Tea With Alice

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.