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b'In GBA 66 we get better acquainted with Iris. Sitting in my childhood home away from home we talk about Histories: personal, social, local and shared.\\n\\nOur conversation goes places - the excitement of London in the 60\'s, visiting Germany after WW2, providing educational support and assistance to disabled students, the psychogeography of cities, the use of the word chav, the beauty of immigration and discovering the heritage of a tiny part of Coventry are some of those places. \\n\\nOh yeah, and we talk about what I was like when I was 12.\\n\\nIris Plugs:\\n\\n"Don\'t keep hankering about going a long way away to find things out, look on your doorstep because often the answer is there, and look at your own environment and learn from it, and sortof... put your roots down where you are."\\n\\nAnd the Willenhall Local History Group that she is the secretary for and the Virtual Museum Coventry: http://www.virtualmuseum.co.uk/\\n\\nShe has just set up an excellent blog for the Group: http://willenhallcov.blogspot.co.uk/\\n\\nThis conversation took place during the events documented in: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-64-coventry\\n\\nIris is Steve\'s Mother: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-63-steve\\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!'