Getting Better Acquainted

This Getting Better Acquainted Extra features a true story I told at Spark London. Mentioned: Mansplaining Masculinity: https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/ http://www.mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/ The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk 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!

In GBA 337 we get even better acquainted with The Family Tree Podcast. I'm joined by Jen Adamthwaite the co-producer/creator of GBA's weird sister podcast to talk about the whys, the hows, the highs and the lows of making the second season of this magical realist podcast drama. This episode also stars a thunderstorm! THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE FAMILY TREE. The GBA episode where we talked about The Family Tree Season 1: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-284-the-family-tree To listen to The Family Tree from Episode 1 and for more info about the series go over to our website: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-family-tree/id1113714688 Now also available on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/48CpMm47ugAryHgT7Rv9Ta To sign up to our Patreon and help us to make Season 3 of The Family Tree go here: https://www.patreon.com/thefamilytreepodcast We mention: Jen Episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the

In GBA 336 we get better acquainted with Ruby. She talks about being a sex educator, life drawing modelling, non monogamy, sexuality, pleasure, play, communication, bodies and lots more. We recorded this conversation on a sunny Sunday in a back garden in east London drinking lemon balm tea. Ruby plugs: Body Loves Sketch Club Workshop at the Togetherness Festival on June 17th: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/togetherness-london-tickets-43878927052 Body Loves Sketch Club: coming to other places such as Wilderness in the near future. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rubyrare Twitter: https://twitter.com/_rubyrare Brook: https://www.brook.org.uk/ I plug: Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunl

In GBA 335 we get better acquainted with Sofie Hagen. She talks about how her politics and language have evolved, fat liberation and feminism, her interest in vulnerability, the relationship between comedy and audiences, and so much more. We also compare notes on turning conversations into podcasts, making art and activism for previous versions of yourself and we swap therapy stories. Content note: we touch on the topics of trauma, #MeToo, rape culture, fatphobia and structural oppression. Sofie plugs: Made of Human: https://www.madeofhumanpodcast.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/made-of-human-with-sofie-hagen/id1144479729?mt=2 Newsletter: http://www.sofiehagen.com/newsletter Twitter: https://twitter.com/SofieHagen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sofiehagen.komiker/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/sofiehagendk I plug: Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-

In GBA 334 we get even better acquainted with Donna. We reflect on and update the first conversation we had for GBA which was recorded in 2012 when we both had very different understandings of ourselves and the world around us. We compare notes on therapy and talk about some of the labels we now have to describe our experiences, in Donna's case dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD and OCD, in my case depression and anxiety. Donna talks about her new job advocating for special needs within a school, and how advocating for other people's needs has helped her understand her own, and vice versa. We talk about the unique job that we both used to do working with the under 5's on behalf of the library service and catch up on what has been happening in the 4 years since we last saw each other. This was our first GBA: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-replayed-gba-113-donna Donna plugs: Connecting with the world. I plug: Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/

In GBA 333 we get better acquainted with Emily. She talks drag metal, non monogamy, bondage, relationships, gender, queerness, femmephobia and lots more. Content note: eating disorders/disordered eating, mental health issues, anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, self harm, sex/bdsm/kink/non monogamy, bullying Emily plugs: Miss Emily Emphasis - facebook https://www.facebook.com/EmilySnee/ / insta http://www.pictame.com/user/msemilysnee/178643655 / twitter https://twitter.com/emilysnee Femphasis: https://www.femphasis.com/ The Facinators: https://www.facebook.com/fascinatorsbandUK/ https://www.thefascinatrix.rocks/ https://soundcloud.com/thefascinatorsband https://fascinatorsuk.bandcamp.com/releases I plug: Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ Down to a sunless sea: memories

In GBA 332 we get better acquainted with Nav. She talks about telling true stories, why she has decommissioned herself as a pharmacist, the history and cultural context of (western) medicine, how her relationship to race and migration has changed and so much more. Navreet plugs: Storytelling Sessions at Wellcome: 23rd May: Teeth: https://wellcomecollection.org/events/WtXbPiUAAA-m-5V7 https://wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/WgV_ACUAAIu2P_ZM I plug: Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360 The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-family-tree/id1113714688 We mention: Spark: http://stories.co.uk/ Nav's

