Getting Better Acquainted

In GBA 280 we get better acquainted with Joe Marshall. He talks about his journey from being a child who thought words weren't for him due to dyslexia and bad education to eventually becoming an award winning travel writer. Along the way we talk words, true stories, depression, hair beading in Cornwall and what crap rooms can tell us about the housing crisis.

Joe plugs:

Crap Rooms London: https://twitter.com/craproomslondon

https://www.facebook.com/craproomslondon/

Mundial: http://mundialmag.com/

Sabotage Times: http://sabotagetimes.com

https://twitter.com/SabotageTimes

Joe's writing: https://joemarshallwriting.wordpress.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JGMarshallWrite

Spark London http://stories.co.uk

I don't plug The Family Tree in the episode but I will in these notes:

http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/

http:// www.patreon.com/thefamilytreepodcast

We mention:

Steve Sinnott Foundation: http://www.stevesinnottfoundation.org.uk/

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

The Moth: https://themoth.org/

Cooper Union: https://cooper.edu/

Charley: https://twitter.com/charleylucyha

Spark Bristol: http://www.sparkbristol.org.uk

Spark Preston: http://www.sparkpreston.org.uk/

Spark Glasgow: http://stories.co.uk/glasgow/

Lizzanne: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-211-lizanne

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

Which Magazine: http://www.which.co.uk/

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

Tintin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Tintin

The Hobbit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit

Lord of the Rings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings

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

Camel Trail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_Trail

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

My blog post for my final job: http://davepickeringblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/a-week-of-goodbyes.html

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

Joe in the Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/south-america/peru/articles/Just-back-the-mysterious-sarcophagi-of-Karajia/

Gherkin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gherkin

Shard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shard

Focus e15: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-179-focus-e15-mothers

https://focuse15.org/

Focus e15 play: http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/play_about_focus_e15_mums_wins_rave_reviews_at_edinburgh_fringe_1_4659411

Radical Housing Network: https://radicalhousingnetwork.org/

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In GBA 279 we get even better acquainted with Liz. We explore what has happened to her since the last time she was on the show and how the ways in which we know each other have changed since then, including working on Stand Up Tragedy together and her journey into academia and teaching. We also talk about Star Trek, myths, social policy and bereavement.

An extra plug from Liz (which I have failed to add into the episode but which I will add to the audio in the future) was for the David T Bailey scholarship fund: http://bailey.history.msu.edu/

Content Note: death, bereavement, illness

Liz's first GBA: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-4-liz

Liz plugs:

Me generally and specifically The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/

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

My website: http://davepickeringstoryteller.co.uk

Me on twitter: https://twitter.com/goosefat101

She also plugs community.

We mention:

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

SUT Liz Episodes: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sets/the-liz-episodes

Tragic Schooling: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/tragic-autumn-tragic-schooling

Star Trek: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek

Kirk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_T._Kirk

Bones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_McCoy

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

Picard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Luc_Picard

Leo from the West Wing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_McGarry

TNG: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation

Gene Roddenberry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Roddenberry

Doctor Who: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who

The Twilight Zone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone

The Prisoner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_prisoner

Die Hard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Hard

Jaws: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_(film)

MS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_sclerosis

Ithaca: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ithaca,_New_York

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

Oxbrigde

Cornell

The Spirit of 45: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spirit_of_45

Thatcher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher

John Major: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Major

Tony Blair: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_blair

Theresa May: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_May

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

Grainne Mhaille - Grace O'Malley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_O%27Malley

The Brothers Grimm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brothers_Grimm

[Fact check it's 2 x 3rds not 1 3rd] of animals extinct: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/27/world-on-track-to-lose-two-thirds-of-wild-animals-by-2020-major-report-warns

Jurassic Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(film)

Quantum Leap: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Leap

Why I Make Tragedy: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-extra-why-i-make-tragedy

Kimberlé Crenshaw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberl%C3%A9_Williams_Crenshaw

Crick Crack Club: http://www.crickcrackclub.com/

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

Shiva: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali

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In GBA 278 we get even better acquainted with my dad. We sit down to talk about his working life making documentary films about the coal mining industry and the communities who provided it their labour, and we do touch on that frequently, but we also end up talking about lots and lots of other things. Threading through the conversation are the changes, both physical and mental, that have happened to my dad over the last few years. He's currently 92 so the underlying themes of the conversation are memory, age and death.

