Getting Better Acquainted

In GBA 241 we get better acquainted with Vera Chok. We struggle through a little bit of social awkwardness to get into a great conversation about acting, writing, performance, identity, race and sex. The conversation grapples with perception, the self, image, shame and the body which makes it sound a bit worthy and pretentious which it very much is not!

Vera plugs:

The Good Immigrant: https://unbound.co.uk/books/the-good-immigrant

Short Story coming up (in the future) on The Toast: http://the-toast.net/

Charles Adrian Gillot: http://charlesadrian.typepad.com/

Page One: http://www.pageonepodcast.com/

Muselings: http://muselings.uk/

I plug:

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

http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk

We mention:

PBH Spoken Word Album: https://pbhfreefringespokenword.bandcamp.com/album/a-maze-of-breaths-spoken-word-at-pbhs-free-fringe

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

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

Peter Buckley Hill's GBA: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-8-peter-buckley-hill

LAMDA: https://www.lamda.org.uk/

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

Samantha Mann: http://mssamanthamann.com/

Arts Admin: http://www.artsadmin.co.uk/

People Show Studios: http://www.run-riot.com/venue/people-show-studios

Adrian's GBA: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-162-adrian

Stacey Makishi: http://www.stacymakishi.com/

Bryony Kimmings: http://www.bryonykimmings.com/

Greg Woehead: https://gregwohead.com/

The New Year Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-extra-new-focus

Peter Morris: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Morris_(playwright)

Wikipedia entry on Vera: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Chok

Wallace Shawn's The Fever: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Shawn

Krystian Godlewski: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5395388/

Cameryn Moore's GBA: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-215-cameryn-moore

Brautigan Bookclub: https://thebrautiganbookclub.wordpress.com/

Richard Brautigan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brautigan

Chimerica: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimerica_(play)

Diverse December: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/07/diverse-december-creators-expand-social-media-campaign-readdiverse2016

Kin Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/kin-podcast

Vera and Anna on Kin: https://soundcloud.com/kin-podcast/kin-3-oh-shit-im-not-white

Nikesh Shukla: http://www.nikesh-shukla.com/

Sense 8: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense8

Samantha's GBA: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-16-ms-samantha-mann

I Love Being Asked About My Sexual Desires — But I Just Can’t Answer: http://www.theestablishment.co/2015/12/30/why-cant-i-ask-for-what-i-want-in-bed/

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In GBA 240 we get better acquainted with Michael Brunstrom. As we walk between Angel Islington and Victoria Park we improvise a conversation that pulls at the strands of what drives Michael to make the kind of comedy he does. We talk fringe theatre, enthusiasms, generalisations, milieus, breaking up with improv, the truth behind the surreal and so much more.

I plug:

Stand Up Tragedy Presents on Thursday Feb 18th at the Dogstar Brixton: Stand Up Tragedy Presents on 18th Feb: http://www.facebook.com/events/1129825877029165/

Michael plugs:

Leicester Comedy Festival: The Hay Wain Reloaded 20th Feb Heroes at the criterion at 3.30pm

http://www.michaelbrunstrom.co.uk

We mention:

Steve Roe: http://www.hooplaimpro.com/about-steve-roe.html

Improvised Greek Tragedy: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/stand-up-tragedy-19

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

James Ross: https://twitter.com/jamesrosscomedy

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

Mark Dean Quinn: https://twitter.com/markdeanquinn

Jeremy Clarkson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Clarkson

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

Myself and Micheal performing at SUT in 2015: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/tragic-spring-act-1-tragic-beginnings

Darren Walsh: http://darrenwalsh.co.uk/

Bec Hill: http://www.bechillcomedian.com/

Pun Run: http://www.thepunrun.com/

In the Dark Radio: http://www.inthedarkradio.org/

Nina Garthwaite: http://www.inthedarkradio.org/nina-garthwaite-founding-director/

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

Ken Campbell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Campbell

Cottesloe Theatre: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/backstage/cottesloe-theatre

National Theatre

Illuminatus!: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminatus!

