Getting Better Acquainted
482 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★ - 2 ratingsA 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.
British Podcast Award 2017 winner (bronze in Best Interview category)
GBA was nominated for a 2012 Radio Production Award, aired for 3 seasons on Resonance 104.4 FM and was featured on BBC Radio 4's In Pod We Trust, BBC Radio 5 Live’s Helen and Olly's Required Listening and has been recommended by The Guardian, Time Out and the Financial Times
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Episodes
Down to a sunless sea: Episode 1: Documenting
March 24, 2020 09:27 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBGeneral content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues A document is a piece of evidence; a record; a proof of something. By this definition, we are all living documents, documents that may or may not be lost to history. What parts of us are recorded? What parts of us are seen? We record our lives and the lives of others, using our memory and our technology. We choose what to record, how we record it and how we present it, sometimes consciously and sometimes sub...
Announcement - Down to a sunless sea
January 30, 2020 16:28 - 4 minutes - 3.98 MBLater this year I will be launching a Getting Better Acquainted mini series titled ‘Down to a Sunless Sea: Memories of my Dad’ about the my relationship with my dad, my dad's life story and his descent into dementia.The show will be be mixing clips from over 15 hours of interviews that I've done with my dad over the last 10 years with narrations based on these medium pieces: https://medium.com/@goosefat101 Additionally to the main thread of the show I've received The Pulse Award from the Wel...
GBA Extra - The Split
December 31, 2019 17:21 - 54 minutes - 43.5 MBAfter a year on hiatus from Getting Better Acquainted I return for a one-off extra episode to continue the tradition of beginning the new year with a round up of how the last year panned out for me, and because it's 2019 I also consider how the decade has gone for me, and also how I'm feeling about the frying pan and fire of current political events. Getting Better Acquainted is still on hiatus for a while. But there's over 350 episodes in the archives so plenty to catch up on for people ju...
GBA Extra - The Family Tree Season 3
November 19, 2019 10:32 - 1 hour - 90.8 MBIn this GBA Extra we get even better acquainted with The Family Tree Podcast. I'm joined by Jen Adamthwaite the co-producer/creator of GBA's weird sister podcast to talk about the whys, the hows, the highs and the lows of making the second season of this magical realist podcast drama. THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE FAMILY TREE. The GBA episode where we talked about The Family Tree Season 1: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-284-the-family-tree The GBA episode where...
GBA Extra - Permanent Resolution
January 07, 2019 15:33 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBIn the final (for now) Getting Better Acquainted Extra I continue the tradition of beginning the new year with a round up of how the last year panned out for me, I consider the impact making this show has had on my life, what kinds of things you might find on your GBA feed in the future, and the distance between who I was in 2011 and who I am now in 2019. Getting Better Acquainted is now on hiatus for a while. But there's over 350 episodes in the archives so plenty to catch up on for people...
GBA 350 The Last Christmas
December 17, 2018 08:23 - 1 hour - 86.5 MBI have a complicated relationship with Christmas. It's been as site of both trauma and happiness for me. So in some ways you might say it's odd that since Getting Better Acquainted started in 2011 I've made a Christmas Special every year. Or perhaps it makes sense for me to keep picking at the Christmas scab because we often return to the things that have marked and shaped us. Some of the specials have been about comfort and joy and others have been about the bleak midwinter. Most have been...
GBA 349 Louise Fazackerley
November 21, 2018 13:06 - 1 hour - 72.5 MBIn GBA 349 we get better acquainted with Louise. She talks about the round about route her life has taken between when we met at university and now, finding her way to poetry, writing and teaching, her relationship with Wigan where she has lived most of her life, her new music projects, coming back to dance after years away, being a self employed person working in the arts and so much more. Also at the end of today’s episode, after the conversation is over, I repeat the announcement about ho...
GBA 348 Charlie
November 14, 2018 09:30 - 1 hour - 91.4 MBIn GBA 348 we get better acquainted with Charlie. We talk about how it's hard to talk about mental health and suicide attempts, depression, suicidal ideation, accessing mental health services, the downsides of talking about mental health, disability, writing, navigating school, bullying, getting help, and so much more. It’s a serious conversation but also a thoughtful one and it doesn’t just stay in the dark places. Content Note: Bullying, suicidal thoughts/ideation, depression, mental heal...
