Getting Better Acquainted

Getting Better Acquainted

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  • GBA 35 Tony
    In GBA 35 we get better acquainted with Tony. I talk with my brother about... well brotherhood. Our shared history, tensions, love, influences on each other, our similarities and differences. It's a bit touching. We also talk about teaching, art, drama, and wasps.
    GBA is getting all warm and fuzzy just in time for Christmas. In fact next Wednesday will be a Christmas special! Then I'm taking a week off. Returning in the new year.
    Tony doesn't really plug anything.
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    1 hr 9 min
  • GBA 34 Eric and Dad
    In GBA 34 we get better acquainted with both Eric and my father. It's late at night after dinner and we’ve had a few drinks, so we also get better acquainted with me as I talk more than usual. We talk about their friendship (which is older than me), the effects and interactions of one generation on another, Eric and my Dad’s short but very interesting experiences in teaching and Eric’s big theory on how class is experienced in modern Britain.
    The plugging section is devoted to what Eric and Dad would like to say to younger generations, although ironically it is rather hijacked by me talking about how important it is to listen to other generations!
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    1 hr 17 min
  • GBA 34 Eric and Dad
    In GBA 34 we get better acquainted with both Eric and my father. It's late at night after dinner and we’ve had a few drinks, so we also get better acquainted with me as I talk more than usual. We talk about their friendship (which is older than me), the effects and interactions of one generation on another, Eric and my Dad’s short but very interesting experiences in teaching and Eric’s big theory on how class is experienced in modern Britain.
    The plugging section is devoted to what Eric and Dad would like to say to younger generations, although ironically it is rather hijacked by me talking about how important it is to listen to other generations!
    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
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    1 hr 17 min
  • GBA 33 Eric
    In GBA 33 we get better acquainted with Eric. He talks about his extensive BBC career, film making, writing, how he met my father, the effect of national service and the physical and sensual process of typing. And a lot more. He also has a very interesting approach to the process of being recorded.
    Eric deconstructs the process and purpose of plugging.
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    1 hr 7 min
  • GBA 33 Eric
    In GBA 33 we get better acquainted with Eric. He talks about his extensive BBC career, film making, writing, how he met my father, the effect of national service and the physical and sensual process of typing. And a lot more. He also has a very interesting approach to the process of being recorded.
    Eric deconstructs the process and purpose of plugging.
    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
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    1 hr 7 min
  • GBA 32 Joanna Yates
    In GBA 32 we get better acquainted with Joanna Yates. She talks true stories, psychology and Spark London. A great in depth conversation about the ethics, impact and art of telling true life stories. We recorded this conversation in the bar of the Cafe Canal Theatre where the monthly Spark London true story nights take place.
    December 5th: Spark London @ The Cafe Canal Theatre - New Beginnings: http://www.sparklondon.com/event/2011/12/05/42
    December 19th: Spark London Open Mic @ Ritzy Cinema, Brixton - Christmas: http://www.sparklondon.com/event/2011/12/19/48
    Joanna plugs sharing a story at Spark London:
    To do that see http://www.sparklondon.com/ for upcoming themes and email [email protected] with your story.
    Two stories I told at Spark, one at the Brixton Open Mic and one at The Cafe Canal Theatre can be heard in GBA1: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-1-dave
    Listen to Spark London weekly on it's podcast available from their website, on mixcloud or through iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/spark-london/id348365296 One of my stories and a few stories by past and future GBA guests can be found there.
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    53 min
  • GBA 32 Joanna Yates
    In GBA 32 we get better acquainted with Joanna Yates. She talks true stories, psychology and Spark London. A great in depth conversation about the ethics, impact and art of telling true life stories. We recorded this conversation in the bar of the Cafe Canal Theatre where the monthly Spark London true story nights take place.
    December 5th: Spark London @ The Cafe Canal Theatre - New Beginnings: http://www.sparklondon.com/event/2011/12/05/42
    December 19th: Spark London Open Mic @ Ritzy Cinema, Brixton - Christmas: http://www.sparklondon.com/event/2011/12/19/48
    Joanna plugs sharing a story at Spark London:
    To do that see http://www.sparklondon.com/ for upcoming themes and email [email protected] with your story.
