Podcasts about tragic christmas

I have a complicated relationship with Christmas. It's been as site of both trauma and happiness for me. So in some ways you might say it's odd that since Getting Better Acquainted started in 2011 I've made a Christmas Special every year. Or perhaps it makes sense for me to keep picking at the Christmas scab because we often return to the things that have marked and shaped us. Some of the specials have been about comfort and joy and others have been about the bleak midwinter. Most have been about both and everything in between. GBA 350 is the 2018 Christmas Special but in some ways maybe it's the ultimate GBA Christmas Special, the Christmas Special I was always trying to make, the Christmas Special that I've always been making. It's a collage of the best and most personal bits from the last 7 years of GBA and Stand Up Tragedy Christmases. It has songs, stories, love, conflict, confusion, hope, despair and other Christmas things held within it. It features conversations, monologues, performances, time travel, music and moomins. It co-stars my partner Jen, my friend Nina and my dad. The Christmas songs were mostly performed with Asia, George and Sam. The episode is a soundscape, a collage, a journey, a stream of audio consciousness, rather than a documentary or a standard GBA conversation. After this episode we'll have a GBA Extra in the new year and then the show will be going on a hiatus for a while. But there's over 350 episodes in the archives so plenty to catch up on for people just discovering the show. Content Note: Physical and Emotional Violence, Trauma To hear the full conversations and context for the clips in this show listen back to the Christmas Specials from past years, although the further back you go the more I disagree with my past self, both his opinions and word choices: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/christmas-specials The full Tragic Christmas can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sets/tragic-christmas The best bits are collected together in shorter form here: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/selected-tragedy-vol-5-tragic-christmas I plug: Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefamilytreepodcast 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 318 we get better acquainted with Dexter. He talks about combining goth and cabaret influences to create the drag queen Count Addiction, navigating sex, gender and sexuality, being an Amanda Palmer mega fan, how being the son of a funeral director influenced him, finding friends, creating communities and so much more. Dexter plugs: Count Addiction: https://www.facebook.com/CountAddiction https://twitter.com/CountAddiction Bitter Sour Presents: Jingle Hell 9th December - bymonthly: https://www.facebook.com/events/1588517787870952/ The Tuck Shop: Back Up - Last Saturday: https://www.facebook.com/events/185211392040308/ I plug: Smut Slam: Next Smut Slam: 13th Jingles and Tingles: https://www.facebook.com/events/663459157190793/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360 The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ We mention: Cameryn Moore: http://www.camerynmoore.com/ Caroline of Brunswick: http://carolineofbrunswick.co.uk/ Genderqueer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genderqueer West Side Story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Story The League of Gentlemen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_League_of_Gentlemen Little Britain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Britain Dir En Grey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dir_En_Grey Visual Kei Scene: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_kei Marilyn Manson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Manson Evanescence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evanescence Amy Lee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Lee Arch Enemy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_Enemy Otep: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otep Opath: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opeth Amanda Palmer: http://amandapalmer.net/ Dresdon Dolls: http://dresdendolls.com/ Union Chapell: http://www.unionchapel.org.uk/ Timewarp: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Warp_(song) Richard O'Brien: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_O%27Brien The First Orgasm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Su7VOpsl4E Brett Ratner: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/02/director-brett-ratner-rape-accusations-sexual-harassment-claims Harvey Weinstein: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41594672 Missed Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5jtmIddb7k Neil Gaiman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gaiman Kate Bush: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Bush Bjork: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjork Depeche Mode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depeche_Mode The Cure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cure Siouxsie and the Banshees: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siouxsie_and_the_Banshees Miner Self Indulgence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindless_Self_Indulgence Pearl Jam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Jam Roundhouse: http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/ Grand Theft Orchestra: http://amandapalmer.net/category/the-grand-theft-orchestra/ Joe Black: http://www.misterjoeblack.com/ Voltaire (Caberet Voltaire?): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabaret_Voltaire_(band) Bitter Ruin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_Ruin Look Mommy No Hands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgujsG0Bk8k "We Are the Media": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcoreV10hI8 Ninja Gigs: http://wesleying.org/2011/09/17/q-what-is-an-amanda-palmer-ninja-gig/ Cherry Fakewell: https://www.facebook.com/cherry.fakewell Queer Alternative: https://queeralternative.org.uk/ Tragic Christmas: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/selected-tragedy-vol-5-tragic-christmas 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 263 we get better acquainted with Neil. We talk about the personal and political factors and influences that motivated him to co-created Arts Emergency, how Arts Emergency has impacted his life and the vital and important work the organisation does supporting and mentoring young people from less advantaged backgrounds to find their way into to arts and humanities. Arts Emergency is the grassroots ALTERNATIVE to old boy networks in arts, culture and higher education. For more information about what they do, how you can donate and how to become an AE mentor visit http://arts-emergency.org/ Neil Plugs: Arts Emergency: https://twitter.com/artsemergency I plug: The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefamilytreepodcast 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 We mention: Candid Cafe: http://www.candidarts.com/sections/galleryandcafepages/candid_cafe.htm Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Tragic Christmas: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sets/tragic-christmas No Sweat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Sweat_(organisation) Josie Long: http://www.josielong.com/ 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 214 we get better acquainted with Paul. He talks about drawing portraits for Arts Emergency, his experience of bipolar, how he relates to the idea of being an artist, growing up in Stafford and lots more. Paul plugs: Arts Emergency: http://www.arts-emergency.org/ @PaulWilliamsArt: https://twitter.com/paulwilliamsart I plug: GBA and SUT in Edinburgh: http://www.facebook.com/events/1378858509079820/ http://www.facebook.com/events/1446178112341943/ https://www.facebook.com/events/1554323898168649/ We mention: Avatars: http://www.arts-emergency.org/aobn-portraits-paul-williams/ Black Mirror: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror_(TV_series) Stephen Fry - Secret Life of a Manic Depressive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Fry:_The_Secret_Life_of_the_Manic_Depressive Nine Inch Nails: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails Pink Floyd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd The Wall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall The Wall Film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd_%E2%80%93_The_Wall Gerard Scarfe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Scarfe Lord of the Flies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_the_Flies_(1963_film) Terrence McKenna: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_McKenna Timothy Leary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary Josie Long: http://www.josielong.com/ Neil Griffiths: https://twitter.com/_griff Housmans: http://www.housmans.com/ McMillan's: http://www.macmillan.org.uk/ Fedora: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora MRA's: http://mic.com/articles/90131/the-8-biggest-lies-men-s-rights-activists-spread-about-women Tiernan Doueib: http://www.tiernandouieb.co.uk/ Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Tragic Christmas: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sets/tragic-christmas Arts Emergency at BAFTA: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a646595/jessica-hynes-has-a-powerful-anti-cuts-message-in-baftas-speech.html#~pgvS61e78kY0TN 200AD: http://www.2000adonline.com/ Zenith: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenith_(comics) Ballad of Halo Jones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Halo_Jones Alan Moore: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Alan_Moore Watchmen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen Mazeworld Arthur Ranson: http://www.arthurranson.com/content/mazeworld Proportional Representation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional_representation XTube: http://www.xtube.com/ Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

