Conversations with scientists or that feature science discussion.

Science Episodes

Conversations with academics or about academia: People who teach, people who study, people who believe in academia and people who challenge and question it. 

Academics

Episodes about travelling the world or with significant parts devoted to travelling tales.

Travelling

Conversations that touch on and often focus on mental health issues.

Mental Health Issues

In GBA 119 we get even better acquainted with my Mum as she returns for her 3rd full episode.  We talk about the tensions and similarities between us, nature verses nurture, rage, depression and mother issues! It was a hard but revelatory conversation to have. And in some ways is as personally revealing as last weeks episode with my dad. Another one I'm nervous to share. 

We talked about my mothers relationship with my gran too and how that relationship has shaped and influenced her. So I have also included a short story I wrote about my grandparents in the middle of the conversation. That story was written in part as a reaction and extension of this conversation. It was performed in front of a live audience at Stand Up Tragedy.

The conversation was a big one for me. You hear me having unexpected feelings live on mic. And it's actually a very unconfrontational conversation. It was the third one in a row that I'd recorded with her.

https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-mum-episodes-1

These conversations were part of a very intensive life changing visit to Bristol and on Friday I'm releasing a GBA special called The Truth of Today which documents and deals with the experiences that I had that weekend.

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GBA 119 Mum #3

In GBA 123 we get better acquainted with Daniel Simpson. He talks about his experience trying to bring Ibiza to the Balkans in a story that involves being a journalist for the New York Times, drug smuggling, the Serbian mafia, Sonic Youth, and the conflict between idealism and egotism. 

We also get into both the wider politics that frame this story (the media, the Balkans, The War on Terror, The War on Drugs, Western Foreign Policy) and what he learnt personally about himself from his terrible experiences.

At PBH's Free Fringe (part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival):

Getting Better Acquainted

- 1.40pm, 12th August, Banshee Labyrinth w/ Gods of Comedy: http://www.facebook.com/events/489862131092073/

- 1.40pm, 13th August, Banshee Labyrinth w/ Peter Buckley Hill: http://www.facebook.com/events/197046307128430/

Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/

6.30pm, 3rd - 14th August, Fiddler's Elbow (downstairs): http://www.facebook.com/events/597921693564454/

Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com/

12.15pm, 8th August, Fiddler's Elbow (Downstairs): http://www.facebook.com/events/120455901458002

Daniel Plugs:

Rough Guide to the Darkside: http://www.roughguidedarkside.com/

Spark London in August:

12th August @ Hackney Attic:  https://www.facebook.com/events/431964896916829/

19th August Upstairs @ The Ritzy: 
https://www.facebook.com/events/153907941477134/

We mention:

George Orwell: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell
Echo: http://www.echofestival.com/croatia/
Sonic Youth: http://www.sonicyouth.com/
Hunter S Thompson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_S._Thompson
Glenn Greenwald: http://www.theguardian.com/profile/glenn-greenwald
Derrick May: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_May_(musician)
Ram Dass: http://www.ramdass.org/
Gary Web - dark alliance - consortium news: http://consortiumnews.com/2011/12/09/the-warning-in-gary-webbs-death/
The Truth is Out There: http://www.truth-is-out-there.com/
Chillpack Hollywood Hour: http://www.chillpakhollywood.com/
Phil Leirness: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-60-phil-leirness/
Chris Roberts: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-41-chris

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GBA 123 Daniel Simpson

In GBA 125 we get better acquainted with my Aunty Margaret. We learn a lot about each other that we didn't know in a conversation that covers singing in choirs, suicide attempts, God, the WI, depression, medication, boarding school, yoga and more.

It's a really special moment captured on microphone where two people who know each other and share many things but have never really sat down and talked person to person do so.

Margaret doesn't plug anything.

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GBA 125 Aunty Margaret

In GBA 131 we get better acquainted with Carl. He stops off in the middle of travelling around the world to talk neuroscience, culture, the merely real and share some stories of his travels.

Carl plugs:

"Have joy if you can in the merely real."

"Do stuff while you can because there's a fine line between can and can't and you don't want to discover it on the wrong day."

His Blog: http://themerelyreal.blogspot.com/

We mention:

BBCQT Watch-a-long:  https://www.facebook.com/events/361392280657539/
https://twitter.com/BBCQTWatchalong

Unfortunatalie: https://twitter.com/unfortunatalie

couchsurfing.org: https://www.couchsurfing.org/

Watching the English  -  Kate Fox: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Watching-English-Hidden-Rules-Behaviour/dp/0340818867

The Two Cultures - CP Snow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_Cultures
 
Program or be Programmed - Douglas Rushcoff: http://www.amazon.com/Program-Be-Programmed-Commands-Digital/dp/159376426X

Centre for Applied Rationality: http://rationality.org/

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GBA 131 Carl

In GBA 132 we get better acquainted with Nina. She talks bullying, complicated childhoods, feminism(s), mental health, France, twitter and more. 

