Getting Better Acquainted

Getting Better Acquainted

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  • GBA 138 Scott
    In GBA 138 we get better acquainted with Scott. He talks about living with cluster headaches, primary stabbing headaches and other forms of neurological disability, watching and playing football, growing up in South London, working in electrical distribution trade, going to music festivals and more.
    We sit back and relax in the park on the South Bank during the sunshine of last summer and get pleasantly tipsy during the recording, I give an account of my only encounter with the Glastonbury festival and we consider the values of love, empathy and George.
    Scott plugs: Love.
    We mention:
    Apples for Everyone: https://myspace.com/applesforeveryone
    George Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-6-george
    Udderbelly: https://www.underbelly.co.uk/
    London Eye: http://www.londoneye.com/
    Royal Festival Hall: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/royal-festival-hall
    SOAS: http://www.soas.ac.uk/
    Crash: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115964/
    Talha Ahsan: http://freetalha.org/
    George and Jack episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-106-jack-and-george
    Lou Reed: http://www.loureed.com/inmemoriam/
    Ash: http://www.ash-official.com/
    David Bowie: http://www.davidbowie.com/
    Macy Gray: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macy_Gray
    Manu Chao: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Chao
    Clandestino: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clandestino
    White Stripes: http://www.whitestripes.com/
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    1 hr 9 min
  • GBA 138 Scott
    In GBA 138 we get better acquainted with Scott. He talks about living with cluster headaches, primary stabbing headaches and other forms of neurological disability, watching and playing football, growing up in South London, working in electrical distribution trade, going to music festivals and more.
    We sit back and relax in the park on the South Bank during the sunshine of last summer and get pleasantly tipsy during the recording, I give an account of my only encounter with the Glastonbury festival and we consider the values of love, empathy and George.
    Scott plugs: Love.
    We mention:
    Apples for Everyone: https://myspace.com/applesforeveryone
    George Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-6-george
    Udderbelly: https://www.underbelly.co.uk/
    London Eye: http://www.londoneye.com/
    Royal Festival Hall: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/royal-festival-hall
    SOAS: http://www.soas.ac.uk/
    Crash: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115964/
    Talha Ahsan: http://freetalha.org/
    George and Jack episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-106-jack-and-george
    Lou Reed: http://www.loureed.com/inmemoriam/
    Ash: http://www.ash-official.com/
    David Bowie: http://www.davidbowie.com/
    Macy Gray: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macy_Gray
    Manu Chao: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Chao
    Clandestino: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clandestino
    White Stripes: http://www.whitestripes.com/
    You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond.
    On-demand and on the go!
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    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
    1 hr 9 min
  • GBA 137 Liz
    In GBA 137 we get better acquainted with Liz. She talks about her years as a Traffic Warden, writing, making music, being a Claims Adviser and more.
    Liz plugs:
    Her music - http://lizwyatt.com/
    https://www.facebook.com/LizWyattMusic
    We mention:
    Paul Farley: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Farley
    Requiem for a Dream: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requiem_for_a_Dream
    Paolo Nutini: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Nutini
    Heartbeat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbeat_(UK_TV_series)
    Parking chaos claim over no Aberystwyth traffic wardens: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-13712977
    You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond.
    On-demand and on the go!
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    1 hr 2 min
  • GBA 137 Liz
    In GBA 137 we get better acquainted with Liz. She talks about her years as a Traffic Warden, writing, making music, being a Claims Adviser and more.
    Liz plugs:
    Her music - http://lizwyatt.com/
    https://www.facebook.com/LizWyattMusic
    We mention:
    Paul Farley: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Farley
    Requiem for a Dream: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requiem_for_a_Dream
    Paolo Nutini: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Nutini
    Heartbeat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbeat_(UK_TV_series)
    Parking chaos claim over no Aberystwyth traffic wardens: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-13712977
    You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond.
    On-demand and on the go!
    Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores.
    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
    1 hr 2 min
  • GBA 136 Tony Hickson
    In GBA 136 we get better acquainted with Tony. He talks knife throwing accidents, impersonating Elvis on Channel 5, being a paparazzi photographer, transgressive art, travelling with the Circus, the World Gurning Championships, making serial killer puppet shows and more.