In GBA 196 we get better acquainted with Siobhan. She talks about making comedy, being a sign language interpreter, the politics of marriage, honeymooning in lapland, grief and bereavement, spreading eccentric joy, feminism, being an identical twin and so much more. The conversation focused on Siobhan's breasts much more than either of us were expecting. Siobhan plugs: We Are Funny Variety @ Dirty Dicks: 25th February: https://www.facebook.com/events/807156749349594/ I plug: Tragic Winter @ Hackney Attic: 28th February: https://www.facebook.com/events/1516191711967276/ We mention: Stand Up Tragedy: www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Tragic Heroes: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sets/tragic-heroes CUNTH: http://www.cunth.co.uk/ Charley Harrison: http://charleylucyharrison.com/ We Are Funny: http://wearefunnyproject.com/ Tragic Christmas: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sets/tragic-christmas BSL: http://www.british-sign.co.uk/ SSE: http://www.signedlanguage.co.uk/signsupportedenglish.html Sense: http://www.sense.org.uk/ Usher Syndrome: http://www.sense.org.uk/content/usher-syndrome Disability Challengers: http://www.disability-challengers.org/ Cochlia Implant Video: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2590509/Watch-The-moving-moment-deaf-woman-overcome-emotion-HEARS-time-having-cochlea-implants-switched-on.html Ged: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-31-ged Womanism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Womanism Louisa Omielan: http://www.iloveluisa.com/ Nadia Kamil: http://nadiakamil.co.uk/ Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

