Episodes
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GBA 321 Helen
In GBA 321 we get better acquainted with Helen. She talks about the worst job she ever had, training to be a teacher, art, finding a new career path after leaving teaching, photography, her podcast Flixwatcher that reviews the films available on Netflix , how she came to love film, hating Adam...
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GBA 297 - Andre
In GBA 297 we get better acquainted with Andre. He talks about transformation and change in his life and work. Our conversation covers education, dialogue, theology, writing, psychology, acting and so much more. He shares the "origin story" of how he exchanged his adopted name for the original…
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GBA 286 - Nick Harris
In GBA 286 we get better acquainted with Nick Harris. He talks about how he accidentally got the job he'd always wanted (although he didn't know he'd always wanted it at the time), making podcasts and youtube videos for The British Museum, travelling around the world a lot during his childhood,...
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GBA 285 - Wild Goose Road Trips, 1969
GBA 285 is a special episode of Getting Better Acquainted. It's two parts monologue and one part interview as my dad tells the story of two road trips he made across America in 1969 to film in American coal mines on behalf of the British Coal Board. We get better acquainted with him and the…
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GBA 227 Charlie
In GBA 227 we get better acquainted with Charlie. Over coffee and cake he talks about commissioning documentaries for The Guardian, being arrested for protesting tax avoidance, what he looks for in documentaries, activism, being a vegan, working at Sheffield Doc Fest, Jewishness, solidarity and...
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GBA 209 Juliet Jacques
In GBA 209 we get better acquainted with Juliet Jacques. She talks about football, comment and opinion journalism, the differences and tensions between writing non fiction and writing fiction, marginal art and voices, the material reality of being a writer and so much more. Juliet plugs: Her…
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GBA 115 Alice Bell
In GBA 115 we get better acquainted with Alice Bell. She talks Crystal Palace dinosaurs, working in the Science Museum, knitting, academia, blogging, science communication, teenage politics, how children's non fic communicates ideas, Captain Planet, communicating on the internet, and so much…
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GBA 114 Mark
In GBA 114 we get better acquainted with Mark. He talks about studying film in Russia, site specific theatre, self reflection, performing Shakespeare in supermarkets, Father's Groups and more. Mark plugs: Teatro Vivo: http://www.teatrovivo.co.uk/ Frankenstein's Army:...
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GBA 112 Dan
In GBA 112 we get better acquainted with Dan. He talks about being superstitious about songwriting, where songs come from, making music for film, Primary School, the tension between popular music and academic musical theory, growing up as a skater in the suburbs in the 90's, quitting jobs and…
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GBA 103 Ben
In GBA 103 we get better acquainted with Ben. He talks style, substance and content, sexuality and fitting in, being a teenage actor, coming from the Caribbean to London, hipster culture, making art, digital media and so much more! We met in the coolest cafe I know on a day when I was wearing a...
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GBA 95 Sofia
In 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...
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GBA 93 Alastair
In GBA 93 we get better acquainted with Alastair. He talks about putting on shows, creativity, filmmaking, The Adventures of Prince Achmed, Doctor Who, activism, hugging and more. This episode was recorded at the Hackney Attic (where he works), just before the last Spark London Hackney Open Mic…
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GBA 60 Phil Leirness
In GBA 60 we get better acquainted with Phil Leirness. The episode is part of an occasional strand of the show where I reach out to people who make podcasts that I admire. I talk to the LA director and podcaster Phil Leirness about his documentary feature film The Truth Is Out There and his…
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GBA 56 Henry
In GBA 56 we get better acquainted with Henry. He talks about doing visual effects for Hollywood movies and the HBO series Game of Thrones, going to a rather famous boy’s public school, learning how to play musical instruments and the ethics of using CGI. And if I ask him the right questions I'll...
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GBA 55 Dad #2
In GBA 55 we get better acquainted with my Dad (again). Journey with my dad and me from Stansted Airport to my front door as we return from the trip to Germany that we were going on in : http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-3-dad-1 In this conversation we trace the technological...
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GBA 34 Eric and Dad
In GBA 34 we get better acquainted with both Eric and my father. It's late at night after dinner and we’ve had a few drinks, so we also get better acquainted with me as I talk more than usual. We talk about their friendship (which is older than me), the effects and interactions of one generation…
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GBA 33 Eric
In GBA 33 we get better acquainted with Eric. He talks about his extensive BBC career, film making, writing, how he met my father, the effect of national service and the physical and sensual process of typing. And a lot more. He also has a very interesting approach to the process of being…
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GBA 27 Joss
In GBA 27 we get better acquainted with Joss. He talks about the effect of digital technology on television and film production, cultural background, health, therapy and meditation. We also compare notes about being writer/musicians whose parents are writers and artists. Joss plugs his music:...
About this show
Conversations that include a lot of talk about film and/or TV, generally with people who make them or who have been involved in some way in the industry.
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