GBA Extra - New Focus

In this Getting Better Acquainted Extra recorded on New Years Eve and edited on New Years day(!) I round up of how 2015 actually panned out for me in what has become an annual post New Year retrospective, mixed in with some true stories that I told told at Spark London and some clips from the podcast I make for The Restart Project. Contact me on twitter where I'm @goosefat101 on by email on goosefat101@gmail.com or GBApodcast@gmail.com I plug: Spark True Stories: http://stories.co.uk/ The Restart Project podcast: https://therestartproject.org/category/podcast/ - Sex Worker Stories Episodes: https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/special-sex-worker-stories https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/more-sexworkerstories-truestoriestoldlive - Multicultural Minds Episodes: https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/multiculturalminds-truestorieslive https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/imfine-shannon-sparktruestories Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Stand Up Tragedy Presents... : 18th Feb @ Dogstar: https://www.facebook.com/events/1129825877029165/ Content note for the true stories sections: anxiety, depression, bullying, childhood trauma, racism. Next week normal service will resume and GBA will be back to it's in conversation format. Things mentioned: Uncertain New Year: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/uncertain-new-year The Parachute Opened: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-extra-the-parachute-opened The Restart Project: https://therestartproject.org/ Storylines which was produced by Ampersand Media: http://www.ampersandmedia.co.uk/ GBA 200: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/gba200 Radcliffe Royds: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-radcliffe-episodes Why I Make Tragedy: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-extra-why-i-make-tragedy What About the Men: http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ The Edinburgh Storify: https://storify.com/goosefat101/responses-to-the-mansurvey-show-on-twitter Samantha Mann Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-16-ms-samantha-mann Edinburgh Episodes: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sets/edinburgh-2015 AJ McKenna: https://soundcloud.com/aj-mckenna Howl of the Bantee: https://soundcloud.com/aj-mckenna/sets/howl-of-the-bantee-live-at-dogstar-brixton Howl Press Coverage: http://www.gadgette.com/2015/11/20/transgender-day-of-remembrance/ International Men's Day Blog: http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/liberation-a-response-to-internationalmensday/ 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!

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A weekly podcast: Join Dave Pickering on his journey to get better acquainted with the people he knows. Part interview show, part oral history project and part autobiography through conversation. British Podcast Award 2017 winner (bronze in Best Interview category) GBA was nominated for a 2012 Radio Production Award, aired for 3 seasons on Resonance 104.4 FM and was featured on BBC Radio 4's In Pod We Trust, BBC Radio 5 Live’s Helen and Olly's Required Listening and has been recommended by The Guardian, Time Out and the Financial Times