The fifth episode (or volume as we like to think of them) of Selected Tragedy. These shows are themed collections of highlights from three years of tragedy. We will be putting out weekly volumes of selected tragedy until our live shows start up again in on the 28th February 2015 with Tragic Winter: https://www.facebook.com/events/1516191711967276/ Vol 5 brings together the highlights from last year's Tragic Christmas show. It was a benefit for Arts Emergency: http://www.arts-emergency.org/ Content Note: suicide, mental health issues, violence against children, Christmas, enchanting stories, mother's with tails, paper cranes and the light in the darkness. Featuring: Lucy Ayrton: http://www.lucyayrton.co.uk/ Richard Tyrone Jones: http://www.richardtyronejones.com/ Bec Hill: http://www.bechillcomedian.com/ James McKay: http://www.mckaypoetry.com/ and Dave Pickering: https://dave-pickering.squarespace.com/ The episode was produced by Dave Pickering, with recording from Stephen Harvey, main theme by Sam Wilkinson and the outro song by George Brufton and The Reactionaries.

This is the first ever Stand Up Tragedy Special. Here we'll share with you all the best interviews, clips and extra bits that you don't usually hear at our live shows. This Special is all about Tragic Christmas, which took place on the 12th December at The Dogstar in Brixton. This event was a fundraiser for the brilliant Arts Emergency. Find out more about Arts Emergency by going to www.arts-emergency.org Make friends with some tragedy by friending us on Facebook or following us @standup4tragedy on twitter. This podcast was recorded by Stephen Harvey with music from Sam Wilkinson and George Brufton.

The third of three recordings from our Tragic Christmas live event which took place at the Dogstar in Brixton on the 12th December. This event was a fundraiser for the brilliant Arts Emergency. Find out more about Arts Emergency by going to http://www.arts-emergency.org Featuring: Felicity Ward: http://felicityward.com/ Superbard: http://www.superbard.co.uk/ James McKay: http://www.mckaypoetry.com/ and Kit Lovelace: http://twitter.com/mylifeyourhands Next week we'll be exploring the Tragic Christmas experience with a podcast put together by Bryony Hawkins that will put the Tragic Christmas performances we've shared for the past three weeks into context. Share your festive tragedies with us on twitter using the hashtag #TragicXmas. Make friends with some tragedy by friending us on Facebook or following us @standup4tragedy on twitter. This podcast was recorded by Stephen Harvey with music from Sam Wilkinson and George Brufton.

In this GBA Extra I discuss the uncertain position I find myself in this New Year, have a brief round up of what's been going on with Getting Better Acquainted in 2013 and offer up various rants and explanations. Reflections, apologies, resolutions and possible solutions. I plug: Suggesting/offering me jobs, commissions and solutions! - GBApodcast@gmail.com Mentioned: The 2012 Christmas Special: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-91-getting-better?in=gettingbetteracquainted/sets/christmas-specials GBA 100: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/gba100-1 Live episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/gba-live Edinburgh Season: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/stand-up-tragedy-at-edinburgh Resonance FM: http://resonancefm.com/ GBA Resonance Edits: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/resonance-fm-edits Helen Zaltzman: http://www.helenzaltzman.com/ Helen Zaltzman Live Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-9-helen-zaltzman Family Season 2013: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-family-season-2013 Family Reunion Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-135-the-osmaston-family Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Tragic Christmas: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/tragic-christmas-act-1 https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/tragic-christmas-act-2 Tragic Beginnings: Friday 17th Jan at Hackney Attic / 7.30pm / £5 advance, £7 on the door https://www.facebook.com/events/208432709344135/ http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Hackney_Picturehouse/film/Stand_Up_Tragedy_Tragic_Beginnings/ Josie Long: http://www.josielong.com/ Josie Long on SUT: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-daily-ep1-josie-long Robin Ince: http://robinince.com/ Robin Ince on SUT: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-daily-ep-8-robin-ince-and My Gran's passing: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-extra-true-stories-of-time Gods of Comedy Podcast: http://godsofcomedypodcast.com/ My GoC cameo: http://godsofcomedypodcast.com/podcast/episode-13-brydie-and-becs-non-denominational-festive-stick/ Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com/ Jan Spark Hackney open mic: Monday 13th Jan / 7.30 / £4 https://www.facebook.com/events/567796609975761/ Spark London Special: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/open-hearts-a-spark-london-special/ Hackney Attic: http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Hackney_Picturehouse/Attic/ Risk! : http://risk-show.com/ A Room Full of Christmas Friends: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-141-a-room-full-of You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. On-demand and on the go! Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores. 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!