The first GBA conversation with someone who had made a spider diagram of their life for me to follow during the conversation. And the first time Nina and I had met in person. Until then our friendship had been via email and twitter. Nina first reached out to me as a listener to the show. Some of our initial correspondence was featured in the 100th episode.

https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/gba100-1

Nina plugs:

North East Feminist Gathering: http://www.nefeministgathering.com/

Blog and writing:  
http://fifty2stories.tumblr.com/

http://www.quailpipe.co.uk/

Twitter handle:

https://twitter.com/gourenina

Her podcast: https://soundcloud.com/nina-gray-1

Her radio play:
https://soundcloud.com/epilepsyaction/play-diagnose-it-yourself-nina-gray-ilkley-players

Epilepsy Action: https://www.epilepsy.org.uk/

We mention:

Martin's episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-67-martin-the-sound-man

Ally Fogg:

https://twitter.com/AllyFogg

http://freethoughtblogs.com/hetpat

The Push: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ThePush&src=hash

Artwiculate: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23artwiculate&src=hash

1 Million and Rising: http://www.onebillionrising.org/

Ira Glass - taste / ability: http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2010/09/how-beginners-get-better-ira-glass-explains/

Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com/

Audre Lourde: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audre_Lorde

Laurie Penny: 

https://twitter.com/PennyRed

http://www.newstatesman.com/laurie-penny




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GBA 132 Nina

In GBA 147 we get better acquainted with Lisa. She talks about travelling round the world; including the experience of being hit by a car in Vietnam, the commercialization of atrocities, the practicalities and politics of travel and so much more.

Lisa plugs:

Her blog: http://lisafindley.com/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stowaway/152841568136841

I plug:

Tragic Love: 13th February @ the Dogstar, Brixton: https://www.facebook.com/events/679186822103633/

We mention:

Liz Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-4-liz
The Killing Fields: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_Fields
Uluru: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluru
Carl Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-131-carl

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GBA 147 Lisa Findley

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. 




GBA Live 13 - Tamer Kattan

In GBA #4 we get better acquainted with Liz. She talks about an amazing amount of things including; class, social policy, personal history, cultural identity and her family. 

Find Liz on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/veritasgrey / @veritasgrey

Liz plugged:

http://www.thebrickbox.co.uk/ 

http://www.mssociety.org.uk

http://www.symphonyspace.org/ 

http://www.selectedshorts.org/

http://www.radiolab.org/

http://www.npr.org/



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GBA 4 Liz

In GBA 187 we get better acquainted with Hannah. She talks about connecting with people, about the crack in everything that lets the light get in, about rootlessness, relationships, family, love, death and pain. It's a conversation that threads itself around how facebook can connect and dissect people, making your life into fiction and finding out what how people relate and connect to each other.

Content Note: The conversation is warm but it covers dark and difficult subjects including suicide, bereavement and experiences of mental health issues and traumas.

Hanna plugs:

Boyhood: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyhood_%28film%29

We mention:

Spark London: sparklondon.com/

"There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in" 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ma5tF6TJpA

Watching the English - Kate Fox: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Watching-English-Hidden-Rules-Behaviour/dp/0340818867

https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-131-carl

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GBA 187 Hannah

In GBA 11 we get better acquainted with Clive. He asks himself the question, "What is the point in Anthropology?" He provides many answers and some arguments against them. And sometimes he forgets what he's supposed to be talking about. Living with tribal people, if the world can be made a better place and how can humans be happy are some of the main themes of the conversation.

Clive plugs:

Survival International: http://www.survivalinternational.org / http://twitter.com/survival


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GBA 11 Clive

In GBA 26 we get better acquainted with Angela. She talks about programming computer simulations of Jaguars and Hedgehogs and being Welsh and  proud amongst other things. We meet for the first time in 10 years, compare notes and talk how we have come to know ourselves better as we get older. It even has a cameo from a dog.

Angela plugs: 

The University of Southampton: Complex System Simulations DTC: http://www.icss.soton.ac.uk/ 

Her blog: http://computationalecology-angelawatkins.blogspot.com/

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GBA 26 Angela

In GBA 41 we get better acquainted with Chris. He was my one of my lecturers at university. He talks about academia, journalism, media, the Iraq War and the cuts being imposed by the Conservative/Liberal Democrat Coalition Government. It was recorded on a university campus so it was a trip down memory lane where I faced my past lessons and past prejudices. 

