Getting Better Acquainted

In GBA 222 we get better acquainted with Renee. She talks about storytelling, identity, culture, feminism and feeling like a grafted tree. The conversation maps out her story, the different countries she has lived, the different heritages that have formed who she is.

Renee plugs:

Her twitter: https://twitter.com/BOHOSOJO

Her blog: http://bohosojo.com/

I plug:

My twitter: https://twitter.com/goosefat101

Spark Encore: Infectious: https://www.facebook.com/events/420281474843128/

Spark Hackney: Borders: https://www.facebook.com/events/1658041704462196/

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

What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://www.facebook.com/events/1453089018350037/

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

We mention:

Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/

SOAS: https://www.soas.ac.uk/

Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Women-Who-Run-With-Wolves/dp/1846041090

Putin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin

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

The Moth: http://themoth.org/

Rachel Dolezal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Dolezal

Hafu: http://hafufilm.com/en

Miss Japan: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/30/world/asia/biracial-beauty-queen-strives-for-change-in-mono-ethnic-japan.html

International Women's Day: http://www.internationalwomensday.com/

Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mistakes-Made-Work-Influential-Reflect-ebook/dp/B00FX7LUUO

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In GBA 222 we get better acquainted with James. He talks about coding, the power dynamics around public shaming, the tech industry, online culture, masculinity and privilege. Clearly I was very much inside the process of writing the #ManSurvey show and interpreting the #ManSurvey when we recorded this episode!

James plugs:

The software he makes.

His book Javascript Testing Recipes: http://jstesting.jcoglan.com/

All of which can be found at: http://jcoglan.com/

I plug:

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

We mention:

Geek/Science Showoff: http://www.scienceshowoff.org/

Moomins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moomin

Steve Cross: https://twitter.com/steve_x

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

What if Hemingway Wrote Javascript?: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hemingway-Wrote-JavaScript-Angus-Croll/dp/1593275854

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

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

Samaritans App: http://publicsectorblogs.org.uk/2014/11/samaritans-radar-suspended-but-its-not-over-yet-adrian-short/

Doxxing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxing

You Have Been Publicly Shamed: http://www.amazon.co.uk/So-Youve-Been-Publicly-Shamed/dp/1594487138

Adria Richards: http://www.shakesville.com/2015/02/the-falsest-of-false-equivalencies.html

Revenge of the Nerds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_of_the_Nerds

Harrison Ford: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Ford

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

Blade Runner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner

Indiana Jones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_(franchise)

X-Men: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_men

Studies of gender balance in films: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/soraya-chemaly/20-mustknow-facts-about-g_b_5869564.html

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In GBA 221 we get better acquainted with Mathilda. She talks about #HowToBeFat, writing werewolf erotica, comedy, writing, performance, parenthood, slash fiction and more. We recorded the conversation in Edinburgh during the Fringe where both of us were doing solo shows that (in different ways) talk about taboo subjects, shame, identity, stigma, privilege and social pressure. We compare notes on doing shows that people might describe as brave.

Mathilda plugs:

Her Website: https://mathildia.wordpress.com

Slah Night: https://www.facebook.com/events/1114214225259785/ September 17th, Brighton

@Mathildia: https://twitter.com/mathildia

I plug:

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

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

We mention:

Rosie Wilby: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-10-rosie-wilby

Mathilda at SUT: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/tragic-horror-act-2

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

How to Be Fat: https://mathildia.wordpress.com/performance/how-to-be-fat/

Werewolf Erotica: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/14/sexy-werewolf-novel-review-us-judge

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

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

Komedia: http://www.komedia.co.uk/

Jo Neary: http://www.joneary.com/home.html

Black Lace: http://www.blacklace.co.uk/

Equal Opportunities: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Equal-Opportunities-Black-Mathilde-Madden-x/dp/0352340703

Erotic Awards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_Awards

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

Phone Whore: http://www.camerynmoore.com/

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

Kids doing PE in school: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/07/pe-teachers-fat-children-stereotyped-overweight

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

Pre Internet Slash Fic: http://www.kelper.co.uk/helenraven/prehistoryfull.html

Professionals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Professionals_(TV_series)

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

Bridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_bridge

Steven Universe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Universe

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In GBA 220 we get better acquainted with Rachel. She talks about the different strands of her life and interests that lead to or from museums: Museums Showoff, academia, science, arts and humanities, museology, consulting, producing, communicating, travelling and the theory and history of museums and exhibition design.

http://rachelsouhami.com/

https://twitter.com/rachelsouhami

Rachel plugs:

Museums Showoff: https://museumsshowoff.wordpress.com

Next one on 29th September Slaughtered Lamb: https://museumsshowoff.wordpress.com/2015/08/14/sept-29-sign-up/

@MuseumsShowoff: https://twitter.com/MuseumsShowoff

I plug:

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

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

We mention:

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

Helen & Martin: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-answer-me-this-episodes-1

Science Showoff: http://www.scienceshowoff.org/

Steve Cross: https://twitter.com/steve_x

Bristol City Museum: http://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/bristol-museum-and-art-gallery/

