Name: paying attention by thedialogueproject
Duration: 33 min 20 s
Description: Karl talks to Patricia Hamzahee about listening as a survival skill, being an ally, paying attention and the difference between equality and equity. (And Patricia has a great story about what happened recently when a Black Lives Matter protester was given the stage at a Make America Great Again rally.)

To celebrate the 300th episode of GBA I'm putting out a season of 3 special episodes, which continues with today's conversation. In many ways this feels like a regular GBA episode and is a good example for new listeners of what the show is usually like. It's also a conversation with someone who it's taken 299 episodes to persuade to come on as a guest.

Part of the motivation for that is encourage people to donate to Refuaid which you can do here:
http://stories.co.uk/
https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/sparkrefuaid

In GBA 300 we get better acquainted with Matt. We talk about forming a theatre company together as students, 16 years of friendship, the different collaborations we have had over the years, who is actually the hardest working person in UK podcasting, the different interests and experiences that have led to him becoming a major force in British podcasting and how experiencing and healing from a spinal injury caused by a carcrash has influenced his outlook on the world. This episode also features a cameo from previous guest (and Matt's wife) Louise and contains the moment I met their child for the first time!

He doesn't plug anything but you can find out about all the things he does via his website: https://rethinkaudio.wordpress.com/

I plug:

Donating to GBA: http://bit.ly/2szNgUN
The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/
Freelance Stuff: http://www.davepickeringstoryteller.co.uk
Mansplaining masculinit: http://www.mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/

We mention:

Lancaster University: http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/
Jen: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-jen-episodes
Zoe: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-zoe-and-gay-episodes
Richard: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-richard-episodes
Pink Floyd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd
Iraq War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War
Agitprop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agitprop
Proscenium Arch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proscenium_arch
Ged: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-31-ged
Ringworm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringworm
Helen Zaltzman: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-9-helen-zaltzman
http://helenzaltzman.com/
Matt's true story at Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/podcasts/anatomy-of-a-road-traffic-accident-matt-hill-2/
Rethink Daily: http://archive.rethinkdaily.co.uk/
New York Times Daily: https://www.nytimes.com/podcasts/the-daily
Radio 4: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4
Kerrie: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-14-kerrie
Four Thought: Liberating Men: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07x5vsh
Louise: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-louise-episodes-1/
South Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park
Cbeebies: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies
Ministry of Stories: http://ministryofstories.org/
Private Eye Podcast: http://www.private-eye.co.uk/eyeplayer/podcast
BAFTA: http://guru.bafta.org/series/the-guru-podcast
Sachsgate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Russell_Brand_Show_prank_telephone_calls_row
British Podcast Awards: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/
Sony Radio Awards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Academy_Awards
Pete Price: http://ppmtelevision.com/
Crystal Maze: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Maze
Knightmare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knightmare
Micheal Fenton Stevens: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-michael-fenton-stevens
Hackney Hear: http://www.hackneyhear.com/
Soho Stories: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/may/17/london-soho-stories-sex-drugs-rock-and-roll
Adam Curtis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Curtis
Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/

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GBA 300 Season

GBA 300 Matt

To celebrate the 300th episode of GBA I'm putting out a season of 3 special episodes, which ends with today's GBA Extra. 

Most of today's episode was produced, performed and arranged by Martin Zaltz Austwick: http://www.martinzaltzaustwick.com/

The sample used in today's episode was taken from GBA 38 Karl James: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-38-karl-james

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GBA 300  Extra - Bread

This is an audio piece that I put together a couple of years ago. Found the mixdown on my computer earlier and thought I’d share.  The session’s long gone, so I’m not able to make any alterations to it now, but anyway, here it is.  It's about the strange worlds we enter when we close our eyes and sleep.

Morpheus

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Karl talks to Patricia Hamzahee about listening as a survival skill, being an ally, paying attention and the difference between equality and equity. (And Patricia has a great story about what happened recently when a Black Lives Matter protester was given the stage at a Make America Great Again rally.)

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Karl James and The Dialogue Project records, edits and shares conversations. For more info see the blog at: http://understandingdifference.blogspot.com/

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