The second of three recordings from our Tragic Christmas live event which took place at the Dogstar in Brixton on the 12th December. This event was a fundraiser for the brilliant Arts Emergency. Find out more about Arts Emergency by going to http://www.arts-emergency.org Featuring: The Sound of the Ladies: http://www.thesoundoftheladies.com/ Richard Tyrone Jones: https://twitter.com/rtjpoet Bec Hill: http://www.bechillcomedian.com/ Join us next week for Act 3 of Tragic Christmas. Share your festive tragedies with us on twitter using the hashtag #TragicXmas. Make friends with some tragedy by friending us on Facebook or following us @standup4tragedy on twitter. This podcast was recorded by Stephen Harvey with music from Sam Wilkinson and George Brufton.

The third of three recordings from our Tragic Christmas live event which took place at the Dogstar in Brixton on the 12th December. This event was a fundraiser for the brilliant Arts Emergency. Find out more about Arts Emergency by going to http://www.arts-emergency.org Featuring: Felicity Ward: http://felicityward.com/ Superbard: http://www.superbard.co.uk/ James McKay: http://www.mckaypoetry.com/ and Kit Lovelace: https://twitter.com/mylifeyourhands Next week we'll be exploring the Tragic Christmas experience with a podcast put together by Bryony Hawkins that will put the Tragic Christmas performances we've shared for the past three weeks into context. Share your festive tragedies with us on twitter using the hashtag #TragicXmas. Make friends with some tragedy by friending us on Facebook or following us @standup4tragedy on twitter. This podcast was recorded by Stephen Harvey with music from Sam Wilkinson and George Brufton.

The first of three live recordings from our Tragic Christmas live event which took place at the Dogstar in Brixton on the 12th December. This event was a fundraiser for the brilliant Arts Emergency. Find out more about Arts Emergency by going to http://www.arts-emergency.org Featuring: Dave Pickering: http://www.gettingbetteracquainted.co.uk Steve Cross: https://twitter.com/steve_x Lucy Ayrton: https://twitter.com/lucyayrton Join us next week for Act 2 of Tragic Christmas. Share your festive tragedies with us on twitter using the hashtag #TragicXmas. Make friends with some tragedy by friending us on Facebook or following us @standup4tragedy on twitter. This podcast was recorded by Stephen Harvey with music from Sam Wilkinson and George Brufton.

In GBA 140 we get better acquainted with Ewa. She talks about Polish political and religious history and relates it the present & the personal. We also get into the experience of being a student, working as a waiter in the UK when you are perceived as an "Eastern European" immigrant, studying PR, friendship and lots more. This is the second time (and first that has aired) in GBA history where I recorded a conversation, lost the recording and then had to record a second one! Ewa plugs: The art of Liam Willday: http://cargocollective.com/LiamWillday Her boyfriends (ex)band: https://soundcloud.com/the-angry-lesbians https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nikita-The-Angry-Lesbians/125129054330569 I plug: Tragic Christmas: 12th December @ The Dogstar in Brixton: www.facebook.com/events/215735955261699/ We mention: Volunteer Centre Westminster: http://www.volunteer.co.uk/ Warsaw Uprising: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Uprising Women's Party in Poland: http://www.partiakobiet.org.pl/ Brave New World: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. On-demand and on the go! Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores. Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?

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 main GBA episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-139-patricia The first is very directly related as it expands on some of the conversation that takes place in Episode 139. Patricia told this story live on stage at a Spark London night. http://www.sparklondon.com/ The second story was written and performed by me at my night Stand Up Tragedy. http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk It's about my gran who passed away less than 2 weeks ago. In some ways this extra episode is meant as a tribute to her, she is someone I will never be able to get better acquainted with. It's a different version of the story featured in this previous GBA episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-119-mum-3 Stand Up Tragedy are having a Tragic Christmas next Thursday at the Dogstar. Come and join us: https://www.facebook.com/events/215735955261699/ You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. On-demand and on the go! Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores. Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?

