Tea With Alice

Alice talks to her baby and you in the Middle of the night. Starring baby Fraser. The triumphant launch of season three of Tea with Alice. Find and support the podcast online at Patreon.com/AliceFraser

The briliant Ian Smith joins Alice over Aspirational Peppermint tea to talk about chips on shoulders, Nepo Babies and how to navigate class and privilege in a way that doesn't rub us all up the wrong way. Support this podcast on patreon at Patreon.com/AliceFraser

Nelly Thomas is an activist, author and comedian. She talks with Alice about how we think of ourselves, the relationships we cultivate and the stories we tell. Find Nelly online at nellythomas.com

Mina Starsiak Hawk, podcaster and reality star sits with Alice and talks family Christmas, what we owe the people we love, and how to say no when you want to give in.

Sian Docksey sits over a cup of Billionaire Neighbour tea talking the arts, finances, creativity and inspiration, and whose work is worth what.

Cerys sits with Alice in Edinburgh and talks about accommodations, social battery, the language of needs and the future of work.

Aaron talks over not-tea about a weird corporate gig that he just did with Alice, about performing standup standing up, consent in performance and kink, being fetishised and more.

Steffan Alun sits with Alice backstage at the Underbelly Bristo Square, to the strains of a beautiful one woman musical about codependency, and talks the pros and cons of self-diagnosis, community, self-isolation and how much we can understand or control the roles we play.

Matt Lieb talks over tea and many LA healthful beverages about impact, parenting, the stress of straddling the culture wars, race science and what the real problem is in America. Find Matt at Pod Yourself A Gun

AJ LaMarque is a comedian, writer and human community hub. This was such a fun conversation, characterised by coming out of isolation and rebuilding self. It's one from a while ago, but so good I was excited to find it and bring it to you.

Sarah Pappalardo has a chat over tea with Alice about parenting choices, heteronormative expectations and how to navigate the world of work. Sarah Pappalardo is the co-founder and managing editor of Reductress, and a writer, performer and playwright living in Brooklyn. Support this podcast at patreon.com/AliceFraser

Melissa Febos sits over tea with Alice and talks about the traps and joys of memoir; writing about real people, and how art can be reality, shape reality and help process reality.

Alice has tea and talks to Jesse Thorn over tea about what we choose to talk about, privacy, Burt Reynolds and sexiness, masculinity and imperfection and Marvel superheroes.

Jordan Morris talks to Alice over Herbal Tea on privacy, mental health and how to negotiate levels of selfhood.

Alice sits with Nato Green and talks about kitchenware, jazz, how to negotiate the firehose of content, mental health, helping your children navigate the world.

DeAnne Smith talks over tea with Alice about doing comedy about their exes TO their exes, creating boundaries and formatting the past through narrative.

Chris Rivas, actor and author, podcaster and storyteller sits with Alice over tea to discuss selling yourself, branding yourself, being yourself and communicating your self. From nose jobs to Hollywood jobs to buddhism, this is a very Tea With Alice Tea With Alice.

Maris Kreitzman, author, blogger, podcaster, publishing industry maven, talks with Alice about writers rights, the publishing industry and how to look after each other

Baratunde Thurston sits with a cuppa to talk about which bits of identity are relevant and when, how to be patient with teaching complicated things and being complicated things and the joy of the great outdoors.

Laurie Kilmartin sits with Alice over tea and talks about success, failure, writing for late night television, how to survive life and maintaining work in the face of difficulty.

Josh Gondelman talks over tea about duty, being a sucker and Effective Altruism

Amy Carver, screenwriter, director, producer and Patreon supporter comes on the podcast to talk conscious uncoupling, sticking to your principles or whether your principles should stick to you and building the life you want with the privilege you're given.

After a year of Maternity Leave, Alice welcomes you back to the table.

Justine Rogers is a legal academic, an old friend and an ex member of Alice's old girl-group, Aggressively Helpful. We talk about family dynamics, and I talk about my baby for the first time on the podcast.

