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 134 we get better acquainted with Caroline. She talks  about changing her own perspectives and challenging other people's perceptions, travelling to Honduras and her plans to cycle from the UK to Africa, and we swap teenage stories from the POV of ex "Mean Girl" and ex "severely bullied geek". 

Caroline plugs:

Her future travel journalism idea: Livingstone to Livingstone!

And the episode was put out to help fund this campaign she is currently running for the Honduras Child Alliance (9 days to go if you want to donate):  http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/building-bathrooms-honduras-child-alliance

We mention:

Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com/

Ritzy Cinema: http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Ritzy_Picturehouse/

Dole: http://www.dole.com/

VSO: http://www.vso.org.uk/

Mathy's episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-50-
mathy

How does hollywood see africa - you tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKYVfmNKsDU

Don't Shoot the Clowns - Jo Wilding: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dont-Shoot-Clowns-Taking-Circus/dp/1904456480

Mean Girls: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_Girls



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GBA 134 Caroline

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 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 158  we get better acquainted with Laura.  She talks music, fibromyalgia, her relationship with religion, Italian adventures and more.

Laura Plugs:

Her EP:  Faces at the Fair:

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/faces-at-the-fair-ep/id719163554

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Faces-at-Fair-Laura-Bazell/dp/B00FHO1O3G

http://www.laurabazell.co.uk

http://laurabazell.wordpress.com/

We mention:

EAL: http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/resources/practical_resources_info/1067_english_as_an_additional_language

EFL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFL

Jane Eyre: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Eyre

Matt W: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-29-matt

Fibromayalgia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibromyalgia

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / ME: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_fatigue_syndrome

spoonies/ spoon theory: http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/wpress/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/

Groupon: http://www.groupon.co.uk/

Louise episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-louise-episodes-1

Monkey Music: http://www.monkeymusic.co.uk/

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GBA 158 Laura

In GBA 168 we get better acquainted with Sam. She talks about a childhood full of change and travel, being a mum (but not being defined by it), we compare notes from University and catch up on what we both did in our 20's. Plus she shows me her extensive collection of tattoos and we talk about putting art all over your body.

Sam plugs: Oil Pulling and relaxing

I plug: The Stand Up Tragedy IndieGoGo Campaign: http://bit.ly/TragicFringe

Tragic Misadventures: Wednesday 9th July at the Black Heart: http://www.facebook.com/events/601978073250123/

My blogpost about leaving/losing my job: http://davepickeringblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/%E2%80%A6yes.html

We mention:

Ged: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-31-ged
Richard: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-richard-episodes
The Platform Theatre: http://www.arts.ac.uk/csm/about-csm/facilities/general/platform-theatre/
Hugo Chavez: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Ch%C3%A1vez
Ministry of Stories:  http://www.ministryofstories.org/
Chris: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-41-chris
Inka: http://inkatattoos.co.uk/
Oil Pulling: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_pulling
Bindweed: http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/problems/weeds/field-bindweed/456.html
Swallows: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallow
Jack Sparrow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sparrow
Snow Camp: http://www.snow-camp.org.uk/
Red Bush Tea: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooibos
Keenwah: http://www.keenwah.com/
Palm Oil - Orangutans: http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/about_forests/deforestation/forest_conversion_agriculture/orang_utans_palm_oil/


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GBA 168 Sam

In GBA 172  we get better acquainted with Sophia Walker. She talks about going round the world in 8 mistakes, drawing on her experiences of working in the care industry to create a new piece of spoken word theatre, experiencing 9/11 through the wider social context of her international school classmates, filming documentaries in warzones, the etymology of the words and so much more.

Sophia plugs:

Can't Care, Won't Care 2-24th August 1.40pm at the Banshee Labyrinth: http://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/event/420338-cant-care-wont-care/

Around the World in Eight Mistakes 9-24th August at the Pilgrim 5.30pm:
http://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/event/420579-around-the-world-in-eight-mistakes/

Both shows are part of The Free Fringe.

