GBA 248 James Harris

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!