Aditi Mittal sits with Alice in a cafe in Edinburgh during the Fringe last year, in a blast from the past. They talk Oat Milk, finding your voice, comedy as complicity, what makes things traumatic, implied contracts, dealing with flattery, Marathons, profuse sweating and blacking out during a show as well as corporate life and the financial power of cuteness. Aditi Mittal @awryaditi on Twitter
John Hastings sits with Alice in an outdoors cafe in Adelaide talking about Tyson, Chappelle, Adulthood, Advertising, making good rape jokes, Masculinity and school uniforms.
Elf Lyons, AA, drinking, Malthusian Economics, the punchline of Veganism, impostor syndrome and queer self policing. Find Elf on twitter at @elf_lyons Alice is at @aliterative as always
Winnie M Li, Novelist, Activist and returning Teacast guest talks over some supreme matcha about polarising narratives, how to prevent human predatory instincts becoming bad behaviours, law and vigilantism, and the relationship of workplace sexual harassment to more extreme sexual violence, media narratives about power, and Winnie's own experiences both as a rape survivor and as an activist. Find Winnie at @winniemli on twitter Alice is at @aliterative as ever
Lucy Howard-Taylor, fundraiser, author and poet sits with Alice in a cafe in London, talking about how to be useful in the world, whether you need to be a very good writer to be a writer at all, and how to deal with having a good life, and a lot of time to think about it. Find Lucy on instagram as @ lucyshena or her website http://lucyhowardtaylor.com alice is at @aliterative as ever
Alice sits in Brendon Burns car, and over some Mother Energy drink for him, and some elderflower tea for her, they talk about women, alpha males, money, how violently 14 year old Perth boys deal with sexual discomfort, and how Brendon is going on a quest to change how he feels about manhood, women and gender in general. Find Brendon at @brendonburns on twitter. Alice is at @aliterative as ever.
Over a mocha and a matcha in Jesus College Cambridge, Architect, writer and mother, Gillean Denny talks about space, time, walls, creative restriction and the difference between teaching adults and teaching 3 year olds about gothic windows. Alice is at @aliterative as ever
Tiff Stevenson talks over a decaf abomination to Alice, about the Aziz Ansari scandal, the competition between social and personal battles, workplace vs individual harassment, personal accountability and journalistic standards. Also, Alice pitches a solution for all of our problems with sex. Find Tiff at @tiffstevenson on twitter. Alice is at @aliterative as ever
In this solo podcast, over a suitcase Gyokuro, Alice answers some of your questions and refuses to answer others. Including advice for teenage boys, empathy, comedy, some properly incoherent bullsh-t and NO PUNS. Alice is at @aliterative as ever
Chris Skinner, producer of The Bugle Podcast sits with Alice in a tea shop in Soho over not-quite black tea and talks about inheritance, the news, dignity, class fiction and meeting your enemies in a pub. Find Chris at @producerchris on Twitter Alice is at @aliterative as ever
Over a cup of bean-to-cup coffee, Ed Byrne talks about twitter conflicts, conscience, achievement and admitting you're wrong. Also, the Weinstein and industry allegations from the perspective of a powerful man in comedy. Find Ed at edbyrne.com Alice is at @aliterative as ever.
Henry Fraser over fizzy water, green tea and a hastily swallowed quiche in a busy cafe in Drury Lane. Listen to Alice make her long suffering twin and Oxford Alumnus Henry talk to her about nuance, the techniques of mediation, and the complexities of feminism. Henry can be found at @henryfraserecho on twitter BUT NOWHERE ELSE! Alice is at @aliterative as ever.
Black Decaf Tea and a coffee, Tiff Stevenson talks with Alice about good men, consent, the hedonistic level, the time she got in a sauna with all her clothes on, the complexities of libel laws in the age of accusation and how we didn't sign up to be female comedians. Also a plug for the Clear Lines Festival tomorrow in London Tiff can be found @tiffstevenson on twitter Alice is at @aliterative as ever.
Black tea and Vanta Black pigment - Al Murray talks with Alice in a teahouse in Camden about Beliefs, Alimony, History, Organisation and Anger. Find him on @AlMurray on twitter Alice is at @aliterative as ever.
