Getting Better Acquainted

In GBA 232 we get better acquainted with Jannath. She talks about studying spatial abilities in infants and children, tickling babies to better understand their cognitive markers, studying and researching psychology, working as a casual library assistant, brain development and diagnosis and so much more.

Jannath doesn't plug anything.

I plug:

Donating to GBA: http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cm…_id=4RCU5NHZURXUL

We mention:

Birkbeck: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/

Contact Disorder: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000919.htm

Asperger's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome

Hyperacusis: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/hyperacusis/Pages/Introduction.aspx

Jessie Ware: http://jessieware.com/

Brixton Academy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brixton_Academy

The Guardian Enfield Experiment: http://www.theguardian.com/cities/series/the-enfield-experiment

My CiF: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/01/tough-choice-cut-job-enfield-children-centres-austerity

Riots:

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In GBA 231 we get better acquainted with Paul. He talks about moving from fine art to photography and from fashion photography to portraiture, navigating the renting, fatherhood and freelance, growing up in Blackpool and Long Island, going on a roadtrip across Mongolia and lots more.

Paul plugs:

His website: http://www.pauljcochrane.co.uk

I plug:

Donating to GBA: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cm…_id=4RCU5NHZURXUL

We mention:

Ged: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-31-ged

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

Infinity Wall: https://vimeo.com/blog/post/to-infinity-wall-and-beyond

Matrix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix

Heath Robinson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Heath_Robinson

Pleasure Beach: https://www.blackpoolpleasurebeach.com/

Long Island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island

Aer Lingus: https://www.aerlingus.com/

Blue Velvet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Velvet_(film)

Little Shop of Horrors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Shop_of_Horrors_(film)

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

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

Mongol Rally: http://www.theadventurists.com/mongol-rally/

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

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In GBA 230 we get better acquainted with Sally. She talks about connecting with people, maths, computers and horses, teaching teenagers, IT training, being independent, self knowledge, stepping out of your comfort zone and so much more.

Sally plugs:

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

Skeptics in the Pub: http://www.skeptic.org.uk/events/skeptics-in-the-pub

And stepping out of your comfort zone

I plug:

Stand Up Tragedy Presents: http://www.facebook.com/events/461679520679231/

Spark Hackney Open Mic: Gifts https://www.facebook.com/events/689270927876614/

Donating to GBA: http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cm…_id=4RCU5NHZURXUL

We mention:

CERN: http://home.cern/

Good Thinking Society: http://goodthinkingsociety.org/

Simon Singh: http://simonsingh.net/

David Nutt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Nutt

Bradford Photography Museum: http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/

Matt Parker: http://standupmaths.com/

Full Frontal Nerdity: http://festivalofthespokennerd.com/dvd/

Festival of the Spoken Word: http://festivalofthespokennerd.com/

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

Almeida Theatre: http://www.almeida.co.uk/

The Beaux' Stratagem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beaux%27_Stratagem

National Theatre: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/

Kent PCC resigns over twitter: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22083032

Amy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_(2015_film)

Amy Winehouse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Winehouse

Manfred Mann: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Mann

Val Doonican: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Doonican

Sandie Shaw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandie_Shaw

Andrew Jennings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jennings

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In GBA 229 we get better acquainted with Nick Van Der Kolk from Love + Radio. He talks about how and why he produces this unique podcast, his approach to the subjects that the show covers (both the people and the issues) and what he has learnt about podcasting in his time making podcasts. He also gives me an on air tutorial in recording technique.

