PODCAST
Spark Londoners
by Getting Better Acquainted
People who I know through Spark London.http://www.sparklondon.com/Mixcloud: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/236980083814/YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/sparklondonTwitter: http://twitter.com/sparkLDNiTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=348365296Podcast RSS: http://sparklondon.libsyn.com/rss
Episodes
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GBA 342 Banke
In GBA 342 we get better acquainted with Banke. In a conversation recorded in an Eat at Liverpool Street Station she talks about living in lots of different parts of the world, true storytelling as a way to overcome fear of public speaking, following in her father and grandfather's footsteps and...
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GBA Extra - The Spark
This Getting Better Acquainted Extra features my last true story as the host of Spark Hackney. It's really the story of how Spark and true storytelling came into my life and helped to change how I see my life. Spark True Stories: http://stories.co.uk Spark True Stories Podcast:...
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GBA 335 Sofie Hagen
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...
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GBA 332 Nav
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...
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GBA 330 Miranda
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…
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GBA 328 Virginie
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...
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GBA 300 Matt
To celebrate the 300th episode of GBA I'm putting out a season of 3 special episodes, which continues with today's conversation. In many ways this feels like a regular GBA episode and is a good example for new listeners of what the show is usually like. It's also a conversation with someone who...
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GBA 300 - Episode 1 Revisited
To celebrate the 300th episode of GBA I'm putting out a season of 3 special episodes, starting with today's Episode 1 Revisited which is in some ways a conversation between two different versions of me, the 2011 Dave and the 2017 Dave. This episode contains the original audio from Episode 1 with…
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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 292 - Elle
In GBA 292 we get better acquainted with Elle. She talks about being "the most boring kind of twin", the stories behind dead teeth, talking to Hugh Grant about hand cramp, being expelled from school, being the class clown, working in TV, radio and podcasting, the pros and cons of confrontation…
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GBA Extra - Therapy
This Getting Better Acquainted Extra starts with a story I told at a Spark London night about mental heath in November 2016 and then jumps to Feb 2017 to continue the story. It's all about therapy, mental health, diagnosis and the relationship between the personal and the political. Mentioned…
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GBA 281 Radcliffe #4
In GBA 281 we get even better acquainted with Radcliffe. He talks about being in a coma, continuing battles with addiction, the double edged swords of being attractive and charming, storytelling, class, belief and so much more. We recontextualize his journey through addiction, prison…
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GBA 280 Joe Marshall
In GBA 280 we get better acquainted with Joe Marshall. He talks about his journey from being a child who thought words weren't for him due to dyslexia and bad education to eventually becoming an award winning travel writer. Along the way we talk words, true stories, depression, hair beading in...
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GBA 267 Dave
In GBA 267 we get better acquainted with... me. In this shorter episode than usual I share some of the true stories I've told on the Spark London stage in 2016. As host of the Spark Hackney open mic I start every night with a story from my life that fits that months theme. I've been hosting for 4...
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GBA 264 Jen
In GBA 264 we get better acquainted with Jen. We talk about the things she wants to have done before turning 30, the process of working on yourself, the value of sharing true stories and attempting to live authentically and so much more. Despite working together as part of the Spark London team…
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GBA 262 Miranda Kane
In GBA 262 we get better acquainted with Miranda Kane. We recorded this conversation at the Audible studios in London during the recording of her new audio sitcom Slaving Away which is a comedy about a cheerful and happy-go-lucky single girl who just happens to be a dominatrix that will be…
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GBA 254 Kirby
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....
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GBA 246 Lauren
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...
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GBA 243 Azariah
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...
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GBA 239 Njambi McGrath
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…
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GBA 233 Ali
In GBA 233 we get better acquainted with Ali. He talks about writing sports listicles, having to choose between football and drama, how sport and theatre are not that different, his Northern and Jewish heritage and identity and so much more. Shared interests lead to us discussing interviewing and...
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GBA 230 Sally
In GBA 230 we get better acquainted with Sally. She talks about connecting with people, maths, computers and horses, teaching teenagers, IT training, being independent, self knowledge, stepping out of your comfort zone and so much more. Sally plugs: Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/ Skeptics in...