Her first book Opposite the Tour Bus coming out this year from Burning Eye Press 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SophiaWalker

Twitter: https://twitter.com/poetwalker

I plug:

Stand Up Tragedy at the Free Fringe - 7.30pm every day from 2nd-22nd August at the Banshee Labyrinth: www.facebook.com/events/316554115169995/

Sophia Walker will be performing with Stand Up Tragedy on 6th and 23rd.

Getting Better Acquainted Live at the Free Fringe 3.15pm every day from 18th-22th August at the Royal Oak: www.facebook.com/events/773670469351784/

We mention:

Free Fringe spoken word album: http://pbhfreefringespokenword.bandcamp.com/album/a-maze-of-breaths-spoken-word-at-pbhs-free-fringe
Lucy Ayrton: http://www.lucyayrton.co.uk/
Dogstar: http://dogstarbrixton.com/
Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/
Andrea Gibson: http://www.andreagibson.org/
Arts Council: http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/
Kevin Cadwallender: http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/kevin-cadwallender
Ted Talks: http://www.ted.com/
BBCQT Watchalong: https://twitter.com/BBCQTWatchalong
Moscow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow
Washington: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.
Soviet Union: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union
UPI: http://www.upi.com/
National Geographic: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
The Mountain People: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mountain-People-Colin-M-Turnbull/dp/0671640984
David Pluth - Green Peace: http://www.ugpulse.com/heritage/1-on-1-with-national-geographic-photographer-david-pluth/530/ug.aspx
IkLand: the worst people in the world http://iklandmovie.com/index.php  
Boston International Film Festival: http://www.bifilmfestival.com/biffhome.html
Hanoi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanoi
George Bush: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush
Haringey: http://www.haringey.gov.uk/
Baby P: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Baby_P
Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com/
Ross Sutherland: http://www.rosssutherland.co.uk/
Jordan - spoken word: http://www.thedailybeast.com/witw/articles/2013/11/16/jordan-s-female-slam-poetry-scene.html
Upworthy: http://www.upworthy.com/
Shane Koyczan -  To This Day  : http://www.tothisdayproject.com/the_poem.html
Talha Ahsan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Talha_Ahsan 
Stonewall: http://www.stonewall.org.uk/
Keith Jarrett  - Gay Poem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g81EKU1lXbw
Sophia Walker - Faggots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8muDiSOjOQY
Chumbawamba - Revolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbXvfVlXt4s
300 to 1: https://www.facebook.com/events/607036452716549/
Monkey Poet: http://www.monkeypoet.co.uk/

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GBA 172 Sophia Walker

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 176 we get better acquainted with Eithne. She talks about movement between cultures, both her own global travel experiences and the experiences and issues facing groups of migrants within London . She also talks about working on equality and diversity within museums, telling her own stories in memoir and on stage and introduces me to the concept of Intangible Heritage.

Content note: Some complex or upsetting issues are touched on briefly at times during this conversation: e.g FGM, abortion, bereavement, racism

Eithne plugs:

Her website: http://www.ethnienightingale.com
Her Spark London story The Milkman's Round: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/the-milkmans-round-eithne-nightingale/
If any agents are interested in representing her memoir get in touch!

We mention:

Spark London: http://wwwsparklondon.com/
V and A: http://www.vam.ac.uk/
Museum of Childhood: http://www.museumofchildhood.org.uk/
Heritage Lottery Fund: http://www.hlf.org.uk/Pages/Home.aspx
Nyerere: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Nyerere
Hutons: http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/beijing/hutong/
Al Jazeera http://www.aljazeera.com/
Equality and Social Justice: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Museums-Equality-Social-Justice-Meanings/dp/0415504694
Dad Episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-dad-episodes
Unesco Convention on Intangible Heritage: http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/en/convention
Simone de Beauvoir: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_de_Beauvoir
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Sartre

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GBA 176 Eithne

In GBA 181 we get better acquainted with Kary. We talk about making Ministry of Stories for Cbeebies Radio, journeying into radio via 90's alternative music, living in many countries, practicing and teaching kundalini yoga. As often happens when talking to someone who also does interviews the tables are occasionally turned. Expect adventures, narrative, conscious living, feminism and more! 