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

Carsten Holler: Decision http://carstenholler.southbankcentre.co.uk/

Hayward Gallery: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/hayward-gallery

Jon Durant: http://web.mit.edu/sts/people/durant.html

Science Museum: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/

Welcome Wing: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/about_us/doing_business_with_us/corporate_and_private_events/receptions_galas/wellcome_wing.aspx

NESTA: http://www.nesta.org.uk/

Behind the Scenes at the Science Museum by Sharon MacDonald: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Behind-Scenes-Science-Materializing-Culture/dp/1859735711

Kierkegaard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard

Museum of Copenhagen: http://www.copenhagen.dk/en/

Louisiana Museum of Art just outside of Copenhagen: http://en.louisiana.dk/

Manchester Museum: http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/

Launchpad: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum_OLD/galleries/launchpad.aspx

Bodmer Report: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_awareness_of_science#The_Bodmer_Report

National Gallary: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/

Future of Museums Conferance: https://museumsshowoff.wordpress.com/the-future-of-museums/

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ny_Carlsberg_Glyptotek

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This recording is unedited and posted in a no frills way due to the intensive workload of the festival, and for that reason these shows will also not have shownotes attached to them.

25th August: Keith Jarrett: http://zoneonetosix.blogspot.co.uk/

This recording is unedited and posted in a no frills way due to the intensive workload of the festival, and for that reason these shows will also not have shownotes attached to them.

18th August: Ms Samantha Mann: http://www.mssamanthamann.com/

A live recording of a GBA recorded at #edfringe 2015 at the Banshee Labyrinth as part of the PBH Free Fringe.

This recording is unedited and posted in a no frills way due to the intensive workload of the festival, and for that reason these shows will also not have shownotes attached to them.

11th August: Jenni Pascoe: http://freefringe.org.uk/edinburgh-fringe-festival/jibbajabba-3/2015-08-12/

In this getting better acquainted extra I talk with/at my partner Jen about Edinburgh Fringe prep as well as recommending a bunch of excellent shows. Plus a clip from a few years ago where my niece interviewed me about a children's show we had just seen.

Due to time constraints this conversation hasn't been edited at all so it's a good way of noticing how much editing I usually do. Not editing it means that I haven't worked on the levels. Sorry about that!

My shows:

What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: 12.05 at Cabaret Voltaire Mini Cini 8th-30th August: http://www.mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk

Stand Up Tragedy: 19.30 at Banshee Labyrinth Banqueting Room: 8th-30th August: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk

Getting Better Acquainted: 19.30 at Banshee Labyrinth Banqueting Room: 11th/18th/25th August: https://www.facebook.com/events/1446178112341943/

Recommendations:

Mathilda Gregory: How To Be Fat: 18.55 at Zoo Southside 7th-31st August Tickets here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/how-to-be-fat

Cameryn Moore: Phone Whore (A One Act Play With Frequent Interruptions): 19:05 at Sweet Grassmarket 6th-30th August: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/phone-whore-a-one-act-play-with-frequent-interruptions

Jack Rooke: Good Grief: Delhi Belly @ Underbelly 16.00 at 6th – 30th August: http://www.underbellyedinburgh.co.uk/whats-on/jack-rooke-good-grief

Hannah Chutzpah: Asking Nicely: 18.45 at the Pilgrim 8th-29th August: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/asking-nicely

AJ McKenna: Howl of the Bantee: 18.15 at The Stafford Centre 16th-22nd August: freefringe.org.uk/edinburgh-fringe-festival/howl-of-the-bantee/all/

Paula Varjack: How I became my self (by becoming someone else): 12:30 at Cowgatehead UpTwo 8th - 30th August: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/how-i-became-myself-by-becoming-someone-else

Cameryn Moore: Slut (R)evolution: 21:35 at Sweet Grassmarket 6th-30th August: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/slut-r-evolution-no-one-gets-there-overnight

Rosie Wilby: The Science of Sex: 17.00 at Sneaky Pete's 8th-15th August: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/rosie-wilby-the-science-of-sex

Brydie Lee-Kennedy Loves You Two: 16:15 at Just the Tonic at the Caves (Salvation Rooms) 6th-31st August: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/brydie-lee-kennedy-loves-you-two

Chella Quint: Adventures in Menstruating: 19.30 at The Stafford Centre at 8th – 28th August: https://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/event/504763-adventures-in-menstruating-with-chella-quint/

Miranda Kane: The Coin-Operated Girl – A Sex Worker’s Real Life Revelations of Frivolous Fornications: 16.05 at Liquid Room Annexe 8th-30th August: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/coin-operated-girl-a-sex-worker-s-real-life-revelations-of-frivolous-fornications

Kids Do Forth at the Fringe: 11.00 at Gilded Balloon 14th/15th August: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/kids-do-forth-on-the-fringe

Comedy Club 4 Kids: 16.15 at Assembly Roxy 6th-30th August: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/comedy-club-4-kids

Previous GBA's with some of the people whose shows are on the list:

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

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

Hannah Chutzpah: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-45-hannah

Paula Varjack: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-194-paula-varjack

Rosie Wilby: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-10-rosie-wilby

Brydie Lee-Kennedy/Bec Hill: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-7-gods-of-comedy

Chella Quint: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-11-chella-quint

https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-200-pt-2-with-chella-quint

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In GBA 219 we get better acquainted with Anna Sulan Masing. She talks about how food, performance and post colonial feminism are bound up together in her in her life and work, discusses cultural practice and appropriation and considers her feelings and thoughts around identity, race, gender and home. We also discuss her new play "Don't sing in the kitchen or you'll marry an old man", my solo show "What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity" and the survey I did of 1000 anonymous men.

