Tea With Alice

A behind the scenes peep at a Q and 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.

The anniversary of Lucy Fraser's death was 12 October. I uploaded this podcast I did with her in the final year of her life

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Laura Davis sits with Alice in her flat and discusses work, home and travel over tea and doughnuts.

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.

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

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.

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

I start rambly and then get deep, in a sick grateful solocast in cold lonely England.

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.

Daniel Townes over herbal tea, talking death, conspiracies and social movements. Find Daniel at https://danieltownes.com/

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Your Questions, My Answers

Friend of the podcast Tiff Stevenson sits in my flat in edinburgh and talks about everything from bodily autonomy to grey spaces to abortion tee-shirts to robots telling us to kill ourselves to what we're even allowed to joke about any more. Find Tiff at @tiffstevenson all over the place

The Honourable Tom Houghton talks about living up to a high achieving father, the pathologies of British boarding school culture and a bunch of other fun stuff. Find Tom online on twitter at HonourableTom Alice is on twitter @aliterative .

Japanese Translator, So You Think You're Funny competition semi-finalist and all round lovely human Helen Jenkins comes to talk over green tea about cultural differences, appropriation, free speech and making yourself be cute.

John Hastings speaks with Alice about ceremony, weddings and funerals. John is @thejohnhastings Alice is at @aliterative as ever.

Alice Gorman, aka Dr Space Junk talks to Alice about the heritage of the moon, driving giant trucks, mining interests and space animals. Find Alice Gorman at @drspacejunk Alice is at @aliterative as ever.

In this episode, Alice answers some of your questions.

Eshaan Akbar talks with Alice over coffee and blue tea about what it is to be a man, lady-dancing, biology, parenthood, violence, death, muslim masculinity and handbag steaks. Find Eshaan Akbar at @michaelpakintyre on twitter and Alice at @aliterative as ever

Tiff Stevenson returns, and we talk about medical history and bias, industry insides and a touch more about Consent. Find Tiff at @tiffstevenson on twitter and Alice at @aliterative as ever

Chris Mancini talks over tea about how you go about failing to make things, and then after that, how you go about getting those things made. Find @chrisjmancini on twitter, and buy his work. Come see MYTHOS in the world somewhere and sign up to support the podcast on Patreon.com/AliceFraser

Daniel Townes on television, truth and struggle. Find @danieltownes on twitter, and buy his albums. Come see MYTHOS in the world somewhere and sign up to support the podcast on Patreon.com/AliceFraser

James Hoare on Masculinity and Grief Come see MYTHOS in the world somewhere and sign up to support the podcast on Patreon.com/AliceFraser

Wil Anderson, friend of the podcast and top-notch comedian, has black tea and talks about his coffee routine, habit management, audience management, the mindfulness of comedy, and how to talk about climate change. Find Wil at @wil_anderson on twitter Come see MYTHOS in the world somewhere and sign up to support the podcast on Patreon.com/AliceFraser

David O'Doherty is a lovely conversationalist, we talk supreme tea, the new Irish politics, idealism, corruption, conversion, complexity, incompetence, architecture and National Identity. Find David online at @phlaimeaux on twitter. Alice is at @aliterative as ever. Come see MYTHOS in the world somewhere and sign up to support the podcast on Patreon.com/AliceFraser

Jarrod McKenna is a friend of the podcast and fascinating character; peace activist, money-where-his-mouth-is Christian, thoughtful conversationalist. We had a lovely chat in the Victoria Hotel in Melbourne before my show. Come see MYTHOS in the world somewhere and sign up to support the podcast on Patreon.com/AliceFraser

Amanda Buckley talks about Jealousy, supportive partnership, selfhood, ageing, body image, motherhood and depression. Come see MYTHOS in the world somewhere and sign up to support the podcast on Patreon.com/AliceFraser

Answering questions and a very deep letter. Come see MYTHOS in the world somewhere and sign up to support the podcast on Patreon.com/AliceFraser

Justin Hamilton talks over peppermint tea about relevance, revitalising creativity, how to say something interesting when you're not sure anyone wants to listen to you. Find Justin at @justinhamilt0n

Abigail Dooley and Emma Edwards are a double act, breaking the box when it comes to absurd, confronting and wildly funny comedy. I chatted to them in London about rebellion, ageing, womanhood, confrontation and being funny when nobody wants you to be. Find Anna and Emma here: https://aandecomedy.co.uk/ Alice is at @aliterative as ever.

Kate Leaver, old friend, journalist, Author and ex-writer of Pottermore, the official Harry Potter website talks over a glamorous courtesan tea about depression, medication and friendship. Find Kate at @kateileaver Alice is @aliterative as ever

Chris Skinner, the one-hipped wonder, suddenly ex-triathlete and current Producer of The Bugle Podcast talks to Alice over black tea about exercise, pain, dignity, ageing and vulnerability. Find Chris' work at thebuglepodcast.com Alice is at @aliterative as ever

Inventors, veterinarians and parents, Greg dickens and Dr Guen Bradbury talk over tea and water about the decline in insect populations, the differences in diagnostic approaches of veterinarians vs doctors, and how to process statistical likelihoods of death and happiness.

Alice talks over fancy tea with Andrew O'Niell about “normal tea”, good faith discourse, plastic surgery, femininity, heavy metal, dreadlocks and cultural appropriation.

Laura Davis has a mystery tea and talks to Alice about hypnotherapy, the fears you grow out of and into, and the time she went for a very long swim without telling anyone where she was going. Content warning for discussion of mental illness/suicide. Find Laura at @lauradaviscomic on twitter. Alice is at @aliterative as ever.

Neil Gaiman, writer and reluctant showrunner talks about when you can let go of work and when you have a duty to fight for it to be a particular way, how his graphic bible story nearly got someone thrown in jail, and the importance of protecting icky speech. Find Neal at http://neilgaiman.com I'm at http://patreon.com/alicefraser

Matt Kirshen, Probably Science Podcaster, writer on the Jim Jefferies show, comedian, british export to the US talks over a cup of "normal tea" about nerves, confidence, roles and dating.

Juliette Burton over grape tea on independence, codependence, being unbangable, weakness, the difference between male and female shame, and the assertion that we all have no skin.

This Year, New Year answering some questions from Patreon, Twitter and Email.

This Year, Next Year, Thanks and rambling

Amanda S is a fascinating person. She works in education in South East Asia, and spoke about some of the challenges of doing good in a complex world

Cally, a proper english eccentric, traditional dancer, historical cyclist, artist, manager and all round interesting chap talking about British black-face, immigration and political asylum. Find Cally's work at antar.cc Alice is at @aliterative as ever

Sarah Greenidge is the Founder of WellSpoken, an organisation that's trying to change the world, specifically everyone who is telling you how to live for maximum wellness on the basis of dodgy, anecdotal or non-existent data. We spoke about race, nepotism and how to change people's minds bit by bit. Find Sarah at https://wearewellspoken.com/author/01grees/ Alice is at alicefraser.com as ever

Tiff Stevenson, best friend of the podcast returns for more intense and interesting chat about what it is to be a person in the world, a woman in the industry and some controversial thoughts.