Nick plugs:

Love + Radio: http://loveandradio.org/

Radiotopia: http://www.radiotopia.fm

Radiotopia Fall Campaign 2015: https://www.commitchange.com/ma/cambridge/prx-inc/campaigns/radiotopia-fall-campaign-2015

I plug:

Stand Up Tragedy Presents: http://www.facebook.com/events/461679520679231/

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

In Pod We Trust: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06nhpxl

We mention:

Helen Zaltzman: http://helenzaltzman.com/

The Allusionist: http://www.theallusionist.org/

Serial: http://serialpodcast.org/

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

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

Episode with voice disguising: https://soundcloud.com/loveandradio/jack-and-ellen

Dan Savage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Savage

The Wisdom of J Thunderbolt: https://soundcloud.com/loveandradio/the-wisdom-of-jay

Third Coast International Festival: http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/

Ira Glass: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Glass

Answer Me This! http://answermethispodcast.com/

No Such Thing As A Fish: http://qi.com/podcast/

HBO: http://www.hbo.com/

Digital Native: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_native

PRX: http://www.prx.org/

Snap Judgement: http://snapjudgment.org/

Chicago Public Media: https://www.chicagopublicmedia.org/

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In GBA 228 we get even better acquainted with Mathy. She talks about her book Quit or Embrace Your Job Crisis, being a Third Culture Kid, navigating change, race, grief, stereotypes, depression, faith and creativity. We met up at the William Morris Gallery​ a few months back to ago. A lot has changed for both of us since she we had our last conversation way back in GBA 50.

This is the first GBA conversation that I had with Mathy: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-50-mathy

Mathy plugs:

Quit or Embrace Your Job Crisis: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Quit-Embrace-your-job-crisis/dp/1508592136/

Good Morning Mathy: https://www.youtube.com/user/whathejobisthis

I plug:

Spark London: Muticultural Minds: https://www.facebook.com/events/1735829253307581/

Stand Up Tragedy Presents: https://www.facebook.com/events/461679520679231/

We mention:

Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/

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

Janelle Monáe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janelle_Monáe

Tightrope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwnefUaKCbc

What the Job is This? http://whathejobisthis.com/

Personal Page: https://www.facebook.com/MathyLisikaM/

William Morris: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Morris

William Morris Gallery: http://www.wmgallery.org.uk/

Third Culture Kid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_culture_kid

Amy Clare Tasker: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-192-amy-clare-tasker

Change Curve: https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newPPM_96.htm

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This getting better acquainted extra features various performances I've done on stage during 2015.

Stand Up Tragedy Presents: https://www.facebook.com/events/461679520679231/

Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/

Multicultural Minds: https://www.facebook.com/events/1735829253307581/

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

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

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

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

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In GBA 227 we get better acquainted with Charlie. Over coffee and cake he talks about commissioning documentaries for The Guardian, being arrested for protesting tax avoidance, what he looks for in documentaries, activism, being a vegan, working at Sheffield Doc Fest, Jewishness, solidarity and more.

Charlie plugs:

Guardian Documentaries: http://www.theguardian.com/news/series/the-guardian-documentary

and giving him feedback on the Guardian Docs:

I plug:

Stand Up Tragedy presents.... http://www.facebook.com/events/461679520679231/

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

We mention:

Sonjas episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-164-sonja

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

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

Auto Trader: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/

Alan Rusbridger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Rusbridger

Owen Jones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Jones_(writer)

Polly Toynbee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polly_Toynbee

Jonathan Freedland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Freedland

Vlogging: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_blog

Sheffield Doc/Fest: https://sheffdocfest.com/

291 Gallary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/291_(art_gallery)

Channel 4: http://www.channel4.com/

Andrew Kötting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_K%C3%B6tting

Pan's Labyrinth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan%27s_Labyrinth

Guillermo del Toro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_del_Toro

Super 8: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_8_film

Structuralist Filmakers of the 60's and 70's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_film

Hasidic Judaism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasidic_Judaism

Radical Jewish Identity of the late 19th and early 20th Century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_left

Trash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trash_(nightclub)

Betty and the Werewolves: http://damagedgoods.co.uk/bands/betty-and-the-werewolves

C86: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C86_(album)

Paper Thin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2A2XBrI_T0

Damaged Goods: http://damagedgoods.co.uk/

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

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

Appropriate Behaviour: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appropriate_Behaviour

SXSW: http://www.sxsw.com/

20,000 Days on Earth: http://nickcave.com/news/nick-cave-20000-days-on-earth/

Jeremy Deller: http://www.jeremydeller.org/

Joe Sacco: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Sacco

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

Ariel Shrag: http://www.arielschrag.com/

Persepolis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_(comics)