In GBA 331 we get better acquainted with Hel Robin Gurney. They talk writing, fairytales, mythology, folklore, poetry, stories, the process of creating and developing their show The Sleeping Princess and so much more. Robin plugs: 5th May Poetry Society 2pm: Fairytale Double Bill: https://www.facebook.com/events/615314005470398/ The Sleeping Princess at Manchester Fringe, Reading Fringe, Camden Fringe: https://helgurney.wordpress.com/ April 28th Poetry Cafe: Wilderness: New Queer Writing: https://www.facebook.com/events/1521948347932126/ The Emergence of Trans: https://transseminars.com/ I plug: Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360 The Family Tr

In GBA 330 we get better acquainted with Miranda. We talk writing, working, true storytelling and lots more. She's been running There Goes The Neighborhood - a night showcasing established and upcoming writing - for a few years and is currently in the middle of putting out the podcast project, 100 Voices For 100 Years, which is releasing a piece of writing from a woman every day for 100 days to commemorate the centenary of (some) women getting the right to vote. Miranda plugs: There Goes The Neighborhood: https://www.facebook.com/theregoestheneighbourhoodclapton/ 100 Words For 100 Days: http://www.100voicesfor100years.com/ Centenary of (some) women's suffrage: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=centenary+of+women%27s+suffrage&rlz=1C1CHFX_en-GBGB456GB456&oq=Centenary+of&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.5608j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 I plug: Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut

In GBA 329 we get better acquainted with Christian. We compare notes on loving, playing, writing and learning music, being in bands, teaching young people and so much more. Christian plugs: The Music Lesson by Victor Wooten: http://themusiclesson.com/ Booking his Jazz band for gigs Partnership and collaboration I plug: Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360 The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-family-tree/id1113714688 We mention: Apples for Everyone: https://soundcloud.com/applesforeveryone UK States: https://soundcloud.com/homemade-jam-1 George: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/g

In GBA 328 we get better acquainted with Virginie. She talks about Soirée Pompette - the french language cabaret night she runs and hosts, Moon Lane Ink - a not-for-profit Community Interest Company dedicated to equality of access and equality of representation in children's books and equality of roles within the publishing industry, her French and Irish heritage and her British identity, her career of combining French and Drama and lots more! Virginie plugs: Moon Lane Ink: https://www.moonlaneink.co.uk/ Moon Lane Books: 300 Stanstead Road, London SE23 1DE Soirée Pompette: http://soireepompette.blogspot.co.uk/ Next event on 19th April: https://www.facebook.com/events/416752665443117/ I plug: Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: htt

In this GBA Extra I share two stories that I told/retold recently at Spark London true storytelling nights. I plug: Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/ Next Hackney night 9th April: https://www.facebook.com/events/150341378983786/ Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360 The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-family-tree/id1113714688 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!

It's another episode of GBA Replayed which showcases some of the conversations recorded in the early years of Getting Better Acquainted. ---------------- In GBA 113 we get better acquainted with Donna. She talks about fitting in, sticking out, dressing up, social awkwardness, creating your own reality, dancing, working with children and more. Donna is a very unique person and we met in her very unique office filled with the interesting bric a brac that she uses to entertain children. She discusses the time when she would only wear green clothes and talks about spending her free time inside her inner world. Donna plugs: "The idea that other things do exist outside of normality... You can just say, 'that doesn't exist in my world, so I'll just tunnel vision my way to the end. I can see the end, so I'll head for the end and then die.'" I plug: Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standu

In GBA 327 we get better acquainted with Gabriel Ebulue from the 3 Track Podcast. We talk about his obsession/passion for music and comedy, making "a podcast for music nerds, by a music nerd", what the experience of doing the Edinburgh festival can give to you, struggling to fit in with different musical subgroups, why Morrissey is now cancelled, and lots more. Gabriel plugs: The 3 Track Podcast: Libsyn: http://threetrackpodcast.libsyn.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-three-track-podcast/id1225035251?mt=2 Twitter: https://twitter.com/3trackpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/threetrackpodcast/ I plug: Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-da