This is the eighth episode of Stand Up Tragedy Replayed, in which we remix past performances from our live shows so you can hear all of our tragic comedy, music, stories, poetry and much more. All performances were originally recorded at our shows at The Leicester Square Theatre, The Hackney Attic and The Dogstar in Brixton throughout 2012 and 2013. www.standuptragedy.co.uk This episode showcases some of the performers who will be reunited with us on the Stand Up Tragedy stage at our live relaunch Tragic Christmas on the 12th December. Some more highlights from the line-up include the Victorian reciter James McKay, spoken word artists Richard Tyrone Jones and the Superbard, and comedic academic Steve X. www.mckaypoetry.com www.twitter.com/rtjpoet www.superbard.co.uk www.twitter.com/steve_x We'll have more live performers for the podcast from our Tragic Christmas show on the 12th December at The Dogstar in Brixton. Tickets are available online now. All proceeds from Tragic Christmas are going to Arts Emergency, a charity who help people from less privileged backgrounds break into the arts. www.arts-emergency.org The Stand Up Tragedy podcast is produced by Bryony Hawkins with audio recording by Stephen Harvey. Our music is created for us by Sam Wilkinson (radiowhan@ymail.com) and George Brufton. It is hosted by Dave Pickering.

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 things she touches on in this conversation. Patricia plugs or perhaps negotiates with: her writing I plug: Tragic Christmas: 12th December @ The Dogstar in Brixton: www.facebook.com/events/215735955261699/ We mention: Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com/ Radcliffe Royds: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-radcliffe-episodes/ Appellate Law: http://www.appellatelaw.net/g-appellatelaw.htm You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. On-demand and on the go! Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores. Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?

This is the seventh episode of Stand Up Tragedy Replayed, in which we remix past performances from our live shows so you can hear all of our tragic comedy, music, stories, poetry and much more. All performances were originally recorded at our shows at The Leicester Square Theatre, The Hackney Attic and The Dogstar in Brixton throughout 2012 and 2013. www.standuptragedy.co.uk This episode showcases some of the performers who will be reunited with us on the Stand Up Tragedy stage at our live relaunch Tragic Christmas on the 12th December. We'll remind ourselves how great poet Lucy Ayrton, singer The Sound of the Ladies, comedian Bec Hill and true story teller Radcliffe Royds are. www.twitter.com/lucyayrton www.thesoundoftheladies.com www.bechillcomedian.com www.twitter.com/Radicalzen We'll have more live performers for the podcast from our Tragic Christmas show on the 12th December at The Dogstar in Brixton. Tickets are available online now. All proceeds from Tragic Christmas are going to Arts Emergency, a charity who help people from less privileged backgrounds break into the arts. www.arts-emergency.org The Stand Up Tragedy podcast is produced by Bryony Hawkins with audio recording by Stephen Harvey. Our music is created for us by Sam Wilkinson (radiowhan@ymail.com) and George Brufton. It is hosted by Dave Pickering.

In this special GBA Live recorded at the Idea Store Whitechapel as part of the Write Idea Festival Fringe I get better acquainted with Helen Zaltzman. http://www.helenzaltzman.com/ We talk adapting Answer Me This! into a book, badger taxidermy, old gods, Sound Women and books. Helen does a pretty excellent job of counter-interviewing me, getting a surprising amount out of as yet unrevealed Dave related info. In return I talk to her about her oddest editing jobs, how her artist father has influenced what she does, ghost writing and lots more. Helen plugs: Answer Me This!: http://www.answermethispodcast.com/ Sound Women Podcast: http://www.soundwomen.co.uk/podcast/ The Answer Me This! Christmas Album: http://answermethispodcast.com/albums I plug: Tragic Christmas: 12th December @ The Dogstar in Brixton: https://www.facebook.com/events/215735955261699/ We mention: Write Idea Festival: http://writeideafestival.org/ Unfortunatalie: https://twitter.com/unfortunatalie JJ Abrams: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Abrams Stephen King: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_King Chvrches: http://chvrch.es/ Fun.: http://www.ournameisfun.com/ Olly Mann: http://ollymann.com/ Martin Zaltz Austwick: http://www.martinzaltzaustwick.com/ Jen Adamthwaite: jadamthwaite.co.uk cardboard box tree funerals: http://www.beatree.com/ Answer Me This book: http://answermethis.wordpress.com/book/ JK Rowling: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling Harry Potter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter Tolkien: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien Upper Norwood Library: http://uppernorwoodlibrary.org/ You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. On-demand and on the go! Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores. Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?

