GBA Episodes about dogs

GBA 247 is a Getting Better Acquainted special where I'm joined by my partner Jen to discuss an intense and short-lived friendship that we experienced on our recent 15-year-anniversary.  If you like dogs then this episode is probably for you, if you aren't keen on dogs then maybe this episode will help you understand something about the experiences of dog lovers, or at least neurotic ones who over think things.

You can find Jen here: http://www.jadamthwaite.co.uk/

Or here: http://www.twitter.com/jadamthwaite

Here are her complete GBA episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-jen-episodes

I plug:

Spark: www.stories.co.uk

What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity

http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk

Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk

Donating: http://bit.ly/1LUtbKt

We mention:

Battersea Dogs Home: http://www.battersea.org.uk/

All Dogs Matter: http://alldogsmatter.co.uk/

Our Warwickshire: http://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/blog/meet-dave-pickering-warwickshire-storyteller

Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/

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GBA 247 Nugget

In GBA 298 we get better acquainted with Juliet Meyers and the flipping rescue dog that ruined her life, otherwise known as Homer. We talk dogs, wolves, comedy, dogs, storytelling, dogs and more dogs as we swap dog stories and consider the complexities of getting a dog and the love and anxiety dogs can bring to dog owners.

Juliet plugs:

Her show Juliet Meyers - This Flipping Rescue Dog Has Ruined My Life
Edinburgh: Southside Social 2.30pm 3rd-22nd August https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/juliet-meyers-this-flipping-rescue-dog-has-ruined-my-life
Buxton: http://www.buxtonfringe.org.uk/descriptions2017.html
Oxford: https://www.oxfordplayhouse.com/whats-on/all-shows/this-flipping-rescue-dog-has-ruined-my-life/
Ludlow: TBA
Leyton: June 5th: https://www.facebook.com/events/1367130813376431/

I plug:

The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/

We mention:

Nugget: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-247-nugget
Sam: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-extra-the-partition
https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-extra-out-of-the-window/
Sajeela: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-203-sajeela-kershi
Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/
Proud Archivist: http://www.theproudarchivist.co.uk/
Immigrant Diaries: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/immigrant-diaries-sajeela-kershi-and-guests
Borrow My Doggy: https://www.borrowmydoggy.com/
Odyssey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey
Simpsons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons
Lack of touch for men article and podcast: http://upliftconnect.com/how-lack-touch-destroying-men/
http://www.cracked.com/podcast/why-our-society-engineered-to-make-us-feel-lonely/
Meadows: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Meadows_(park)
Arthur's Seat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%27s_Seat

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Getting Better Acquainted 

GBA 298 - Juliet Meyers And Homer

This is the first of two GBA Extra's coming out today.

The Partition is an extended and developed version of  the recent GBA submission to the Third Coast International Audio Festival ShortDocs Challenge2012: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/grey-areas 

In it we get a little better acquainted with my Dad: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-dad-episodes/

We also get better acquainted with Sam, who is no longer with us. 

And we get better acquainted with me as we find out more about my childhood.

Next wednesday's episode will be the second full length episode devoted to Dad, as we discuss technology and change on a return journey from Germany to the UK that we made over a year ago.

Later today in the GBA Extra "Out of the Window" we'll hear more about how Sam came to join the family.

GBA Extra - The Partition

This is the second of 2 GBA Extras that are coming out today.

They are connected thematically so be sure to check out the first one: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-extra-the-partition

I tell the story of how my family came to get a dog.

This one is a story I told at the Spark London open mic which is held Upstairs @ The Ritzy in Brixton. The Spark has its own podcast that is around the same length as this episode. They release them very regularly and they feature people telling true stories live on stage. Find them on iTunes, Stitcher or MixCloud:  http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/

http://www.sparklondon.com/

The next Spark London open mic:

Is on Monday 21st May 2012 at 7:30pm

The theme is: Winning

The Ritzy Picturehouse, Brixton Oval, Brixton Oval, London, SW2 1JG

You just turn up and pay what you like. You watch people tell there stories and if you want to tell yours then you put your name down and get up on the stage!

The next curated Spark London night is:

6th June 2012 at 7:30pm

Theme: Life saver

Venue: Canal Cafe Theatre, Little Venice, London, W2 6ND, UK - Website - map

Box office: 020 7289 6054  /  http://www.canalcafetheatre.com/

I have been recording conversations for GBA with people I've met through Spark London. I have some really great ones that haven't aired yet too that will be coming out over the next year. They will be added to this playlist: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/spark-londoners/

GBA Extra - Out of the Window

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