Content Note: Dementia, old age, death, bereavement, assisted suicide, structural oppression

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

Dad plugs:

Andre Gorz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Gorz

Critique of Economic Reason: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Critique-Economic-Reason-Radical-Thinkers/dp/1844676676/

Reclaiming Work: Beyond the Wage-Based Society: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reclaiming-Work-Beyond-Wage-based-Society/dp/0745621279/

Farewell to the Working Class: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Farewell-Working-Class-Post-Industrial-Socialism/dp/0861043642/

Letter to D: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Letter-D-Andre-Gorz/dp/0745646778/

I plug:

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

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

We mention:

Thatcher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher

Wolfgang Suschitzky: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Suschitzky

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/oct/07/wolfgang-suschitzky-obituary

Data Cooperative: http://www.imdb.com/company/co0302636/

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

Harry Rée: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_R%C3%A9e

My dad and Harry Rée:

http://zlistdeadlist.tumblr.com/post/142372305681/s06e5-the-spys-wife-who-loved-me

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

My dad's first film: Sabotage, 1942 http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-sabotage-1942/

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

Citizen Kane: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane

Orson Welles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Welles

Apples for Everyone: https://soundcloud.com/applesforeveryone

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

Get Carter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Carter

Eric: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-eric-episodes

The Tweet:

Fully Automated Luxury Communism: http://novaramedia.com/2015/06/19/fully-automated-luxury-communism/

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

Pitman Painters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashington_Group

Lee Hall (is the name we were looking for): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Hall_(playwright)

Patrick Russell's book: https://he.palgrave.com/page/detail/shadows-of-progress-james-taylor/?sf1=barcode&st1=9781844573226

Dads Films/Interviews on dvd:

http://shop.bfi.org.uk/shadows-of-progress-dvd-bluray.html

http://shop.bfi.org.uk/the-national-coal-board-collection-volume-one-dvd-bluray.html

Antony Gormley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Gormley

Billy Elliot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Elliot

Pride: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_(2014_film)

The Spirit of 45: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spirit_of_%2745

The iPhone related mineral is Coltan (not Colbalt):

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

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

Theresa May: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_May

5 Steps to Tyranny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hteidPuaIdM

Hassan Akkad @ Spark: https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/escape-arefuaidspecial-truestorieslive

Obama: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama

Orgreave: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Orgreave

Hillsborough: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster

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In GBA 277 we get better acquainted with Zack. He talks acting, therapy, art, activism, politics, that time he wen't a bit viral for heckling Jeremy Corbyn, how he views the political landscape of party politics as someone who has tried to create social change from within the system, being a hypnotherapist who doesn't believe in hypnotism and so much more. This conversation was recorded in a busy cafe on Zack's birthday, in a world where Donald Trump was not yet President Elect.

Zack plugs:

Team Angelica: http://teamangelica.com/

Rikki Beadle Blair: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikki_Beadle-Blair

London International Gospel Choir: http://internationalgospelchoir.uk/

Stephen Hoo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfYNhOMIypk

I plug:

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

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

We mention:

Son of Man: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sonofman/son-of-man-a-jesus-play-for-atheists

International Men's Day: http://www.internationalmensday.com/

Alex: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-alex-and-dave-files

Alex's Son of Man episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-165-alex-2

Short Sighted Cinema: http://shortsightedcinema.com/

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

42 Beans: https://www.facebook.com/42BeansCafe/

Fragile Masculinity: https://www.buzzfeed.com/lukebailey/masculinity-is-still-fracturing-all-the-time

Axe the Housing Act: http://www.axethehousingact.org.uk/

Momentum: http://www.peoplesmomentum.com/

Private Renters Union: http://www.sianberry.london/news/housing/2016-01-28-london-renters-union/

Focus E15: https://focuse15.org/

Black Lives Matter: http://blacklivesmatter.com/

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

Compass: https://www.compassonline.org.uk/

Jo Cox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Cox

Sian Berry: http://www.sianberry.london/

George (W) Bush: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush

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

Owen Smith: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Smith

Green Party: https://www.greenparty.org.uk/

Jeremy Corbyn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn

Anna Soubry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Soubry

Caroline Lucas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Lucas

Clive Lewis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Lewis_(politician)

Tim Farron: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Farron

Heckling Corbyn: https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/let-our-friend-stay-corbyn-insists

2020 Extinctions article: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/27/world-on-track-to-lose-two-thirds-of-wild-animals-by-2020-major-report-warns