    Tony plugs:
    Meat Plough - https://www.facebook.com/groups/265143463593665/
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Magazine-journal-transgressive-Londons-pigeons/dp/B008LF8UNA
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thatcher-death-special-Tony-Hickson/dp/B00C9JM9C2/
    http://tonyhickson1.wix.com/tonyhickson
    I plug:
    Tragic Christmas: https://www.facebook.com/events/215735955261699/
    We mention:
    The Dave: https://soundcloud.com/the-dave
    Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com/
    Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/
    Spark story: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/papped-out-tony-hickson/
    Paul Daniels: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Daniels
    Gary Newman: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Numan
    Amy Winehouse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Winehouse
    Pete Doherty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Doherty
    Kate Moss: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Moss
    Kate Middleton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine,_Duchess_of_Cambridge
    The Ivy: http://www.the-ivy.co.uk/
    Christopher Biggins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Biggins
    Lady Gaga: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gaga
    Guinness Book of Records: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Records
    Stand Up Tragedy story: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/stand-up-tragedy-14
    Foolhardy Circus Knife Throwing Inccident 1995: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm9og5oFfpE
    Egremont Crab Fair World Gurning Championships: https://www.facebook.com/EgremontCrabFairWorldGurningChampionships
    Worlds Ugliest Face - The Gurning: http://youtu.be/1kRTOhP28lk
    Mary Bell: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Bell
    Where's Mary: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1250289/
    Skunk Anansie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_Anansie
    Dodgy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodgy
    Psychic TV: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychic_TV
    Nirvana: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(band)
    Frank Sidebottom: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Sievey
    Channel Five: http://www.channel5.com/
    Dogem Logic: http://www.dodgemlogic.com/
    Alan Moore: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore
    Stewart Lee: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Lee
    You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond.
    On-demand and on the go!
    Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores.
    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
    59 min
  • GBA 136 Tony Hickson
    In GBA 136 we get better acquainted with Tony. He talks knife throwing accidents, impersonating Elvis on Channel 5, being a paparazzi photographer, transgressive art, travelling with the Circus, the World Gurning Championships, making serial killer puppet shows and more.
    Tony plugs:
    Meat Plough - https://www.facebook.com/groups/265143463593665/
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Magazine-journal-transgressive-Londons-pigeons/dp/B008LF8UNA
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thatcher-death-special-Tony-Hickson/dp/B00C9JM9C2/
    http://tonyhickson1.wix.com/tonyhickson
    I plug:
    Tragic Christmas: https://www.facebook.com/events/215735955261699/
    We mention:
    The Dave: https://soundcloud.com/the-dave
    Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com/
    Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/
    Spark story: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/papped-out-tony-hickson/
    Paul Daniels: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Daniels
    Gary Newman: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Numan
    Amy Winehouse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Winehouse
    Pete Doherty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Doherty
    Kate Moss: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Moss
    Kate Middleton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine,_Duchess_of_Cambridge
    The Ivy: http://www.the-ivy.co.uk/
    Christopher Biggins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Biggins
    Lady Gaga: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gaga
    Guinness Book of Records: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Records
    Stand Up Tragedy story: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/stand-up-tragedy-14
    Foolhardy Circus Knife Throwing Inccident 1995: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm9og5oFfpE
    Egremont Crab Fair World Gurning Championships: https://www.facebook.com/EgremontCrabFairWorldGurningChampionships
    Worlds Ugliest Face - The Gurning: http://youtu.be/1kRTOhP28lk
    Mary Bell: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Bell
    Where's Mary: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1250289/
    Skunk Anansie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_Anansie
    Dodgy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodgy
    Psychic TV: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychic_TV
    Nirvana: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(band)
    Frank Sidebottom: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Sievey
    Channel Five: http://www.channel5.com/
    Dogem Logic: http://www.dodgemlogic.com/
    Alan Moore: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore
    Stewart Lee: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Lee
    You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond.
    On-demand and on the go!
    Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores.
    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
    59 min
  • GBA 135 The Osmaston Family
    In this GBA Special we get better acquainted with The Osmaston Family.
    This episode is in a more documentary style and explores the posh part of my family history as I travel to the Osmaston family reunion to capture their memories of a quarter of my genetic heritage.
    A personal journey into the unknown territories of family history featuring rediscovered wartime diaries, the legacy of the British Empire, childhoods in India filled with tigers and elephants, engineering the industrial revolution, walking on graves, landed gentry, confronting the judgement of my 15 year old self and more.
