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b'GBA 52 : To the Heart of It\\n\\nThis is a special episode of GBA which mixes true stories that I told live at Spark London with family conversations and a new song to explore how my dad\\u2019s heart attack and quadruple heart bypass touched both me and my family.\\n\\nI talk to:\\nJo http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-52-jo\\nSonia http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-51-sonia\\nTony http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-35-tony\\nand my Dad http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-dad-episodes/\\n\\nabout some big moments in our family history, getting different perspectives and shining a light on the way we interact as a family group. \\n\\nThis episode is about how families create myths, how memories of events contradict, change and fade, how families interact and how the idea of a parent\\u2019s mortality can shape your life.\\n\\n\\n\\nCREDITS\\n\\nThe song "Talk to your Parents" will eventually be on the upcoming album "Bouncy, Poppy Songs About Death" from The Reactionaries: http://soundcloud.com/thereactionaries\\n\\nHayley is the other member of this alt-pop duo, you can hear her playing fiddle on the track: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-9-hayley\\n\\nThe mixes you hear were thrown together at very short notice by the magnificent silent member of our duo, our producer George: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-6-george\\n\\n\\nThe two stories you hear me perform were told at Spark London nights: http://www.sparklondon.com/\\n\\nOne at the open mic they run at the Ritzy Cinema in Brixton and the other at the curated nights they put on at the Canal Cafe Theatre in Little Venice.\\n\\nI\'ve been actively involved with Spark London for a couple of years and have told quite a few true stories there and even produced some of their episodes. As a result of this one strand of GBA is conversations with Spark London true storytellers: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/spark-londoners/ \\n\\n\\n\\nCAST LIST:\\n\\nIn the interests of clarity this is how my family works:\\n\\n\\nDad\'s 1st Marriage = Dad + Sheila\\n\\nTwo daughters from this marriage: Jo and Rebecca (http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-28-rebecca)\\n\\nSonia is Jo\'s daughter.\\n\\n\\n\\nDad\'s 2nd Marriage = Dad + June/My Mum (http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-mum-episodes-1)\\n\\nTwo sons from this marriage: Tony and Me\\n\\n\\n\\nMum\'s 2nd Marriage = Mum + Mervyn\\n\\nOne daughter from this marriage: Rosie\\n\\n\\n\\nThe two friends who are mentioned in my story are:\\n\\nOwain: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-16-owain\\nand Steve (who I haven\'t managed to do a full GBA with yet but who appears in this GBA Special: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-17-cardiff )\\n\\n\\nJen is my girlfriend (who appeared in the Christmas Special and will have at least one proper episode coming out in the future.)\\n\\nLiz makes a cameo in this episode as she was my outside ear and shaped the way that the episode was narrated. She talks about some of the things discussed in this episode in her GBA episode: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-4-liz\\n\\nThis is the playlist of all of the family episodes that have aired so far: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/family\\n\\n\\n\\nYou 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.\\n\\nOn-demand and on the go!\\n\\nDon\\u2019t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at http://www.stitcher.com or in the app stores.\\n\\nHelp more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?\\n\\nFollow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!'