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

Keir Starmer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keir_Starmer

Natalie Bennett: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Bennett

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

Tasha GBA: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-273-natasha-magigi

Beautiful Anonymous: http://www.earwolf.com/show/beautiful-anonymous/

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

True Blood: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Blood

Leftovers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Leftovers_(TV_series)

Game Theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory

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In GBA 276 we get better acquainted with Rob Auton. He talks about finding words, what driving lessons taught him about art, what exactly it is that he does, trying to find the right balance of confidence and worry, and so much more. As I try to fit him into boxes like introvert, depression and wizard, he nimbly avoids all the labels and reaches instead for the specifics and universals of this strange experience we call being human.

Rob plugs:

Sleep Show: http://www.robauton.co.uk/past-productions

Website: http://www.robauton.co.uk/

Bang Said The Gun (last Thurs of every month): http://www.bangsaidthegun.com/

Upcoming book: Take Hair

Petrol Honey: http://www.robauton.co.uk/shop

In Heaven the Onions Make You Laugh: http://www.robauton.co.uk/shop

Upcoming: Scroobius Pip - CD - Speech Development Records - At Home With Rob http://www.scroobiuspip.co.uk/

Micheal Moore - Trump Videos: http://michaelmoore.com/

Mark E Smith - Renegade: https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/cka/Renegade-Lives-Tales-Mark-E-Smith/0141028661/

The Fall: http://thefall.xyz/

I plug:

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

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

We mention:

How to talk to a woman with headphones article: https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2016/aug/30/how-to-actually-talk-to-a-woman-wearing-headphones

Hilary Benn Speech: https://youtu.be/m_dRCzd19Uc

Vertigo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertigo_(film)

Hitchcock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock

Leytonstone Church: http://www.stjohns-leytonstone.org.uk/

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

Free Fringe: http://freefringe.org.uk/

Ambivert: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ambivert

Susan Cain: http://www.quietrev.com/

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking https://www.amazon.co.uk/Quiet-Power-Introverts-World-Talking/dp/0141029196/

Werner Hetzog: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Herzog

Instamgram @niche

Niels Bohr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Bohr

Light both a partical and a wave: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave%E2%80%93particle_duality

Gareth Bale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Bale

Real Madrid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Madrid_C.F.

I, Daniel Blake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Daniel_Blake

Peter Kay: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kay

Louis CK: https://louisck.net/

Martin Galton: http://www.martingalton.com/

Dan Cockrell: http://www.danielcockrill.com/

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

Beck: http://www.beck.com/

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

Stand Up Tragedy: standuptragedy.co.uk

William Blake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake

David Shrigley: http://davidshrigley.com/

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In GBA 275 we get better acquainted with Joz Norris. He talks about making weird and silly comedy about ideas and disconnected feelings, why he currently doesn't think of what he does as comedy but why he probably will by the middle of next year, ending up naked apart from a gold thong on a rooftop in Edinburgh, sitcoms, comedy and drama about awkward people in awkward situations and lots more.

Joz plugs:

Robert Johnson and The Devil Man: http://www.joznorris.co.uk/single-post/2016/10/06/Robert-Johnson-The-Devil-Man

Weirdos Panto - My Big Fat Weirdos Christmas Wedding: https://laughoutlondoncomedyclub.co.uk/2016/10/17/my-big-fat-weirdos-christmas-wedding-december-7-9/

Double Act: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfy70f59fTg

The Girl Whisperer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuIqok9CXYc

I plug:

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

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

We mention:

Candid Cafe: http://www.candidarts.com/sections/galleryandcafepages/candid_cafe.htm

Scottish Story Telling Centre: http://www.tracscotland.org/scottish-storytelling-centre

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

Matthew Highton: http://www.matthewhighton.co.uk/

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

Greek Tragedy: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sets/greek-tragedy

Andy Zaltzman: http://andyzaltzman.co.uk/satirist-for-hire/

Micheal Brunstrom: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-240-micheal-brunstrom

David Lee Morgan: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-251-david-lee-morgan

The Hay Wain Reloaded: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/michael-brunstrom-the-hay-wain-reloaded

The Golden Age Of Steam: https://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/event/490260-michael-brunstrom-the-golden-age-of-steam/

Mark Dean Quinn: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-249-mark-dean-quinn