Ray Badran over Gentle giant tea talks about being the child of immigrants, not wanting to have an opinion on things, and maths.

Kemah Breon Bob, immigrant texan, performer and activist talks not voting, and the difference between what you want to say and what you want people to hear as well as how sometimes talking about your vagina for ten minutes is victory, and sometimes is defeat. Find Kemah at Kemahsvoice.com

Neal Downward, ex-boss of SBS Comedy, sits in London drinking blue tea talking business, wellness, mortality, moving, Aussie Politics, diversity hiring and staying in your lane. Find neal at https://www.facebook.com/theneal

Phil Nichol sits with Alice in his flat in Camden over some mint and liquorice tea, talking anger, acid reflux, public weeping and human connection.

I answer some questions from twitter. Politics in comedy, milk in tea, how to avoid burning down the world.

Beth O'Brien sits over tea in her flat in Hampstead Heath talking self esteem vs self respect, medical terminology, journalistic ethics, and the problem with autoimmune disorders.

Dr Henry Fraser, sibling and tech-literally-my-bro, talks over chilli rooibos about the pros and cons of Swearing, self care vs mindless hedonism, precision of language and the product that he is working on to change the way you do agreements. Henry can be found at @henryfraserecho Treescribe.com codepact.com Alice is @aliterative as ever

In a field at End of The Road Festival Alice talks to John-Luke Roberts about praise, absurdism, alienating an audience and double acts. John-Luke can be found @jlukeroberts Alice is @aliterative as ever

James Nokise, friend of the podcast over liquorice tea, on Golliwogs, explaining consent and inherited trauma.

Myq Kaplan is into the universe. We talk over a detox tea about elephant birthdays, his life choices, mindful approaches to the universe, fire engines and the cleanliness of the street outside. Also a few announcements. Find Myq at myqkaplan.com Alice is at @aliterative as ever.

Sexuality, Spanish legalities, home and travel, immoral jokes. Alice answers listener questions from Twitter.

Returning guest Tiff Stevenson sits over fresh cold lemon tea and talks with Alice about Richard Dawkins, the difference between being wrong and evil, physical stress manifestations and social media bullying.

I sat with George Egg, the Anarchist Cook/ DIY Chef @georgeegg at Mei Leaf Tea House in Camden, and we talked about Chai in India, being annoyed by the approach of death, loving your family, and what comedy is and isn't.

Laura Davis sits in her flat in London over a cool cup of calcium carbonate, and talks with Alice about how much responsibility people should be expected to take for their own safety, whether women should be armed, what's interchangeable about people and calcium carbonate. Find Laura at @lauradaviscomic on twitter Alice is @aliterative as ever

Tiff Stevenson sits with Alice over blended ice tea and a pint of water to talk about being careful, good advice and bad advice, good experiences and bad experiences, getting home at night, and being realistic. Alice is @aliterative Tiff is at @tiffstevenson

Ash Ranpura, neurologist, neuroscientist and author sits in a cafe with Alice and talks about exercise, good habits and meditation. Alice is @aliterative

Tiff Stevenson sits in her house in London over NO TEA and talks to Alice about Teeth, Peace Forums, malicious misinterpretation, victorian manners, social consent and Jordan Peterson. Find Tiff online at @tiffstevenson Alice is @aliterative

Laura Davis sits in the basement of the Phoenix Pub in London, dehydrated, and talks to Alice about travel, shades of the Guilt Economy, Bodies, Couches and Copyright.

Alice answers questions from Tea With Alice listeners, and one from a non-listener.

The impact of tea on moods, speaking white, finding out what theatresports is, using dick jokes to talk about Syria, why it's easier being an indigenous comic overseas, enlightenment and colonialism, making use of the land, Anger and Authority, selling out and selling products. Find Craig Quartermaine at @CSQuartermaine on twitter. Alice is at @aliterative as ever

Photographer Matt Hofmann talks to Alice over Oolong and Earl Grey, about Veganism, breweries, hypocrisy, mental health and the Face of Comedy project.

James Nokise over lemongrass tea on why he avoided Australia, Pacific Island history, the ins and outs of trench warfare, the pragmatism of injury, rights and responsibility, construction worker-esses. Find james at @jamesnokise Alice is at @aliterative as ever.

This is a slightly unusual pod, with my father Michael Fraser, asking him about his history with Buddhist tradition and meditation, in an age of productivity focused meditation apps. How he went from Judaism to Buddhism, and what meditation is for, from his perspective. I'll pass on any messages, hit me up at the usual places or on twitter @aliterative

Tim Batt, New Zealand comedy star, outrage merchant, talks with Alice in the Chinese Museum about courage and vulnerability on stage, shouting at street preachers, the use of 'boys' by young men. Blackface, golliwogs, American politics, local politics. Online activism, pros and cons, and who are the villains, really? Tim Batt is online at @tim_batt Alice is at @aliterative as ever.

Dean Mayes, Working class man, romance novelist and night nurse, talks over Gyokuro with Alice in Adelaide about being a man in female dominated industries, and whether he understands anything about anything any more. Dean's website is http://deanfromaustralia.com Find Alice on twitter as usual at @aliterative

Kirsty Webeck sits in Adelaide with Alice over an iced green tea old school style where you just pour cold water over a teabag, talking about getting booted out of the moral high-ground, how to deal with social media and whether you can write good comedy when you're very happy. Kirsty can be found at @kirstywebeck on twitter. Alice is at @aliterative as ever.

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.

Two-guest podcast this week, with the double trouble team of Brendon Burns and Craig Quartermaine in a tea shop in Camden in London. We talk about Indigenous Australian naming protocols, Brendon opines on who looks like which monkeys and what racism is and Alice talks about why breakups are bad.

Charlie Duncan Saffrey talks about the proper time for Earl Grey tea, why Academic Philosophy is dead, what he doesn't like about Stand-up, Comedy, why Alice doesn't drink, his show Stand-up Philosophy. Find Charlie Duncan Saffrey at

Academic and twin brother Henry Fraser sits with Alice in his flat in London drinking lapsang souchong and talks about the economy of attention, deep long held carrot resentment, sharks, terrorism, cycling and hope. Henry's taken himself offline for the most part but can be found on instagram at @h_fray_day Alice is at @aliterative as ever.

State Library, unsweetened iced green tea on a cold day, the evolution of language in silos, being on a pedestal, communicating, and what Kirsty wears to a wedding. Find Kirsty Webeck at @kirstywebeck on all the social media. Alice is at @aliterative as always

This week, I sit alone in a room with a cuppa, talking to the void. We discuss modular identities, why "whatabouting" depletes empathy, the night I hung out by a fridge with Alan Cumming and whether we're more than the sum of our parts.

Mitch Alexander on sex robots, thinking like a nazi and the state of academia. discuss fear, censorship and the danger or virtue of dangerous ideas about virtue. Also, a battle with passing trolleys.

David Maney is a performer, teacher of Clowning, works with disabled people and is trying to brush up his resume. He talks to Alice over Peppermint tea about Invisible Disabilities, New Age Medicine and Being a Tea.