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GBA 228 Mathy 2
In GBA 228 we get even better acquainted with Mathy. She talks about her book Quit or Embrace Your Job Crisis, being a Third Culture Kid, navigating change, race, grief, stereotypes, depression, faith and creativity. We met up at the William Morris Gallery a few months back to ago. A lot has...
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GBA Extra - Why I Make Tragedy
This getting better acquainted extra features various performances I've done on stage during 2015. Stand Up Tragedy Presents: https://www.facebook.com/events/461679520679231/ Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/ Multicultural Minds: https://www.facebook.com/events/1735829253307581/ Stand Up...
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GBA 223 Renee
In GBA 222 we get better acquainted with Renee. She talks about storytelling, identity, culture, feminism and feeling like a grafted tree. The conversation maps out her story, the different countries she has lived, the different heritages that have formed who she is. Renee plugs: Her twitter:...
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GBA 215 Cameryn Moore
In GBA 215 we get better acquainted with Cameryn Moore. She talks about her shows Phone Whore, Smut Slam Caberet and Slut (R)evolution, the ethics around making art about difficult subjects; responsibility, accountability and authenticity, balancing doing phone sex work and being a touring…
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GBA 212 Ian
In GBA 212 we get better acquainted with Ian. He talks about finding growing up and looking back, accidentally getting into computing, playing chess against adults as a boy, and we chart his experience of living for over a decade as someone with a long term illness, how ME was for him and his...
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GBA 211 Lizanne
In GBA 211 we get better acquainted with Lizanne. She talks van driving, assembly lines, office jobs, corporate catering, what it's like being a woman working in male dominated industries, her love of cars, vans and other driving machines and turning her life and thoughts into stories and comedy....
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GBA 210 Stephen
In GBA 210 we get better acquainted with Stephen. As we sit on London Fields in the sunshine he tells me about growing up: childhood in Middlesborough, early adulthood in Uganda and London, working in the mental health system, losing anger and finding perspective. The conversation features…
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GBA 207 Simon
In GBA 207 we get better acquainted with Simon. He talks about dealing with the death of both his parents at a young age and how that, and the lives and values his parents had, has shaped his own life and world view. It's a conversation about bereavement, life, mental health and perspectives but...
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GBA 205 Suraya
In GBA 205 we get better acquainted with Suraya. She talks about creating an erotica magazine for women, moving between cultures, countries and cities, the therapeutic and social value of storytelling, singing, writing, mental health and more. Suraya plugs: Tragic Spring at the Hackney Attic 25th...
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GBA 198 Jack Rooke
In GBA 198 we get better acquainted with Jack Rooke. He talks about co-writing a show about the death of his dad with his Nan, the barriers to education and the arts that people from working class backgrounds have to deal with, how suicide is presented in the media, watching daytime TV and so…
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GBA 195 Jess
In GBA 195 we get better acquainted with Jess. He talks about positivity as a political act, being a tour guide, the representation of minority religions, teaching English in China, the impact of his sister's life and death on his family and exploring the infinite and the unknown. Jess plugs:...
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GBA 194 Paula Varjack
In GBA 194 we get better acquainted with Paula Varjack. She talks about finding herself through becoming someone else, creating performed documentary, how money and art and identity intersect, singing the Cat in the Hat to the tune of Radiohead's Creep, the ethical and practical concerns of...
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GBA 191 Jonathan Blake
In GBA 191 we get better acquainted with Jonathan Blake. He is one of the real people who are fictionalised in the film Pride. We talk about being played by Dominic West, living with HIV, LGBT rights and homophobia, the politics of the left, coming out, housing cooperatives, acting, activism,...
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GBA 187 Hannah
In GBA 187 we get better acquainted with Hannah. She talks about connecting with people, about the crack in everything that lets the light get in, about rootlessness, relationships, family, love, death and pain. It's a conversation that threads itself around how facebook can connect and dissect...