Sofie Hagan: http://www.sofiehagen.com/

Brydie Lee Kennedy: http://www.brydieleekennedy.com/

Robert Johnson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson

David Mills: http://www.itsdavidmills.com/

Eleanor Morton: https://eleanormortoncomedian.com/

The Office: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Office_(UK_TV_series)

Ricky Gervais: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Gervais

Weirdos: http://www.weirdoscomedy.com/

Adam Larter: https://twitter.com/lartymcparty

Terry Pratchett: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pratchett

Harold Pinter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Pinter

Peep Show: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peep_Show_(TV_series)

Alan Partridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Partridge

John Brittain: https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/jon-brittain

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho: https://www.facebook.com/sohothatcher/

Rotterdam: http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/rotterdam-9781474284172/

Comedian Destroys Heckler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2p6mxBe8pI

Charley Harrison: https://twitter.com/charleylucyha

John Hastings: http://www.thejohnhastings.com/

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

Ed Aczel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Aczel

Gabby Best: https://twitter.com/best_gabby

Ralph Little: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralf_Little

When Harry Met Sally: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Harry_Met_Sally...

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In GBA 274 we get better acquainted with Guilaine Kinouani. She talks about structural power, racism, mental health issues and self care in relation to the experiences of women of colour, clinical psychology, feminism, the #PredatoryPeacekeepers campaign, the differences (and similarities) between British and French attitudes to race/migration and so much more. It's also the first Getting Better Acquainted recorded in a public library.

Guilaine plugs:

Predatory Peacekeepers: http://predatorypeacekeepers.tumblr.com/

PP Petition: https://community.avaaz.org/petitions/we-will-not-stand-by-when-un-soldiers-abuse-rape-and-murder

Media Diversified: https://mediadiversified.org/

Now We Here: https://soundcloud.com/real-media-1

Real Media: http://realmedia.press/

RaceReflections: https://racereflections.co.uk

We mention:

Racism = prejudice + power: http://sjwiki.org/wiki/Prejudice_plus_power

White Feminism: http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/08/need-talk-about-white-feminism/

Strong Black Woman Trope: https://blackgirlnerds.com/mental-health-and-the-strong-black-woman-trope/

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

Audre Lorde: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audre_Lorde

AL quote: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2213-if-i-didn-t-define-myself-for-myself-i-would-be

Code Blue Campaign: http://www.codebluecampaign.com/

Some articles on #PredatoryPeacekeepers:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/20/the-un-must-smash-the-culture-of-impunity-that-lets-peacekeepers/

https://mediadiversified.org/2016/04/12/the-uns-good-vs-bad-narrative-clears-the-way-for-sexual-violence-and-impunity/

Samantha Asumadu: http://www.samanthaasumadu.com/

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In GBA 273 we get better acquainted with Natasha Magigi. She talks about making interactive community theatre out of news headlines, playing nearly all of Shakespeare's virgins, why the favourite character she has played is a many headed monster and so much more. We recorded the conversation in the National Theatre and a lot of it is about theatre and performance but we did try not to be too wanky about it!

Tasha plugs:

Comus: A Masque in Honour of Chastity by John Milton at Globe Theatre, 26 October – 19 November 2016 : http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/theatre/whats-on/sam-wanamaker-playhouse/comus-2016

I plug:

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

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

We mention:

Storylines: http://www.ampersandmedia.co.uk/Storylines.php

Ampersand Media: http://www.ampersandmedia.co.uk/

Mark episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-114-mark

Brechtian: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Brechtian

Deptford Lounge: http://deptfordlounge.org.uk/

Teatro Vivo: http://www.teatrovivo.co.uk/

Albany Theatre: http://www.thealbany.org.uk/

Sylvia Young: http://www.syts.co.uk/page/default.asp?title=Home&pid=1

Rose Bruford: https://www.bruford.ac.uk/

UCAS: https://www.ucas.com/

The Bill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bill

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

As You Like It: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_You_Like_It

Streetcar Named Desire: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Streetcar_Named_Desire

To Kill A Mocking Bird: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Kill_a_Mockingbird

The Color Purple: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Color_Purple

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roll_of_Thunder,_Hear_My_Cry

The National Theatre: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/

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

Proscenium Arch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proscenium

Telly Addicts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telly_Addicts

Learning Zone: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01b8f09

Waiting For Godot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_for_Godot

Mnemonic by Complicite: http://www.complicite.org/productions/Mnemonic

Mother Courage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Courage_and_Her_Children