In Alice's temporary home in Collingwood, Laura Davis drinks Russian Caravan tea and talks about ethical dilemmas, moving house, travel and rage. Laura is online at http://lauradaviscomedy.com Alice is at alicefraser.com

John Vlismas on race, preachiness, being offensive versus being polite. Crime in South Africa. Facets of rage. How to be a commentator in a foreign land. Refugees from democracy.

In a hotel in Perth, Alice talks to childhood friend, Radio jock and chef, Paul Solomon about jealousy, failure, fatness, master-chef and arranged marriages. She drinks a green tea, he drinks a strawberry milkshake. Paul can be found at @thesandwichjonesshow on instagram Alice as ever at patreon.com/AliceFraser and the other places.

Alice sits with Professor Michael Fraser, who happens to be her dad, and talks about Privacy, the surveillance state, and asks him how he feels about being used as an anti-hero character in her show, Empire before he watches it tonight. Look Michael Fraser up on google, and Alice is at http://patreon.com/alicefraser

Lisa Skye sits with Alice and talks over fruit tea (Not camomile) about their approach to Fashion, synaesthesia, polyamory, artistic success, forward momentum, heartbreak, why Lisa's got three of the same male partner in different aspect ratios. Find Lisa Skye at thelisaskye.com Alice is at patreon.com/AliceFraser

Andrew McClelland sits in the QV building in Melbourne to be joyous, articulate and ethical. Chalky green tea and an almond milk latte are the underlay for conversation about the universal basic income, his revised attitude to his catholic confirmation name, Catholic comic books and the worth of a human being. Hit him up at @Andy_McClelland ‏ Alice is @aliterative as ever

Alice and Jeeves sit outside in Melbourne, drinking tea with bits in. The world of Emojis, the reality of the times when people don't laugh, how to change the past in a laboratory. Jeeves Verma is available online if you google his name @jeevesverma Alice is as ever available at alicefraser.com

Co-Star of the Worst Idea of All Time, NZ pod-emperor Tim Batt is sitting with Alice in Grub Food Van in Melbourne, wrangling some toast and talking about politics, getting flies with honey or vinegar, having opinions and white-washing. Tim is available at timbatt.co.nz Alice is AliceFraser.com as ever.

In Adelaide, Alice sits in a French cafe with a roman name, and talks to Archaeologist, Comedian, Documentarian and all round good human Karen Martin-Stone. They discuss the difficult question of good versus evil, and how you deal with people who have done bad things. It gets personal. Tweet alice at @aliterative and look Karen Martin Stone up on @kmartinstone

State Library, Bubble Tea, Self Help. How to deal with a dirty Aura, plus chivalry and being a man in the modern world. Ross Everett is available online at @therosseverett Alice is at @aliterative on twitter, or alicefraser.com

Dean Mayes returns to the teacast to talk about not talking, writing novels, the resources we have, the economics of healthcare and all of the ways your place in the world changes when you're a nurse without a voice. Look up dean's books by googling Dean From Australia. Alice is available as ever at alicefraser.com

James Nokise is a bundle of different people all in one. We talk over tea, Genmaicha for me and the disturbingly named 'Coconut Delight' for him, and a vegan brownie, about war, poetry and manliness, who we are, transracialism and the circus of attention. James Nokise can be found on twitter at @jamesnokise Alice is online in all the usual places.

In Adelaide, talking about football, rape and aggression with Gillian English, immigrant, ex-AFL player, actor, storyteller and comedian. Gillian can be found online at https://www.gillianenglish.com/ Alice is at alicefraser.com as ever.

Refugees, the reasonable man and why the heck we care about anything we care about. Alice sits in Melbourne and talks to Refugee and Constitutional Law Academic Sangeetha Pillai, who she met pretending to be an elf in highschool. Sangeetha can be found at @sangpillai on twitter. Alice is as ever @aliterative

In Soho Theatre Bar, Alice talks with Suzi Ruffell about the status hierarchies of comedy, working on the road, making sure everyone knows you're fine, and the trouble with talking about troubling things. Suzi is on twitter @suziruffell and you can find Alice as ever at patreon.com/alicefraser

Alice sits with Brydie Lee-Kennedy and talks about the power of being ugly, the past, the politics of misbehaviour and cliques. Brydie Lee-Kennedy can be found at @brydielk on twitter and instagram. Alice is at alicefraser.com as ever.

Alice sits with Stuart Goldsmith in his flat in London, and nerds out about interview process, victimhood, vectors and saying "I don't know". You can find Stuart Goldsmith at: http://www.stuartgoldsmith.co.uk/

Alice sits over tea in YumChaa talks to Jason Stone of DavidReviews.com about being the Cheryl Cole of media journalism, the power of words, equality, difference, gender, limiting freedom of speech, the nature of screens leading to a two dimensionalising of discourse and so on. Alice is available as ever at aliterative on instagram and twitter or alicefraser.com

Alice sits in a cafe called Edith's House and talks with London based musician-comedian-collaborator-teacher-performer Kirsty Newton about sleep, insomnia, teaching, rehabilitating the bad reputation of musical comedy, art and death and how to do grief properly.

Ed Byrne talks with Alice about why he doesn't like tea, why he doesn't believe in free speech, and why he has dolphins in his radiator.

Amy Howerska talks to Alice about grudges, failure, the corporate world, undiagnosed mental disorders in the family, permission to tell other people's stories and industry chat, sitting in YumChaa teahouse in Soho. Amy is available at @howerska Alice is (as ever) at @aliterative

Kirsty Webeck joins Alice in her flat in Melbourne to talk having been a long term expat in Taiwan, how to be a good person and where you belong. Look up Alice's full length show on abc iview or ask her for copy via alicerfraser at gmail Look her up here: http://kirstywebeck.com/ Alice is available as ever via http://alicefraser.com

Alice sits with Scott Huntington, polymath, DJ, pop music producer, expat and games designer in a foodcourt in Sydney, and they talk about being a good person, and what's useful to say, think and do. Scott can be found with great difficulty, though look up his music by looking up Huntington on your music search facility. Alice is, as usual, at @aliterative, alicefraser.com and alicerfraser@gmail.com like a chump.

Professor Michael Fraser sits with me to talk about the AMP foundation Tomorrow Makers award, morality in a post-truth world, artificial intelligence, and the capacity of human beings for good and evil. I also talk to some of the other Tomorrow Makers, and say thanks to you guys. Michael Fraser can be emailed at fraser.michael@bigppond.com.au but you're probably better off going through me at http://alicefraser.com

In the ACMI cafe, Alice talks over Lemongrass and Ginger tea and a Peppermint tea with Philosophy Educator and MetalHead, Mitch Alexander. What's happened to the Left Wing? Moral Reasoning, Social Justice Warriors, whose job is it to educate you, who's on the wrong side of history, who has to fight and when. A good chat with some traditional dancing in the background Mitch Alexander is online as Philosophica. Alice is at @aliterative

Alice talks to the brilliant Anya Anastasia about personal responsibility, art, identity, roles, work, mental health and marketing, the history of cabaret and playing the piano upside down behind your head. Look up Anya Anastasia at http://anyaanastasia.com/ Alice is at http://alicefraser.com as usual.

