Conversations with people who went to Cambridge and Oxford.

Oxbridge

In this special GBA Live recorded at the Idea Store Whitechapel as part of the Write Idea Festival Fringe I get better acquainted with Helen Zaltzman.

http://www.helenzaltzman.com/

We talk adapting Answer Me This! into a book, badger taxidermy, old gods, Sound Women and books. 

Helen does a pretty excellent job of counter-interviewing me, getting a surprising amount out of as yet unrevealed Dave related info. In return I talk to her about her oddest editing jobs, how her artist father has influenced what she does, ghost writing and lots more.

Helen plugs:

Answer Me This!: http://www.answermethispodcast.com/
Sound Women Podcast: http://www.soundwomen.co.uk/podcast/
The Answer Me This! Christmas Album: http://answermethispodcast.com/albums

I plug:

Tragic Christmas:  12th December @ The  Dogstar in Brixton: https://www.facebook.com/events/215735955261699/

We mention:

Write Idea Festival: http://writeideafestival.org/
Unfortunatalie: https://twitter.com/unfortunatalie
JJ Abrams: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Abrams
Stephen King: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_King
Chvrches:  http://chvrch.es/
Fun.: http://www.ournameisfun.com/
Olly Mann: http://ollymann.com/
Martin  Zaltz Austwick: http://www.martinzaltzaustwick.com/
Jen Adamthwaite: jadamthwaite.co.uk
cardboard box tree funerals: http://www.beatree.com/
Answer Me This book: http://answermethis.wordpress.com/book/
JK Rowling: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling
Harry Potter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter
Tolkien: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien
Upper Norwood Library: http://uppernorwoodlibrary.org/



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GBA Live 9 Helen Zaltzman

In GBA 148 we get better acquainted with Musa Okwonga. We talk privilege, empathy, black history, climate change, progressive economics, TV/film, rape culture, inequality, journalism and so much more. 

Musa plugs:

http://www.okwonga.com/

https://twitter.com/Okwonga


I plug:

Edit's of earlier GBA episodes are going out on Resonance 104.4 FM at 11am Fridays (repeated 2am Tuesdays): http://resonancefm.com/

Tragic Heroes: 21st March @ The Hackney Attic: https://www.facebook.com/events/502957866479816/

We mention:

Musa's blog on feminism that I was reading while waiting to have a vasectomy: http://www.okwonga.com/?p=591
Fast and the Furious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fast_and_the_Furious
Spock: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spock
Zachary Quinto: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spock
Chris Pine:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Pine
Star Trek: Into Darkness: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_Into_Darkness
New Statesman: http://www.newstatesman.com/
Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/
Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/uk
This is Africa: http://www.thisisafricaonline.com/
EDL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Defence_League
Musa's blog on Tommy Robinson: http://www.okwonga.com/?p=820
Owen Jones:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Jones_(writer)
Laurie Penny: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Penny
Musa's Nelson Mandela Article: http://www.okwonga.com/?p=869
Audre Lorde: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audre_Lorde
Ivan Massow in Evening Standard: http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/ivan-massow-this-new-gay-hedonism-is-not-what-i-fought-for-8678761.html
Rosa Parks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks
Stokely Carmichael: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stokely_Carmichael
Kate Tempest: http://katetempest.co.uk/
March for the Alternative: http://goosefat101twitterspills.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/truth.html
Musa's blog on empathy: http://www.okwonga.com/?p=933
Ian Duncan Smith: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Duncan_Smith
Tim Montgomerie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Montgomerie
This American Life: money episode -  http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/423/the-invention-of-money
Black Tudors article: http://mediadiversified.org/2014/02/12/its-time-to-talk-about-black-tudors/
Margaret MacMillan: The Uses and Abuses of History: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Abuses-History-Professor-Margaret-MacMillan/dp/1846682045
Musa's article on WW! and Empire: http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/01/dear-mr-gove-we-need-talk-about-empire-our-schools
Orientalism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientalism
Edward Said: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Said
Male Gaze: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaze#The_.22male_gaze.22_in_feminist_theory
Foucault: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Foucault
Eminem: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminem
Little Britain: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Britain
David Cameron: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cameron
James Arthur: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Arthur_(singer)
Property article in the evening standard: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/londons-100bn-property-boom-as-last-homes-under-100k-are-snapped-up-9082716.html
Niels Bohr: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/941-the-opposite-of-a-correct-statement-is-a-false-statement

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GBA 148 Musa Okwonga

In GBA 149 we get better acquainted with Kathleen. She talks about being arrested for political activism, being nomadic, going to a Steiner School, podcasting, Bangladesh, Northern Ireland, community organising and more.