Robert Anton Wilson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anton_Wilson

The Warp: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warp_(play)

Neil Oram: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Oram

Furtive Nudist,Jamais Vu, Pigspur: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bald-Trilogy-Recollections-Pigspurt-Happiness/dp/0413690806

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

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

Torriano Meeting House: https://torrianomeetinghouse.wordpress.com/

Josh Darcy: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1591591/

School of Night: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_School_of_Night

Zoot Lynam: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528209/

Chris Langham: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Langham

Justin Bieber: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Bieber

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

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

Antigone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigone_(Sophocles_play)

Rosemary Branch Theatre: http://www.rosemarybranch.com/

Time Out: http://www.timeout.com/london

Ricardo Pinto: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Pinto

Hope and Anchor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hope_and_Anchor,_Islington

John Stahl: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0821471/

Almeida: http://www.almeida.co.uk/whats-on

Battersea Arts Centre: https://www.bac.org.uk/

Yes And... : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes,_and...

John Luke Roberts: http://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/j/291/john-luke_roberts

Victoria Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Park,_London

Bethnal Green: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethnal_Green

John Constable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Constable

The Hay Wain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hay_Wain

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

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In GBA 239 we get better acquainted with Njambi McGrath. She talks about how the sudden death of her father forced her to confront a past she'd left behind and begin a journey of discovery into personal and cultural history she knew little about. We talk about making comedy out of dark topics, the effects of colonialism on the continent of Africa (particularly on Kenya where Njambi is from) and how the west views and distorts the lives of people from African countries.

Njambi will be previewing her new show in a double bill with my solo show at Stand Up Tragedy Presents on Feb 18th at the Dogstar Brixton: Stand Up Tragedy Presents on 18th Feb: http://www.facebook.com/events/1129825877029165/

Listen to a sneak preview of the preview in this episode of the Spark True Stories Live Podcast: https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/multiculturalminds-truestorieslive

Njambi plugs:

Her Blog: http://www.njambimcgrathcomedy.co.uk/#!blog/c1o4u

Her website: http://www.njambimcgrath.co.uk

Her Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Njambi-McGrath-comedy-211852255541445/

Her Twitter: https://twitter.com/njambi1

Her Instagram: https://instagram.com/thehotafrican

Look out for her book and her new show A Last Dance With My Father

We mention:

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

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

Pulp Fiction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction

Concentration Camps in Kenya: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_Detention_Camps_during_the_Mau_Mau_Uprising

Gay Ugandan King: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100256386/it-was-homophobia-not-homosexuality-that-was-introduced-to-uganda-by-europeans/

Scott Lively: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Lively

King Leopold II: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_II_of_Belgium

Live Aid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Aid

Comic Relief: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Relief

Bill and Melinda Gates: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/

Dr Leakey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Leakey

Nairobi Museum: http://www.museums.or.ke/content/blogcategory/11/17/

Idi Armin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idi_Amin

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

Mau Mau: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau_Mau_Uprising

Kikuyu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kikuyu_people

Maassi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maasai_people

World Bank: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank

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

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In GBA 238 we get even better acquainted with Sarah. She returns to the show to talk about being a pianist, performer, inventor and mum. We cover the process of composing an album made with a recreated and adapted piano and her new theatre about the experience of being a mother. It's a conversation of two parts, recorded in two different locations and two different times. Part of the original is lost and so it's partly a conversation about a lost conversation.

Sarah plugs:

Her website: http://sarahnicolls.com/

Talk To Me: http://sarahnicolls.com/in-our-hands/

NEW ALBUM Digital Download from 12th February: http://sarahnicolls.com/album/

Moments of Weightlessness: http://sarahnicolls.com/moments/

I plug:

Donating to GBA: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4RCU5NHZURXUL

Stand Up Tragedy Presents on 18th Feb: http://www.facebook.com/events/1129825877029165/

We mention:

Paul Simon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Simon

Grovesnor Hotel: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Grovesnor+hotel&rlz=1C1CHFX_en-GBGB456GB456&oq=Grovesnor+hotel&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.4425j0j4&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8

