Getting Better Acquainted

In GBA 257 we get better acquainted with Tom Crowley. He talks about Wooden Overcoats, Sad Faces, producing, acting and the difference between seriousness and solemnity amongst many other things. Tom plugs: Wooden Overcoats: http://www.woodenovercoats.com/ Wooden Overcoasts Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1667942170/wooden-overcoats-season-2 The Night: 23rd June https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=287998684881698 Crowley & Co: http://crowleynco.com/ @crowlynco: https://twitter.com/crowleynco I plug: What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk Donating: http://bit.ly/1LUtbKt SUT: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefamilytreepodcast We mention: (I will add links to all these later this week when I have a moment) Spark London Felix Trench Sad Faces Brydie Lee-Kenned

In GBA 256 we get better acquainted with Maggy Whitehouse. She talks about becoming an ordained catholic priest, becoming a comedian, combining teaching from different spiritual traditions and scholarships, interpretations of faith and the bible, her views on bereavement and healing, love and forgiveness and so much more, including an argument for why god is a woman and a lesser known definition of what adulatory means. Content note: death, terminal illness, cancer, murder Maggy plugs: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maggy.whitehouse Website: http://maggywhitehouse.com/ YouTube vids: http://www.youtube.com/maggywhitehouse Amazon page: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Maggy-Whitehouse/e/B00288YAXA I plug: What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk Donating: http://bit.ly/1LUtbKt SUT: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk We mention: Shakespeare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi

In GBA 255 we get better acquainted with James Ross. He talks about the differences between stand up and improv, the process of crafting comedy and developing as a performer, why he created Quantum Leopard, the relationship between audiences and performers, organising a tour of people's front rooms and more. James plugs: Quantum Leopard: https://www.facebook.com/groups/166172153722808/?fref=ts Rusty quill: http://rustyquill.com/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jamesrosscomedy I plug: What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk Donating: http://bit.ly/1LUtbKt SUT: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk We mention: ASMR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_sensory_meridian_response Hayley: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-9-hayley Apples for Everyone: https://soundcloud.com/applesforeveryone The Reactionaries: https://soundcloud.com/thereactionaries Stand

In GBA 254 we get better acquainted with Kirby. She talks volunteering to help with crisis management during Hurricane Sandy and in the current refugee crisis, Mommy Blogging, growing up within the counter culture, being a parent and activist during Occupy Wall Street, true storytelling and more. This conversation takes place on a walk around a historic cemetery on a lovely sunny spring day. Kirby plugs: Blog Authentic: http://www.blogauthentic.com/ @kirbyarmour: https://twitter.com/kirbyamour Sending Kirby links to great content and signing up for the mailing list: http://www.kirbyamour.com/ I plug: Spark London Refuaid Appeal/Get Matt Hill on GBA: http://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/sparkrefuaid What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk Donating: http://bit.ly/1LUtbKt SUT: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk We mention: Abney Park Cemetery: http://www.abneypark.org/ Spa

In GBA 253 we get better acquainted with Lee. He talks about echoes, resonance, the odd and the peculiar, class, out-liars, refrigeration, grammar and so much more. And framing and infusing all parts of this conversion are words, music, art, ideas, performance and a passionate assessment and defense of the possibilities of education. Lee plugs: His two books which can be purchased from him at gigs Utter Lutonia: 6th June: Hat Factory: https://www.facebook.com/events/699455260195361/ Whats on Luton Culture: http://www.lutonculture.com/whats-on/whats-on/2016/06/02/utter-lutonia-11/1874/ I plug: Spark London Refuaid Appeal/Get Matt Hill on GBA: https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/sparkrefuaid What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk Donating: http://http://bit.ly/1LUtbKt SUT: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk We mention: Richard Tyrone Jones: https://soundcloud.com/gett

In GBA 252 we get better acquainted with Girl on the Net. I talk to her about sex, anonymity, blogging, masculinity, porn, feminism, anxiety and more. She discusses why she started sex blogging, the realities of your blog becoming your job, how her politics and feelings around sex, sexuality and gender have changed and expanded as a result of talking sex online, and how laws around porn and internet regulation would effect her ability to do what she does. GotN plugs: HER NEW BOOK: How A Bad Girl Fell In Love: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Girl-Net-How-Fell-Love/dp/1910536571 HER FIRST BOOK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Girl-Net-Not-So-Shameful-Sex-Secrets-ebook/dp/B00CU86FDG HER WEBSITE: Girl on the Net: https://www.girlonthenet.com HER TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/girlonthenet I plug: Spark London Refuaid Appeal/Get Matt Hill on GBA: https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/sparkrefuaid What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-