Tiny Furniture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Furniture

Ira Glass: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Glass

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

Door Into The Dark: http://doorintothedark.com/

Socialist Worker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Workers_Party_(UK)

Tony Benn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Benn

Climate Rush: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_Rush

Climate Camp: https://twitter.com/climatecamp

UK Uncut: http://www.ukuncut.org.uk/

Jewdas: http://jewdas.org/

EDL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Defence_League

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

Horse Meat: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/horsemeat-scandal

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In GBA 226 we get better acquainted with Cheryl. She tells the story of when as a result of misunderstandings and other circumstantial issues she was taken from her home by the police and put into a mental institution against her will. This experience changed her understanding of the human rights afforded to people with mental health issues and her knowledge of what mental health services can be like. This traumatic experience inspired her to become an anti-psychiatry activist. We have a conversation around her story about our different perspectives on mental health but mostly the episode focuses on the details of her experience which are terrifying, vivid and often horribly darkly funny.

For more perspectives and experiences of mental health listen to this collection of Getting Better Acquainted episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/mental-health-issues

Cheryl plugs:

Speak Out Against Psychiatry: http://speakoutagainstpsychiatry.org/

Asylum Magazine: http://www.asylumonline.net/

Petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/104681

I plug:

Spark London: Multicultural Minds: https://www.picturehouses.com/film/spark-london-storytelling-multi-cultural-minds

Stand Up Tragedy: Tragic Autumn: http://www.facebook.com/events/1453089018350037/

Stand Up Tragedy presents.... http://www.facebook.com/events/461679520679231/

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

We mention:

Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/

Mind Freedom International: http://mindfreedom.org/

Network Against Psychiatric Assault: http://networkagainstpsychiatricassault.org/

Kidnapped by Psychiatry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU0Ue1xg9m4

ECT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroconvulsive_therapy

Mind: http://www.mind.org.uk/

DSM 5: http://www.dsm5.org/Pages/Default.aspx

Bupa: http://www.bupa.co.uk/

Rethink: http://www.rethink.org/

Nellie Bly - 10 days in a Mad-House: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/bly/madhouse/madhouse.html

Aunty Margaret: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-125-margaret

My story from the Spark London Mental Health Stories night is included in this GBA episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/uncertain-new-year

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In GBA 225 we get better acquainted with Frog. He talks about Daniel Barker's Birthday, glass aquariums, a love for natural history and the history of science, high and low culture and literature, the twitter-verse, the story of the family Tench and how he came to be writing a book about whaling. And he did all this whilst at the same time cooking a delicious meal for two.

Frog plugs:

China_Miéville: Iron Council: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Iron-Council-New-Crobuzon-3/dp/0330534203

China_Miéville: Perdido Street Station: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Perdido-Street-Station-New-Crobuzon/dp/0330534238

Twitter: @gimzify: https://twitter.com/gimzify

@FrogCroakley: https://twitter.com/frogcroakley

The Sea Hates A Coward (Tomes of the Dead) by Nathan/Nate Crowley: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Hates-Coward-Tomes-Dead-ebook/dp/B013I681P8

I plug:

Stand Up Tragedy: Tragic Autumn: http://www.facebook.com/events/1453089018350037/

Stand Up Tragedy presents.... http://www.facebook.com/events/461679520679231/

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

We mention:

Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/

Daniel Barker: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-177-daniel-barker

Daniel Barker's Birthday: https://storify.com/FrogCroakley/the-colelcted-daniel-barker-s-birth

http://danielbarker.cogdiss.com/

On Buzzfeed: http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/a-guy-complained-no-one-had-wished-him-happy-birthday-on-twi

Guy / @brainmage: https://twitter.com/brainmage

China Miéville: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Mi%C3%A9ville

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

Dickens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens

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

Timehop: http://timehop.com/

Helen Zaltzman: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-200-pt-1-with-helen-zaltzman