It's a conversation about ideas but also about people. Chris tells us of his journey from plumber to van driver to academic and critic. And he makes the argument for how, in a world so influenced and controlled by the media, media studies is far from being an irrelevant subject.

This is the first time someone with the same name as a previous guest has been aired. It won't be the last. Hope it doesn't get too confusing!


Chris plugs: 

His Blog: http://chr1sr0berts.wordpress.com/

Any work he does for http://www.newleftproject.org/ and http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network

And of course his book when it is published. His full name is Chris Roberts so look out for this in the future.

He also plugs Dan Hind's The Return of the Public:

http://thereturnofthepublic.wordpress.com/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1844675947/






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GBA 41 Chris

In GBA 49 we get better acquainted with Frank. He talks machine learning, science communication, the social situation in Luxembourg, living in Edinburgh, podcasting and more. It was recorded early in the morning during last year’s Edinburgh Festival in a sound proofed science fiction complex deep below Edinburgh University.

This episode, with the two before it, forms a sort of accidental miniseries about people who are involved in making audio. This wasn’t fully intentional but is welcomed nevertheless. I do programme the show for variety and there is still variety within these three episodes; however GBA is not always about people who exist in the audio world.

I met Frank through http://said.fm/ which has morphed into http://thesupertimes.com/

For more on the people doing heading that audio app project check out this episode of GBA: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-7-aisha-and-abdel


Frank Plugs

EuSci:

http://www.eusci.org.uk/archive/podcast

http://www.eusci.org.uk/

http://twitter.com/eusci

CompuSci:

http://computersciencepodcast.com/podcasts.html



Also mentioned is rethinkdaily: http://rethinkdaily.co.uk/

You can still hear the second series of the drama series 'Numbers' there. It’s also to download through iTunes, just search for rethinkdaily.


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GBA 49 Frank

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 psychogeography of cities, the use of the word chav, the beauty of immigration and discovering the heritage of a tiny part of Coventry are some of those places. 

Oh yeah, and we talk about what I was like when I was 12.

Iris Plugs:

"Don't keep hankering about going a long way away to find things out, look on your doorstep because often the answer is there, and look at your own environment and learn from it, and sortof... put your roots down where you are."

And the Willenhall Local History Group that she is the secretary for and the Virtual Museum Coventry: http://www.virtualmuseum.co.uk/

She has just set up an excellent blog for the Group: http://willenhallcov.blogspot.co.uk/

This conversation took place during the events documented in: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-64-coventry

Iris is Steve's Mother: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-63-steve



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GBA 66 Iris

In GBA 67 we get better acquainted with Martin "the soundman" Zaltz Austwick from the podcasts Answer Me This!, The Sound of the Ladies, The Global Lab Podcast and Bright Club. 

But there is much more to Martin than podcasting:

I talk to Martin about treating cancer with lasers, the relationship between physics and sociology, songwriting, public engagement, the relationship between class and studying at Oxford, changing your name when you get married, reverb, the history of social housing in the UK and more.

This episode is part of a strand of GBA where I talk to podcast makers and radio makers: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/podcasters-and-radio-makers

For more about Answer Me This! (including reference to Martin) have a listen to the GBA I did with it's hosts Helen and Ollie: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-65-helen-and-olly

Martin Plugs:

If you're interested in his music: The Sound of the Ladies: http://www.thesoundoftheladies.com/

If you're interested in sciencde engagement stuff: http://www.sociablephysics.com

His two twitters:

http://www.twitter.com/sociablephysics
http://www.twitter.com/martinaustwick

Mentioned in the Episode:

Darren Hayman: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-62-darren-hayman

Coventry Special: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-64-coventry

Gavin Osborn: http://www.myspace.com/gavinosborn

Bright Club: http://www.brightclub.org/

Martin talking lasers on Bright Club: http://brightclub.wordpress.com/2010/05/11/podcast-2-martin-king-of-lasers-austwick-and-kent-valentine/

Martin talking fictional lasers for The Naked Scientists: http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/latest-questions/question/3337/

The Global Lab: http://www.thegloballab.com/

Science Showoff: http://www.scienceshowoff.org/

Answer Me This: http://www.answermethispodcast.com/

The Dave: http://soundcloud.com/the-dave/sets

The Plural: http://soundcloud.com/the-plural


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GBA 67 Martin "the sound man" Zaltz Austwick

In GBA 82 we get better acquainted with Russell. He talks oceanography, improvementism, embarrassing stories, teaching science, making art, punk bands and more!

Plus we share experiences of times when our mutual friend Richard who we know each other through has led us into "interesting" situations!