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GBA 176 Eithne
In GBA 176 we get better acquainted with Eithne. She talks about movement between cultures, both her own global travel experiences and the experiences and issues facing groups of migrants within London . She also talks about working on equality and diversity within museums, telling her own…
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GBA 175 Neil Denny
In GBA 175 we get better acquainted with Neil Denny. He talks about balancing and compartmentalizing his day job and his "hobby" (producing and presenting the podcast and radio show Little Atoms). We get into class, road-trips across America, whether prayer or masturbation is the more shameful…
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GBA Live 13 - Tamer Kattan
A live recording of a GBA recorded at #edfringe 2014 at the Royal Oak as part of the PBH Free Fringe. CONTENT NOTE: The conversations touches on child abuse, drug use, violence and bullying. This recording is unedited and posted in a no frills way due to the intensive workload of the festival…
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GBA 170 Fran
In GBA 170 we get better acquainted with Fran. We catch up on what's been happening since we studied together 12 years ago, which for Fran involves becoming a Goth, founding the Cheshire Liberation Front, doing interesting things with Harvest Mice, becoming an Interpretation Officer at the…
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GBA 164 Sonja
In GBA 164 we get better acquainted with Sonja. We talk about making and loving comics, being interested in novelty, veganism, thinking creatively and commercially, giving up work to go freelance and more. Also featured in this episode are two true stories Sonja told at Spark London events. Sonja...
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GBA 160 Emily
In GBA 160 we get better acquainted with Emily. She talks writing, working in a bookshop, her baby going viral, bat invasions, television research and more. And at the end of the episode you can hear one of her short stories being performed at Stand Up Tragedy by her partner Richard who was last...
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GBA 157 The Personal Episode
In GBA 157 we get better acquainted with... me. The Personal Season ends with The Personal Episode: True stories told by me live on stage at Spark London over the last few years, broken up with tracks from The Open EP that I released for free download earlier this year. It starts with a vasectomy...
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GBA Extra: True Stories of Time and Space
This Getting Better Acquainted extra brings together two true stories that are in some ways about time and space. They deal with memory, with family, with childhood and with relationship between different generations and cultures. Both stories in some way relate to each other and to this weeks…
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GBA 139 Patricia
In GBA 139 we get better acquainted with Patricia. She talks about childhood, dead bodies, displacement, childhood, The European Union, storytelling, bereavement, Law School and more. On Friday a GBA extra will come out featuring a story Patricia told at Spark London which builds on many of the...
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GBA 136 Tony Hickson
In GBA 136 we get better acquainted with Tony. He talks knife throwing accidents, impersonating Elvis on Channel 5, being a paparazzi photographer, transgressive art, travelling with the Circus, the World Gurning Championships, making serial killer puppet shows and more. Tony plugs: Meat Plough -...
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GBA 134 Caroline
In GBA 134 we get better acquainted with Caroline. She talks about changing her own perspectives and challenging other people's perceptions, travelling to Honduras and her plans to cycle from the UK to Africa, and we swap teenage stories from the POV of ex "Mean Girl" and ex "severely bullied...
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GBA 130 Charley
In GBA 130 we get better acquainted with Charley. She talks childhood, family, divorce, storytelling, comedy, bitcoin and more. We swap our differently complicated childhoods, covering everything from rat based tragedy to everybody's wall's. Plus there's a performance she gave at Stand Up…
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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 102 Julie
In GBA 102 we get better acquainted with Julie. She talks about becoming a stand up comedian in her 70's, living through political and personal tyranny, her relationship to ageing, telling stories, living all over the world, surviving three tyrannies, being part of the computer revolution, how...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
People who I know through Spark London.http://www.sparklondon.com/Mixcloud: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/236980083814/YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/sparklondonTwitter: http://twitter.com/sparkLDNiTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=348365296Podcast RSS: http://sparklondon.libsyn.com/rss
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People who I know through Spark London.http://www.sparklondon.com/Mixcloud: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/236980083814/YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/sparklondonTwitter: http://twitter.com/sparkLDNiTunes:...
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