GBA 347 Tanaka Mhishi
November 07, 2018 10:39 - 1 hour - 87.1 MBIn GBA 347 we get better acquainted with Tanaka. We talk about making theatre that engages with and challenges harmful versions of masculinity, making work about experiences of rape and sexual assault, engaging with young people about how masculinity is created and framed by culture, the intersection of caring and gender, navigating and expressing emotions and so much more. The topics might make this sound like a heavy conversation but it's actually a fun, thoughtful and positive. Althoug...
GBA 346 Matt Panesh
October 31, 2018 10:02 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBIn GBA 346 we get better acquainted with Matt. I visit him at his new venture, Alt-Space, in Morcambe and we talk about how he washed up in this North West seaside town, how the lack of a comedy club in the town inspired him to create an arts venue, community centre and a fringe there, his own work which spans spoken word, theatre and comedy, and lots more. Matt plugs: Alt-space, 21c Yorkshire Street, Morecambe: https://www.facebook.com/altspacemorecambe/ Call out for submissions: morecam...
GBA 345 Andrew #2 Pt 2
October 24, 2018 08:30 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBIn GBA 345 Pt 2 we get even better acquainted with Andrew. In part two of our two part conversation Andrew talks working in music radio, making podcasts before anyone had said the word podcast, the history of podcasting and his place within that history making the show Podcast Squared, talking about the concept of online downloadable radio with the Hanson Brothers and lots more. I talk about some of my concerns for where podcasting may be heading post Serial and Andrew suggests what has happe...
GBA 345 Andrew #2 Pt 1
October 17, 2018 12:05 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBIn GBA 345 Pt 1 we get even better acquainted with Andrew. In part one of our two part conversation Andrew gets into the history and geography of Maryland USA and we compare our experiences of living in London, moving from country to city, our accents changing and evolving, recording and having conversations and so much more. Part 2 which will come out next Wednesday will get fully into Andrew's particular position within the history of podcasting as well as lots of other things. This was o...
GBA 344 Rita Suszek
October 10, 2018 11:01 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBIn GBA 344 we get even better acquainted with Rita. She talks about how her life has changed since we last recorded a conversation, how trying to work as a freelancer in the arts can affect your mental health, the relationship between trying to make things for yourself and trying to make money to pay rent and bills, her different experiences of day-jobs and so much more. Recorded just before I moved to Lancaster - partly due to the difficulty of trying to be a freelance artist in London - t...
GBA 343 Nik (from Nik Lettuce Clubhouse)
October 03, 2018 09:36 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBIn GBA 343 we get better acquainted with Nik. He talks about children's entertainment, making podcasts for children, his journey "off island" from Guernsey - through lots of different jobs and parts of the country - ending up as an audio producer in London, why being a teacher wasn't for him and lots more. Nik makes Nik Lettuce Clubhouse which is a brilliant podcast for children. Before we recorded this conversation we had just recorded my guest appearance on his show which you can hear here...
GBA 342 Banke
September 26, 2018 09:57 - 1 hour - 73.1 MBIn GBA 342 we get better acquainted with Banke. In a conversation recorded in an Eat at Liverpool Street Station she talks about living in lots of different parts of the world, true storytelling as a way to overcome fear of public speaking, following in her father and grandfather's footsteps and becoming a lawyer, being a middle class black woman from Nigeria living in London and so much more. Banke plugs: Spark True Stories: http://www.stories.co.uk Spark Brixton: 3rd Monday of the month (...
GBA Extra - Passion Projects @ The London Podcast Festival
September 19, 2018 19:55 - 1 hour - 91.9 MBThis Getting Better Acquainted Extra is a talk I gave as part of the Maker Sessions at the London Podcast Festival 2018 at King’s Place. The title of the talk was: Passion Projects The blurb was: For better or worse, Dave Pickering has been working on passion projects since he can remember. In 2008, he wrote a drama series for a friend, which was nominated for a Sony Radio Award in 2009. He’s made podcasts in a variety of genres at the same time as working full time jobs and part time jobs...