Anna plugs:

Plug: Don't sing in the kitchen or you'll marry an old man: 6th August at Barge Bar: https://www.facebook.com/events/1467633526881495/

Website for show: http://dontsing.co.uk

Her website: http://annmasing.com

On twitter: http://www.twitter.com/annasulan

I plug:

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

GBA and SUT in Edinburgh: http://www.facebook.com/events/1378858509079820/

http://www.facebook.com/events/1446178112341943/

http://www.facebook.com/events/1554323898168649/

We mention:

ManSurvey: http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/the-survey/

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

Paula: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-194-paula-varjack

Chefs of Tomorrow: http://www.chefsoftomorrow.co.uk/

Duck and Waffle: http://duckandwaffle.com/

Iban: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iban_people

Interview with woman from Sambal Shiok: http://www.dontsing.co.uk/#!Behind-the-scenes-Mandy-of-Sambal-Shiok/c1kod/55a19be80cf286eab020864b

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

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

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

Monet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Monet

Trinh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinh_T._Minh-ha

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

Jamie Oliver: http://www.jamieoliver.com/

Jamie Oliver "Jollofgate": http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/jamie-olivers-version-of-jollof-rice-does-not-go-down-well-with-west-africans-9829847.html

Citizenship Test: http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/can-you-pass-a-uk-citizenship-test-most-young-people-cant--gJ0v-H6BQx

Rihanna video: http://www.vevo.com/watch/rihanna/bitch-better-have-my-money-(explicit)/QM5FT1590005

Talk around BBHMM video: http://mediadiversified.org/2015/07/04/so-were-still-all-talking-about-rihannas-bitch-better-have-my-money/

The Island - Bear Grylls: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-island-with-bear-grylls

Gloria Steinham - playboy bunny: http://www.gloriasteinem.com/updates/2011/8/22/i-was-a-playboy-bunny.html

Zonta International: http://www.zonta.org/

Family Reunion Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-135-the-osmaston-family

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

LASSCO: http://www.lassco.co.uk/

Anna at Stand Up Tragedy: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/tragic-summer-act-3-tragic-leisure

Vera Chok: http://beautifulbitchmonsteridiot.com/

Samantha Mann: http://www.mssamanthamann.com/

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In GBA 218 we get better acquainted with Shaun Atwood. He talks about being "the Walter White of the Ecstasy market in Arizona", struggling to survive in maximum and medium security prisons, starting a blog from the inside jail, playing chess with the Mafia, racism within criminal justice systems, teaching creative writing to prisoners, the Prison Industrial Complex, prohibition, the War on Drugs and more.

Shaun plugs:

Trilogy of memoir books: Hard Time, Party Time, Prison Time

Website: http://www.shaunattwood.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/shaunattwood

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shaun-Attwood/228166633865948

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/derickatt/featured

Blog: Jon's Jail Journal: http://jonsjailjournal.blogspot.co.uk/

I plug:

My preview on 23rd July: http://www.facebook.com/events/1598769017027875/

GBA and SUT in Edinburgh: http://www.facebook.com/events/1378858509079820/

http://www.facebook.com/events/1446178112341943/

http://www.facebook.com/events/1554323898168649/

We mention:

Spark London: http://sparklondon.com

HMP Thameside: http://www.hmpthameside.org/

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

Hard Time:

Wolf of Wall Street: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolf_of_Wall_Street_(2013_film)

Scarface: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarface_(1983_film)

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

Rambo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambo_(film_series)

Breaking Bad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad

OJ Simpson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._J._Simpson

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition: http://www.leap.cc/

Schopenhauer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer

A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Day_in_the_Life_of_Ivan_Denisovich

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Solzhenitsyn

Shawshank Redemption: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shawshank_Redemption

Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasing_the_Scream

Johann Hari on Little Atoms: http://www.littleatoms.com/podcast/johann-hari-chasing-scream

Orange is the New Black: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Is_the_New_Black

Queen Victoria: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria

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

Fred West: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_West

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

The Bush Family: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_family

Corrections Corporation of America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrections_Corporation_of_America

Three Strikes Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-strikes_law

California Prison Guards Union: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Correctional_Peace_Officers_Association

Broadcom: https://www.broadcom.com/

Chris Grayling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Grayling

Kill the Messenger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_the_Messenger_(2014_film)

Gary Webb: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Webb

Nancy Reagan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Reagan

Just Say No: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Say_No

Ronald Reagan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan

George Bush Sr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush

Bill Clinton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton

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

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