Richard: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-richard-episodes

Sarah 1: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-5-sarah

Percy Granger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Grainger

Henry Cowell - Aeolian Harp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVJDyfY0siM

John Cage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cage

George Crumb: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Crumb

Confusion is the beginning of wisdom is Socrates: http://www.all-famous-quotes.com/Socrates_quotes.html

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

Suspense quote: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/728496-there-is-a-distinct-difference-between-suspense-and-surprise-and

Hypnobirthing: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnobirthing?redirect=no

Breach Birth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breech_birth

Sonia: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-51-sonia

Water birth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_birth

Call The Midwife: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0118t80

Brunel: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/

Nick Cave: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Cave

David Bowie Blackstar: http://davidbowie.com/blackstar/

Writing Begins With Forgiveness: http://sevenscribes.com/writing-begins-with-forgiveness-why-one-of-the-most-common-pieces-of-writing-advice-is-wrong/

Felix's Machines: http://felixsmachines.com/

Ten Hertz: http://tenhertz.com/

Radio 3: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3

In Tune: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tp0c

Leafcutter John: http://leafcutterjohn.com/

Stockhausen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Stockhausen

Luke Jerram - Play Me I'm Yours: http://www.streetpianos.com/

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In GBA 237 we get better acquainted with Muffy. We met in a pub in Brighton to have an in depth conversation about fandom, fan fic and slash fic. We cover how Muffy came to fandom, community, shame, enthusiasm,. ethics and politics, art and artistry, gender and sexuality, working through trauma, how texts, fanfic and fans relate to each other, representation and so much more.

Muffy plugs:

Slash Night 12th Feb: http://www.marlboroughtheatre.org.uk/event/slash-night-4/

I plug:

Donating to GBA: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4RCU5NHZURXUL

How To Be Fat: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-how-to-be-fat

Stand Up Tragedy Presents on 18th Feb: https://www.facebook.com/events/1129825877029165/

We mention:

Tragic Spring: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sets/tragic-spring

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

Mathilda Gregory: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-221-mathilda-gregory

Tragic Bodies: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/tragic-spring-act-2-tragic-bodies

Slash Night: https://slashnight.wordpress.com/

Fan Fic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_fiction

Slash Fic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slash_fiction

NME: http://www.nme.com/

Manic Street Preachers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manic_Street_Preachers

Meet Cute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meet_cute

Kink: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kink_(sexual)

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

Sherlock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_(TV_series)

Sherlock and FanFic: http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2014/01/sherlock-and-adventure-overzealous-fanbase

Heteronormative: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteronormativity

Queerbaiting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_baiting

Sherlock Season 3 Episode 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Empty_Hearse

Supernatural: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural_(U.S._TV_series)

Ginger Snaps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Snaps_(film)

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

Non-Binary: http://gender.wikia.com/wiki/Non-binary

Captain America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_America

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

Marvel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Comics

Slash Night Image: http://brightondigitalfestival.co.uk/event/slash-night-3/

Hannibal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal_(TV_series)

Silence of the Lambs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silence_of_the_Lambs_(film)

Thomas Harris: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Harris

Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/

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

Joss Whedon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joss_Whedon

"Jossed": http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Jossed

Everything is A Remix: http://everythingisaremix.info/

Kieron Gillen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kieron_Gillen

Young Avengers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Avengers#Volume_2

Mads Mikkelsen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mads_Mikkelsen

Archive of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/

Room of One's Own: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Room_of_One%27s_Own

Dobby

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In GBA 236 struggling against the background sound and a few other things I do my best to we get better acquainted with Darcie. In an increasingly noisy pub we talk about studying journalism, creativity, careers, feminism, fashion, the social media landscape and more. This episode was recorded a year ago and I am sure we have both changed and developed our thoughts since then!