Sitting in Alice Fraser's flat in Melbourne, drinking green tea and liquorice tea, Tom Lang, Science Educator and comedian talks about Plants, Science Education and branding versus reputation. Look Tom Lang up at @langaround on twitter or find him sciencing somewhere near you.

The first Four-Way Teacast in the Sofitel at the @lapodfest. Alice talks to the three stars of The 'The Jig is Up' podcast in the lobby of the Sofitel in Los Angeles about Honesty vs Diplomacy and the complexities of Lust, Love in terms of Gender. Do men want love? Do women want sex? Or vice versa? Find the Jig is Up people at http://thejigisuppodcast.com/?tag=the-jig-is-up-podcast and Alice, as ever, is at patreon.com/alicefraser

A conversation with Lucy Fraser

Alice sits drinking yellow sparkly Arya turmeric Water with Troy Conrad, while they talk about cross cultural communication and the nature of insult and risk. You can find Troy Conrad by googling Troy Conrad, and Alice is as ever available on twitter at @aliterative

Alice sits poolside at the LA Podcast festival with excellent comedian and cohost of Probably Science, Matt Kirshen. They talk about what you do when there's no way to make tea, the implications of allergies, why terrorism isn't that bad, and how some tragic accidents aren't that tragic or accidental.

Alice drinking peppermint tea, sits by a canal in Camden with performer, writer, director, standup comedian and educator James Nokise who works his way through the biggest chai-latte in the world as they talk about race, colonialism, masculinity and culture.

Alice sits with Lisa Skye in a hotel lobby in Edinburgh, eating berries and talking about gender, drugs, cultural appropriation and labels. Find Mister Lisa Skye on twitter @thelisaskye Alice is AliceFraser.com and @aliterative

Alice sits in bed with returning friend of the teacast, Larry Dean. We talk about controversy and having an opinion about things. Larry can be found at http://www.larrydeancomedy.com/ Alice is as http://alicefraser.com

Alice sits in Edinburgh with two cups of green tea, and talks to singer Alana Zivanovic about What Happened in China, and also death. Look up Alana at http://www.alanazivanovic.com/ Alice Fraser is at http://alicefraser.com

Sitting in Yumchaa in Soho, Alice talks with international word clown Gordon Southern about sausages, child brides, dude stuff, massacre-equality, surplus men and Hot Stuff. Gordon can be found online gordonsouthern.com Alice is alicecomedyfraser.com

Twin Talk, sitting in Camden listening to the road go by and discussing intellectual honesty, what exactly IS a PHD, bigotry, criticism, culture and all that good stuff. Henry is an enigma, but might start a blog. Hit alice up on twitter @aliterative

Morality and community comedy, the ethics of pedophiles and a cup of straight hot water. Alice talks to Barry Ferns of Angel Comedy about his kickstarter, and his difficult ideas. Barry can be found

In Brunswick Library (shh) Alice talks to Mitch Alexander, Philosophy postgraduate, Heavy Metal Vocalist and Stand Up Comedian about dick pics, what "good men" should do in sticky situations, the white knight spiral, and the problems of focus. Mitch Alexander can be found at @philosophica Alice is at @aliterative, as ever.

Alice sits with Larry Dean in Crouch End, talking about people pleasing, having opinions, socialism, offensive words and what it all means. Larry Dean is available online via http://www.larrydeancomedy.com/ Alice is up at alicecomedyfraser.com as usual

Helen and Alice sit outside a cafe in Camden and talk about Luxury, preparedness, orgasms and status. Alice does a lot of interrupting that, on listening back,x is a bit cringey. THIS IS A SELF INDULGENT ONE, GUYS. They debate ideas vs non-ideas and the virtue of the Aristocracy over mint tea. Helen is available at HelenDuff.com Alice you can find at Alicecomedyfraser.com

Alice talks twin talk on Being and 'is'ness. Sam Harris, Dan Carlin and Joe Rogen, anger and identity over Camomile Tea in Henry Fraser's Camden flat.

Peppermint tea, opportunities and fairness, the At Least One rule, getting consensus on rapists, the power of talking, an argument for dick pics, gratitude and positive thinking. Alice sits in television, radio and live star comedian Tiffany Stevenson in her place in London, talking about opportunity and costs, rudeness and obligations, depression and gratitude. Tiff can be found online at @tiffstevenson or on your television and radio soon. Alice is at @aliterative as ever. http://patreon.com/AliceFraser

Facing a gut-wrenching decision, Novelist and Intensive Care Nurse Dean Mayes talks to Alice over Zencastr and a cup of Twinings from his home in Adelaide. Dean can be found at http://deanfromaustralia.com Alice is at alicecomedyfraser.com as ever

Trivia, Rage and Motivation are the subjects as Alice sits in her place in Melbourne with Laura Davis. A quick, powerful pod. There's also a little announcement in the intro of the show. Look Laura up on facebook, or Alice on Patreon.com/AliceFraser

Tessa Waters drinks and spills a glass of water and talks with Alice about rage, leotards, handsy dudes and the grey areas between assertive, flirty, angry, sexy and performance.

This is a backup iphone recording of an episode that my sound card dropped somehow. Alice sits with NZ technology and ideas based human Eddy Dever, talking about not getting boxed in, writing your own job description and what the heck that statue is. Eddy can be found on twitter at @eddydever Alice is as ever at @aliterative

Alice sits in Osher Gunsberg's lovely place in Bondi, and drinks tea. They talk about the polarisation of discourse, how to argue politely and whether we should scrap capitalism and start afresh. Alice weirdly plays devils advocate a lot in this episode. You can find Osher Gunsberg online by googling him, and support him on patreon.com/osher Alice as ever is at patreon.com/AliceFraser

Alice sits in the cafe section of a fancy hotel with NY comedian Alex Edelman and he drinks hot chocolate while she drinks tea. They discuss big ideas, American Politics and meme-ification, sloganeering and what's actually cool. Find Alex Edelman online at alexedelmancomedy.com Alice is at alicecomedyfraser.com

Alice sits with British comedian and excellent human Justin Moorhouse, talking about the real world, 80's hairstyles, becoming a real man and what Success looks like. Find Justin and his excellent podcast here: http://www.justinmoorhouse.com/ Alice is at alicecomedyfraser.com

Alice has green tea and John Hastings has black tea, as they sit in a Hotel room in Melbourne, talking al dente pasta, schooling, popularity, bullying, and conformity. Look up John Hastings at @thejohnhastings Alice is on twitter at @aliterative.

Alice sits with Wil in an apartment in Melbourne over an English Breakfast tea, and talks about podcasting, capitalism, opinions and fourth dates. Find Wil on Google or Television.

Alice sits in the Rhino Room greenroom at Adelaide Fringe and talks to Tom Walker about male body image, clowning, epithets, WWE wrestling and Haribo Sugar Free Gummy Bear Amazon Review Reading Therapy.

