Slam: https://www.facebook.com/events/607321672796807/

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

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In GBA 287 we get better acquainted with Sophie Bailey who makes The Edtech Podcast, a podcast that gets behind the personalities in global education innovation and edtech. We talk about how she came to make a podcast that explores the intersection and conversation between education and technology, working in TV development, independent book publishing and event planning, growing up on the Isle of Wight, work/life balance, life long learning and lots more. And we compare notes on the practicalities and specifics of podcasting.

She plugs:

The Edtech Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-edtech-podcast/id1107282759

The Edtech Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/podcastedtech

The Edtech Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastEdtech

We mention:

Southampton Podcasting Conference: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/iliad/tel/podcasting--conference.page

Stephan: https://twitter.com/dotsandspaces

The Yard Theatre: http://www.theyardtheatre.co.uk/

Batteries Not Included: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092494/

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

Guardian Podcast Masterclass: https://www.theguardian.com/guardian-masterclasses

Audacity: http://www.audacityteam.org/

Tech City: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_London_Tech_City

Here East: http://hereeast.com/

UNHCR: http://www.unhcr.org/uk/

Global Teacher Prize: http://www.globalteacherprize.org/

Australian Angel Investor episode: https://theedtechpodcast.libsyn.com/53-an-angel-investor-take-on-edtech

TES: https://www.tes.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophiebailey

Hannah Wilson episode: https://theedtechpodcast.libsyn.com/50-with-hannah-wilson-on-equality-leadership-in-education

Ben Hammersley: https://www.benhammersley.com/

64 Things You Need To Know Now For Then: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Things-You-Need-Know-Then/dp/1444728601

South By Southwest: https://www.sxsw.com/

UK Podcast Association: http://www.ukpa.info/

Joe Dale: https://twitter.com/joedale

Isle of Wight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Wight

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

David Hoare - IoW Ghetto: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/ofsted-isle-of-wight-chairman-david-hoare-inbred-poor-white-ghetto-comment-a7173381.html

Bestival: http://www.bestival.net/

4 Hour Work Week: https://www.amazon.co.uk/4-Hour-Work-Week-Escape-Anywhere/dp/0091929113

Pizza Express: https://www.pizzaexpress.com/

Art Spiegelman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Spiegelman

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

Talkback Thames: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talkback_Thames

Brasseye: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Eye

Chris Morris: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Morris_(satirist)

The IT Crowd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_IT_Crowd

Pedophile Episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Eye#.22Paedogeddon.21.22_special_.282001.29

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

Dirty Sanchez: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Sanchez_(TV_series)

Jackass: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackass_(TV_series)

World Architecture Festival: https://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/

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

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

Sir Ken Robinson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Ken_Robinson

Women's March: https://www.womensmarch.com/global/

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In GBA 286 we get better acquainted with Nick Harris. He talks about how he accidentally got the job he'd always wanted (although he didn't know he'd always wanted it at the time), making podcasts and youtube videos for The British Museum, travelling around the world a lot during his childhood, ancient board-games, building sound studios, super cats, living in an uncertain world, getting sent to the head teacher for suggesting America isn't the best country in the world, playing the bass guitar and so much more.

Nick plugs:

Rob Pinney's Journalistic Photography: http://www.robpinney.com/ Book on Calais: http://www.robpinney.com/store/the-jungle

Summary of 2016: http://www.robpinney.com/2016-the-year-in-review

British Museum You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/user/britishmuseum

The British Museum Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-british-museum-podcast/id1147175428

Upcoming: The Things We Preserve

British Museum Membercast: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/british-museum-membercast/id1185481266

We mention:

British Museum: http://www.britishmuseum.org/

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

Helen Zaltzman: http://helenzaltzman.com/

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

Disney Hercules: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_(1997_film)

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules:_The_Legendary_Journeys

Sara Pascoe: http://www.sarapascoe.com/

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

UCL: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/

West Wing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_West_Wing

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

South Africa Exhibition: https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/south_africa.aspx

Sum 41: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sum_41

Blink 192: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink-182

Mary Beard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Beard_(classicist)

Curators Corner: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0LQM0SAx601_99m2E2NPsm62pKoSCnV5

Restart Project on Recycling Plants: https://therestartproject.org/podcast/restart-podcast-ep6-where-do-our-gadgets-go-when-they-die/

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

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

Aristotle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artistotle

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

Iszi Lawrence: https://twitter.com/iszi_lawrence

Z List Dead List: http://www.zlistdeadlist.com/

This American Life: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/

Radiolab: http://www.radiolab.org/

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GBA 285 is a special episode of Getting Better Acquainted. It's two parts monologue and one part interview as my dad tells the story of two road trips he made across America in 1969 to film in American coal mines on behalf of the British Coal Board. We get better acquainted with him and the places and people he met. This is an edited version of some recordings I made with him before GBA had even started, so it doesn't fit the usual format.