This is the sixth episode of Stand Up Tragedy Replayed, in which we remix past performances from our live shows so you can hear all of our tragic comedy, music, stories, poetry and much more. All performances were originally recorded at our shows at The Leicester Square Theatre, The Hackney Attic and The Dogstar in Brixton throughout 2012 and 2013. www.standuptragedy.co.uk This episode features some Tragic Lectures, because tragedy can be used to teach new things and explore new ideas. We begin with a set by scientific stand up Timandra Harkness. Then Steve X, the founder of many scientific comedy nights, joins us at The Edinburgh Festival. And finally Leo Healy tells us the tragic tale of computer magazine Amigo Power. www.timandraharkness.com www.twitter.com/steve_x We'll have more live performers for the podcast from our Tragic Christmas show on the 12th December at The Dogstar in Brixton. Tickets are available online now. All proceeds from Tragic Christmas are going to Arts Emergency, a charity who help people from less privileged backgrounds break into the arts. www.arts-emergency.org The Stand Up Tragedy podcast is produced by Bryony Hawkins with audio recording by Stephen Harvey. Our music is created for us by Sam Wilkinson (radiowhan@ymail.com) and George Brufton. It is hosted by Dave Pickering.

This is the fifth episode of Stand Up Tragedy Replayed, in which we remix past performances from our live shows so you can hear all of our tragic comedy, music, stories, poetry and much more. All performances were originally recorded at our shows at The Leicester Square Theatre, The Hackney Attic and The Dogstar in Brixton throughout 2012 and 2013. www.standuptragedy.co.uk This episode features some Tragic Comedy, because there's always a funny side to sadness. First we'll hear from character comedian Joz Norris being himself on the Stand Up Tragedy stage in Edinburgh. Then, Matthew Highton makes The Dogstar audience laugh in March 2013. And finally, Arts Emergency co-founder and stand up comedian Josie Long performed exclusive material at The Dogstar in July. www.joznorris.co.uk www.matthewhighton.co.uk www.josielong.com We'll have more live performers for the podcast from our Tragic Christmas show on the 12th December at The Dogstar in Brixton. Tickets are available online now. All proceeds from Tragic Christmas are going to Arts Emergency, a charity who help people from less privileged backgrounds break into the arts. www.arts-emergency.org The Stand Up Tragedy podcast is produced by Bryony Hawkins with audio recording by Stephen Harvey. Our music is created for us by Sam Wilkinson (radiowhan@ymail.com) and George Brufton. It is hosted by Dave Pickering.

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 - https://www.facebook.com/groups/265143463593665/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Magazine-journal-transgressive-Londons-pigeons/dp/B008LF8UNA http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thatcher-death-special-Tony-Hickson/dp/B00C9JM9C2/ http://tonyhickson1.wix.com/tonyhickson I plug: Tragic Christmas: https://www.facebook.com/events/215735955261699/ We mention: The Dave: https://soundcloud.com/the-dave Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com/ Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Spark story: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/papped-out-tony-hickson/ Paul Daniels: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Daniels Gary Newman: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Numan Amy Winehouse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Winehouse Pete Doherty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Doherty Kate Moss: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Moss Kate Middleton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine,_Duchess_of_Cambridge The Ivy: http://www.the-ivy.co.uk/ Christopher Biggins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Biggins Lady Gaga: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gaga Guinness Book of Records: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Records Stand Up Tragedy story: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/stand-up-tragedy-14 Foolhardy Circus Knife Throwing Inccident 1995: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm9og5oFfpE Egremont Crab Fair World Gurning Championships: https://www.facebook.com/EgremontCrabFairWorldGurningChampionships Worlds Ugliest Face - The Gurning: http://youtu.be/1kRTOhP28lk Mary Bell: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Bell Where's Mary: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1250289/ Skunk Anansie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_Anansie Dodgy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodgy Psychic TV: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychic_TV Nirvana: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(band) Frank Sidebottom: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Sievey Channel Five: http://www.channel5.com/ Dogem Logic: http://www.dodgemlogic.com/ Alan Moore: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore Stewart Lee: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Lee You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. On-demand and on the go! Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores. Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?