Kathleen plugs:

Her podcast Citizens Discs which will be launching on Friday 4th April. I will give it further shout outs on GBA nearer the time.

Living in a Boat.

The possibility of building more canals and having more house boats to address the housing shortage.

Nomadism.

We mention:

Guest hosted by Alex episode:  https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-81-dave-guest-hosted-by

In the Dark: http://www.inthedarkradio.org/
Wapping Project: http://www.thewappingproject.com/
Radcliffe Live Episode:  https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-4-radcliffe

Desert Island Discs:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs

Steiner: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf_education
Steiner Centre London: http://www.waldorftraining.org.uk/

Hollywood: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holywood

Global Exchange: http://www.globalexchange.org/

Fortnam and Mason 145: https://www.facebook.com/FortnumMason145
The March for the Alternative: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_London_anti-cuts_protest
UK Uncut: http://www.ukuncut.org.uk/

WTF with Marc Maron: http://www.wtfpod.com/

DiD - archive:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/find-a-castaway

This American Life: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/

RadioLab: http://www.radiolab.org/

The Moth: http://themoth.org/

Mum conversations: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-mum-episodes-1/

Adobe Audition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Audition

Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Chris extra: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-extra-chris

Hannah's Starbuck Zombie featuring episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-45-hannah

Citizen Radio: http://wearecitizenradio.com/

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GBA 149 Kathleen

In GBA 151 we get even better acquainted with Richard Tyrone Jones returns to talk about how he is a crap time lord, bereavement, sexuality, poetry, comedy and more. The conversation attempts to be about nuanced and emotional things despite the slightly surreal backdrop of a noisy pub in Deptford. Also included is a poem Richard told at Stand Up Tragedy about dementia.

Here are Richard's previous GBA appearances: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-richard-tyrone-jones

And here is the episode of Stand Up Tragedy we refer to: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/stand-up-tragedy-spotlight-2

Richard plugs:

17th March: Alternative Comedy Memorial Society: http://noblefailure.org/shows/2014-03-17

6th April: UTTER!’ 10th BIRTHDAY – Mini-Edinburgh Fringe: https://www.facebook.com/events/1471587036401662/

August 1st-23rd: Crap Time Lord - details tbc & What the F*ck is this? 23.30 Banshee labyrinth at Edinburgh Free Fringe. .

I additionally plug:

Mon Apr 7th - Spark! Storytelling, Canal Cafe, Little Venice, 7.30pm www.sparklondon.com

And here are some more RTJ things that relate to the conversation:

Thurs 8th May - Big Heart, Le Grand Depart (Tour de France) fest, Picture House, York 7.15pm: http://festival.yorkshire.com/events/richard-tyrone-jones-in-big-heart

Sat 17th May - Big Heart, Kettering Arts Centre - further details TBC.

Sat 31st May - 'Utter!' MisGuided tour of Deptford http://bit.ly/utterdept donation c.£5

Sat 26th July - Crap Time Lord, Perverse, Aberdeen.

We mention:

Hayley: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-9-hayley

James Ross: https://twitter.com/fki01

Utter Spoken Word: http://www.utterspokenword.com/

Spoken Word at the PBH Free Fringe: https://www.facebook.com/PBHSpokenWord

The Birds Nest: http://www.thebirdsnestpub.com/

Death Grips: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Grips

Warhammer 40,000: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000

Warhammer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_Fantasy_Battle

Chris Eubank: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Eubank

Radio 4 Show: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036tqq5

Horrible Histories: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/horrible-histories

The Infinite Monkey Cage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/timc

Cardioverta Defibrillator: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implantable_cardioverter-defibrillator

Wellcome Trust: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/

Ablation: http://www.bhf.org.uk/heart-health/treatments/ablation.aspx

Doctor Who: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who

Dilated cardiomyopathy: http://www.bhf.org.uk/heart-health/conditions/cardiomyopathy/dilated-cardiomyopathy.aspx

Ethical Slut: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ethical_Slut

Michael Haneke: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Haneke

Foucault: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Foucault

Botticelli's Venus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_Venus_(Botticelli)

Sildenafil: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sildenafil

Jason Statham: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Statham

Byron: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byron

Keats: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keats

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Cognitive-behavioural-therapy/Pages/Introduction.aspx

Four Days in a Room: https://soundcloud.com/fourdaysinaroom/sets/highlights-from-four-days-in-a

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GBA 151 Richard Tyrone Jones #2

In GBA 9 we get better acquainted with Hayley. She talks pictish, the isle of Iona, Quakerism, medieval manuscripts amongst other things.