    Two stories I told at Spark, one at the Brixton Open Mic and one at The Cafe Canal Theatre can be heard in GBA1: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-1-dave
    Listen to Spark London weekly on it's podcast available from their website, on mixcloud or through iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/spark-london/id348365296 One of my stories and a few stories by past and future GBA guests can be found there.
    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
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    53 min
  • GBA Extra - Chris
    In this GBA Extra I talk to Chris about how the March for Alternative (the demo against the cuts on the 26th March 2011) looked from the point of view of a legal observer.
    In GBC 31 Ged and me discussed our experiences of that March: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-31-ged
    Chris has a full conversation in GBA 25: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-25-chris
    UK Uncut: http://www.ukuncut.org.uk/
    Fortnum 145: http://fortnum145.org/2011/11/08/have-we-opted-out-of-universal-human-rights/
    Chris added this to the conversation:
    From the student protests last year, from March 26th and other challenges to the neoliberal austerity programme, people have been going to prison on absurd public order charges. Witnesses can make the difference between freedom and prison, and you may be a witness so here's a quick callout: if you saw any arrests during that protest or another, on the student demo just passed on November 9th, or if you see arrests during the upcoming strike next Wednesday November 30th, please contact GBC, on 07946 541 511 or via [email protected]. Our website is http://greenandblackcross.org If you would like to train as a legal observer, there is a training happening tomorrow (Saturday November 26th, 1 til 5.30pm) at the Bank of Ideas, the repossessed bank building in Sun Street, Hackney.
    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
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    25 min
  • GBA Extra - Chris
    In this GBA Extra I talk to Chris about how the March for Alternative (the demo against the cuts on the 26th March 2011) looked from the point of view of a legal observer.
    In GBC 31 Ged and me discussed our experiences of that March: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-31-ged
    Chris has a full conversation in GBA 25: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-25-chris
    UK Uncut: http://www.ukuncut.org.uk/
    Fortnum 145: http://fortnum145.org/2011/11/08/have-we-opted-out-of-universal-human-rights/
    Chris added this to the conversation:
    From the student protests last year, from March 26th and other challenges to the neoliberal austerity programme, people have been going to prison on absurd public order charges. Witnesses can make the difference between freedom and prison, and you may be a witness so here's a quick callout: if you saw any arrests during that protest or another, on the student demo just passed on November 9th, or if you see arrests during the upcoming strike next Wednesday November 30th, please contact GBC, on 07946 541 511 or via [email protected]. Our website is http://greenandblackcross.org If you would like to train as a legal observer, there is a training happening tomorrow (Saturday November 26th, 1 til 5.30pm) at the Bank of Ideas, the repossessed bank building in Sun Street, Hackney.
    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
    Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!
    25 min
  • GBA 31 Ged
    In GBA 31 we get better acquainted with Ged. He talks about Blackpool, class, George Orwell & protest amongst other things. We are on a train to Edinburgh and drinking beer. We also address some of our points of tension.
    Look out for a GBA extra ON FRIDAY where I get another POV on the march that me and Ged discuss.
    Ged plugs:
    His Indian Schools comic adaptation of Voyage of the Beagal by Charles Darwin
    Dogem Logic: http://www.dodgemlogic.com/
    Ged's Comic Strip: Twixt the Steeple and the Ground http://www.flickr.com/photos/thoughtbubblefestival/5065122049/
    If people want to get in touch with Ged about writing or theatre related matters drop me an email at [email protected] and I'll pass on your messages.
    Additional: Movember: http://uk.movember.com/mospace/1560146/
    Ged mentions Z Net: http://zcommunications.org/znet
    The TUC organised March for the Alernative:
    My blog on the day: http://goosefat101twitterspills.blogspot.com/2011/03/truth.html
    Jen's Blog on the day:http://www.jadamthwaite.co.uk/from-the-living-room/2011/3/27/drums-and-bubbles-our-experience-of-the-march.html
    UK Uncut: http://www.ukuncut.org.uk/
    GBC Legal: http://greenandblackcross.org/legal
    Fortnum 145: http://fortnum145.org/2011/11/08/have-we-opted-out-of-universal-human-rights/
    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
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    1 hr

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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.