In GBA 207 we get better acquainted with Simon. He talks about dealing with the death of both his parents at a young age and how that, and the lives and values his parents had, has shaped his own life and world view. It's a conversation about bereavement, life, mental health and perspectives but most of all it's a conversation about stories, about the narratives and fictions we create and refine.
Simon doesn't really plug anything.
I plug Tragic Summer: https://www.facebook.com/events/1374545949536475/ and the Stand Up Tragedy podcast: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy
We mention:
Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/
Risk! Live from London: http://risk-show.com/podcast/3177/
Kevin Allison: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-90-kevin-allison
After Effects: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_After_Effects
Charlie Hebdo: http://mediadiversified.org/2015/01/10/hatred-breeds-hatred-charlie-hebdo-marginalisation-and-terrorism/
Tony Judt - Post War Europe: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Postwar-History-Europe-Since-1945/dp/009954203X
Rosa Parks: http://mediadiversified.org/2014/04/11/no-alibis-educating-children-about-racism/
MLK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
Mark Cousins: https://twitter.com/markcousinsfilm
Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/
Bill Hicks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hicks
Joris Luyendijk: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joris_Luyendijk
Niels Bohr: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Bohr
Schrödinger's cat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s_cat
Micheal Frayn - Copenhagen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen_%28play%29
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