Hayley plugs:

Autumn Shift: http://autumnshift.co.uk/

Hayley and Dave plug:

The Reactionaries: http://soundcloud.com/thereactionaries / http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/The-Reactionaries/278114063049

Dave Plugs:

Apples For Everyone's old stuff: http://www.myspace.com/applesforeveryone


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GBA 9 Hayley

GBA Fringe Season: Two weeks of episodes devoted to the Edinburgh and Camden Fringes

In GBA 13 we get better acquainted with Richard Tyrone Jones.  Amongst other things we talk about how he literally has a big heart that almost killed him, what it means to try and make a living from poetry and the way his life now (finally) has a narrative arc.

Richard Tyrone Jones plugs:

Utter! Spoken Word: http://www.utterspokenword.com   / http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/group.php?gid=5704768293

Fund Richard Tyrone Jones Has A Big Heart's 2012 Tour and Book: http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/investment/richard-tyrone-jones-has-a-big-heart-edinburgh-amp-tour-2012-256


Camden Fringe:

Richard Tyrone Jones Has a Heart: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=203616559670276 LAST SHOW SUNDAY 7th August - Camden Head

Utter! MisGuided Tour of Camden 6th August: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=215717238445578

Utter! Puppets: 9th August - Green Note http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=214491278563431


Edinburgh Fringe:

26th and 27th August Banshee Labyrinth: 
http://freefringe.org.uk/showlistings/5099-richard-tyrone-jones-reads-some-stuff-off-bits-of-paper-spoken-word

27th August - Utter! Spoken Word
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=179663742082014




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GBA 13 Richard Tyrone Jones

In GBA 227 we get better acquainted with Charlie. Over coffee and cake he talks about commissioning documentaries for The Guardian, being arrested for protesting tax avoidance, what he looks for in documentaries,  activism, being a vegan, working at Sheffield Doc Fest, Jewishness,  solidarity and more. 

Charlie plugs:

Guardian Documentaries: http://www.theguardian.com/news/series/the-guardian-documentary

and giving him feedback on the Guardian Docs:
Charlie.Philips@guardian.com

I plug:

Stand Up Tragedy presents.... http://www.facebook.com/events/461679520679231/

#ManSurvey: http://www.mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk

We mention:

Sonjas episode:  https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-164-sonja
Spark London: http://www.stories.co.uk
Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/
Auto Trader: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/
Alan Rusbridger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Rusbridger
Owen Jones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Jones_(writer)
Polly Toynbee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polly_Toynbee
Jonathan Freedland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Freedland
Vlogging: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_blog
Sheffield Doc/Fest: https://sheffdocfest.com/
291 Gallary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/291_(art_gallery)
Channel 4: http://www.channel4.com/
Andrew Kötting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_K%C3%B6tting
Pan's Labyrinth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan%27s_Labyrinth
Guillermo del Toro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_del_Toro
Super 8:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_8_film
Structuralist Filmakers of the 60's and 70's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_film
Hasidic Judaism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasidic_Judaism
Radical Jewish Identity of the late 19th and early 20th Century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_left
Trash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trash_(nightclub)
Betty and the Werewolves: http://damagedgoods.co.uk/bands/betty-and-the-werewolves
C86: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C86_(album)
Paper Thin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2A2XBrI_T0
Damaged Goods: http://damagedgoods.co.uk/
Mumblecore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumblecore
Lena Dunham: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Dunham
Appropriate Behaviour: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appropriate_Behaviour
SXSW: http://www.sxsw.com/
20,000 Days on Earth: http://nickcave.com/news/nick-cave-20000-days-on-earth/
Jeremy Deller: http://www.jeremydeller.org/
Joe Sacco: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Sacco
Maus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maus
Ariel Shrag: http://www.arielschrag.com/
Persepolis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_(comics)
Tiny Furniture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Furniture
Ira Glass: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Glass
Radiolab: http://www.radiolab.org/
Door Into The Dark: http://doorintothedark.com/
Socialist Worker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Workers_Party_(UK)
Tony Benn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Benn
Climate Rush: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_Rush
Climate Camp: https://twitter.com/climatecamp
UK Uncut: http://www.ukuncut.org.uk/
Jewdas: http://jewdas.org/
EDL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Defence_League
Britain First: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain_First
Horse Meat: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/horsemeat-scandal

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GBA 227 Charlie

In GBA 248 we get better acquainted with James. He talks about learning languages, writing and reading stories, telling jokes, the balance between optimism and pessimism, the relationship between suffering and hope, the process of growing up, seeing Berlin through the eyes of an outsider among many other things.