The Good Person of Szechwan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Person_of_Szechwan

The Odyssey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey

Scylla and Charybdis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_Scylla_and_Charybdis

Rebecca Peyton: https://twitter.com/rebeccapeyton

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In GBA 272 we get even better acquainted with Paul. After his first appearance on the show Paul wanted to return when he felt more himself to do a second conversation. We met up and walked and talked along the South Bank in the rain, covering mental health issues, masculinity, art, copyright, podcasts, ASMR, cultural appropriation, why people are like sliced bread, how facebook memories remind you regularly that your past self was a dick and lots of other stuff. It's a longer podcast than normal, partly because Paul is a fan of longform podcasts and partly because it was a conversation that flowed really well and so cutting bits out would have made it less coherent.

Paul plugs:

Sketchy Magpie: http://www.sketchymagpie.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyiamfAwZ7rqwOpqLztjv8w

I plug:

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

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

We mention:

Paul 1: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-214-paul-williams/

You Made It Weird: http://nerdist.com/podcasts/you-made-it-weird-channel/

PJ and Duncan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PJ_%26_Duncan_discography

Slipknot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slipknot_(band)

9 Inch Nails: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails

Let's Get Ready to Rhumble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjXZmtg7GwI

Arts Emergency: http://arts-emergency.org/

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

Natalie episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-250-natalie

Dreadlock Truth: http://dreadlocktruth.com/

ASMR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_sensory_meridian_response

Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hallucinations-Oliver-Sacks/dp/1447208269

Silent Hill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Hill

Resident Evil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil

Download: https://downloadfestival.co.uk/

Save It For The Show: http://www.saveitfortheshow.com/

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

Dad Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-3-dad-1

Walking Dead: http://www.amc.com/shows/the-walking-dead

Ram Dass: https://www.ramdass.org/

Richard Herring: http://www.richardherring.com/

RHLSP: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

RHLSP with Stephen Fry: https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/episode_18_stephen_fry/

WTF Marc Maron: http://www.wtfpod.com/

Mental Illness Happy Hour: http://mentalpod.com/

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

Ricky Gervais: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Gervais

S Club 7: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_Club_7

Billy Bragg and the skaters: https://johnnyvoid.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/billy-brag-is-a-knob-ignore-him-and-help-save-the-southbank/

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In GBA 271 we get better acquainted with Nathaniel Tapley. He talks writing, if our current political landscape is killing satire, being a women on the internet for a short period of time, making political comedy, pissing off Dapper Laughs, creating the comic character Sir Ian Bowler, MP, the landscape of print and online media and so much more.

@Natt plugs:

Following him @natt and/or Sir Ian Bowler @sirianbowlermp on twitter.

I plug:

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

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

We mention:

Katy Darby: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-75-katy-darby

Lollitics - Chris Coltrane: http://www.chriscoltrane.co.uk/lolitics-my-camden-political-comedy-club.html

Lost Treasures of the Black Heart - Josie Long: http://www.losttreasurespodcast.com/

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

Sajeela Kershi: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-203-sajeela-kershi

Comedy Cottage: http://www.harlequintheatre.co.uk/whats-on/comedy-cottage/

Sir Ian Bowler: https://twitter.com/sirianbowlermp

Tonightly: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/tonightly

Dapper Laughs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dapper_Laughs

UsVSTh3m: http://www.mirror.co.uk/usvsth3m/

Rob Manuel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Manuel

Dapper Laughs Cancelation: http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/dapper-laughs-tells-audience-member-4602725

Review of Christmas Album: http://usvsth3m.com/post/we-listened-to-all-25-painful-minutes-of-dapper-laughs-christmas-album-so-you-dont-have-to

Abi Wilkinson: https://twitter.com/AbiWilks

Jake Yapp: http://jakeyapp.co.uk/

David Ike: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Icke

Toxic Masculinity: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Toxic_masculinity

Charlie Hebdo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Hebdo

Charlie Hebdo Racist Editorial: https://charliehebdo.fr/en/edito/how-did-we-end-up-here/

Alan Kurdi - Charlie Hebdo: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jan/14/charlie-hebdo-cartoon-depicting-drowned-child-alan-kurdi-sparks-racism-debate

The Onion: http://www.theonion.com/

Clickhole: http://www.clickhole.com/

Canary: https://t.co/MEwTjn7IfH

Rupert Murdoch

Kelvin McKenzie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin_MacKenzie

Hillsborough: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster

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