London Aquarium: https://www2.visitsealife.com/london/

London Zoo: https://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo

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

Izaak Walter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izaak_Walton

The Compleat Angler: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izaak_Walton#The_Compleat_Angler

Whipsnade: https://www.zsl.org/zsl-whipsnade-zoo

Amsterdam: http://www.artis.nl/en/artis-royal-zoo/

National Aquarium Atlanta Georgia: http://www.georgiaaquarium.org/

Whale shark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_shark

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

His Dark Materials: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Dark_Materials

Studio Ghibli: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Ghibli

Warhammer 40k: http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Warhammer-40-000

Great Exhibition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Exhibition

Dinosaurs in Chrystal Palace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Palace_Dinosaurs

Moby Dick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby-Dick

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

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In GBA 224 we get better acquainted with AJ. She talks about writing and performing poetry, finding her poetry voice as a result of transitioning, responding to banter culture, transphobia and transmisogyny, kink, sex and sexuality. This was a snatched conversation during the Edinburgh Fringe 2015 where we were both did solo shows. Our shows had a lot of cross over and that's reflected in the conversation.

AJ plugs:

A Lady of a Certain Rage: http://www.lulu.com/shop/aj-mckenna/a-lady-of-a-certain-rage/paperback/product-21075072.html

The Gunshots that Kill Us Are Silenced: https://ajmckenna.bandcamp.com/album/the-gunshots-which-kill-us-are-silenced

Public Address III: http://www.applesandsnakes.org/page/108/PUBLIC+ADDRESS+THE+SOAPBOX+TOUR/1597

@AnathemaJane: https://twitter.com/anathemajane

I plug:

Stand Up Tragedy presents.... https://www.facebook.com/events/461679520679231/

Stand Up Tragedy: Tragic Autumn: http://www.facebook.com/events/1453089018350037/

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

We mention:

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

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

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

UKIP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Independence_Party

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

#KillAllMen: https://stavvers.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/kill-all-men/

https://medium.com/matter/the-meme-ification-of-misandry-3b0c95ad51f5

Bahar Mustafa: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/bahar-mustafa-goldsmiths-university-diversity-officer-could-lose-job-after-being-accused-by-students-10260697.html

#FuckCisPeople: https://cisnormativity.wordpress.com/2013/08/17/disrupting-the-politics-of-etiquette/

Kate Fox: http://katefox.co.uk/

Angela Readman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Readman

Rich Mix: http://www.richmix.org.uk/

The Bathroom Thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7qfU45jhOQ

Queer'Say: http://bit.ly/1OGtG04

Daniel Bye: http://www.danielbye.co.uk/

Marina Abramović: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Abramovi%C4%87

Sarah Thomasin: http://sarahthomasin.com/

Kate Tempest: http://katetempest.co.uk/

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

If You'd Prefer A Milder Comedian Please Ask for One: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stewart-Lee-Prefer-Milder-Comedian/dp/B003XMVGYQ

Josie Long: http://www.josielong.com/

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fun_Home

Eggshells: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUQdVTNnr_4

Stonewall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots

Mattachine Society: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattachine_Society

Ferguson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_unrest

Autogynephilia: http://www.tsroadmap.com/info/autogynephilia.html

DSM: http://psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm

Breuer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Breuer

Charcot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Martin_Charcot

Freud: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud

Hirschfeld: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Hirschfeld

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

Topping from the Bottom: http://houseofvoid.com/2012/04/18/topping-from-the-bottom-what-does-it-mean/

Fay Roberts: http://www.fayroberts.co.uk/

6 Sexes: http://www.nature.com/news/sex-redefined-1.16943

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

My Revelation Will Not Be Trivialised: https://ajmckenna.bandcamp.com/track/my-revelation-will-not-be-trivialised

Gil Scott-Heron: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Scott-Heron

Pegging: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegging_(sexual_practice)

Chella Quint: https://chellaquint.wordpress.com/

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

Chelsea Poe: http://chelseapoe.com/

Kasey Platt - A Safe Girl to Love: https://alumni.columbia.edu/node/984451

Gender dysphoria: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_dysphoria

Transmisogyny: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transmisogyny