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GBA Replayed - GBA 74 Mervyn
Getting Better Acquainted
English - July 04, 2018 09:07 - 1 hour - 60.1 MB - ★★★★ - 2 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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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