GBA Extra - Passion Projects
September 19, 2018 19:55 - 1 hour - 91.9 MBThis Getting Better Acquainted Extra is a talk I gave as part of the Maker Sessions at the London Podcast Festival 2018 at King’s Place. The title of the talk was: Passion Projects The blurb was: For better or worse, Dave Pickering has been working on passion projects since he can remember. In 2008, he wrote a drama series for a friend, which was nominated for a Sony Radio Award in 2009. He’s made podcasts in a variety of genres at the same time as working full time jobs and part time jobs...
GBA 341 Jonathan
September 12, 2018 09:52 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBIn GBA 341 we get better acquainted with Jonathan. Surrounded by packed boxes in an echoey flat the day before my move began we finally meet each other after years of hearing about each other. Jonathan has worked very with my partner Jen for three years as the class teacher to her teaching assistant for year 6 classes in a primary school. We talk about the way that working with Jen has changed how he thinks of teaching assistants, his journey from class clown to sports coach to learning mento...
GBA Extra - Moving 2018
September 05, 2018 08:30 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBIn 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...
GBA Replayed Edinburgh Live 4 - Samantha Mann
August 29, 2018 08:30 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBIt'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 Samanth...
GBA Replayed Edinburgh Live 3 - Tamer Kattan
August 22, 2018 08:30 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBIt'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 ...
GBA Replayed Edinburgh Live 2 - Rosie Wilby
August 15, 2018 08:51 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBIt'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 ...
GBA Replayed Edinburgh Live 1 - Fay Roberts
August 08, 2018 14:25 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBIt'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-spoke...
GBA 340 Graham Jones
August 01, 2018 08:30 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBIn 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 p...
GBA 339 Lucy Ayrton
July 25, 2018 08:30 - 1 hour - 73.7 MBIn 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 dram...
GBA Replayed - GBA 19 And 43 Louise
July 18, 2018 08:30 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBIt's another episode of GBA Replayed which showcases some of the conversations recorded in the early years of Getting Better Acquainted. ------------ 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 li...
GBA Replayed - GBA 78 Louise
July 11, 2018 08:44 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBIt's another episode of GBA Replayed which showcases some of the conversations recorded in the early years of Getting Better Acquainted. ------------ 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 etiq...
GBA Replayed - GBA 74 Mervyn
July 04, 2018 09:07 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBIt's another episode of GBA Replayed which showcases some of the conversations recorded in the early years of Getting Better Acquainted. ------------ 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 f...
GBA Extra - The Spark
June 27, 2018 08:35 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MBThis Getting Better Acquainted Extra features my last true story as the host of Spark Hackney. It's really the story of how Spark and true storytelling came into my life and helped to change how I see my life. Spark True Stories: http://stories.co.uk Spark True Stories Podcast: https://www.acast.com/sparklondon TONIGHT: Awkward Age: A special night of stories: https://www.facebook.com/events/162825314413460/ Mentioned: Mansplaining Masculinity: https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-mascul...
GBA 338 Jessica
June 20, 2018 09:31 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBIn GBA 338 we get better acquainted with Jessica. She talks about how she discovered reading and how she discovered audio, doing radio as a way to get into podcasting, unlearning and challenging values learnt in childhoods, the complex political situations we are experiencing and the history that has formed them, and so much more. Jessica Stone presents Dear Reader, "the no-review book show about what we read, and why it matters" which is currently in the process of transitioning from a co...
GBA Extra - Complicity
June 13, 2018 09:32 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBThis Getting Better Acquainted Extra features a true story I told at Spark London. Mentioned: Mansplaining Masculinity: https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/ http://www.mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/ The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk Help more people get better acquainted. If you li...
GBA 337 - The Family Tree Season 2
June 06, 2018 10:07 - 1 hour - 75.6 MBIn GBA 337 we get even better acquainted with The Family Tree Podcast. I'm joined by Jen Adamthwaite the co-producer/creator of GBA's weird sister podcast to talk about the whys, the hows, the highs and the lows of making the second season of this magical realist podcast drama. This episode also stars a thunderstorm! THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE FAMILY TREE. The GBA episode where we talked about The Family Tree Season 1: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-284-the-...