James plugs:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamesharrisnow
Blog: https://shoeleatherexpress.org/
Film: The Village in the Morning: https://www.facebook.com/thevillageinthemorning/

I plug:

Live GBA @ Radioman Lates: https://www.facebook.com/events/1400049843627973/
Radioman: https://www.facebook.com/events/1739174112978825/
Wooden Overcoats: http://www.woodenovercoats.com/

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

http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk

Twitter: http://twitter.com/goosefat101

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

We mention:

Paula: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-194-paula-varjack
Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/
Hackney Picture House: https://www.picturehouses.com/cinema/Hackney_Picturehouse
Hackney Attic: https://www.picturehouses.com/cinema/Hackney_Picturehouse/Whats_On?filter=Attic
Never Mind the Fullstops/Poetry Goes Pop: http://varjackandsimpson.tumblr.com/poetrygoespop
Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/
Schopenhauer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer
Kafka: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kafka
Beckett: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Beckett
American Adventure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Adventure_Theme_Park
David Eddings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Eddings
The Losers: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/110689.The_Losers
Conrad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_conrad
Sherlock Holmes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes
Camus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus
Dostoyevsky: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoyevsky
Tolstoy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolstoy,_Leo_Nikolayevich
The Lord of the Rings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings
War and Peace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_and_Peace
Crime and Punishment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_and_Punishment
Mean Machine - 200AD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_Machine_Angel
So You Think Your Funny: http://soyouthinkyourefunny.co.uk/
Kafka monkey story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Report_to_an_Academy
Brian Eno: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_eno
Wim Venders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_Wenders
Wings of Desire: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_of_Desire
Faraway, So Close: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraway,_So_Close!
Rossellini, - Germany in Year Zero: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany,_Year_Zero
Rhodes Must Fall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes_Must_Fall
Josie Long: http://www.josielong.com/
James @ SUT: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/tragic-autumn-tragic-fall
Workers Fight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers%27_Fight
Militant Labour: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militant_Labour
UKIP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKIP
Francis Bacon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon
Trump: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
Corbyn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn
Hamas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas
Fail Better Podcast: http://varjackandsimpson.tumblr.com/fail-better
The day after the election: http://www.londonfieldsradio.co.uk/2015/05/10/fail-better-podcast-episode-4-dave-pickering-james-harris-election-special/

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GBA 248 James Harris

In GBA 255 we get better acquainted with James Ross. He talks about the differences between stand up and improv, the process of crafting comedy and developing as a performer, why he created Quantum Leopard, the relationship  between audiences and performers, organising a tour of people's front rooms and more.

James plugs:

Quantum Leopard: https://www.facebook.com/groups/166172153722808/?fref=ts
Rusty quill: http://rustyquill.com/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jamesrosscomedy

I plug:

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

http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk

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

SUT: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk

We mention:

ASMR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_sensory_meridian_response
Hayley: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-9-hayley
Apples for Everyone: https://soundcloud.com/applesforeveryone
The Reactionaries: https://soundcloud.com/thereactionaries
Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/
Ira Glass on taste and talent: https://vimeo.com/85040589
This American Life: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/
Harv: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-173-harv
Richard Tyrone Jones: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-richard-tyrone-jones
Man Man video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrkzY72Vzq8&ab_channel=beeczar66
PBH Free Fringe: http://freefringe.org.uk/
Hoopla: http://www.hooplaimpro.com/
Kate Smurthwaite: http://www.katesmurthwaite.co.uk/
Chris Coltrane: http://www.chriscoltrane.co.uk/index.html
Austentatious: http://austentatiousimpro.com/

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GBA 255 James Ross

In GBA 28 we get better acquainted with my sister Rebecca. She talks about being an ex-pat in Germany, being a probation officer, social work, Oxford University, vegetarianism and her relationship to the idea of teaching. This episode was recorded in last April late at night in a reverb filled room in Bad Godesberg whilst drinking Horlicks.