Names, games and addictions. Filling the hole. Euphemisms and family. Alice sits with Adam Richard in the legendary Rhino Room in Adelaide. Look Adam up online at adamrichard.com Alice is at alicecomedyfraser.com

Identity and late night drug fuelled depravity, Traffic Cops, Jimmy Carr, Offense, Vaudeville, Definitions of success. Alice sits with Brendon Burns in his car with some bubble tea and chats about racism, courting controversy and how we need to acknowledge that we're all a bit shit while protecting the bright lines we don't cross. Brendon Burns is available online wherever you have google, and Alice is available via Patreon.com/alicefraser

Memory and dementia, Iced Teas, world word clowns, and shouting at the gym. Alice sits in the dressing room of The Rhino Room in Adelaide, and talks with Gordon Southern, british wit and general good time guy about five a side football, hips, dads and whether we should leave dying to the professionals.

Alice Sits backstage in the State Theatre with famous musical comedy man and half of Sammy J and Randy, Sammy J. They talk over Matcha (which Sammy J isn't sure he likes) about Mainstream comedy, setting a mood, narratives, bullying, real jobs, regrets, the responsibilities of parenthood, God as Love, and how hard it is to know what you actually do and what you ACTUALLY like. Sammy J is available online at http://www.Sammy-J.com

Alice sits with Laura Davis talking about the complex issues of trust, from crossing the road to falling in love. Find Laura on twitter @lauradaviscomic Alice is available at alicecomedyfraser.com

Being Objectified, Fish-Villains, Reputation or Money and some sweet background chat from Taka Tea's Helen, Alice sits with Actor, producer, teen-heart-throb and ex-fellow-Law student Alex Cubis to talk about life, money, linear careers and fish nazis. Alex can be found on instagram at @alexjcubis Alice is online at @aliterative

Changing the world, changing opinions, the nomadic life, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Alice sits with Tessa Waters over chocolate macadamia nuts and green tea to talk about ambition, travel and the future. Tessa is available at http://www.tessawaters.com/ Alice is online at alicecomedyfraser.com

Money and the betrayal of the Body. Alice sits with Laura Davis downstairs in Laura's house, talking about poverty and need, bad jobs, the fear of change and doing a good job. Laura can be found @lauradaviscomic or @emojicartoons Alice is at @aliterative, as always.

Pottery, partnership and unwrapping toys. Alice sits in the new living room of the excellent Kyran Wheatley in Sydney. They talk about lies and liberalism, the fallacy of free will and what happens when you find yourself on the wrong side of an argument.

Immigration, identity, invisibility, accents, money, laughing in the face of grief and being too good looking for television, Alice sits in her flat in Melbourne, talking to newly Melbournised Sami Shah about his dangerous ideas. She has tea, he has water, or as she likes to call it, pre-tea. Sami can be found at @samishah on twitter Alice is available at @aliterative

Being publicly shamed, bringing up boys and being held accountable. Alice sits in Melbourne over Matcha, Macadam and Gyokuro, talking with Radio and Television personality, musician, comedian and brunet father of two, Josh Earl, about the ins and outs of discomfort, anger, and civil discourse. Josh is available on twitter at @mrjoshearl, and Alice can be reached at @aliterative or http://alicecomedyfraser.com

Alice Fraser sits with Sam Streeter over late night Camomile and Turmeric tea, and discusses the life of the semi-pro audience member, how you get famous for laughing and the power dynamics of watching people get famous for twenty years. Sam can be found online @samstreetr Alice is online @aliterative patreon.com/AliceFraser is the place to give support

Alice sits in her flat in Melbourne with NZ comedian Guy Montgomery and talks in and out of the depths of comedy, Wilosophical queries, the pitfalls of happiness and the risks of ambition. Guy can be found on twitter @guy_mont alice is online at @aliterative or patreon.com/AliceFraser

Alice sits with Ivan Aristigueta over an Earl Grey Blend, milk no sugar, and talks about Political Correctness in the third world, Cultural relativism, chivalry and the problem with Cocaine. Ivan can be found on @ivancomedy on Twitter Alice is available at alicecomedyfraser.com

Alice sits in her flat in Fitzroy, Melbourne with Comedian and man, Ryan Coffey in her flat in Fitzroy, in a high wind, and talks about love, priorities and moral choices, Aboriginal communities and the point of art.

Alice sits in her flat in Fitzroy, Melbourne with hollywood film and stage actor James Mackay over Black Tea with Almond and Milk, while she drinks Matcha green tea. They discuss whether you're allowed to have an opinion in Hollywood, how acting is different from comedy, how you can deploy the authentic self on demand, what's wrong with language, wasting time on screens, charity muggers, WHALES James Mackay is @jwmackay on twitter, and is on instagram Alice is available at alicecomedyfraser.com or on twitter @aliterative

Alice sits in Double Bay over straight Earl Grey and talks with Producer, FBi Radio host and all round good guy, Nikko Malyon about the language of clothes, the purpose of being and the impact of the internet. Nikko can't be found online, but look up Green Lights Comedy Nights in Sydney and check him out. Alice is available at alicecomedyfraser.com or on twitter @aliterative

Alice sits in Waterstones in London having tea with comedian and friend of the podcast Jen Carnovale. They talk over black tea with scones, jam and extra cream about gravity, anxiety, depression, octopuses solving mazes, perception, meditation, passivity and reactions.

Alice Fraser sits in a cafe in Edinburgh with writer, producer and activist Winnie M Li, to talk about rape, violence and consent over carrot cake and cups of tea. Winnie M Li can be found at http://www.winniemli.com/ Alice is available on twitter at http://twitter.com/aliterative or online at alicecomedyfraser.com. She also has a patreon page at patreon.com/alicerfraser

Alice sits in Edinburgh in the kitchen of her flat at 1 in the morning and talks to flatmate and load-bearing-pillar of the comedy community Ivor Dembina, about Palestine and Israel, fear, the wonders of the Internet, the importance of watching your mouth and the tattoo of the red shoes. Ivor Dembina has a fb page http://facebook.com/ivor.dembina and a wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivor_Dembina alice is available at @aliterative on twitter or via her website http://alicecomedyfraser.com

Alice Fraser sits in the National Library of Scotland Cafe with John Hastings, drinking green tea and eating biscuits. They discuss how eyes work, contract law, the value of lawyers, ambient noise, pornography and why Alice doesn't like sandwiches. You can look up John Hastings http://johnhastingscomedy.com/ or on twitter at @thejohnhastings Alice is at http://alicecomedyfraser.com or on twitter at @aliterative

Alice (new zoom mic!) sits with her old friend Greg Dickens in a house near Cambridge, and talks about his job as an inventor, eating disorders, monkeys (and apes), suddenly going blind in deepest darkest africa, public nudity, existential fear, maths to the nearest whatever, getting your girl on board the marriage train, and the big red button. Greg is available online as undercoversuperhero Alice, still unwilling to reveal her superhero alterego is still @aliterative

Alice drinks Rooibos in the About Life Cafe in Darlinghurst with Penny Durham, who is drinking Chai. They talk about reviewing comedy, the problems of words, causation and correlation and the lowest common denominator. Penny's writing can be found on twitter a @pennydee or in The Australian. Alice is available at alicerfraser@gmail.com or @aliterative on twitter

Alice sits in her echoey living room in Fitzroy, chatting with Toby Truslove about plots, devices, comedy, performance and life. Toby can be found on a screen somewhere, or avoiding social media. Alice is available via alicecomedyfraser.com or at @aliterative on twitter