    People I get better acquainted with in this episode include:
    June Hoy
    Stephen Nash
    Bill Wright
    Mark Giles
    Charles Wright
    John Osmaston
    Charles Nichols
    Henry Osmaston
    Jill Button
    Plugs:
    Doreen's Diary: http://www.doreensdiary.org.uk/
    Three Posh Boys: http://goosefat101twitterspills.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/three-posh-boys.html
    Clive's episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-11-clive
    We mention:
    People's Assembly: http://thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/
    Time Team: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-team
    St Pancras: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station
    Victoria Falls Bridge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Falls_Bridge
    Falkirk Wheel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel
    Cromford High Peak Railway: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromford_and_High_Peak_Railway
    Vauxhall Bridge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_Bridge
    Kirdford Church (St John the Bapist) http://www.achurchnearyou.com/kirdford/
    You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond.
    On-demand and on the go!
    Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores.
    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
    2 hr 2 min
  • GBA 135 The Osmaston Family
    In this GBA Special we get better acquainted with The Osmaston Family.
    This episode is in a more documentary style and explores the posh part of my family history as I travel to the Osmaston family reunion to capture their memories of a quarter of my genetic heritage.
    A personal journey into the unknown territories of family history featuring rediscovered wartime diaries, the legacy of the British Empire, childhoods in India filled with tigers and elephants, engineering the industrial revolution, walking on graves, landed gentry, confronting the judgement of my 15 year old self and more.
    People I get better acquainted with in this episode include:
    June Hoy
    Stephen Nash
    Bill Wright
    Mark Giles
    Charles Wright
    John Osmaston
    Charles Nichols
    Henry Osmaston
    Jill Button
    Plugs:
    Doreen's Diary: http://www.doreensdiary.org.uk/
    Three Posh Boys: http://goosefat101twitterspills.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/three-posh-boys.html
    Clive's episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-11-clive
    We mention:
    People's Assembly: http://thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/
    Time Team: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-team
    St Pancras: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station
    Victoria Falls Bridge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Falls_Bridge
    Falkirk Wheel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel
    Cromford High Peak Railway: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromford_and_High_Peak_Railway
    Vauxhall Bridge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_Bridge
    Kirdford Church (St John the Bapist) http://www.achurchnearyou.com/kirdford/
    You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond.
    On-demand and on the go!
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    2 hr 2 min
  • GBA 134 Caroline
    In GBA 134 we get better acquainted with Caroline. She talks about changing her own perspectives and challenging other people's perceptions, travelling to Honduras and her plans to cycle from the UK to Africa, and we swap teenage stories from the POV of ex "Mean Girl" and ex "severely bullied geek".
    Caroline plugs:
    Her future travel journalism idea: Livingstone to Livingstone!
    And the episode was put out to help fund this campaign she is currently running for the Honduras Child Alliance (9 days to go if you want to donate): http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/building-bathrooms-honduras-child-alliance
    We mention:
    Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com/
    Ritzy Cinema: http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Ritzy_Picturehouse/
    Dole: http://www.dole.com/
    VSO: http://www.vso.org.uk/
    Mathy's episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-50-
    mathy
    How does hollywood see africa - you tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKYVfmNKsDU
    Don't Shoot the Clowns - Jo Wilding: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dont-Shoot-Clowns-Taking-Circus/dp/1904456480
    Mean Girls: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_Girls
    You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond.
    On-demand and on the go!
    Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores.
    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
    1 hr 8 min
  • GBA 134 Caroline
    In GBA 134 we get better acquainted with Caroline. She talks about changing her own perspectives and challenging other people's perceptions, travelling to Honduras and her plans to cycle from the UK to Africa, and we swap teenage stories from the POV of ex "Mean Girl" and ex "severely bullied geek".
    Caroline plugs:
    Her future travel journalism idea: Livingstone to Livingstone!
    And the episode was put out to help fund this campaign she is currently running for the Honduras Child Alliance (9 days to go if you want to donate): http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/building-bathrooms-honduras-child-alliance
    We mention:
    Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com/
    Ritzy Cinema: http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Ritzy_Picturehouse/
    Dole: http://www.dole.com/
    VSO: http://www.vso.org.uk/
    Mathy's episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-50-
    mathy
    How does hollywood see africa - you tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKYVfmNKsDU
    Don't Shoot the Clowns - Jo Wilding: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dont-Shoot-Clowns-Taking-Circus/dp/1904456480
    Mean Girls: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_Girls
    You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond.
    On-demand and on the go!
    Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores.
    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
    1 hr 8 min

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A weekly podcast: Join Dave Pickering on his journey to get better acquainted with the people he knows. Part interview show, part oral history project and part autobiography through conversation.