Darcie plugs:

Hiring her: http://www.twitter.com/DarcieTF

I plug:

Donating to GBA: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4RCU5NHZURXUL

Stand Up Tragedy Presents on 18th Feb: http://www.facebook.com/events/1129825877029165/

We mention:

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

Ewa: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-140-ewa

Intersectional Feminism: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10572435/Intersectional-feminism.-What-the-hell-is-it-And-why-you-should-care.html

TERF: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Trans-exclusionary_radical_feminism

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

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

Alice In Wonderland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland

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

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

Lad Bible: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=lad+bible&rlz=1C1CHFX_en-GBGB456GB456&oq=lad+bible+&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.3860j0j4&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8

Fake house of commons votes pictures: http://anotherangryvoice.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/trust-social-media-mainstream-press-bbc.html

Britain First: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain_First

Richard Dawkins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins

No More Page 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_More_Page_3

The Sun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sun_(United_Kingdom)

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In GBA 235 we get better acquainted with Iszi Lawrence. She talks about making The Z List Dead List (a podcast about obscure people from history), how glandular fever, not fitting in and Eddie Izzard contributed to her becoming a comedian, the similarities between Jujitsu and gigging and lots more.

Iszi plugs:

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

Her Website: http://iszi.com/

I plug:

Donating to GBA: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4RCU5NHZURXUL

Stand Up Tragedy Presents on 18th Feb: https://www.facebook.com/events/1129825877029165/

We mention:

Helen Zaltzman: http://helenzaltzman.com/

Roman Mars: http://romanmars.com/

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

Sundays Supplement: http://sundayssupplement.blogspot.co.uk/

Jon Ronson: http://www.jonronson.com/

Jon Ronson On...: http://www.jonronson.com/this.html

Jujitsu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_jiu-jitsu

Dan Carlin: http://www.dancarlin.com/

Jackie Kashian: http://www.jackiekashian.com/

The Dork Forest: http://tdf.libsyn.com/

Maria Bamford: http://www.mariabamford.com/

Christopher Hitchens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens

Skepticalty: http://www.skepticality.com/

Skeptics Guide to the Universe: http://www.theskepticsguide.org/

Joe Rogan: http://podcasts.joerogan.net/

Radio 4: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4

John Hegley: http://www.johnhegley.co.uk/

Stewart Lee: http://www.stewartlee.co.uk/

Live at the Apollo: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008cnxn

Glandular Fever: http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Glandular-fever/Pages/Introduction.aspx

Eddie Izzard: http://www.eddieizzard.com/

Dress to Kill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIE7BOhIL7I

Definite Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definite_Article

Baddiel and Skinner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baddiel_and_Skinner_Unplanned

Camden Head: http://camdenhead.com/

Canteen on the Death Star: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5iEK-IEzw

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

Stalin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin

Red Terror: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Terror

Daniel Kitson: http://danielkitson.com/

Philip Larkin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Larkin

Podcast about Zen: http://www.zlistdeadlist.com/post/2015/12/16/s05e5-watts-zen

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

Noami Paxton: http://www.naomipaxton.co.uk/

Sherlock Holmes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes

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

House of Flying Daggers: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385004/

Hero: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299977/

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

Star Wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars

Paul Kerensa: http://www.paulkerensa.com/

Wil Hodgson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wil_Hodgson

Noel James: http://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/n/529/noel_james

Steve Best: http://www.stevebest.com/

Spinning Jenny: http://www.chortle.co.uk/shows/edinburgh_fringe_2002/s/517/spinning_jenny

Christian Slater: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Slater

Owen Niblock: http://www.comedygeek.com/

Kermode and Mayo: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lvdrj

Wittertainment: https://twitter.com/wittertainment

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In this Getting Better Acquainted Extra recorded on New Years Eve and edited on New Years day(!) I round up of how 2015 actually panned out for me in what has become an annual post New Year retrospective, mixed in with some true stories that I told told at Spark London and some clips from the podcast I make for The Restart Project.

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

I plug:

Spark True Stories: http://stories.co.uk/

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

- Sex Worker Stories Episodes: https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/special-sex-worker-stories

https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/more-sexworkerstories-truestoriestoldlive

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

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

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

Stand Up Tragedy Presents... : 18th Feb @ Dogstar: https://www.facebook.com/events/1129825877029165/

Content note for the true stories sections: anxiety, depression, bullying, childhood trauma, racism.

