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Getting Better AcquaintedGBA 346 Matt PaneshIn GBA 346 we get better acquainted with Matt. I visit him at his new venture, Alt-Space, in Morcambe and we talk about how he washed up in this North West seaside town, how the lack of a comedy club in the town inspired him to create an arts venue, community centre and a fringe there, his own work which spans spoken word, theatre and comedy, and lots more.
Matt plugs:
Alt-space, 21c Yorkshire Street, Morecambe: https://www.facebook.com/altspacemorecambe/
Call out for submissions: morecambefringe@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/altspacemorecambe/posts/2220165701541560
Alternative Space Programme: https://twitter.com/morecambespace
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2018-10-311h 03
Getting Better AcquaintedGBA 344 Rita SuszekIn GBA 344 we get even better acquainted with Rita. She talks about how her life has changed since we last recorded a conversation, how trying to work as a freelancer in the arts can affect your mental health, the relationship between trying to make things for yourself and trying to make money to pay rent and bills, her different experiences of day-jobs and so much more.
Recorded just before I moved to Lancaster - partly due to the difficulty of trying to be a freelance artist in London - there is a lot of cross over between our experiences and...
2018-10-101h 15
Getting Better AcquaintedGBA Replayed - GBA 2 ElspethThis is the second episode of a new strand of GBA called GBA Replayed which showcases some of the conversations recorded in the early years of Getting Better Acquainted.
Part of the reason for me re-releasing this episode is that Elspeth has a cause that she would like people to know about which is highlighted in the introduction.
Register For Ruby: http://www.registerforruby.com/
Ruby desperately needs to be matched with a bone marrow donor with Salvadoran or Latin American heritage - something the doctors have said is not going to be easy.
Her time is running out.
https...
2017-03-081h 02Getting Better AcquaintedGBA Replayed - GBA 2 ElspethThis is the second episode of a new strand of GBA called GBA Replayed which showcases some of the conversations recorded in the early years of Getting Better Acquainted.
Part of the reason for me re-releasing this episode is that Elspeth has a cause that she would like people to know about which is highlighted in the introduction.
Register For Ruby: http://www.registerforruby.com/
Ruby desperately needs to be matched with a bone marrow donor with Salvadoran or Latin American heritage - something the doctors have said is not going to be easy.
Her time is running out.
https...
2017-03-081h 02
Getting Better AcquaintedGBA Extra - Is This Enough?In this Getting Better Acquainted Extra, which I recorded just before Christmas, I round up how 2016 went down both personally and politically, in what has become an annual post New Year retrospective. The episode finishes off with a true story I told at Spark True Stories at the first ever London Podcast Festival.
Contact me on twitter where I'm @goosefat101 on by email on goosefat101@gmail.com or GBApodcast@gmail.com
Mentioned/Plugged:
The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/
Four Thought: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07x5vsh
What About the Men? https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity
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2017-01-0446 minGetting Better AcquaintedGBA Extra - Is This Enough?In this Getting Better Acquainted Extra, which I recorded just before Christmas, I round up how 2016 went down both personally and politically, in what has become an annual post New Year retrospective. The episode finishes off with a true story I told at Spark True Stories at the first ever London Podcast Festival.
Contact me on twitter where I'm @goosefat101 on by email on goosefat101@gmail.com or GBApodcast@gmail.com
Mentioned/Plugged:
The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/
Four Thought: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07x5vsh
What About the Men? https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity
...
2017-01-0446 min
Getting Better AcquaintedGBA Extra - New FocusIn this Getting Better Acquainted Extra recorded on New Years Eve and edited on New Years day(!) I round up of how 2015 actually panned out for me in what has become an annual post New Year retrospective, mixed in with some true stories that I told told at Spark London and some clips from the podcast I make for The Restart Project.
Contact me on twitter where I'm @goosefat101 on by email on goosefat101@gmail.com or GBApodcast@gmail.com
I plug:
Spark True Stories: http://stories.co.uk/
The Restart Project podcast: https://therestartproject.org/category/podcast/
- Sex...
2016-01-0657 min
Getting Better AcquaintedGBA 178 Bouncy Poppy Songs About DeathIn GBA 178 we get better acquainted with Bouncy Poppy Songs About Death. Join me, Hayley and George at a listening party for the new album by The Reactionaries. It's the first time we'd all sat down and listened to the finished album together.