Damian Smith is a comedian and podcaster who has made a career out of the onstage persona of in his words, an Arrogant, Intellectual, Low-Ethos Sociopath. He and Alice have tea and talk about the ways they're similar and the ways they're different.

Dan Ilic of A Rational Fear is a very old friend of mine, and a relentless participator in things, creator of work and the genesis of jobs for other people. We chatted in our separate houses in Sydney Lockdown about climate change, helplessness and activism.

Cal Wilson talks to me over a fancy hotel tea about creativity, lockdown gardening and self expression.

Craig Quartermaine is a friend of the podcast and a friend of mine. We had a lovely chat about work, success, racism and opportunities deserved and undeserved.

Adam Richard came on the podcast to talk about weight, work, how to dress, giving up comedy and being a nerd.

Visa is a thinker who thinks about thinking - I've known him for a while on twitter, and I've always enjoyed watching the process of him organising thoughts in webs and threads. This episode we talked about enthusiastic nerdery, online selfhood and making connections.

Justin Hamilton is a good friend and an excellent interlocutor. We discussed culture, age, artistry and existential angst. A lovely time.

Justin Hamilton is a good friend and an excellent interlocutor. We discussed culture, age, artistry and existential angst. A lovely time.

The brilliant Dara O Briain came on Tea With Alice as part of his international lockdown podcast tour to talk about online work, throwing jokes up in the air, work process, joke memory, and how he keeps coming back to the theme of pole dancers.

Sami Shah returns to Tea With Alice to talk about multitasking, sense of self and the arguments he's having now. Find Sami online @samishah on twitter

A behind the scenes peep at a Q&A during one of my recent Tea With Alice Salon - I only recorded my side of the convo this time, so let me know what you think.

My glamorous powerhouse cousin Lara Fraser came and sat with me over green tea to talk about online persona, instagram activism, plastic surgery, the gender politics of music production and her new international collaboration. Find Lara on instagram etc at @djlarafraser and find her new song "In This World" with Shingai on Spotify and other music places.

Boo Dwyer spoke to me during her quarantine period about life, fulfilment, achievement, deciding whether you've 'done enough' and what that means. Loneliness, nurturing, her open door policy and not being THAT mature age student.

Jackie Kashian is a road comic, a brilliant nerd and an all round powerhouse of thoughtfulness. We talked about the road, cartwheels, the art of conversation, online dating, the stupidity of rationality and romance novels. It was a gorgeous conversation and I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as i enjoyed having it.

Catherine Jones is a specialist chest radiologist and writer, living in Queensland. We talked about the differences between practical and research based help, the place of doctors and the piece she wrote for a recently published anthology.

Alice Fraser talks to a wall about fears and revelations, the function and effectiveness of advertising, half baked ideas and self.

Richard Makim on his little experimental farm, soil regeneration and saving the world, piece by practical piece.

George Dimarelos on class, communism, argumentation and emotion. Find George on social media at @georgewhatup

Spaceacre is a duo of musicians, locked down in the south of France, making an album in the midst of the world collapsing. What does that feel like? We discuss over tea.

Laura Davis is a friend of the show, and one of my favourite people in the whole world. We talk over LOTS of tea about her new bus show, and the horrible little mince man found art who is the unexpected avatar of 2020.

David Rose is a comedian and documentarian, talking with me about his ancestor, a Jewish comedian who played a caricature jew. We discuss offense, progress, context, hate speech and the function of minorities mocking themselves. Find David on twitter and instagram at @davidrosecomedy

Mitch Alexander of Not Good Enough talks about revolution, landlords and capitalism. Find him online at @notgoodpod

A time travel episode with the wonderful Ash Fontana - Angel Investor and all round business wizard, talks to me over mint tea. Before the pandemic! How much to struggle, and how not to get caught up in questioning big life choices. Intellectual Honesty. Community. Ambition. Competency. Success. Find Ash at @ashfontana on instagram and twitter

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

Gary Anderson is an LA based comedian and friend - we talk about the politics of parenting, race and conservative commentary.

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.