Getting Better Acquainted

In this last minute GBA Extra Dave takes you on a short tour of a house full of boxes. It's completely live and unedited due to life getting in the way a bit this week. But next week things should be back to normal!

I plug:

Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/

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

http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/

The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-family-tree/id1113714688

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It's another episode of GBA Replayed which showcases some of the conversations recorded in the early years of Getting Better Acquainted. This is the last of a four episode GBA Replayed season replaying some of the live episodes recorded at previous Edinburgh Festival Fringes.

The original shownotes:

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.

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

I plug:

Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/

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

http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/

Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360

The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-family-tree/id1113714688

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It's another episode of GBA Replayed which showcases some of the conversations recorded in the early years of Getting Better Acquainted. This is the third of a four episode GBA Replayed season replaying some of the live episodes recorded at previous Edinburgh Festival Fringes.

Find Tamer here: https://twitter.com/TamerKattan

He has a comedy album called Brown Sheep here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/brown-sheep/1122642310

The original shownotes:

A live recording of a GBA recorded at #edfringe 2014 at the Royal Oak as part of the PBH Free Fringe.

CONTENT NOTE: The conversations touches on child abuse, drug use, violence and bullying.

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.

21st August: Tamer Kattan: http://www.tamerkattan.com/

Tamer Kattan was born an outsider and that's where he stayed. This Egyptian-born American was born into a family of Muslims, Christians and Jews leaving him incredibly comfortable in the uncomfortable. From school yard bullies to an abusive father, comedy quickly became a weapon of this underdog. This award winning international comedian with TV and commercial credits in the United States. A regular at the Comedy store, Improv and Laugh Factory in Los Angeles, he now resides in the UK where you can find him at Comedy Cafe, Top Secret and The Comedy store in London.

I plug:

Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/

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

http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/

Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360

The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-family-tree/id1113714688

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It's another episode of GBA Replayed which showcases some of the conversations recorded in the early years of Getting Better Acquainted. This is the first of a four episode GBA Replayed season replaying some of the live episodes recorded at previous Edinburgh Festival Fringes.

Rosie has turned one of the shows that we talked about into a book:

Is Monogamy Dead?

Rethinking relationships in the 21st century: https://www.accentpress.co.uk/is-monogamy-dead

And she also has a new podcast:

The Breakup Monologues with Rosie Wilby: https://www.acast.com/thebreakupmonologues

The original shownotes:

A live recording of a GBA recorded at #edfringe 2014 at the Royal Oak 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.

Rosie Wilby: http://www.rosiewilby.com/

Rosie Wilby is a comedian, musician, writer and broadcaster based in London. As a comedian, she has performed at Sydney Mardi Gras, The Comedy Store, Latitude Festival and on Radio 4. As a musician she has performed at Glastonbury Festival, Ronnie Scotts and on Carlton TV.

I plug:

Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/

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

http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/

Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360

The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-family-tree/id1113714688

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It's another episode of GBA Replayed which showcases some of the conversations recorded in the early years of Getting Better Acquainted. This is the first of a four episode GBA Replayed season replaying some of the live episodes recorded at previous Edinburgh Festival Fringes.

Fay has show's happening at Edinburgh 2018:

The Selkie: A Song of Many Waters: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/selkie-a-song-of-many-waters

Other Voices: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/other-voices-spoken-word-cabaret

The original shownotes:

A live recording of a GBA recorded at #edfringe 2014 at the Royal Oak 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.

20th August: 20th August: Fay Roberts: http://www.fayroberts.co.uk/

Fay Roberts is a performance poet and peripatetic percussionist. By day she pokes projects and by night she projects across a microphone. She runs the Cambridge chapter of Hammer & Tongue, along with her own arts label/ brand/ movement/ “nebulous poetry concept” Allographic Press. And she is the director of Spoken Word at PBH's Free Fringe and runs Other Voices Cabaret.

I plug:

Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/

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

http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/

Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360

The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-family-tree/id1113714688

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In GBA 340 we get better acquainted with Graham. He talks about cutting hair at Open Barbers, his new book The Shock Doctrine of the Left and developing London Radical Mindfulness. Which in some ways are all linked together in the deeper personal experiences, concepts and politics that thread the conversation together: change, complex systems, permeability, power, mental health, accessibility, theory, practice, healing, care, fluidity, left wing political tactics, and so much more.