It all feels like an slightly absurd and possibly a touch melancholic comedy, perhaps directed by The Cohen Brothers or Wes Anderson, and one day I hope to make a film or book about it.

You can get even better acquainted with my dad by listening to the episodes he has been on previously: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-dad-episodes

We mention:

Francis Gyson: http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9ef24bf0

Coal Board: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Coal_Board

Paul Rotha: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rotha

Donald Alexander: http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1144929/

Mustang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Mustang

The Beatles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles

Cary Grant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cary_Grant

Moon Landing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing

Mining Review: http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/894075/

Around the World in 80 Days: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_World_in_80_Days_(1956_film)

Patrick: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-109-patrick

June: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-mum-episodes-1

Sheila: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-117-sheila

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In GBA 284 we get better acquainted with The Family Tree Podcast. I'm joined by Jen Adamthwaite the co-producer/creator of GBA's weird sister podcast to talk about the whys, the hows, the highs and the lows of making the first season of this magical realist podcast drama.

THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE FAMILY TREE.

To listen to The Family Tree from Episode 1 and for more info about the series go over to our website: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/

To sign up to our Patreon and help us to make Season 2 of The Family Tree go over to our here: https://www.patreon.com/thefamilytreepodcast

We mention:

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

Dave Episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-dave-episodes

Matt Hill/ Rethink Radio /Rethink Audio/ Rethink Daily: https://rethinkaudio.wordpress.com/

Sony Radio Awards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Academy_Awards

Helen Zaltzman: http://helenzaltzman.com/

Martin Zaltz Austwick: http://martinaustwick.com/

Podcast Support Group: http://helenzaltzman.com/

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

The Mum Episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-mum-episodes-1

Natasha Magigi: http://www.noelgay.com/client/natasha-magigi/

John Henry Falle: https://twitter.com/thestorybeast

Joz Norris: http://www.joznorris.co.uk/

Mark Stevenson: https://twitter.com/captainsparky

Vera Chok: http://www.verachok.org/

Lucy Ayrton: http://www.lucyayrton.co.uk/

Cuttings: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/cuttings/

June Hoy: http://junehoy.blogspot.co.uk/

Mum Cutting: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/cuttings/cutting-7-playgrounds-and-pictures/

Tony Pickering: http://pick-art.co.uk/

Charles Adrian: http://www.charlesadrian.co.uk/

Zack Polanski: https://twitter.com/ZackPolanski?

Leila Al Jaboury: https://twitter.com/leilaaljeboury

Krishna Istha: http://krishnaistha.com/

AV Club Review: http://www.avclub.com/detail/colbert-fey-adsit-louis-ck-and-more-perform-their--243481

CBC show: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastplaylist/6-brand-new-podcasts-for-fall-1.3763400

The House That Jack Built: https://www.mixcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-dogstar-ep-2-the-house-that-jack-built/

Radiolab: http://www.radiolab.org/

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

Reuben Whitehouse: http://www.rocketfuelled.com/

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In GBA 283 we get better acquainted with Dr Cathy Elliott. We talk about changing your mind, being aware of your emotions, The Radical Ordinary, Temporal Othering, storytelling, her book Democracy Promotion as Foreign Policy, whiteness, creativity and so much more. We also spend quite a bit of time deconstructing our experiences of me performing my show about masculinity to her students and how we felt about meeting two Men's Rights Activists who came along and dominated the Q and A session after the show.

Cathy plugs:

Democracy Promotion As Foreign Policy: https://www.waterstones.com/book/democracy-promotion-as-foreign-policy/cathy-elliott/cathy-elliott/9781138669727

International Development and Public Policy at UCL: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/study-abroad-ucl/study-abroad-guide/modules/pols7007

The Little Adventurer: http://www.thelittleadventurer.com/

The London Free Wheel: https://thelondonfreewheel.com/

Your Local Comprehensive School

We mention:

In Pod We Trust: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06pjdjh

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

Nugget: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-247-nugget

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

UCL: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/

MRAs: https://mic.com/articles/90131/the-8-biggest-lies-men-s-rights-activists-spread-about-women

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

The Man Survey: http://www.mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/

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

Red Pill: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/red-pill-mens-rights-anti-feminist-group-who-know-what-women-want/

The Ethics of Care/Carol Gilligan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics_of_care