GBA 336 Ruby
May 30, 2018 09:54 - 1 hour - 85.9 MBIn GBA 336 we get better acquainted with Ruby. She talks about being a sex educator, life drawing modelling, non monogamy, sexuality, pleasure, play, communication, bodies and lots more. We recorded this conversation on a sunny Sunday in a back garden in east London drinking lemon balm tea. Ruby plugs: Body Loves Sketch Club Workshop at the Togetherness Festival on June 17th: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/togetherness-london-tickets-43878927052 Body Loves Sketch Club: coming to other plac...
GBA 335 Sofie Hagen
May 23, 2018 09:39 - 1 hour - 81.3 MBIn GBA 335 we get better acquainted with Sofie Hagen. She talks about how her politics and language have evolved, fat liberation and feminism, her interest in vulnerability, the relationship between comedy and audiences, and so much more. We also compare notes on turning conversations into podcasts, making art and activism for previous versions of yourself and we swap therapy stories. Content note: we touch on the topics of trauma, #MeToo, rape culture, fatphobia and structural oppression. ...
GBA 334 Donna #2
May 16, 2018 09:15 - 1 hour - 96.1 MBIn GBA 334 we get even better acquainted with Donna. We reflect on and update the first conversation we had for GBA which was recorded in 2012 when we both had very different understandings of ourselves and the world around us. We compare notes on therapy and talk about some of the labels we now have to describe our experiences, in Donna's case dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD and OCD, in my case depression and anxiety. Donna talks about her new job advocating for special needs within a school, and...
GBA 333 Emily Emphasis
May 09, 2018 09:47 - 1 hour - 85.8 MBIn GBA 333 we get better acquainted with Emily. She talks drag metal, non monogamy, bondage, relationships, gender, queerness, femmephobia and lots more. Content note: eating disorders/disordered eating, mental health issues, anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, self harm, sex/bdsm/kink/non monogamy, bullying Emily plugs: Miss Emily Emphasis - facebook https://www.facebook.com/EmilySnee/ / insta http://www.pictame.com/user/msemilysnee/178643655 / twitter https://twitter.com/emilysnee F...
GBA 332 Nav
May 02, 2018 09:19 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBIn GBA 332 we get better acquainted with Nav. She talks about telling true stories, why she has decommissioned herself as a pharmacist, the history and cultural context of (western) medicine, how her relationship to race and migration has changed and so much more. Navreet plugs: Storytelling Sessions at Wellcome: 23rd May: Teeth: https://wellcomecollection.org/events/WtXbPiUAAA-m-5V7 https://wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/WgV_ACUAAIu2P_ZM I plug: Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book ht...
GBA 331 Hel Robin Gurney
April 25, 2018 15:45 - 1 hour - 55 MBIn GBA 331 we get better acquainted with Hel Robin Gurney. They talk writing, fairytales, mythology, folklore, poetry, stories, the process of creating and developing their show The Sleeping Princess and so much more. Robin plugs: 5th May Poetry Society 2pm: Fairytale Double Bill: https://www.facebook.com/events/615314005470398/ The Sleeping Princess at Manchester Fringe, Reading Fringe, Camden Fringe: https://helgurney.wordpress.com/ April 28th Poetry Cafe: Wilderness: New Queer Writi...
GBA 330 Miranda
April 18, 2018 09:21 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBIn GBA 330 we get better acquainted with Miranda. We talk writing, working, true storytelling and lots more. She's been running There Goes The Neighborhood - a night showcasing established and upcoming writing - for a few years and is currently in the middle of putting out the podcast project, 100 Voices For 100 Years, which is releasing a piece of writing from a woman every day for 100 days to commemorate the centenary of (some) women getting the right to vote. Miranda plugs: There Goes T...
GBA 329 Christian
April 11, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 80 MBIn GBA 329 we get better acquainted with Christian. We compare notes on loving, playing, writing and learning music, being in bands, teaching young people and so much more. Christian plugs: The Music Lesson by Victor Wooten: http://themusiclesson.com/ Booking his Jazz band for gigs Partnership and collaboration I plug: Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptraged...
GBA 328 Virginie
April 04, 2018 08:50 - 1 hour - 59 MBIn GBA 328 we get better acquainted with Virginie. She talks about Soirée Pompette - the french language cabaret night she runs and hosts, Moon Lane Ink - a not-for-profit Community Interest Company dedicated to equality of access and equality of representation in children's books and equality of roles within the publishing industry, her French and Irish heritage and her British identity, her career of combining French and Drama and lots more! Virginie plugs: Moon Lane Ink: https://www.m...
