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

Travelling

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 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 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

In GBA #3 we get better acquainted withmy father (for the first time). He tells the story of his service in the army during World War II. Sometimes a conversation is the closest you can get to a time machine. This conversation was recorded in a location that technically belongs to know country. What it lacks in sound quality it hopefully makes up in atmosphere.

Find my dad's writing here: http://stores.lulu.com/alanhubbard

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GBA 3 Dad #1

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

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