Tea With Alice

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 fan...

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