This is the fourth episode of Stand Up Tragedy Replayed, in which we remix past performances from our live shows so you can hear all of our tragic comedy, music, stories, poetry and much more. All performances were originally recorded at our shows at The Leicester Square Theatre, The Hackney Attic and The Dogstar in Brixton throughout 2012 and 2013. www.standuptragedy.co.uk This episode features some of our Old Friends - the performers who have done tragedy on the Stand Up Tragedy stage many times. Coincidentally they're all spoken word artists too. First we hear Superbard performing an early version of The Flood at The Dogstar in Brixton. Then Richard Tyrone Jones tells us his tragic tale of heart failure at The Leicester Square Theatre, which was the beginnings of his show Richard Tyrone Jones Has A Big Heart which was made into a BBC Radio 4 series. Then finally we finish with Edinburgh Fringe favourite Sophia Walker. www.superbard.co.uk www.facebook.com/richardtyronejones www.facebook.com/SophiaWalker We'll have more live performers for the podcast from our Tragic Christmas show on the 12th December at The Dogstar in Brixton. Tickets are available online now. All proceeds from Tragic Christmas are going to Arts Emergency, a charity who help people from less privileged backgrounds break into the arts. www.arts-emergency.org The Stand Up Tragedy podcast is produced by Bryony Hawkins with audio recording by Stephen Harvey. Our music is created for us by Sam Wilkinson (radiowhan@ymail.com) and George Brufton. It is hosted by Dave Pickering.

This is the third episode of Stand Up Tragedy Replayed, in which we remix past performances from our live shows so you can hear all of our tragic comedy, music, stories, poetry and much more. All performances were originally recorded at our shows at The Leicester Square Theatre, The Hackney Attic and The Dogstar in Brixton throughout 2012 and 2013. www.standuptragedy.co.uk This episode features some of the Tragic Tales that have been told on the Stand Up Tragedy stage. One of these fiction stories was written by author Vanessa Gebbie at The Leicester Square Theatre in 2012. Then oral storyteller Stephe Harrops tells us a creepy traditional tale about Mr. Fox. Finally, we hear The House That Jack Built, by J. Adamthwaite. www.vanessagebbie.com/welcome www.stepheharrop.co.uk www.jadamthwaite.co.uk We'll have more live performers for the podcast from our Tragic Christmas show on the 12th December at The Dogstar in Brixton. Tickets are available online now. All proceeds from Tragic Christmas are going to Arts Emergency, a charity who help people from less privileged backgrounds break into the arts. www.arts-emergency.org The Stand Up Tragedy podcast is produced by Bryony Hawkins with audio recording by Stephen Harvey. Our music is created for us by Sam Wilkinson (radiowhan@ymail.com) and George Brufton. It is hosted by Dave Pickering.

This is the second episode of Stand Up Tragedy Replayed, in which we remix past performances from our live shows so you can hear all of our tragic comedy, music, stories, poetry and much more. All performances were originally recorded at our shows at The Leicester Square Theatre, The Hackney Attic and The Dogstar in Brixton throughout 2012 and 2013. www.standuptragedy.co.uk This episode features some of Comic Songs from our musical comedians. This includes Jay Foreman playing at The Dogstar in July 2012, science-loving comedian Helen Arney and the optimistic singer-songwriter MJ Hibbert. www.jayforeman.co.uk www.helenarney.com www.mjhibbett.co.uk We'll have more live performers for the podcast from our Tragic Christmas show on the 12th December at The Dogstar in Brixton. Tickets are available online now. All proceeds from Tragic Christmas are going to Arts Emergency, a charity who help people from less privileged backgrounds break into the arts. www.arts-emergency.org The Stand Up Tragedy podcast is produced by Bryony Hawkins with audio recording by Stephen Harvey. Our music is created for us by Sam Wilkinson (radiowhan@ymail.com) and George Brufton. It is hosted by Dave Pickering.

This is the first episode of Stand Up Tragedy Replayed, in which we remix past performances from our live shows so you can hear all of our tragic comedy, music, stories, poetry and much more. All performances were originally recorded at our shows at The Leicester Square Theatre, The Hackney Attic and The Dogstar in Brixton throughout 2012 and 2013. www.standuptragedy.co.uk This episode features some Tragic Folk. This includes Scottish singer songwriter Polly McLean, protest acoustic guitarist and singer Grace Petrie, and jazz group Cyana. www.slateislands.com www.gracepetrie.com www.cyanamusic.com We'll have more live performers for the podcast from our Tragic Christmas show on the 12th December at The Dogstar in Brixton. Tickets are available online now. All proceeds from Tragic Christmas are going to Arts Emergency, a charity who help people from less privileged backgrounds break into the arts. www.arts-emergency.org The Stand Up Tragedy podcast is produced by Bryony Hawkins with audio recording by Stephen Harvey. Our music is created for us by Sam Wilkinson (radiowhan@ymail.com) and George Brufton. It is hosted by Dave Pickering.