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Tea With Alice

Alice Fraseralicecomedyfraser.com
Difficult conversations with interesting people over a cup of tea. Alice Fraser, Author and Comedian drinks tea and talks about all the tricky things with a rotating cast of bright and brilliant guests.

Episodes

Tegan Higginbotham - Erotica RedemptionCast

Tegan Higginbotham is a writer, presenter, comedian and friend of the podcast. We talked genre fiction and the chilling effect of online discourse. @teganmh

Jul 25, 20201 hr 13 min

Sami Shah - VoiceCast

Sami Shah, author, broadcaster and comedian, talks about the problem with getting the dream job, what he wants to say and what it's like getting hate mail from white supremacists AND the Taliban.

Jul 02, 202052 min

Mike Schmidt - RiotCast

Mike Schmidt is an old friend from America, and living in the midst of the chaos there. We talked about news, standup, riots, racism and failure.

Jun 18, 202056 min

Chris Mancini - White CatCast

Chris Mancini is a friend of the podcast, and there's one day left on his new kickstarter. We talked about failure, storytelling, fantasy and starting businesses in a pandemic.

May 29, 202043 min

Nato Green - UnionCast

Nato Green is a Union Organiser, comedian and Bugle Cohost. I spoke to him about people power, his drink cart aesthetic, and whether the world can really be changed.

May 18, 202039 min

Corey Tutt - Deadly ScienceCast

Corey Tutt is a scientist, Kamilaroi man and I spoke to him about the things he wrestles with as a scientist, as an indigenous Australian and some of the difficult things that brought him to the decision to create DeadlyScience, an initiative that provides science books and early reading material to remote schools in Australia. Corey's the 2020 NSW Young Australian of the Year, which is pretty fancy, but we had a lovely chat.

May 10, 202051 min

Emma Gatti - ScienceCast

I spoke to NASA scientist, Vulcanologist and Science Educator, Emma Gatti about science, communication, Italy and Mona Lisa Bytes. Find Emma's new project at monalisabytes.com

Apr 27, 202045 min

Neil Gaiman - SavageCast

I spoke to Neil Gaiman on my instagram live about the release of Savage on Amazon Prime.

Apr 19, 202036 min

Maddie King - ImmuneCast

Maddie King is a bright and gorgeous 19 year old student, who was looking forward to coming out of her cancer treatment into a world where she could go out with friends again. We talk over extremely pretentious teas about priorities, self worth and growth. Find Maddie on instagram @mxddieking

Apr 03, 202046 min

ManMum Redux

Alice and Henry sit together in London and talk about ideas. The first of a two part Tea With Alice and Man-Mum crossover.

Mar 26, 202033 min

Charlie George - BodiesCast

Charlie George sits in my flat and chats about bodies, education, culture and being a brown working class woman writing smart stuff.

Mar 14, 20201 hr 14 min

Henry Fraser - TwinCast One

Alice's twin, Dr Henry Fraser in the first of a two part crossover episode with his podcast The Man Mum Podcast. Listen to the first half here, go download the second half on his feed where it starts to get messy.

Feb 19, 202050 min

Aaron Simmonds - PowerCast

World champion powerlifter and comedian, Aaron Simmonds sits with me in my flat in London over a Hot Ribena (!) and talks international sporting achievement, the ups and downs of the nickname 'hot-wheels', pride and being able to queue jump in his wheelchair. Find Aaron Simmonds online on twitter at @rollingcomedian

Feb 05, 202047 min

Alison Spittle - Utility of Ragecast

Alison Spittle, Irish playwright, tv writer and comedian talks about giving up on cancel culture, the utility of rage and how unusual it is to have a proper discussion with someone you agree with these days.

Jan 20, 20201 hr 23 min

Kate Smurthwaite - DrainageCast

First podcast of the year was recorded with me sick on my couch, talking to Kate Smurthwaite about algorithms, uncertainty and flood mitigation strategy.

Jan 09, 202051 min

Chris Mancini - Kung Fu Dragon MasterCast

Chris Mancini, over a skype-tea, is a writer, comedian, community creator and cohost of the popular podcast Comedy Film Nerds. He talks about his new podcast, fatherhood, graphic novels, cultural appropriation and Kung Fu.

Nov 30, 201953 min

Richard Glover - Australian HistoryCast

Richard Glover, Australian culture giant, writer and radio man talks over a cup of teabag tea about Yorkshire, teleology, peacock evolution, cultural cringe, anger and epidemics. Find Richard at @rgloveroz on twitter

Nov 14, 20191 hr 6 min

DA Carter - LegitimacyCast

DA Carter over Dandelion tea on owning stuff, legitimising art, creating cultures, hugs, consent, leaving the law to pursue art, risk vs practicality and how I got my Amazon Special. Also an intro with actual gig dates. Find tickets for my show in Sydney on the 23rd with D.A. Carter at papafire.com or say hallo to him via @dacarter on twitter.

Nov 07, 20191 hr 5 min

Henry Fraser - ManMotherCast

Henry Fraser over Rooibos with milk on air freshener smells, rich people smells, maternity, male motherhood, climate change, discourse norms and gender biology. With lots of caveats.

Oct 31, 20191 hr 4 min

Tiff Stevenson - Heartbreak HighCast

Tiff Stevenson coping with jetlag and combining fizzy drinks, coffee and tea, talks about the lessons we can learn about complex and human characters from 90s teen drama Heartbreak High. A deep and excellent chat.

Oct 20, 20191 hr 9 min

Lucy Fraser rerelease

Today is the anniversary of my mum's death. This is the only podcast I did with her before she died.

Oct 12, 201926 min

Sarah Keyworth - Fitting InCast

Sarah Keyworth talks over a cup of English Breakfast or whatever about fitting in, learning selfhood and reality TV.

Oct 07, 201957 min

James Nokise - Fantasy and HistoryCast

James Nokise talks over a rose black tea about the Fantasy that shaped us in our youth, and whether we can go back and enjoy it. Find James at @jamesnokise on twitter. Alice is @aliterative as ever.

Sep 30, 201939 min

Richard Herring - Gas Explosioncast

Richard Herring sits in Alice's flat over a herbal tea and talks about death, near death, family and fear. This podcast was a lot of fun. Find Richard Herring @herring1967

Sep 18, 201956 min

Jason John Whitehead - Haircutcast

Jason John Whitehead, writer and comedian comes to my flat in Edinburgh and we have a chat about hairstyles, comedy, growing up and international homesickness. Find JJ at @jjwhitesnake on twitter.

Sep 11, 201941 min
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