Plugs:
Bouncy Poppy Songs About Death on bandcamp: https://thereactionaries1.bandcamp.com/releases
Our eponymous first album on soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/thereactionaries/sets/the-reactionaries
To leave feedback or to approach Hayley about her novel or George about his production skills contact GBApodcast@gmail.com or @GBApodcast on twitter.
Stand Up Tragedy: Tragic Friends at the Dogstar...
2014-09-241h 30
Getting Better AcquaintedGBA 161 JoIn GBA 161 we get better acquainted with Jo. He talks about smell, history and memory, the intangible things. We explore ideas around his podcast Life in Scents and how they relate to his life.
Jo Plugs:
The Podcast: Life in Scents - iTunes / http://lifeinscents.com/
freelance audio and scents: jobarratt@gmail.com
paying attention to your senses
smelling a lemon
I don't plug but probably should have plugged:
Stand Up Tragedy: Tragic History at the Hackney Attic on Friday 16th May from 7.30pm: http://www.facebook.com/events/231570123709490/
We mention:
RSA: http://www.thersa.org/
Pod Academy: http://podacademy...
2014-05-141h 02
Getting Better AcquaintedGBA Extra - Uncertain New YearIn this GBA Extra I discuss the uncertain position I find myself in this New Year, have a brief round up of what's been going on with Getting Better Acquainted in 2013 and offer up various rants and explanations.
Reflections, apologies, resolutions and possible solutions.
I plug:
Suggesting/offering me jobs, commissions and solutions! - GBApodcast@gmail.com
Mentioned:
The 2012 Christmas Special: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-91-getting-better?in=gettingbetteracquainted/sets/christmas-specials
GBA 100: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/gba100-1
Live episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/gba-live
Edinburgh Season: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/stand-up-tragedy-at-edinburgh
Resonance FM: http://resonancefm.com/
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2014-01-0140 min
Getting Better AcquaintedGBA 108 BryonyIn GBA 108 we get better acquainted with Bryony. She puts up with me treating her as an ambassador for people in their early 20's! She talks studying radio production, teenage years, Canada, pets, memory, interviewing, living in the countryside, generations and lot's more! There is also a cameo from the cat that I had at the time.
Bryony Plugs:
Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/
Next live show is on Friday 17th May at the Hackney Attic: https://www.facebook.com/events/635498473143002/
Our podcast which Bryony produces is available on iTunes, Sticher Smart Radio and here: https://soundcloud...
2013-05-011h 19
Getting Better AcquaintedGBA 101 AlexIn GBA 101 we get better acquainted with Alex. He talks international law, Canadian identity and politics, studying in America and the UK, falling into radical research, strange jobs, being a part of a reality style TV show that was also a university course and more!
If you are a US listener and you want to help podcasters and others fight patent trolls this is the place to go: https://www.eff.org/action
Alex plugs:
He joked about finding a job through his appearance and certainly anyone who has a job opportunity for this intelligent and modest man should send...
2013-03-121h 01
Getting Better AcquaintedGBA 97 Angela and SofiaIn 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...
2013-01-311h 21
Getting Better AcquaintedGBA 95 SofiaIn GBA 95 we get better acquainted with Sofia. She talks about writing screenplays and being interested in film making, going from Sweden to Texas, back to Sweden, then to LA, then to London, with some stop offs in Malaysia, surviving on a low wage in London, the etiquette of working as a barista in a coffee chain, not wanting children but wanting a relationship and more!
Sofia plugs:
Her photography and her writing: Contact GBApodcast@gmail.com to be put in contact with her about either of those skillsets.
This is her flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sofialundberg/
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2013-01-221h 04
Getting Better AcquaintedGBA 58 Radcliffe (Part 2)In GBA 58 part 2 we get better acquainted with Radcliffe. We pick up the conversation with the story of how he came to become homeless and he continues through crime and punishment and then rehabilitation and recovery.
Hear a man who has lived homeless and destitute not just talk about his experiences, but reflect on them and share what he’s learnt with you. Rarely do we listen to people with firsthand experience of homelessness and drug addiction when coming up with social policies. Here is a chance to do that.
Seriously this conversation was amazing to have and I think it...
2012-05-251h 05
Getting Better AcquaintedGBA 58 Radcliffe (Part 1)In GBA 58 we get better acquainted with Radcliffe. In part 1 of this weeks 2 part special he talks about his relationship with drugs and his "formative" years.
This includes his experiences attending and being expelled from a boarding school, his family life and his almost accidental introduction into the Edinburgh underworld.
