GBA 225 Frog Croakley

In GBA 225 we get better acquainted with Frog. He talks about Daniel Barker's Birthday, glass aquariums, a love for natural history and the history of science, high and low culture and literature, the twitter-verse, the story of the family Tench and how he came to be writing a book about whaling. And he did all this whilst at the same time cooking a delicious meal for two. Frog plugs: China_Miéville: Iron Council: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Iron-Council-New-Crobuzon-3/dp/0330534203 China_Miéville: Perdido Street Station: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Perdido-Street-Station-New-Crobuzon/dp/0330534238 Twitter: @gimzify: https://twitter.com/gimzify @FrogCroakley: https://twitter.com/frogcroakley The Sea Hates A Coward (Tomes of the Dead) by Nathan/Nate Crowley: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Hates-Coward-Tomes-Dead-ebook/dp/B013I681P8 I plug: Stand Up Tragedy: Tragic Autumn: http://www.facebook.com/events/1453089018350037/ Stand Up Tragedy presents.... http://www.facebook.com/events/461679520679231/ #ManSurvey: http://www.mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ We mention: Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/ Daniel Barker: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-177-daniel-barker Daniel Barker's Birthday: https://storify.com/FrogCroakley/the-colelcted-daniel-barker-s-birth http://danielbarker.cogdiss.com/ On Buzzfeed: http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/a-guy-complained-no-one-had-wished-him-happy-birthday-on-twi Guy / @brainmage: https://twitter.com/brainmage China Miéville: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Mi%C3%A9ville Shakespeare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare Dickens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens Star Wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_wars Timehop: http://timehop.com/ Helen Zaltzman: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-200-pt-1-with-helen-zaltzman London Aquarium: https://www2.visitsealife.com/london/ London Zoo: https://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo Tench: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tench Izaak Walter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izaak_Walton The Compleat Angler: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izaak_Walton#The_Compleat_Angler Whipsnade: https://www.zsl.org/zsl-whipsnade-zoo Amsterdam: http://www.artis.nl/en/artis-royal-zoo/ National Aquarium Atlanta Georgia: http://www.georgiaaquarium.org/ Whale shark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_shark Steampunk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk His Dark Materials: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Dark_Materials Studio Ghibli: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Ghibli Warhammer 40k: http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Warhammer-40-000 Great Exhibition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Exhibition Dinosaurs in Chrystal Palace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Palace_Dinosaurs Moby Dick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby-Dick ASMR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_sensory_meridian_response Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!