In GBA 251 we get better acquainted with David Lee Morgan. He talks science, love, revolution, violence, art, history, activism, politics and so much more. In the conversation we trace his creative and political development over the course of his life, how he became an American revolutionary communist who spits words in the UK, and how that relates to where he has come from, the places, people and events he has encountered on the way. David plugs: Science, Love at Revolution on 24th May: https://www.facebook.com/events/1016837591729123/ Text of the show: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Science-Love-Revolution-David-Morgan/dp/149125694X davidword: http://www.davidword.com The Other Side of the Flood (Free Fringe 2016): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U17N5gY9Tj0 I plug: What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk Donating: http://bit.ly/1LUtbKt SUT: http://www.standuptragedy.co.u

In this special GBA Live recorded at the Old Red Lion Theatre as part of Radioman Lates I get better acquainted with James Hamilton. http://www.jameshamiltoncomedy.co.uk/ http://www.casualviolencecomedy.co.uk/ We talk comedy, writing, Casual Violence!, Hector Vs. The Future, Truncated Nightmare Hour, drama, darkness and lots more in what is half a conversation and half an existential Kafkaesque trial. James plugs: Hector Vs. The Future: Live recordings of episode 3 and 4 on 16th May at Etcetera Theatre Camden: https://www.facebook.com/events/1767282563491514/ I plug: Get Matt Hill on GBA by donating to the Spark RefuAid appeal: http://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/sparkrefuaid Donate to GBA: http://bit.ly/1LUtbKt 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 250 we get better acquainted with Natalie. She shares some of her personal story and talks about her faith and her feminism, we compare notes on patriarchy and masculinity and discuss some areas we disagree on. Content note: Discussion of child sexual abuse, rape, violence against women, self-harm, PTSD and domestic violence. Natalie plugs: Emailing her if you want to have a conversation with her about the areas and issues discussed: natalie.collins[at]dayprogramme.org I plug: What Sex Worker's Want: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJRBx0JjM_M Toni: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-197-toni Get Matt Hill on GBA by donating to the Spark RefuAid appeal: http://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/sparkrefuaid Live GBA @ Radioman Lates: http://www.facebook.com/events/1400049843627973/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk Twitter: twitter.com/goosef

In GBA 249 we get better acquainted with Mark Dean Quinn. He talks about trying not to make people laugh, making people laugh, the art of flyering, having a complicated relationship with audiences, how being in recovery from gambling addiction and going fly fishing with his father have both influenced him to make to the kind of comedy he makes and feeling truly himself inside the transitory space that is Edinburgh during festival season. Mark plugs: Going and doing something you've been putting off His most recent show was called Observation Without Comedy and you can find him at: https://twitter.com/markdeanquinn I plug: Get Matt Hill on GBA by donating to the Spark RefuAid appeal: https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/sparkrefuaid Live GBA @ Radioman Lates: http://www.facebook.com/events/1400049843627973/ Radioman: http://www.facebook.com/events/1739174112978825/ Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-

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-paul

GBA 247 is a Getting Better Acquainted special where I'm joined by my partner Jen to discuss an intense and short-lived friendship that we experienced on our recent 15-year-anniversary. If you like dogs then this episode is probably for you, if you aren't keen on dogs then maybe this episode will help you understand something about the experiences of dog lovers, or at least neurotic ones who over think things. You can find Jen here: http://www.jadamthwaite.co.uk/ Or here: http://www.twitter.com/jadamthwaite Here are her complete GBA episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-jen-episodes I plug: Spark: www.stories.co.uk What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk Donating: http://bit.ly/1LUtbKt We mention: Battersea Dogs Home: http://www.battersea.org.uk/ All Dogs Matter: http://alldogsmatter.c

In GBA 246 we get better acquainted with Lauren. We talk telling stories, cultivating awkward moments, living in the grey areas, the cracks in things, running away to join the circus band, calling yourself a comedian, attempting to make a living from making art, the poetics of failure and being excited among many other things. You also get to hear her singing a really lovely song. Lauren plugs: 4th - 7th May Sad Siren Present: I Love You Will You Mary Me: http://theatredelicatessen.co.uk/js_events/sad-siren-present-i-love-you-will-u-marry-me/ Sad Siren Theatre: http://www.sadsirentheatre.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/sadsirentheatre Circus Central: http://www.circuscentral.co.uk/ Alphabetti Theatre: http://www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/ Theatre Deli North: https://twitter.com/MoorDeli North East Circus Network: https://www.facebook.com/North-East-Circus-Music-Network-389796537880952/ Tatters Catman and the Infinite Broken Sequins: https://soundcloud.com/tatters-catman Twitter: https://twitter.com/lstone345