GBA Extra - Roots and Growth
March 28, 2018 08:48 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBIn this GBA Extra I share two stories that I told/retold recently at Spark London true storytelling nights. 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/ Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/ Next Hackney night 9th April: https://www.facebook.com/events/15034137898...
GBA Replayed - GBA 113 Donna
March 21, 2018 16:30 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBIt's another episode of GBA Replayed which showcases some of the conversations recorded in the early years of Getting Better Acquainted. ---------------- In GBA 113 we get better acquainted with Donna. She talks about fitting in, sticking out, dressing up, social awkwardness, creating your own reality, dancing, working with children and more. Donna is a very unique person and we met in her very unique office filled with the interesting bric a brac that she uses to entertain children. She ...
GBA 327 Gabriel Ebulue
March 14, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBIn GBA 327 we get better acquainted with Gabriel Ebulue from the 3 Track Podcast. We talk about his obsession/passion for music and comedy, making "a podcast for music nerds, by a music nerd", what the experience of doing the Edinburgh festival can give to you, struggling to fit in with different musical subgroups, why Morrissey is now cancelled, and lots more. Gabriel plugs: The 3 Track Podcast: Libsyn: http://threetrackpodcast.libsyn.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-...
GBA 326 Tobi
March 07, 2018 15:10 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBIn GBA 326 we get better acquainted with Tobi from the Arts Performed Podcast. We'd already warmed up by the time we recorded this conversation with me recording an interview for his podcast and so we get into things pretty quickly. Tobi talks cultural studies, artist and resistance, navigating the world with ADHD and dyslexia, how his relationship with being the child of a Guyanese migrant has changed over his life, systems of oppression, what he has learnt from people he has interviewed on ...
GBA 325 Giselle
February 28, 2018 10:16 - 1 hour - 76 MBIn GBA 325 we get better acquainted with Giselle. She talks about making things with your body and with your voice, creation through association, travelling between cultures, the connections and intersections between art, ritual and myth and so much more. We also spend quite a lot of time talking about the process behind and around her recent appearance as Violita on the magical realist podcast drama The Family Tree. http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/branches/the-family-tree-season-2-episod...
GBA Extra - Gin Mountain and BPA Submission 2018
February 21, 2018 10:15 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBPushed for time again this week so instead of a full conversation this week's episode is a GBA Extra combining my British Podcast Award submission and a true story I told at the most recent Spark London. The BPA submission features clips from these episodes of GBA: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-302-nicole-henriksen https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-301-nira https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-312-pandora-blake Spark London can be found...
GBA Replayed - GBA 66 Iris
February 13, 2018 09:50 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBIt's another episode of GBA Replayed which showcases some of the conversations recorded in the early years of Getting Better Acquainted. ------------ In GBA 66 we get better acquainted with Iris. Sitting in my childhood home away from home we talk about Histories: personal, social, local and shared. Our conversation goes places - the excitement of London in the 60's, visiting Germany after WW2, providing educational support and assistance to disabled students, the psycho-geography of citie...
GBA 324 Edd Hedges
February 07, 2018 10:37 - 1 hour - 75.8 MBIn GBA 324 we get better acquainted with Edd Hedges. He talks about stand up comedy and storytelling, accepting that you are going to make mistakes and get things wrong, different types of silence and the appeal of going off into the woods to write sad songs. We talk about and around his true story show Wonderland, compare notes on doing storytelling shows about toxic masculinity (and the life experiences that inspired them) and mention Sofie Hagen a lot. Content note: bullying, domestic v...
GBA 323 Carys
January 31, 2018 10:12 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBIn GBA 323 we get better acquainted with Carys. She talks about music: her first memories and musical influences, her dads cassette tapes and guitar playing, studying music history and theory at Oxford, DJing dance music, managing a youth orchestra and supporting music in education work. We also cover loving/working in the arts more generally, navigating sexism and racism, how making big choices about education at a young age can backfire and renouncing Buddhism. Carys plugs: Mattana: https...