Graham plugs:

The Shock Doctrine of the Left: http://politybooks.com/jones10052018/

Open Barbers: http://openbarbers.com/

London Radical Mindfulness: https://www.facebook.com/LondonRadicalMindfulness/

I plug:

Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/

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

http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/

Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360

The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-family-tree/id1113714688

We mention:

@Unfortunatalie: https://twitter.com/unfortunatalie

Polity Press: http://politybooks.com/

DSA: https://www.dsausa.org/

Momentum: https://peoplesmomentum.com/

The Shock Doctrine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shock_Doctrine

Naomi Klein: http://www.naomiklein.org/

No Logo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Logo

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

Complexity Theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complexity_theory

Complex Systems Theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_systems_Theory

Social Ecology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_ecology_(academic_field)

Disaster Communism: https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/3461-disaster-communism

Hurricane Katrina: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_katrina

Kimberle Crenshaw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberle_Crenshaw

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

Acid Communism: http://www.artnews.com/2017/10/16/acid-communism-repeater-books-to-release-anthology-of-work-by-the-late-mark-fisher/

Mark Fisher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Fisher_(theorist)

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In GBA 339 we get even better acquainted with Lucy. She talks about the process of creating her debut novel One More Chance; the writing process, getting it published and promoting it. She also talks about how skills picked up performing in spoken word Edinburgh Fringe shows have helped with all this, her journey as a writer and novelist, her interest in stories about mermaids, and lots of other things.

One More Chance is "Perfect for those who love gripping, contemporary, voice-driven drama and contemporary commercial women's fiction and suspense with an unusual edge."

Lucy plugs:

One More Chance:Trade Paperback/Digital/Audiobook:

https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9780349700212

https://www.amazon.co.uk/One-More-Chance-Lucy-Ayrton/dp/0349700214

Dialogue Books:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/18/sharmaine-lovegrove-if-you-dont-have-diverse-workforce-wont-exist-dialogue-books-interview

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/lovegrove-lead-new-inclusive-lbbg-imprint-dialogue-books-551496

https://twitter.com/dialoguebooks

I plug:

Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/

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

http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/

Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360

The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-family-tree/id1113714688

We mention:

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

Getting Better Acquainted: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-69-lucy (this happened 6 years ago not 4 as Lucy said, maybe more than that tbh, we were both very different people then!)

Lullabies to make your children cry: http://sabotagereviews.com/2013/07/01/lullabies-to-make-your-children-cry-by-lucy-ayrton/

The Splitting of the Mermaid: http://sabotagereviews.com/2014/07/25/the-splitting-of-the-mermaid-by-lucy-ayrton/

Hannah Gadsby: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/jul/16/hannah-gadsby-trauma-comedy-nanette-standup-netflix

Nanette: https://www.netflix.com/title/80233611

Ben Aaronovich: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Aaronovitch

Marian Keyes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Keyes

50 Shades of Grey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Shades_of_Grey

Brothers in Blood: https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9780349700281

Dispatches - Syria's Disappeared: http://www.hddocumentary.com/channel-4-dispatches-syrias-disappeared-the-case-against-assad-2017/

We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062654618/we-crossed-a-bridge-and-it-trembled/

The Surface Breaks: a reimagining of The Little Mermaid by Louise O'Neill: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Surface-Breaks-reimagining-Little-Mermaid/dp/1407185535

The Little Mermaid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid

Hans Christian Andersen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen

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

The Mermaids and Mrs Hancock: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mermaid-Hancock-Imogen-Hermes-Gowar/dp/1911215728

Oxford Shrunken Heads: https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/shrunkenheads

Huntarian Museum: https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums-and-archives/hunterian-museum/

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It's another episode of GBA Replayed which showcases some of the conversations recorded in the early years of Getting Better Acquainted.

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In GBA 19 and GBA 43 we get better acquainted with Louise. We compare childhoods and confidence levels and talk about the death of Louise's stepdad and how his life and death have influenced her. We move out from there into a broader conversation about the death of people you love. Which makes it all sound very heavy, but there is plenty of light and warmth in this conversation.

I plug:

Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/

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

http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/

Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360

The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-family-tree/id1113714688

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It's another episode of GBA Replayed which showcases some of the conversations recorded in the early years of Getting Better Acquainted.

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In GBA 78 we get better acquainted with Louise. She talks mostly about dance. But that doesn't mean the conversation is limited. We cover the experience of dancing, following and leading, the politics of dancing, a potted history of blues music, the relationship between types of dance, the connection between social struggle and dance, the etiquette of dance, the social value and demographics of dance, and even the science of dance!

I plug:

Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/

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

http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/

Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360

The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-family-tree/id1113714688

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It's another episode of GBA Replayed which showcases some of the conversations recorded in the early years of Getting Better Acquainted.

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In GBA 74 we get better acquainted with Mervyn who is still technically my Step Dad. He talks about growing up in Belfast during The Troubles, working in factories, teaching Physics in Dubai, teaching English in China, living in a tent on a roundabout and lots more.

This was a complicated conversation for me, for many reasons, and it moves from personal history to social and political analysis and back. A lot of ground is covered. It is also the first podcast I've recorded while drinking Guinness.

Mervyn doesn't plugs anything, but I mention a history of Genghis Kahn that I've been listening to.

That history is made by the excellent podcaster Dan Carlin as part of his Hardcore History show:

http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hharchive/Show-43---Wrath-of-the-Khans-I/Mongols-Genghis-Chingis

http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hharchive/Show-44---Wrath-of-the-Khans-II/Mongols-Genghis-Chingis

I plug:

Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/

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

http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/

Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360

The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-family-tree/id1113714688

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