Alice sits in her little place in Melbourne over Italian Almond Black Tea and sesame mochi with Reet (@Suburbang0th). They talk about suicide, anger, grief, beauty and art. Warnings: graphic discussions of suicide, language. email alice on alicerfraser@gmail.com

Alice sits with Lawrence Leung in Grub Food Van and Kitchen, over a Jasmine Pearl tea talking ghosts, magic, film-making, random acts of kindness, comedians vs actors, form vs function and fighting the fear. Lawrence can be found at http://lawrenceleung.com Alice can be found at http://alicefraser.com

Alice sits in a loud cafe with Lawrence Mooney, having rooibos and black tea (with milk) in Adelaide. They discuss Slavery, Siblings, Time, Workplace incentives, Beauty, Truth and Sexual Politics. Lawrence Mooney can be found online at @lawrencemooney or on Dirty Laundry Live Alice is available for chats at @aliterative on twitter or via her website

Alice Fraser sits in the Victorian State Library with Andy Matthews who is full of hot chocolate. They talk about comedy, poetry, engineering, time travel and being zoo exhibits. Find Andy on twitter at @stupidoldandy find alice at alicerfraser@gmail.com

Alice Fraser sits in the house of her cousin the Space Archeologist in Adelaide and talks to Georgie Carroll, maverick, nurse, mother and comedian about anarchy, violence, sex, comedy and recycling. Hit Alice up on her patreon, or at alice r fraser at gmail.com

Alice sits in a Malaysian Cafe with Melbourne Comedian Dilruk Jayasingha. They talk about weight loss, family and the spectre of death. Also some shop talk about comedy. Dilruk is followable on twitter @DilrukJ Alice is available at @aliterative

Alice Fraser sits in the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne City and talks to herself about moving to Melbourne, Comedy as Therapy, Expressing fury through Blog Posts, the point of doing art about Death and the future of the Teacast. look her up at @aliterative http://alicecomedyfraser.com

Alice Fraser sits downstairs in a store room at the Mercure Hotel in Melbourne during MICF and talks to Mike Goldstein about serial monogamy, fighting, love-drugs, difficult hecklers, marriage counselling, divorce law. Mike is available on twitter @mikegstein Alice is on twitter @aliterative

Alice and Penny Greenhalgh sit in a couple of different places, get chased around the Mercure hotel and talk about Meat, Squid Ice Cream, Mice watching TV, Graceful Awkwardness, Violent Crass Comedy, the man who keeps asking us to move. Follow Penny on Twitter @pennygreenhalgh A good point of reference for awkward grace is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk7-lhARaSc Follow me on twitter @aliterative or my website http://alicecomedyfraser.com

Alice talks to Gareth “Gary” Reynolds about tea, crazy fans, eating dogs, short term thinking, phone etiquette, Little Kevin and bad gigs. With dad-finding-teacups-and-going-shopping-cameo from Dave Anthony Gareth can be found at @reynoldsgareth

Alice sits upstairs in the Victoria Hotel in Melbourne with Myq Kaplan to talk about Veganism, Non-Monogamy, the Ten Commandments, Queer Identity for the Straight Guy, Constitutional Literalism

Alice sits in the top of the Producers bar in Adelaide, talking to Best of The Edinburgh Fest act and all round good guy John Hastings. They talk about sleeping your way to the top, contract law, complicated grief, reading reviews, fame-orgies and maturity. John is Online at: http://www.johnhastingscomedy.com Alice is available at: http://www.alicecomedyfraser.com

Alice sits upstairs at the Producers Bar in Adelaide and talks to James Fosdyke, influential podcast-artist and general good guy. They talk quality control, comic books, podcasts, Wil Anderson's patronage, fan service and self loathing, depression and suicide. James Fosdyke's work can be found at http://http://www.visualante.com.au/ Alice Fraser is at http://alicecomedyfraser.com as always or on twitter at @aliterative

Alice sits in the Rhino Room in Adelaide and talks to legendary touring comedian Lindsay Webb about Public Transport, Capitalism, Jobs, High Culture, Low Culture and Agriculture. Lindsay is accessible online at http://twitter.com/lindswebb Alice is available at http://alicecomedyfraser.com or on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/aliterative

Alice sits in the basement of one of her oldest friends, fellow buddhist and ex-breakfast-radio jock Paul 'Paulie P' Solomon, talking about all sorts of awful things, word facts, Radio politics, getting angry, childhood, travel, brotherhood and consent. Paulie is on twitter @mrpauliep Alice can be found at http://www.alicecomedyfraser.com or on Twitter at @aliterative

Stripping for Jesus, sex advice from a man of Christ. Legal tips for the Peaceful Activist (with state differences), and the thing we weren't going to talk about. Alice sits in Perth, and has Jasmine Green tea with Jarrod McKenna, activist and peace prize winner. Look up the hashtag #lovemakesaway and google the First home project. Look up Alice on http://alicecomedyfraser.com or follow her on twitter at http://twitter.com/aliterative

Alice Fraser sits in the London flat of Australian cult comedian, gaming celebrity and bottle blond John Robertson. They drink tea and discuss hyper-caffeination, the difference between ultraviolence and domestic violence, the modern Australian Novel, Kurt Vonnegut, lawyers' dreams, bondage, teeth and John's dangerous ideas.

Alice sits in Camden with Tiff Stevenson and tea, talking about Drag, Gender, Crime, Bullying and being recognised in the street. Tiff's website is here: http://www.tiffstevenson.co.uk Alice is here: http://alicecomedyfraser.com

Alice sits in the UK, land of Tea and does a podcast in the Scandinavian kitchen with Helen Zaltzman who is incredibly cool. Listen helen is @helenzaltzman on twitter Alice is @aliterative Bryce Halliday is excellent @mrbrycehalliday email her on alicerfraser@gmail.com or visit the website on http://alicecomedyfraser.com

Alice sits and drinks warm water with Roderick Makim (Journalist) and Patrick Brown, (Lawyer, Autodidact and Middle East non-expert ex-ex-pat). They talk about Charlie Hebdo, Generalising from Extremism, and whether you should follow the news at all. Pat is at http://twitter.com/pjbow and Roderick is at http://twitter.com/roderickmakim Their podcast "Pat and Rod Save The World" is here: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/pat-and-rod-save-the-world/id920725924?mt=2 Alice is at http://twitter.com/aliterative or http://alicecomedyfraser.com

Alice drinks green tea alone and answers intimate listener questions about her, you, and the abstract realities of life. alicerfraser at gmail.com for more questions if you want to ask them http://alicecomedyfraser.com http://twitter.com/aliterative

Alice talks with her twin for this special xmas episode. They discuss radio conventions, fish that are all teeth, Agony Aunting, Epic Adventure, Patronage, Tech Rhetoric, News Comedy, Alice Changes/Makes up her mind about Changing people's minds. start at 8.50 if you don't like set-up-banter Henry's Website is http://henryfraser.com or on twitter @henryfraserecho Alice is at http://alicecomedyfraser.com or @aliterative on twitter. Email her on alicerfraser@gmail.com

Alice sits in her living room and talks to comedian, director, writer all rounder Australian champion Gary Eck about the business of podcasting, sponsorship and lies. Laura Davis drops in to say hallo, and eat some chocolate, and it all goes downhill from there.