In GBA 326 we get better acquainted with Tobi from the Arts Performed Podcast. We'd already warmed up by the time we recorded this conversation with me recording an interview for his podcast and so we get into things pretty quickly. Tobi talks cultural studies, artist and resistance, navigating the world with ADHD and dyslexia, how his relationship with being the child of a Guyanese migrant has changed over his life, systems of oppression, what he has learnt from people he has interviewed on his podcast and so much more. Content note: racism, slavery, colonialism Tobi plugs: Podbean: https://artsperformedpodcast.podbean.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrzaX0VXlgfOPwj7T4z0EyQ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/arts-performed-podcast/id1312992320?mt=2 Wordpress: https://artsperformed.wordpress.com Facebook: https://en-gb.facebook.com/artsperformed/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/artsperformed I plug: Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculini

In GBA 325 we get better acquainted with Giselle. She talks about making things with your body and with your voice, creation through association, travelling between cultures, the connections and intersections between art, ritual and myth and so much more. We also spend quite a lot of time talking about the process behind and around her recent appearance as Violita on the magical realist podcast drama The Family Tree. http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/branches/the-family-tree-season-2-episode-9-nine-lives/ Giselle plugs: The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-family-tree/id1113714688 I plug: Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-m

Pushed for time again this week so instead of a full conversation this week's episode is a GBA Extra combining my British Podcast Award submission and a true story I told at the most recent Spark London. The BPA submission features clips from these episodes of GBA: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-302-nicole-henriksen https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-301-nira https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-312-pandora-blake Spark London can be found here: http://stories.co.uk/ This is the next open mic at hackney: https://www.facebook.com/events/168730357188077/ I plug: Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down

It's another episode of GBA Replayed which showcases some of the conversations recorded in the early years of Getting Better Acquainted. ------------ In GBA 66 we get better acquainted with Iris. Sitting in my childhood home away from home we talk about Histories: personal, social, local and shared. Our conversation goes places - the excitement of London in the 60's, visiting Germany after WW2, providing educational support and assistance to disabled students, the psycho-geography of cities, the use of the word chav and discovering the heritage of a tiny part of Coventry are some of those places. Oh yeah, and we talk about what I was like when I was 12. Iris Plugs: "Don't keep hankering about going a long way away to find things out, look on your doorstep because often the answer is there, and look at your own environment and learn from it, and sortof... put your roots down where you are." And the Willenhall Local History Group that she is the secretary for and the Virtual Museum Coventry: http://www.v

In GBA 323 we get better acquainted with Carys. She talks about music: her first memories and musical influences, her dads cassette tapes and guitar playing, studying music history and theory at Oxford, DJing dance music, managing a youth orchestra and supporting music in education work. We also cover loving/working in the arts more generally, navigating sexism and racism, how making big choices about education at a young age can backfire and renouncing Buddhism. Carys plugs: Mattana: https://www.facebook.com/carysmattana/ Carys Mattana: https://soundcloud.com/carysmattana Sisu - DJ Collective: https://www.facebook.com/sisuldn/ I plug: Cameryn Moore: http://www.camerynmoore.com https://www.facebook.com/camerynmoore Smut Slam: http://www.camerynmoore.com/smut-slam/ Smut Slam Berlin: https://www.facebook.com/SmutSlamBerlin/ https://www.facebook.com/events/1627534160673728/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculi

In this GBA Extra I share two stories that I told/retold recently at Spark London true storytelling nights. I mention: Dead Poets Society: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Poets_Society Spartacus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus_(film) If it was a 'tough choice' to cut my job, then come and tell the children why: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/01/tough-choice-cut-job-enfield-children-centres-austerity I plug: What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/ Next Hackney night 12th February: https://www.facebook.com/events/139918386636811/ The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefamilytreepodcast Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360 Help more people get better acquain