The Open Episodes

In GBA 156 pt 1 we get even better acquainted with my partner, Jen. We talk about how she feels  being presented and represented on the podcast, introverts, ambiverts and extroverts, the way her memory works, the different distinctive smells of books, refining the mind and body, how we interact and intersect with each other as a couple and  whether consciousness is an evolutionary disadvantage.

Also I propose to her live on mic. 

This is the third episode of a 3 week "Personal Season".

The second (and arguably even more personal) half of this conversation will come out on  Friday (11), and on next wednesday (16th) the season will be rounded up with an episode  collecting together true stories and personal songs that I've told and recorded over the last 2 years.

Jen Plugs:

Nothing in this half of the conversation, her plug will come at the end of Friday's episode.

We mention:

Our past GBA conversations: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-jen-episodes

MJ Hibbett Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-12-mj-hibbett

Susan Cain  - Quiet: http://www.thepowerofintroverts.com/

Susan Cain - Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts

Susan Cain test: http://www.thepowerofintroverts.com/quiet-quiz-are-you-an-introvert/

Audry Lorde: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audre_Lorde

“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.”

Meg and Mog Books: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_and_Mog

Four Wise Monkeys: http://www.jadamthwaite.co.uk/four-wise-monkeys

Jen's Website: http://www.jadamthwaite.co.uk

Bright Eyes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright_Eyes_(band)

"And we'll keep working on the problem we know we'll never solve 
Of Love's uneven remainders, our lives are fractions of a whole."


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GBA 156 Jen #2 Pt 1

In GBA 156 pt 2 we get even better acquainted with my partner, Jen. We talk about how our 13 year relationship works, exploring the domestic compromises and tensions, arguments and conflicts, friendship and love, that come from living with someone and sharing a life together. We also cover the experience of living with (and living with someone who lives with) mental health issues. We push at the boundaries of openness and honesty in a conversation that is full of quiet revelations. Whether you know us well or know nothing about us, by the end of this conversation you will be intimately acquainted with who we are and how we fit together. 

This conversation picks up where Part 1 left off and I recommend listening to that episode first: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-156-jen-2-pt-1

This is the forth episode of a 3 week "Personal Season".

On next wednesday (16th) the season will be rounded up with an episode collecting together true stories and personal songs that I've told and recorded over the last 2 years.

Jen Plugs:

Openness and honesty.

We mention:

Crying For No Reason - Katy B: http://open.spotify.com/track/3DDxYAT7Nuj0tfkHICWYi3

Dan Savage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Savage

Savage Love: http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=19234246

Sex at Dawn: http://www.sexatdawn.com/

Smugsexual - on twitter

http://stavvers.wordpress.com/2013/12/08/smugsexual-and-the-closet-two-faces-of-feminist-biphobia/

http://sometimesitsjustacigar.wordpress.com/2013/12/08/thoughts-on-being-a-smugsexual/

Radcliffe Episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-radcliffe-episodes/

Niels Bohr: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Bohr

Niels Bohr quote: “There are trivial truths and there are great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.”

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GBA 156 Jen #2 Pt 2

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