Alice sits with Mark Humphries and Laura Davis to talk about anger, passive aggression, what happens after your dream job disappears, and shortbread.

2 of 2 - Brendon Burns sits with Alice, and has an energy drink, while they talk and talk about fingerguns, powerplays, Gatekeepers, UFC, Classism, Sexism, Racism and trolls. Part two will be released immediately subsequent Brendon is available at: http://brendonburns.squarespace.com Alice is online at: http://alicecomedyfraser.com

1 of 2 - Brendon Burns sits with Alice, and has an energy drink, while they talk and talk about fingerguns, powerplays, Gatekeepers, UFC, Classism, Sexism, Racism and trolls. Part two will be released immediately subsequent Brendon is available at: http://brendonburns.squarespace.com Alice is online at: http://alicecomedyfraser.com

Alice talks with Gia James, writer, sex worker, feminist and all round internet winner. They have gyokuro and dried peas, and talk about AA, PUAs, SJWs, Utopian Ideals, Really Properly Failing, Domestic abuse, gender neutral blobs, masochism and how comedy is like sex work. Gia can be found on twitter @GiaJamesxxx Alice is @aliterative or alice r fraser at gmail http://alicecomedyfraser.com

Alice Fraser has tea with Celebrity cutie Tegan Higginbotham. They talk Morality, faith, annoyingness, Facelifts and the sexiest smelling young comedian around. Tegan can be found on twitter @teganmh email alice on alicerfraser@gmail.com or look up the website at http://alicecomedyfraser.com

This episode is the full audio of the conversation that I had with my mum Lucy Fraser for episode 33. I was asked to release it without my original introduction. There are a few extra seconds of audio, and a poem at the end.

Alice sits in Tom Ballard's nice house and talks over tea and unnecessarily vegan biscuits about Grief, belief, how blowjobs are stardust, why Alice wants to ban feelings, how everyone's bad at maths, International Pretend There's No Afterlife Day, the movie Fury (no spoilers). Note, before this Podcast, Alice Fraser fixed Tom Ballard's Dishwasher like a champion. Tell Tom Ballard to do his own podcast at tomballard.com.au Alice is available on alicecomedyfraser.com

Another week of apologies and recommendations. NEXT WEEK, two episode output! Eddie Sharp! Michael Connell!

A brief announcement and some music. The podcast with Lucy Fraser "The Right Of ReplyCast" is episode 33.

Alice has tea with Seaton Kay Smith, talking about jogging, Nanobot apocalypses and The Singularity. Listen to Lost Pilots on FBiRadio.com Alice is available via her website http://alicecomedyfraser.com

Alice has breakfast and tea with her twin, (now with new, audible intro) and they talk about kinda bacon, Jesus' twitter following, unsupported claims, 'Do you even know what brunch is?', the problem with Journalists, bullying and pens with your name on them.

Alice talks about someone who made her angry and then has tea with Melbourne comedian and future big star, Tegan Higginbotham about the difficult things in a cafe in Melbourne that also happened to be a shipping container. Melbourne is so cool. Tegan is on Twitter at https://twitter.com/TeganMH Alice is online at http://alicecomedyfraser.com

Alice talks to Jim Fishwick over tea about the terrible mistake she made on stage that night, hipsterism, what artform their comedy would be if it weren't comedy and what the future holds for everything

Victoria Healy and Josh Dore come down from Melbourne to have Tea With Alice. They talk about talking about sex, killing old people, and how Bondi Beach is very much like a country town. Vic is at http://victoriahealy.com Josh is on twitter at @joshdore Alice is online at http://alicecomedyfraser.com

Alice has tea and talks to wild comedian, father, thinker and queenslander, Damien Power. They ramble through politics, social structures, post-apocalyptic train journeys and how ducks think about death. alicecomedyfraser.com is the website to find all the recent things she's been working on and damien power is available at damienpower.com

Alice talks a bit of good and a bit of bad to Daniel Muggleton, one half of the mug and kettle open mic empire. Bryce Halliday is there at the beginning and chipping in along the way. Alice bullies Daniel and finally gets to the truth. Daniel Muggleton is on twitter at @muggletown Edited by Bryce Halliday - brycehalliday.com Alice is alicecomedyfraser.com and @aliterative as ever. Email her on alicerfraser@gmail.com

Alice talks to Jen Carnovale in Badde Manors in Glebe about popular grief, comedy collaboration, cool kids and being 'the mean one' Thanks to Bryce Halliday for sound editing, http://brycehalliday.com alice is at @aliterative http://alicecomedyfraser.com @jencarnovale is on twitter and http://jencarnovale.com

Alice has tea with the mother of dragons (if by dragons you mean Alice, and you do). They talk about poetry, music, M.S and Cancer, and how Lucy Fraser feels about being used in Alice's material.

Alice sits in a car with Claire Hooper in the carpark of Splendour in The Grass. As they slowly run out of oxygen, they talk about anxiety, what's the point of the news, the ethical downsides of being right about anything, Alice's million dollar idea, and how Claire as a new mother feels sorry for Pedophiles. Appended at the end is Alice's Women of Letters performance, for people who don't mind sad things that aren't funny. Thanks to Bryce Halliday for the Audio Edit. http://brycehalliday.com Alice is at http://alicecomedyfraser.com Claire is at http://clairehooper.com

In a cavernous cafe in Melbourne, Alice sits down with Nick Capper and talks about the value of value, whether we should be careful or not careful with what we say and a lot of other things. This chat happened chronologically BEFORE last week's chat with Toby Halligan, so some of the ideas here are amoebic forms of what was discussed 'last week'. Ah, time travel. Hit Alice up on alicerfraser@gmail.com or go to the website alicecomedyfraser.com

Alice talks in a fancy boulangerie slash teahouse in Melbourne with Toby Halligan during his lunchbreak. Toby is a writer for The Project, creater and facilitator of political comedy all over Australia and just a generally interesting and cool guy. They discuss giant sandwiches, scurrilous comedy scene gossip, identity politics and what's the best way to take offense. Toby is online at www.tobyhalligan.com.au and Alice is available (as ever) on http://alicecomedyfraser.com

Alice sits in her favourite Tea Shop and talks to Fred Winner and Barry Award Nominee Trygve Wakenshaw about being an apprentice vegan, what it's like being like nobody else, Status, Prizes, Astrology and Death. Trygve can be found at http://trygvewakenshaw.net Alice is at http://alicecomedyfraser.com or @aliterative Note the much better sound quality? YEAH! Editing by the excellent Bryce Halliday (http://brycehalliday.com)

Alice talks with comedian and writer Laura Davis about the Morality of Cake, different kinds of strength, child abuse, why peer pressure works, and why good people let bad things happen to them.

Alice talks in Glebe's WellCo cafe with Adam Yardley. They eat eggs on toast and drink chalky green tea and talk about reading playboy for the articles, Alice's recent almost viral article, walking into traffic, islamophobia and provocateurism.

Alice talks with friend and comedy writer Adam Yardley over some awesome sencha about manliness, being a stay at home dad, time travel and performance enhancing drugs for corporate women.