This is Richard's GBA: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-57-richard

Russell plugs:


Cautionhorses: 

https://www.facebook.com/CAUTIONHORSESROCK

http://www.myspace.com/cautionhorses

http://youtu.be/PVfC4l1vRRI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH4jLCkBK08


Casa Bonita: 

http://casabonita.bandcamp.com/

https://twitter.com/casabonitaUK

http://www.myspace.com/casabonitaband



Mentioned:

http://soundcloud.com/themiddleclassbastards

Blanket is my Basecamp: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhZQL0_zwOs



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GBA 82 Russell

In GBA 104 we get better acquainted with Jessie. She talks about living through an earthquake, connecting to cultures and expressing artistic impulses through food, her complicated relationship with her father, written and radio journalism, her experience of China and more!

Jessie plugs:

Women and Health - Camden: http://www.womenandhealth.org.uk/

Her Website: http://jessielevene.com/

Twitter:

Chinatown Food Tours with Jessie Levene:

http://jessielevene.com/?p=277

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chinatown-Food-Tours-with-Jessie-Levene/152643261563669

The Listening Project: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/the-listening-project

Mentioned:

In the Dark: http://www.inthedarkradio.org/

The Partition: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-extra-the-partition

Cello Piece: The Singing Instrument: http://soundcloud.com/london_laowai/the-singing-instrument

Abigail Washburn: http://www.abigailwashburn.com/

Ai Weiwei: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei

Alan Hall: http://www.fallingtree.co.uk/production_team/alan_hall

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GBA 104 Jessie

In GBA 111 we get better acquainted with Jess. She talks social work, running, having a perfect time, travelling, transitions, finding yourself, music, change, friendship and more.

The conversation was recorded a few years ago, in Bristol during the St Paul's Carnival, late at night after a long day, drinking gin.

Jess plugs:   Her family. Her partner Dan. And me(!)

Dan's Music:

http://www.danielweltman.com/
http://hollowbody.bandcamp.com/
http://snails.bandcamp.com/

My music:

https://soundcloud.com/the-dave
https://soundcloud.com/thereactionaries
http://www.myspace.com/themiddleclassbastards


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GBA 111 Jess

In GBA 115 we get better acquainted with Alice Bell. She talks Crystal Palace dinosaurs, working in the Science Museum, knitting, academia, blogging, science communication, teenage politics, how children's non fic communicates ideas, Captain Planet, communicating on the internet, and so much more.

Alice is a science/media blogger for The Guardian, The New Left Project and also has her own blog on science communication and politics.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/alice-bell

http://www.newleftproject.org/index.php/site/authors/tag/Alice+Bell

http://alicerosebell.wordpress.com/

Alice plugs:

The Brain Train: 
https://soundcloud.com/brain-train-podcast
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/brain-train-podcast/id567550209
http://braintrainpodcast.wordpress.com/

Her twitter: https://twitter.com/alicebell

I plug:

The Stand Up Tragedy IndieGoGo campaign: www.indiegogo.com/projects/stand-u…oes-to-edinburgh

We mention:

Crystal Palace Park: http://www.crystalpalacepark.org.uk/
GBA Road Trips: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/cities/
Helen Zaltzman: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-65-helen-and-olly
http://helenzaltzman.com/
Darwin and the Dinosaurs audio trail (Crystal Palace): http://www.audiotrails.co.uk/dinosaurs/
Richard Owen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Owen
Natural History Museum: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/
The Great Exhibition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Exhibition
Victoria and Albert Museum: http://www.vam.ac.uk/
Jurassic Park: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107290/
Gideon Mantell: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Mantell
Science Museum: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/
Martin Austwick:
http://martinzaltzaustwick.wordpress.com/
https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-67-martin-the-sound-man
The Story: http://thestory.org.uk/
Captain Planet Episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwUHHw7GL3A
Doctor Who: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who
Pokemon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon
Blue Peter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Peter
Tiswas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiswas
Captain Underpants: http://www.scholastic.com/captainunderpants/
Horrible Science: http://www.horrible-science.co.uk/
Infinite Monkey Cage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/timc
Brian Cox: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_(physicist)
Robin Ince: http://robinince.com/
Horrible Histories: http://horrible-histories.co.uk/
BlackAdder: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackadder
Terry Deary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Deary
CND: http://www.cnduk.org/
Ken Livingston: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Livingstone
Militant Labour / Socialist Party: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Party_(England_and_Wales)
SWP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Workers_Party_(UK)
new left project - stop the war movement debate: http://www.newleftproject.org/index.php/site/article_comments/the_stop_the_war_coalition_the_socialist_workers_party_and_iraq
Andy Warhol: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Warhol
Emmerdale: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmerdale
Call the Midwife: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_the_Midwife
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GBA 115 Alice Bell

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.

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