In GBA 248 we get better acquainted with James. He talks about learning languages, writing and reading stories, telling jokes, the balance between optimism and pessimism, the relationship between suffering and hope, the process of growing up, seeing Berlin through the eyes of an outsider among many other things.
James plugs:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamesharrisnow
Blog: https://shoeleatherexpress.org/
Film: The Village in the Morning: https://www.facebook.com/thevillageinthemorning/
I plug:
Live GBA @ Radioman Lates: https://www.facebook.com/events/1400049843627973/
Radioman: https://www.facebook.com/events/1739174112978825/
Wooden Overcoats: http://www.woodenovercoats.com/
What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity
http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk
Twitter: http://twitter.com/goosefat101
Donating: http://bit.ly/1LUtbKt
We mention:
Paula: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-194-paula-varjack
Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/
Hackney Picture House: https://www.picturehouses.com/cinema/Hackney_Picturehouse
Hackney Attic: https://www.picturehouses.com/cinema/Hackney_Picturehouse/Whats_On?filter=Attic
Never Mind the Fullstops/Poetry Goes Pop: http://varjackandsimpson.tumblr.com/poetrygoespop
Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/
Schopenhauer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer
Kafka: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kafka
Beckett: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Beckett
American Adventure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Adventure_Theme_Park
David Eddings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Eddings
The Losers: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/110689.The_Losers
Conrad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_conrad
Sherlock Holmes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes
Camus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus
Dostoyevsky: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoyevsky
Tolstoy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolstoy,_Leo_Nikolayevich
The Lord of the Rings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings
War and Peace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_and_Peace
Crime and Punishment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_and_Punishment
Mean Machine - 200AD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_Machine_Angel
So You Think Your Funny: http://soyouthinkyourefunny.co.uk/
Kafka monkey story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Report_to_an_Academy
Brian Eno: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_eno
Wim Venders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_Wenders
Wings of Desire: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_of_Desire
Faraway, So Close: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraway,_So_Close!
Rossellini, - Germany in Year Zero: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany,_Year_Zero
Rhodes Must Fall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes_Must_Fall
Josie Long: http://www.josielong.com/
James @ SUT: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/tragic-autumn-tragic-fall
Workers Fight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers%27_Fight
Militant Labour: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militant_Labour
UKIP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKIP
Francis Bacon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon
Trump: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
Corbyn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn
Hamas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas
Fail Better Podcast: http://varjackandsimpson.tumblr.com/fail-better
The day after the election: http://www.londonfieldsradio.co.uk/2015/05/10/fail-better-podcast-episode-4-dave-pickering-james-harris-election-special/
Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!