In GBA 142 we get better acquainted with Nicole. She talks about storytelling, complicated families, jive dancing, the history of search engines and more.
Nicole plugs:
Her playwriting
Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com
Don't dance holding beer
This is the story she told at Spark London: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/the-cookie-monster-nicole-thomas/
And this is a blogpost she wrote about a very sad event that we didn't get to on mic, but covered off mic [content note: addiction, death]: http://treefroggirl.tumblr.com/post/33664383911/the-duke-of-earl-wont-go-to-rehab
I plug:
Tragic Beginnings: 17th January @ Hackney Attic (upstairs at the Hackney Picturehouse)
We mention:
Yahoo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!
GoTo.com: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goto.com
Microsoft: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft
Google: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google
Bing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing
Search Alliance: http://yahoobingnetwork.com/en/home
David Lee: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/david-lee
Aaron Sorkin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Sorkin
The Wire: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wire
Swingers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swingers_(1996_film)
Hula Boogie: http://www.hulaboogie.co.uk/
The Black Eyed Peas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Eyed_Peas
Louise Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-78-louise
Mayors Festival: http://thamesfestival.org/
Diamond Jive: http://www.diamondjive.com/
Up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_(2009_film)
Dead Poets Society: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Poets_Society
Spartacus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus
A Raisin in the Sun: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Raisin_in_the_Sun_(1961_film)
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