Steele Saunders drinks turmeric and ginger tea to fit in with the Tea With Alice brand, talking the class issues of Iced Coffee, Overdoses, how to make meaning in life, Star Wars as a microcosm of society and angry fans. Steele can be found at @SteeleSaunders on twitter Alice is at @aliterative as ever.
Laurie Kilmartin sits with Alice in LA over black tea with creamer, talking about dating while comedian, what you can ask of partners, sharing and American Politics. Laurie Kilmartin can be found at @anylaurie16 Alice is @aliterative as ever
Troy Conrad, photographer, performer and Set-List co-originator sits with Alice over a triple bag of herbal lemon tea in Los Angeles to talk about alkalising your body, being thoughtful, remaking your character, growth, change and loss. Troy is at @troyconrad on Twitter Alice is at @aliterative as ever.
Over Rooibos tea, Alice talks to Lisa Sharon Harper, consultant, church engagement officer and activist about the American Narrative Gap, the conflicts of identity, her experience at Charlottesville, and more. Lisa Sharon Harper can be found at @lisasharper on twitter or from mid-nov at FreedomRoad.us
Alice talks over chamomile tea to Graham Elwood of Comedy Film Nerds, one of the organisers and originating minds behind the Los Angeles Podcast Festival, and Political Vigilante. They discuss the benefits of loose leaf green, how to deal with shifts in the bedrock of relationships, patriotism, capitalism and betrayal. Graham Elwood can be found at http://grahamelwood.com Alice is at @aliterative as ever.
Alice talks to Paul Gilmartin of the Mental Illness Happy Hour Podcast about shame, support groups, the incest spectrum, his experience with doing a podcast about mental illness, and American Politics. Alice is at @aliterative as ever.
Alice talks to her friend Andrew X, engineer, polymath, autodidact and hospitality worker. We chat over the memory of water about manners, whether the pay gap is real, and how to understand traditional marriage advocacy as anything other than homophobia. Andrew cannot be found. Alice is at @aliterative as ever.
Justin Hamilton talks to Alice over a long black and an English Breakfast. They discuss the ups and downs of being a man in your forties, the failings of commercial radio, the difficulties of saying what you like and why, and how to do violence against women properly - in fiction. Justin can be found at @justinhamilton_ on twitter Alice is at @aliterative as ever.
Thwarted in this week's podcast recording, Alice returns to her trusty friend, talking to the wall. Extreme jetlag and post-adrenaline combine to make for a very rambling teacast, in which death threats, heckling, jumpsuits, Artificial Intelligence and listener e-mails weave together in bare coherence. Alice is at @aliterative as ever.
Tiff Stevenson has Alice around to her house in Muswell hill and over tea and coffee, they talk about the battle of Edinburgh, the complexities of representation, and whether you should respect everyone's culture, even when you don't agree with it. Tiff is at @tiffstevenson on twitter Alice is at @aliterative as ever.
Laura Davis, friend of the podcast and Alice sit in a London flat over Choc-Mint Rooibos tea, talking Moths, Travel, Existential Crises, the Essential trouble with Comedic News Satire and Edinburgh. You can find Laura at @lauradaviscomic Alice is at @aliterative Alice is at @aliterative as ever.
Alice sits in a cafe with Andy Zaltzman, over green tea and talks leaf-tea obsessions, economic unfairness, carving a niche, not getting boring with Political satire, can you change the world? You can find Andy at @hellobuglers Alice is at @aliterative as ever.
Lydia Rickards sits with Alice Fraser in a tea house in Soho in London to talk about ageing, life plans, being boring and why she's drinking hot water with Lemon. You can find Lydia at @lydiarickards Alice is at @aliterative as ever.
Alice drinks tea at the house of Sameena Zehra, who is a fascinating bundle of ideas, an immigrant, activist, artist, actor and standup, she lives in Brighton and we talked about all sorts, including culture, belief, family and how she lost her religion, asking questions and getting in trouble. You can find Sameena at sameenazehra.com Alice is at @aliterative as ever.
Alice drinks rooibos tea and talks to a tree. Edinburgh, failure, how sex work is like everything, what she secretly says to her guests before the show. Alice is at @aliterative as ever.
Iszi Lawrence drinks Diet Coke and Alice drinks Vanilla Rooibos in Yumchaa in Soho. From fighting to gender to fatphobia in one pot of tea. Iszi can be found on twitter @iszi_lawrence Alice is at @aliterative as ever.