We discuss addiction and the nature and social position of drugs. And we hear a recovered addicts views on drugs policy.
Part 2 : http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-58-radcliffe-part-2 comes out in Friday when the conversation will continue, covering crime and punishment, homelessness and then rehabilitation and recovery.
Seriously this conversation...
2012-05-2359 min
Getting Better AcquaintedGBA 31 GedIn GBA 31 we get better acquainted with Ged. He talks about Blackpool, class, George Orwell & protest amongst other things. We are on a train to Edinburgh and drinking beer. We also address some of our points of tension.
Look out for a GBA extra ON FRIDAY where I get another POV on the march that me and Ged discuss.
Ged plugs:
His Indian Schools comic adaptation of Voyage of the Beagal by Charles Darwin
Dogem Logic: http://www.dodgemlogic.com/
Ged's Comic Strip: Twixt the Steeple and the Ground http://www.flickr.com/photos/thoughtbubblefestival/5065122049/
If people want to get...
2011-11-2359 min
Getting Better AcquaintedGBA 30 RosemaryIn GBA 30 we get better acquainted with Rosemary. She talks about the transformative power of theatre in education, drumming, faith, same sex marriage, working with children and adults with special needs, music and more. And I tell my origin story that involves a school in a small Welsh town, a Native American and a moment when my understanding changed.
Rosemary plugs:
Her band Le Miro
if you're interested in booking them email me at GBApodcast@gmail.com and I will put you in touch with them.
Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not...
2011-11-161h 03
Getting Better AcquaintedGBA 25 ChrisIn GBA 25 we walk road the streets of Brixton getting better acquainted with Chris. He talks conversation, statistical analysis, being a craftist, cycling round London and much more. We also have a big conversation about whether money is neutral a tool for organising society!
Chris plugs: The Anarchist Bookfair 2011: http://anarchistbookfair.org.uk/ and also the idea of getting involved in things you care about.
Want to cycle round London but your nervous of doing it? Chris recommends: http://www.cycletraining.co.uk/
He also offers to personally help people to be confident about riding bikes around London. If you're...
2011-10-121h 11
Getting Better AcquaintedGBA 22 ZoeIn GBA 22 we get better acquainted with Zoe. She talks about faith from the point of view of being the daughter of a Quaker and a Buddhist. She talks about Live Action Role Playing (LARP) and how they create and explore their collective stories. She talks about the relationship between poetry and emotions. And we discuss our parents mortality.
Zoe plugs: LARPING - if you are interesting in Live Action Role Playing you can contact Zoe through me: GBApodcast@gmail.com
Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
Follow...
2011-09-2156 min
Getting Better AcquaintedGBA 6 GeorgeIn GBA #6 we get better acquainted with George. He talks food, cycling, music, money, fatherhood, happiness, benefits and cycling over a couple of very specific beers.
If anyone in London wants to audition George for their band, as a bassist or guitarist, email GBApodcast@gmail.com and I will pass on your details.
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2011-06-221h 03
University FriendsGBA 2 ElspethIn episode GBA #2 we get better acquainted with Elspeth who talks about religion, feminism and sudden death.
(This episode isn't explicit. I am looking in to making it so I can tag episodes individually with clean/explicit tags)
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.
If you want to get even better acquainted with the show you can email Dave at: GBApodcast@gmail.co.uk
2011-05-251h 05Getting Better AcquaintedGBA 2 ElspethIn episode GBA #2 we get better acquainted with Elspeth who talks about religion, feminism and sudden death.
(This episode isn't explicit. I am looking in to making it so I can tag episodes individually with clean/explicit tags)
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.
If you want to get even better acquainted with the show you can email Dave at: GBApodcast@gmail.co.uk
2011-05-251h 05Getting Better AcquaintedGBA 2 ElspethIn episode GBA #2 we get better acquainted with Elspeth who talks about religion, feminism and sudden death.
(This episode isn't explicit. I am looking in to making it so I can tag episodes individually with clean/explicit tags)
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.
If you want to get even better acquainted with the show you can email Dave at: GBApodcast@gmail.co.uk
2011-05-251h 05Faith and SpiritualityGBA 2 ElspethIn episode GBA #2 we get better acquainted with Elspeth who talks about religion, feminism and sudden death.
(This episode isn't explicit. I am looking in to making it so I can tag episodes individually with clean/explicit tags)
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.
If you want to get even better acquainted with the show you can email Dave at: GBApodcast@gmail.co.uk
2011-05-251h 05