In GBA 155 we get even better acquainted with my Dad. We talk about being a new father in different decades, mortality, how we are all time travelers through history, my childhood and if he has any regrets.

This is the second episode of a 3 week "Personal Season".

The first episode of the season came out last Wednesday: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-154-dad-4

Next week they'll be another conversation with my partner Jen that will be broken into 2 parts and come out on Wednesday (9th) and Friday (11), and then the week after that (16th) they'll be an episode that collects together true stories and personal songs that I've told and recorded over the last 2 years.

Dad plugs Al Jazeera again: www.aljazeera.com/

We mention:

Dad's previous episodes: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-dad-episodes

Tony Blair:

The episode that cover's my Mum's time working on theAdventure Playground: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-24-mum-1

The Partition: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-extra-the-partition

The Coventry Years: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-77-the-coventry-years

Slaughter House 5: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaughterhouse-Five

Carpal Tunnel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpal_tunnel

Arthritis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthritis

Getting On: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_On

Joss Whedon commencement speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn866ryQ5RY

To the Heart of It: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-53-to-the-heart-of-it

Liz Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-4-liz

Buffy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer

Citizen Kane: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane

Jack and George's conversation: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-106-jack-and-george|

Copenhagen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen_(play)

Niels Bohr: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Bohr

Niels Bohr quote: “There are trivial truths and there are great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.”

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