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Robin Gurney

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Bitmax speaks with Robin Gurney,  former SVP of Showtime Original Planning who tells a story or three.  She up sticks from LA to Bali with the family just as the pandemic hit and she talks to Bitmax about the challenges of trying to make a difference with her new production company https://www.savearth.org/. It's a fascinating and emotive listen. 

Bitmax speaks with Robin Gurney,  former SVP of Showtime Original Planning who tells a story or three.  She up sticks from LA to Bali with the family just as the pandemic hit and she talks to Bitmax about the challenges of trying to make a difference with her new production company <a href="https://www.savearth.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.savearth.org/</a>. It's a fascinating and emotive listen.

In GBA 331 we get better acquainted with Hel Robin Gurney. They talk writing, fairytales, mythology, folklore, poetry, stories, the process of creating and developing their show The Sleeping Princess and so much more. Robin plugs:5th May Poetry Society 2pm: Fairytale Double Bill: https://www.facebook.com/events/615314005470398/ The Sleeping Princess at Manchester Fringe, Reading Fringe, Camden Fringe: https://helgurney.wordpress.com/April 28th Poetry Cafe: Wilderness:  New Queer Writing: https://www.facebook.com/events/1521948347932126/The Emergence of Trans: https://transseminars.com/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/Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-family-tree/id1113714688We mention:Howl of the Bantee: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-howl-of-the-banteeAJ: https://twitter.com/anathemajaneThe Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Larousse-Encyclopedia-Mythology-Robert-Graves/dp/185152519XNational Novel Writing Month: https://nanowrimo.org/Buffy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_SlayerTempest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tempest_(play)Miranda: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_(The_Tempest)Caliban: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CalibanSycorax: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SycoraxProspero: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProsperoShakespeare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_ShakespeareKate Tempest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_TempestJames Webster: https://websterpoet.wordpress.com/Hackney Hammer and Tongue: http://www.hammerandtongue.com/hackney/Genesis Poetry: https://genesiscinema.co.uk/GenesisCinema.dll/WhatsOn?Film=204877Midas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MidasMedusa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MedusaHollie McNish: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollie_McNishAndrew Lang's Fairy Books: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lang%27s_Fairy_BooksTolkien: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TolkienLord of the Rings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_RingsEowyn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89owynAragorn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AragornFaramir: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FaramirThe Silmarillion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_SilmarillionHistory of Middle Earth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_Middle-earthGaladriel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GaladrielChristopher Tolkien: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_TolkienThe Arda Reconstructed by Douglas Kane: https://www.amazon.com/Arda-Reconstructed-Creation-Published-Silmarillion/dp/1611460891Briar Rose: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_BeautyThe Trials and Tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood by Jack Zipes: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Trials-Tribulations-Little-Riding-Hood/dp/0415908353Once Upon A Time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_(TV_series)Poetry School: https://poetryschool.com/interviews/meet-digital-poet-residence-interview-jay-bernard/Jay Bernard: http://jaybernard.co.uk/Ted Hughes Award: http://poetrysociety.org.uk/competitions/ted-hughes-award/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 331 we get better acquainted with Hel Robin Gurney. They talk writing, fairytales, mythology, folklore, poetry, stories, the process of creating and developing their show The Sleeping Princess and so much more. Robin plugs: 5th May Poetry Society 2pm: Fairytale Double Bill: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/615314005470398/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/615314005470398/</a> The Sleeping Princess at Manchester Fringe, Reading Fringe, Camden Fringe: <a href="https://helgurney.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://helgurney.wordpress.com/</a> April 28th Poetry Cafe: Wilderness: New Queer Writing: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1521948347932126/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/1521948347932126/</a> The Emergence of Trans: <a href="https://transseminars.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://transseminars.com/</a> I plug: Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book <a href="https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/</a> What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity</a> <a href="http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/</a> Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: <a href="https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360</a> The Family Tree: <a href="http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/</a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-family-tree/id1113714688" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-family-tree/id1113714688</a> We mention: Howl of the Bantee: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-howl-of-the-bantee" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-howl-of-the-bantee</a> AJ: <a href="https://twitter.com/anathemajane" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/anathemajane</a> The Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Larousse-Encyclopedia-Mythology-Robert-Graves/dp/185152519X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Larousse-Encyclopedia-Mythology-Robert-Graves/dp/185152519X</a> National Novel Writing Month: <a href="https://nanowrimo.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://nanowrimo.org/</a> Buffy: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer</a> Tempest: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tempest_(play)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tempest_(play)</a> Miranda: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_(The_Tempest)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_(The_Tempest)</a> Caliban: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliban" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliban</a> Sycorax: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycorax" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycorax</a> Prospero: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero</a> Shakespeare: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare</a> Kate Tempest: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Tempest" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Tempest</a> James Webster: <a href="https://websterpoet.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://websterpoet.wordpress.com/</a> Hackney Hammer and Tongue: <a href="http://www.hammerandtongue.com/hackney/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.hammerandtongue.com/hackney/</a> Genesis Poetry: <a href="https://genesiscinema.co.uk/GenesisCinema.dll/WhatsOn?Film=204877" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://genesiscinema.co.uk/GenesisCinema.dll/WhatsOn?Film=204877</a> Midas: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midas</a> Medusa: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medusa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medusa</a> Hollie McNish: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollie_McNish" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollie_McNish</a> Andrew Lang's Fairy Books: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lang%27s_Fairy_Books" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lang%27s_Fairy_Books</a> Tolkien: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolkien" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolkien</a> Lord of the Rings: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings</a> Eowyn: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89owyn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89owyn</a> Aragorn: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aragorn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aragorn</a> Faramir: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faramir" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faramir</a> The Silmarillion: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silmarillion" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silmarillion</a> History of Middle Earth: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_Middle-earth" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_Middle-earth</a> Galadriel: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galadriel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galadriel</a> Christopher Tolkien: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Tolkien" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Tolkien</a> The Arda Reconstructed by Douglas Kane: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Arda-Reconstructed-Creation-Published-Silmarillion/dp/1611460891" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Arda-Reconstructed-Creation-Published-Silmarillion/dp/1611460891</a> Briar Rose: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty</a> The Trials and Tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood by Jack Zipes: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Trials-Tribulations-Little-Riding-Hood/dp/0415908353" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Trials-Tribulations-Little-Riding-Hood/dp/0415908353</a> Once Upon A Time: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_(TV_series)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_(TV_series)</a> Poetry School: <a href="https://poetryschool.com/interviews/meet-digital-poet-residence-interview-jay-bernard/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://poetryschool.com/interviews/meet-digital-poet-residence-interview-jay-bernard/</a> Jay Bernard: <a href="http://jaybernard.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://jaybernard.co.uk/</a> Ted Hughes Award: <a href="http://poetrysociety.org.uk/competitions/ted-hughes-award/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://poetrysociety.org.uk/competitions/ted-hughes-award/</a> 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!

GBA 331 Hel Robin Gurney