The Family Tree

Later this year I will be launching a Getting Better Acquainted mini series titled 'Down to a Sunless Sea: Memories of my Dad' about the my relationship with my dad, my dad's life story and his descent into dementia.The show will be be mixing clips from over 15 hours of interviews that I've done with my dad over the last 10 years with narrations based on these medium pieces: https://medium.com/@goosefat101
Additionally to the main thread of the show I've received The Pulse Award from the Wellcome Trust and British Podcast Awards to make some episodes that look at the science behind the issues covered which include dementia, heart conditions, mental health and euthanasia.
https://fund.britishpodcastawards.com/news/50k-awarded-to-uk-podcasters/
As part of the requirements for this funding I'd really appreciate it if people who have listened to Getting Better Acquainted at some point since it launched in 2011 could fill in this survey:
http://podcastviews.com
It shouldn't take too long to fill in and you can select an option to be entered into a draw to get a pair of tickets to this year's awards ceremony.

This Christmas special functions as an epilogue, a coda, an outro and a final thought, for The Family Tree. Dave spends Christmas with Philip Beech and the Sullivans, and Jen reads a special Christmas story written by Mia.


The Family Tree is a magical realist dramatic fiction about family, belonging, change and identity.
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In the final episode of the show, Dave and his brother go to visit their dad to say hello, and also to say goodbye: endings are more complex than a simple full stop.
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In the last Cutting of Season 3, Dave reflects on accountability and forgiveness, and considers the best ways to end things by asking some big questions. We hear from past guests, new guests and listeners to the show, who talk about how they approach these issues. We also hear from Dave's partner, Jen, about how she has experienced the making of The Family Tree, and are introduced to a song written for the end of show by Martin Zaltz Austwick.
The Family Tree's Cuttings discuss the real issues raised in the show with special guests from podcasting, journalism, religion and the arts.

This episode forms a kind of trilogy with these two previous Cuttings:

http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/cuttings/cutting-6-the-big-questions/

http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/cuttings/the-family-tree-season-2-cuttings-5-saying-goodbye/

Find our Guests!

Martin Zaltz Austwick: Pale Bird, Song by Song
Alex Iantaffi: Gender Stories Podcast

Tanaka Mhishi: Tanaka's work around sexual violence, The Consent Collective

Oliver Thorn: Philosophy Tube

Dr. Alice Tarbuck

Dr Cathy Elliott

Kevin Allison: RISK!

Jenny Adamthwaite

Dr Robert Poole

Dr. Alexander Cummins

Professor Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad

Dave talks to Mark about his role in the trauma his family has experienced, and reflects on the importance of accountability and justice.
The Family Tree is a magical realist dramatic fiction about family, belonging, change and identity.
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