Alice Fraser talks to Lucy Howard Taylor and some incidental rainbow lorrikeets over a quick lunch in the Rocks. Lucy is a writer, poet and arts administrator in the Sydney Theatre Company and they chat about Rap, the fraught nature of having opinions, authenticity and how Zombies are like teenage boys.

Alice Fraser talks to weirdly similar and yet excitingly different middle-name-sharing Tami Sussman performance poet, wedding celebrant and standup comedian. They have probably jasmine green tea and chat about The Salmon Lady, what's wrong with people who seem too normal, why the vibrator is a lie and the amazing thing about vests. With brief cameo from Henry Fraser. Tami can be found on twitter at @sussmania Alice is all at http://alicecomedyfraser.com

Alice talks to British Comedian, Radio Personality and all round excellent eccentric, Tom Wrigglesworth. The ramble through music, a jew called Adolf, pain-pissing contests and redlining on anxiety. Producer Bryce Halliday http://brycehalliday.com/

Alice sits with Bryce Halliday and has a conversation in a bed of snakes on a waterfall with someone snowboarding behind them. Apologies for the background snowscape. They talk impro and vocation, travel and possibility.

Alice talks over tea and a rusty nail with Roderick Makim, journalist, country boy and international thrillseeker in a nice coat about his roots, being a Western Spy, and the disappointments of chicken Kiev.

Alice gets to know Rob Hunter over tea and conversations about chip flavours, first jobs, and where we're really from.

Alice talks to the Reverend Andrew Judd about faith, failure and his man-crush on Jarrod McKenna. Henry Fraser shows up to ask some cheeky questions. This was recorded on a phone in a lift well, so credit goes to Bryce Halliday for Production skills.

Alice has tea with herself, and talks about some things she hasn't been talking about. http://alicecomedyfraser.com @aliterative

Alice has Tea and Talks with Director, Writer, Producer and $70,000 winner, Jeremy Brull about art, film, live performance and body hair length. She is running on about thirty days of not-enough sleep, so some threads might trail off into the ether. If you're around Sydney from 6-11 May, do come along to the SCF run of "Everyone's A Winner" - Tickets available via http://alicecomedyfraser.com @aliterative

Alice has tea with Sarah Jones, talking about the life of a ventriloquist, and our favourite kinds of hecklers and then Laura Davis joins the tea and we talk about late night cardigans, groping, gifts, and body language. http://alicecomedyfraser.com @aliterative

Alice Fraser teas and talks with Bryce Halliday deep underground. They chat about comedy festival, whether women should be stay-at-home-mums and why Alice ate all the snacks.

Alice and Jarrod McKenna talk about Christlikeness, Faith, Narnia, Comedy, Zizek, Ursula LeGuin, Wil Anderson and the Refugee Crisis.

Sean and Alice talk about Bigotry and Festival Marketing. Warning - heavier on comedy discussion than usual. (note: Slightly quiet volume wise. So listen somewhere chilled out.) 1min - The Danger of Energy Drinks 3mins - Panic Naps and Chronic Stress 10mins - The Exciting Bigotry of Hecklers 13mins - Creating a Brand 28mins - Tindr Marketing 29.50mins - Love induced erectile dysfunction 33mins - Getting really good at forgetting everything 35.50 - The Zombie Apocalypse 42.10 - Disability and Intellectual Snobbery 44.40 - Is it worth being happy for an hour 47.20 - Madness and Sadness, the Conversation takes a sad turn. SHOW DETAILS Sean Michaels "I Wasn't Sean Yesterday" - Tuxedo Cat #MICF Alice Fraser "Everyone's A Winner" - Swanston Hotel, 8.30pm http://alicecomedyfraser.com @aliterative

Alice has tea and talks in a remarkably civilised fourway throwdown about violence and criminality. Chapter titles if you want to skip ahead or back are as follows: 4.50 minutes in – Punching for no reason. 9.05 mins – Gendered dreams [do babies dream of electric babies?]. 13.20 – Aggression as a problem solving tool, violent fantasies and masculine heroism. 17 mins – The righteous smashing! 20 mins – A heavily visual joke… 21 mins - Swimming in salt water; complicated grief. 24 mins – The transcendental beauty of the imperfect... 26 mins – Criminality and Criminology. 30 mins – No-one wants to be an arsehole? 33 mins - Passive Aggression is not that bad. http://alicecomedyfraser.com @aliterative

Sean and Alice take tea and talk no regrets, secular churches, the idea of friends with benefits, left handed people, relationship evolution, theme parks and some other stuff. Sean's back and the original teacast two slide a sweet sounding show smoothly into your ear holes. http://alicecomedyfraser.com or subscribe on itunes

Despite the ominous 'womm wommm' noise, this tea was delightful and lighthearted. Sean and Alice have tea and talk about how having a broken headlight is like being cheated on, how Sean secretly doesn't want to sleep with every girl he dates. We discuss babushka dolls, when you want to be making risky decisions and how to be the master(bater) of your own destiny.

Alice and Greg Fleet have tea in a bookshop cafe. They talk flirting, punching Hitler, sympathy for pedophiles, anger management and how to destroy a friendship. Look out for Greg Fleet at a comedy festival near you. Tickets available online. http://alicecomedyfraser.com @aliterative

Sean and Alice talk over tea about how love is an addiction, bad investments, getting out while you're on top, and then play out an upsetting rant on a (non) alternative to the refugee crisis. If you like the podcast, rate and review it on itunes, or recommend it to your friends. Visit Alice at - http://alicecomedyfraser.com @aliterative

Sean and Alice have tea and talk about compliments, modern love, disco-ball surgery and the worst kind of profiling. Alice loves the idea of marriage, but wants to propose an alternative for people that are less certain about the 'as long as we both shall live' part. subscribe to the podcast in itunes, if you're enjoying it. Send feedback at @aliterative or alicerfraser@gmail.com http://alicecomedyfraser.com

Alice talks to her twin brother in a cafe in Oxford about criticism, self-doubt and the self indulgence of kickstarter. Sean's offline again this week, so sound quality is Alice-style, and we're rocking a slightly late release. see Henry's music at http://henryfraser.com subscribe to the podcast in itunes, if you're enjoying it. Send feedback at @aliterative or alicerfraser@gmail.com

All alone in England, Alice pulls a conversation out of the archives for the first Guest Teacast. With Scott Huntington, talking about men's rights activists, and deja-poo. Find Scott's music online at http://listn.to/socalledfriend Alice is online at http://alicecomedyfraser.com

Sean and Alice talk about how corporations aren't people too, how it's not good to get too close to your money, and how to avoid a spiral of liking that ends in marriage. (slightly shorter than usual, as Alice is in England and cut out a thing and couldn't figure out how to replace it with another thing) alicecomedyfraser.com

Sean tells a joke that you will never hear, Alice rants about whether art is or is not a luxury and the urge to create or play video games. They reflect on corporate life.

Strap yourselves in. Alice educates Sean about dubious consent, they talk about smoke and mirrors, the jazz hands part of sex and what happens when a bird flies into the window.

Alice has tea with Sean. They talk about pride, love and loss, and school. Alice rants about goodwill to all mankind, and Sean talks about breakups with a friend.