In GBA 245 I talk to Jonathan Chapman about his concept Emotionally Durable Design. This conversation is a departure from the usual format and tone of the show and was recorded as part of the development of Episode 9 of The Restart Project Podcast. Jonathan Chapman: https://twitter.com/iamjchapman Emotionally Durable Design: http://emotionallydurabledesign.com/ The Restart Project: http://restartproject.org/ The Restart Project Podcast: https://therestartproject.org/podcast/ Episode 9 on Resonance FM: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-restart-project-22nd-march-2016/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.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 244 we get better acquainted with Alison Phipps. She talks about her roundabout route to becoming an academic, how her politics have changed and grown over time, researching lad culture, sexual violence and reproductive rights, the dialectics of feminism, including sex worker and trans rights within feminism, how institutions work and the way that music and singing have framed and shaped her life. Content note: This episode includes discussion of sexual assault, rape and violence. Alison plugs: Blog: https://genderate.wordpress.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/alisonphipps Pastachips: https://twitter.com/pastachips I plug: What do sex workers want?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJRBx0JjM_M Toni Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-197-toni 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

In GBA 243 we get better acquainted with Azariah. He talks about being a father, a husband, a priest, a runner and a storyteller. We talk about race, religion, podcasts, comics, questions and how sharing true stories can bring people together. The conversation ranges from Ecclesiastes to The Incredible Hulk, from Aesop's Fables to personal recollections, as we investigate stories, communication and shapeshifting. Azariah plugs: The Shapeshifters: http://www.theshapeshifters.org/ I plug: 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: Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/ Church of England: https://www.churchofengland.org/ Park Run: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/ St Paul's Cathedral: https://www.stpauls.co.uk/ Multicultural Minds: https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/multiculturalminds-truestorieslive

In GBA 242 we get better acquainted with Maco. He describes a life spent with sound, from free parties, to roadying, to speech radio, to music; from hiding with the music equipment at school to listening to his voice in an Anechoic Chamber. We also cover being a father, how travelling and background influences your accent and the importance of wilderness years. This conversation was recorded in Studio 2 at the community radio station where he works. Maco plugs: 5th March - 24 Hour Broadcast - Reverbathon: https://www.facebook.com/events/563823997108936/ macohibs on twitter: https://twitter.com/macohibs Website: http://macoaudio.co.uk/ I plug: What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk Twitter: https://twitter.com/goosefat101 Donating: http://bit.ly/1LUtbKt We mention: Irvine Welsh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irvine_Welsh Ian Rankin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

In GBA 241 we get better acquainted with Vera Chok. We struggle through a little bit of social awkwardness to get into a great conversation about acting, writing, performance, identity, race and sex. The conversation grapples with perception, the self, image, shame and the body which makes it sound a bit worthy and pretentious which it very much is not! Vera plugs: The Good Immigrant: https://unbound.co.uk/books/the-good-immigrant Short Story coming up (in the future) on The Toast: http://the-toast.net/ Charles Adrian Gillot: http://charlesadrian.typepad.com/ Page One: http://www.pageonepodcast.com/ Muselings: http://muselings.uk/ I plug: What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk We mention: PBH Spoken Word Album: https://pbhfreefringespokenword.bandcamp.com/album/a-maze-of-breaths-spoken-word-at-pbhs-free-fringe Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Fr

In GBA 240 we get better acquainted with Michael Brunstrom. As we walk between Angel Islington and Victoria Park we improvise a conversation that pulls at the strands of what drives Michael to make the kind of comedy he does. We talk fringe theatre, enthusiasms, generalisations, milieus, breaking up with improv, the truth behind the surreal and so much more. I plug: Stand Up Tragedy Presents on Thursday Feb 18th at the Dogstar Brixton: Stand Up Tragedy Presents on 18th Feb: http://www.facebook.com/events/1129825877029165/ Michael plugs: Leicester Comedy Festival: The Hay Wain Reloaded 20th Feb Heroes at the criterion at 3.30pm http://www.michaelbrunstrom.co.uk We mention: Steve Roe: http://www.hooplaimpro.com/about-steve-roe.html Improvised Greek Tragedy: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/stand-up-tragedy-19 Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk James Ross: https://twitter.com/jamesrosscomedy Sofie Hagen: http://www.sofiehagen.com/ Mark Dean Quinn: https://twitter.com/markdeanquinn Jer

In GBA 239 we get better acquainted with Njambi McGrath. She talks about how the sudden death of her father forced her to confront a past she'd left behind and begin a journey of discovery into personal and cultural history she knew little about. We talk about making comedy out of dark topics, the effects of colonialism on the continent of Africa (particularly on Kenya where Njambi is from) and how the west views and distorts the lives of people from African countries. Njambi will be previewing her new show in a double bill with my solo show at Stand Up Tragedy Presents on Feb 18th at the Dogstar Brixton: Stand Up Tragedy Presents on 18th Feb: http://www.facebook.com/events/1129825877029165/ Listen to a sneak preview of the preview in this episode of the Spark True Stories Live Podcast: https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/multiculturalminds-truestorieslive Njambi plugs: Her Blog: http://www.njambimcgrathcomedy.co.uk/#!blog/c1o4u Her website: http://www.njambimcgrath.co.uk Her Facebook: https://www.faceboo