Tone Policing: http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/12/tone-policing-and-privilege/

Gordon Brown: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Brown

Woody Allen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Allen#Sex_abuse_allegations

The Adam Buxton Podcast: http://adam-buxton.co.uk/ad/category/adam-buxton-podcast/

Death of the Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_the_Author

Bill Cosby: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cosby_sexual_assault_allegations

Foucault: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Foucault

Manhattan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_(disambiguation)

Milan Kundera: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_Kundera

Michel Houellebecq: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Houellebecq

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

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

2005 London Bombings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings

Gayatri Spivak: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayatri_Chakravorty_Spivak

Democratic Peace Theory / Christopher Hobson: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/review-of-international-studies/article/div-classtitletowards-a-critical-theory-of-democratic-peacediv/6E58CBE0BEBB9A80A86402207858F224

Salmon Rushdie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Rushdie

Satanic Verses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Satanic_Verses

Shahzad Basir: http://web.stanford.edu/~sbashir/

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

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

Writing Security/David Campbell: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Writing-Security-Foreign-Politics-Identity/dp/0816631441

Micheal Gove: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gove

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

The Crown

Njambi McGrath: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-239-njambi-mcgrath

Multicultural Minds: https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/multiculturalminds-truestorieslive

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In this Getting Better Acquainted Extra, which I recorded just before Christmas, I round up how 2016 went down both personally and politically, in what has become an annual post New Year retrospective. The episode finishes off with a true story I told at Spark True Stories at the first ever London Podcast Festival.

Contact me on twitter where I'm @goosefat101 on by email on [email protected] or [email protected]

Mentioned/Plugged:

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

Four Thought: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07x5vsh

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

Z List Dead List: http://www.zlistdeadlist.com/post/2016/4/6/s06e5-the-spys-wife-who-loved-me

Our Warwickshire: http://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/

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

Letter to myself: https://www.facebook.com/dave.pickering.180/media_set?set=a.1372768969419367.1073741848.100000588327591&type=3

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefamilytreepodcast

Southampton Conference: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/iliad/tel/podcasting%20conference/davepickering.page

Song By Song Podcast:

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

https://soundcloud.com/songbysongpodcast/wrong-side-of-the-road-blue-valentine-tom-waits-061

https://soundcloud.com/songbysongpodcast/whistlin-past-the-graveyard-blue-valentine-tom-waits-062

https://soundcloud.com/songbysongpodcast/kentucky-avenue-blue-valentine-tom-waits-063

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

Hackney Night: https://www.facebook.com/events/1605073879798818/

Smut Slam: https://www.facebook.com/events/1235710663116380/

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

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

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

Previous New Year GBA Extras:

Uncertain New Year (2013): https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/uncertain-new-year

The Parachute Opened (2014): https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-extra-the-parachute-opened

New Focus (2015): https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-extra-new-focus

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In GBA 282 we get better acquainted with Christmas (again). It's the 2016 Christmas Special!

This year contains some tributes to the late great Leonard Cohen and a conversation with my 92 year old dad about the ghosts of Christmas past.

Content note: mental health issues, Christmas

For other flavours of Christmas check out the Christmas specials from past years: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/christmas-specials

And for more from my dad go here: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-dad-episodes

Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year!

GBA will return on 4th January 2017. They'll be no more episodes this year.

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In GBA 281 we get even better acquainted with Radcliffe. He talks about being in a coma, continuing battles with addiction, the double edged swords of being attractive and charming, storytelling, class, belief and so much more. We recontextualize his journey through addiction, prison, homelessness and public school and we talk about the pressures, ironies and positives that can come in telling audiences true stories of redemption. We talk about many dark things such as child sexual abuse, rape, violence but we talk about the light too.

This conversation is both an update where we talk about things that have happened since Radcliffe was last on the show and an extension and development of the stories we have shared before.

All of Radcliffe's GBA conversations are collected here: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-radcliffe-episodes

More about Spark True Stories here: http://stories.co.uk

Radcliffe plugs:

Looking out for his future work and keeping in mind that homeless people are people.

I plug:

The Family Tree:

http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/

http://www.patreon.com/thefamilytreepodcast

We mention:

Joanna Yates: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-32-joanna-yates

My show: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity

The Pilot Show: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b066w9gg

Wilderness Festival: https://www.wildernessfestival.com/

Amber Rudd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Rudd

12 Step Program: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-step_program

Logical Positivism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_positivism

Charley: https://twitter.com/charleylucyha

Allan Girod: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-122-allan

Allan @ Stand Up Tragedy: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-brixton-ep-3-allan-girod

In the Dark episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/gba-live-the-invisible-picture

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