Kary plugs:

http://www.inspiredradio.co.uk/

You can hire me to do freelance work: http://davepickeringblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/a-week-of-goodbyes.html

We mention:

Matt Hill: http://rethinkdaily.co.uk/
Ministry of Stories: http://www.ministryofstories.org/
Cbeebies Radio: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio/
Ministry of Stories series: http://bit.ly/MiScbeebies
Terry Saunders: http://www.terrysaunders.co.uk/
Jenni Murray: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/17dynSh8ZdhxqcljQ99TPqP/jenni-murray
Woman's Hour: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007qlvb
Radio 4: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4
Ignite: http://ignitecreative.tv/
Radio Production Awards: http://www.radioacademy.org/events/radio-production-awards-2/
Media Week: http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/
Something Else: http://www.somethinelse.com/
Acid House: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_house
Techno: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techno
Psychedelic Trance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_trance
Drum and Bass: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_and_bass
Reggae: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggae
Bashment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashment
Latin Jazz: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_jazz
Straight no Chaser: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_No_Chaser_(magazine)
Jez Nelson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jez_Nelson
Jazz FM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/102.2_Jazz_FM
Gilles Peterson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Peterson
Benji B: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benji_B
Sun Ra: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Ra
Steve Chandra: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Chandra_Savale
Asian Dub Foundation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Dub_Foundation
Kundalini Yoga: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundalini_yoga
Kundalini Yoga Collective: http://kundaliniyogacollective.co.uk/
Burning Man: http://www.burningman.com/
Earth Dance: http://www.earthdance.org/
Aisha and Abdel GBA: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-7-aisha-and-abdel


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GBA 181 Kary

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 195 we get better acquainted with Jess. He talks about  positivity as a political act, being a tour guide, the representation of minority religions, teaching English in China, the impact of his sister's life and death on his family and exploring the infinite and the unknown.

Jess plugs:


Upcoming short film in production: working title Duty of Care: http://www.ideastap.com/People/Jess-Brownrigg @JessBrownrigg

Thinking beyond ourselves.

Extra plug:

Stand Up Tragedy: Tragic Winter 28th February: http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Hackney_Picturehouse/film/Stand_Up_Tragedy_Tragic_Winter/

We talk:

Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/
Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/
Stand Up Tragedy Story: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/tragic-beginnings-act-1
Tour Guide Spark Story: https://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/a-grand-gesture-jess-brownrigg/
Kepler Telescope: http://kepler.nasa.gov/
New Scientist: http://www.newscientist.com/
Aristotle:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle
38 Degres: http://www.38degrees.org.uk/
George Mobiot on growth:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/27/if-we-cant-change-economic-system-our-number-is-up
Green Party: http://www.greenparty.org.uk/
The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Songlines-Vintage-Classics-Bruce-Chatwin/dp/0099769913
Rik Mayall: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rik_Mayall


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GBA 195 Jess

In GBA 199 we get better acquainted with Adele Hampton. She talks spoken word, journalism, finding her voice, navigating the intersections of class, race, gender and sexuality, her specific experiences of growing up biracial, moving to London from America and so much more. 

Adele plugs:

Her video production work:  Contact her at Adele Hampton on facebook. Check out her previous video work: http://adelehampton.com/

I plug:

The upcoming #GBA200 season (16th-20th March 2015) where I will be celebrating 200 hundred episodes of Getting Better Acquainted with a week of conversations where the table is turned and other people run the show and I am the guest.

And Tragic Spring: https://www.facebook.com/events/588668424609848/

We mention:

Sophia Walker: https://www.facebook.com/SophiaWalker
Can't Care Won't Care: http://www.rondotheatre.co.uk/production/1159/
Around the World in 8 Mistakes: http://sabotagereviews.com/2013/08/29/edinburgh-fringe-review-around-the-world-in-eight-mistakes-by-sophia-walker/
Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/
Oxford Brookes: https://www.brookes.ac.uk/
New College of Humanities: https://www.nchum.org/
My dad: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-dad-episodes
Adele's dad: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3563885/
http://www.transcendingsurgeon.com/
Miner's Strike: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_miners%27_strike_%281984%E2%80%9385%29
Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/
Doctor Who: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who
Daniel Radcliffe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Radcliffe
Rhianna: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhianna_(singer)
Annie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)
Ferguson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Ferguson_unrest
The Wire: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wire
Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/


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GBA 199 Adele Hampton

In GBA 210 we get better acquainted with Stephen. As we sit on London Fields in the sunshine he tells me about growing up: childhood in Middlesborough, early adulthood in Uganda and London, working in the mental health system, losing anger and finding perspective. 

