GBA 198 Jack Rooke

In GBA 198 we get better acquainted with Jack Rooke. He talks about co-writing a show about the death of his dad with his Nan, the barriers to education and the arts that people from working class backgrounds have to deal with, how suicide is presented in the media, watching daytime TV and so much more.

He *is* crowdfunding his show: http://t.co/TWiOZCoU3K
Here he is in a video telling you about it: http://t.co/pZ50wGETXV

Content Note: Bereavement and reference to suicide and mental health.

Jack plugs:

@JackRooke: https://twitter.com/jackrooke
Good Grief: http://www.thegoodgriefproject.com
Child Bereavement Network: http://www.childhoodbereavementnetwork.org.uk/
Plan If: http://www.planif.org.uk/

I plug:

The upcoming #GBA200 season where I will be celebrating 200 hundred episodes of Getting Better Acquainted with a week of conversations where the table is turned and other people run the show and I am the guest.

We mention:

Roundhouse: http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/
Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/
Wilderness Festival: http://www.wildernessfestival.com/
Charley Harrison: http://charleylucyharrison.com/
About A Boy: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276751/
Owain: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-16-owain
University of Westminster: http://www.westminster.ac.uk/
Trafalgar Studios: http://www.trafalgar-studios.co.uk/
Meera Syal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meera_Syal
Arts Council: http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/
The Free Fringe: http://freefringe.org.uk/
This Morning: http://www.itv.com/thismorning
Loose Women: http://www.itv.com/loosewomen
The Chase: http://www.itv.com/thechase
Doctors: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mh9v
Bang Said the Gun: http://www.bangsaidthegun.com/
The Surgery - Radio One: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wkj8
Widow's Parents Allowance: http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/jul/15/widowed-parents-allowance-cut
Bono: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bono
CALM: https://www.thecalmzone.net/
My Aunt: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-125-margaret
Lana Del Rey: http://lanadelrey.com/
L'Wren Scott: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Wren_Scott
Mick Jagger: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Jagger
Samaritans: http://www.samaritans.org/
Bowl of Oranges: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUym7n7fJTQ
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0W1v0kOELA

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