Rebecca doesn't plug anything.


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GBA 28 Rebecca

In GBA 39 we get better acquainted with Lily. She talks about coming back to words and writing, the effect of university on her life, and embracing yoga but rejecting its image amongst other things. We also compare experiences of the Edinburgh Festival.

Lily doesn't really have anything to plug.


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GBA 39 Lily

In GBA 313 we get better acquainted with Craig. Dr Craig is an academic working in the field of critical social psychology (which has a big dash of sociology within it) whose work focuses on Masculinities. As you may know I made a show about masculinity so we had a lot to talk about. However we didn't really know much about each other before we sat down, and the conversation is certainly influenced by this. In many ways I had an idea of how the conversation would go before we started recording and so part of this episode is me slowly realising it's a different conversation to the one I imagined. We talk about Craig's areas of research which include looking at the way that dancing and gender intersect, looking at Lad Culture within Universities and analyzing the way that men's magazines talk about penises.

Craig plugs:

Dancing Gender: https://dancinggender.wordpress.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/craigsresearch

I plug:

Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360

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

http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/

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

We mention:

Smut Slam: https://www.facebook.com/events/1924476301132034/
St Mary's University: https://www.stmarys.ac.uk/home.aspx
Strictly Come Dancing: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m8dq
Darren Gough: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Gough
Latin and Ballroom Dance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballroom_dance
Capoeira: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capoeira
Waltz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltz
Capoeiristas: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/capoeiristas
Michel Foucault: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Foucault
Dr Christine Campbell: https://www.stmarys.ac.uk/staff-directory/christine-campbell
GQ: http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/
Loaded: http://loaded.co.uk/
Attitude: http://attitude.co.uk/
Men's Health: http://www.menshealth.co.uk/
Manscaping: https://www.menshealth.com/style/7-must-follow-manscaping-tricks
DUP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party
Liberation: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07x5vsh
Media Studies Lecturer: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-41-chris 

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GBA 313 Craig

In 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://www.facebook.com/carysmattana/
Carys Mattana: https://soundcloud.com/carysmattana
Sisu - DJ Collective: https://www.facebook.com/sisuldn/

I plug:

Cameryn Moore: http://www.camerynmoore.com
https://www.facebook.com/camerynmoore
Smut Slam: http://www.camerynmoore.com/smut-slam/
Smut Slam Berlin: https://www.facebook.com/SmutSlamBerlin/
https://www.facebook.com/events/1627534160673728/

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/

We mention:

Phone Whore: http://www.camerynmoore.com/category/phone-whore-blog/
The Sound of Music: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music
Oliver: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver!
Tosca: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tosca
Royal Opera House: http://www.roh.org.uk/
Peter and the Wolf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_and_the_Wolf
Russell Group: http://russellgroup.ac.uk/ (Correction: Lancaster is an elite university but not actually part of the Russell Group)
Oxford Union: https://www.oxford-union.org/

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GBA 323 Carys

In GBA 65 we get better acquainted with Helen and Olly from the excellent podcast Answer Me This! 

We talk the realities of awards ceremonies, the different sides of Chris Evans, the experience and cultural position of going to Oxford, trying to make money from podcasts, meeting Paul McCartney's son the TV show Lorraine, working with friends and husbands, the legacy of Jewish comedy, reading Olde English, the entertainment industry, Big Issue sales tactics, making stags heads from old clothes and more!

Answer Me This! has won both Gold and Silver Sony Radio Awards and European Podcast Award that was voted for by the public.

It's a comedy/entertainment podcast where Helen and Olly (and Martin the Sound Man) answer questions of all kinds provided by its audience.

The show has been named one of iTunes Podcasts of the year and is THE most popular UK independent podcast; it's been a critics choice for a variety of different magazines and newspapers. Read the full low down on the show here: http://www.answermethispodcast.com/about

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/

WHERE'S MARTIN?  - He get's an episode all to himself which is coming out in 2 weeks on Wednesday 18th July!

Helen and Olly Plug:

The Answer Me This Jubilee special: http://answermethispodcast.com/jubilee It's £2.49 and available from iTunes and amazon.

I added to that a plug for their archive of classic episodes (each old episode is just 79p): http://www.answermethispodcast.com/classic

And their book: http://www.answermethispodcast.com/book

And LAST MONDAY they announced the release of the new Answer Me This Sports Day Special: http://answermethispodcast.com/sportsday/ It's £2.49 and available from iTunes and amazon.