Next week normal service will resume and GBA will be back to it's in conversation format.

Things mentioned:

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

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

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

Storylines which was produced by Ampersand Media: http://www.ampersandmedia.co.uk/

GBA 200: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/gba200

Radcliffe Royds: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-radcliffe-episodes

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

What About the Men: http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/

The Edinburgh Storify: https://storify.com/goosefat101/responses-to-the-mansurvey-show-on-twitter

Samantha Mann Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-16-ms-samantha-mann

Edinburgh Episodes: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sets/edinburgh-2015

AJ McKenna: https://soundcloud.com/aj-mckenna

Howl of the Bantee: https://soundcloud.com/aj-mckenna/sets/howl-of-the-bantee-live-at-dogstar-brixton

Howl Press Coverage: http://www.gadgette.com/2015/11/20/transgender-day-of-remembrance/

International Men's Day Blog: http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/liberation-a-response-to-internationalmensday/

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In GBA 234 we get better acquainted with Christmas (again). It's the 2015 Christmas Special!

This episode is a series of different Christmas presents, although not all of them are filled with comfort and joy.

It starts with a carol.

Then I share with you a short story that I wrote a few years ago called "Bringing Things Up". It's kind of a detective story, kind of a ghost story, and it is certainly the bleakest part of this episode as well as being the biggest part of the episode. I've adapted it as an audio piece and spent some time creating sound design that aims to immerse you in the narrative.

Next we have a recording from a long time ago when audio was recorded onto cassette tapes. It's my dad reading The Fir Tree by Tove Jansson which gives us some warm and fuzzies to offset my story.

The episode ends with a Christmas song I wrote a few years back called "Time to be Nice" Here it is in video form: http://youtu.be/UiPXNO7WJAQ

This is my other Christmas song in video form: Ghosts of... http://youtu.be/XqCKfOwA9vE

Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year!

(There will be no GBA for the next 2 weeks. It will return in the 1st week of January 2016.)

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In GBA 233 we get better acquainted with Ali. He talks about writing sports listicles, having to choose between football and drama, how sport and theatre are not that different, his Northern and Jewish heritage and identity and so much more. Shared interests lead to us discussing interviewing and podcasting, the issues and tensions around digital and print media and the various approaches to the craft of true storytelling.

Ali doesn't plug anything.

I plug:

Donating to GBA: http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cm%E2%80%A6_id=4RCU5NHZURXUL

We mention:

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

Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/alimason

Marc Maron: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Maron

WTF: http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast

President Obama WTF Episode: http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_613_-_president_barack_obama

Richard Herring: http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/

Desert Island Discs: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qnmr

Press Association: https://www.pressassociation.com/

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

Snappa: http://snappa.press.net/

I100: http://i100.independent.co.uk/

Buzzfeed: http://www.buzzfeed.com/

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

Metro: http://metro.co.uk/

Evening Standard: http://www.standard.co.uk/

NME: http://www.nme.com/

BBC Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/i

The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/

Citizen Journalism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_journalism

Martin Ziegler /Sepp Blatter: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/sepp-blatter-resignation-celebrate-yes-but-his-exit-must-lead-to-real-change-10293234.html

Wikileaks: https://www.wikileaks.org/index.en.html

Whitehaven newspaper: http://www.whitehavennews.co.uk/

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

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

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

Chris Hardwick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hardwick

For Folks Sake: http://www.forfolkssake.com/

Avi Buffalo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avi_Buffalo

Ashes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ashes

Sarah Kane: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Kane

Simon Stevens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Stephens

Electra: http://www.oldvictheatre.com/whats-on/2014/electra/

Jos Butler: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos_Buttler

Spark London: Bernard : https://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/bernard-ali-mason/

Harrowgate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrowgate_Hill

Stand Up Tragedy story: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/tragic-history-act-3

Isle of Man internment camp: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutchinson_Internment_Camp

Who Do You think You Are? http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007t575

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