The conversation features stories of risk taking, danger, violence and car crashes told openly and with humour.

Content Note: Mental Heath, Fighting, Discription of an animals violent death

Stephen doesn't plug anything.

I plug:

What About the Men: https://www.facebook.com/events/1554323898168649/

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

Tragic Summer: http://www.facebook.com/events/1374545949536475/

And Tragic Spring on the Stand Up Tragedy podcast: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy

We mention:

London Fields: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Fields
Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/
PTSD: http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder/pages/introduction.aspx
H Rider Haggard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Rider_Haggard
Joseph Conrad: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Conrad
Whitby: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitby
Scarborough: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarborough,_North_Yorkshire
Cuban Heals: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_heel
Carrie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_%281976_film%29
Diagram: http://platformthing.com/2014/06/11/this-is-why-editing-your-own-work-is-problematic/
Kafka: 

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GBA 210 Stephen

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 97 we get even better acquainted with Angela and Sofia. I follow up with them both at our writers retreat in Ramsgate in August 2012, catching them both in very different moments of transition. We talk writing, work, happiness, balance, jungles, guns, bullying, breasts & more.

This episode does stand alone but you may want to listen to their previous GBA conversations either before or after. I think you can tell that by this conversation we all know each other much better as friends, and the changes in their lives from when I first talked to them are interesting.

http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-95-sofia

http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-96-angela


Angela gives a very specific plug for Birkbeck to accept her for a creative writing MA. This episode goes out much later and so it is my pleasure (but not my surprise) to tell you that she was indeed accepted to this course.

Sofia's plug is also very specific; she is looking for a more fulfilling job that pays more money. She is talented in many ways including but not limited to writing, photography and organisation. She is still looking so please contact GBApodcast@gmail.com if you have any leads on potential jobs for her (in London).


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GBA 97 Angela and Sofia

In GBA 102 we get better acquainted with Julie. She talks about becoming a stand up comedian in her 70's, living through political and personal tyranny, her relationship to ageing, telling stories, living all over the world, surviving three tyrannies, being part of the computer revolution, how Elena Ceaușescu stole her desk and more!

Julie plugs a great many things but ends up with:

"There is always something good that comes from bad."

"I don't mind a one night stand if you give me warmth. But don't call me in the morning. Google me."  - Julie Kertesz 

Julie recently appeared on Channel Four: http://www.4thought.tv/themes/what-does-it-take-to-change-your-life/julie-kertesz


Mentioned:

Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/

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

Mistaken Identity Story: http://vimeo.com/21642360

Leaving Home Story: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/leaving-home-julie-kertez/

Now or Never Story: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/now-or-never-julie-kertez/

Grants True Tales video "When I was 10 years old" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-JHZKFzoHE

Toastmasters: http://www.toastmasters.org/

Lewisham Speakers: http://lewishamspeakers.blogspot.co.uk/

Julie70's Flickr Account: http://www.flickr.com/people/joyoflife/

Julie on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/user6441144

Julie's Diary: http://julie70diary.blogspot.co.uk/

Photo Blog: http://photoblogjulie70.blogspot.co.uk/

Video Blog: http://julie70video.blogspot.co.uk/

Il y a de la vie après 70 ans (French Blog): http://julie70.blogspot.co.uk/

Julie in London at 77: http://julie70inlondon.blogspot.co.uk/

Competent Communicator: http://competentcommunicator.blogspot.co.uk/

Logan Murray: http://www.loganmurray.com/ - Stand Up and Deliver

David Jones: http://www.stammering.org/news_toastmasters.html

Silver Comedy (http://silvercomedy.co.uk/) Best Newcomer 2012: http://www.flickr.com/photos/joyoflife/6908120513/

Cavendish Arms - Tiny Cup: http://competentcommunicator.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/two-clowns-at-cavendish-arms.html

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/julie.kertesz

GBA Episode 1: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-1-dave




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GBA 102 Julie

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