You can find AMT on iTunes, the Stitcher Smart Radio app and a bunch of other places. Like it's website: http://www.answermethispodcast.com/ Like GBA it is a free independant podcast.

Want to know more about what they do separately?

http://www.helenzaltzman.com/

http://www.ollymann.co.uk/


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GBA 65 Helen and Olly from Answer Me This

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 75 we get better acquainted with Katy Darby. She talks co-creating Liars' League, life before and after publication, the importance of editors, short stories, teaching and studying creative writing, how the Internet and eBooks are changing writing and more.

Katy Plugs:

Her Novel: The Whore's Asylum / The Unpierced Heart

http://www.penguinrights.co.uk/Penguin/276809

http://lane7.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/judging-a-book-by-its-title-interview-about-the-renaming-of-the-whores-asylum/


Liars League:

Website: http://www.liarsleague.com

Next Live Show: Food & Drink, Tuesday 11th September, 7.30pm @ The Phoenix: http://liarsleague.typepad.com/liars_league/2012/09/food-drink-stories-for-tuesday-11th-september.html

Twitter: http://twitter.com/liarsleague

Search Facebook to join the group.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/liarsleague

Liars' League Leeds: http://liarsleague.typepad.com/liars_league/liars-league-leeds.html

Liars' League New York: http://www.liarsleaguenyc.com/


Her Blog: http://katydarby.blogspot.co.uk/


Also mentioned:

Spark London Hackney Launch, Monday 10th September 7.30pm @ The Hackney Attic): http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Hackney_Picturehouse/film/Spark_London_Story_Telling/

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

Neil Gaiman on prose piracy: http://blog.taleist.com/2011/02/12/ebook-promotion-neil-gaiman-says-piracy-is-really-marketing/



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In GBA 79 we get better acquainted with Michael Fenton Stevens. He talks talks about the life as a working actor, being a familiar face, how playing vicars can impact your life, death, friendship, ageing and much, much more.

We get into some the behind the scenes stuff of television and radio. We take a tour through the history of UK comedy from someone who has seen it from the inside. But we also get personal with conversation about love, family and friendship, both the beauty of these things and the sadness at their passing. 

You have almost definitely seen or heard Mike before. He sang the Chicken Song for Spitting Image, he's been in Eastenders, Coronation Street, Casualty, pretty much any comedy series from the last 30 years, Barclays and other adverts, loads and loads of radio, audiobooks, and a vast variety of stage work, including in recent years a strong line in Pantomime Dames. 

http://www.mikefs.co.uk/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Fenton_Stevens

Mike doesn't plug anything but then he plugs his sons music:

John Fenton / John Fenton-Stevens
Pass the peas music: http://www.passthepeasmusic.com/

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GBA 79 Michael Fenton Stevens

In GBA 94 we get better acquainted with Andy. He talks about sex, suicide, evolution, Countdown, cocaine addiction, true storytelling and more. It's very open & honest conversation.

A substantial amount of this episode covers issues around sexuality, feminism, evolutionary psychology/biology, sex work and we even touch on "nice guys" (although the conversation was recorded before the Nice Guys of OK Cupid Tumblr appeared and disappeared.)

We also talk about how Phil Collins saved his life, get the inside scoop on behind the scenes at the Channel Four series Countdown, the relationship between stand up comedy, journalism and Oxford University and how his two Grandmothers influenced his life.

Andy will be telling a true story at the upcoming Stand Up Tragedy which is also at the Hackney Attic on Friday 18th January:

http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/

http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/show-1-18th-january-2013/

http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Hackney_Picturehouse/film/Stand_Up_Tragedy/

https://www.facebook.com/events/232685033529087/


Andy plugs:

Womanology: http://www.womanology.co.uk/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/_Womanology_



Mentioned:

The audio version of the Womanology blog we'd just recorded: http://www.womanology.co.uk/folder/?p=437

Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com/

Down Post Office Lane: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/down-post-office-lane-andy-bodle/

Escorts: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/escorts-andy-bodle/

Daily Mail Article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1190966/I-addicted-girls-A-respected-script-writer-explains-succumbed-lure-paying-sex.html

Stuart Jeffries: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mrs-Slocombes-Pussy-Stuart-Jeffries/dp/0002258897

Sex at Dawn: http://www.sexatdawn.com/

Dan Savage: http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=15754593




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GBA 94 Andy

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