Tea With Alice

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.

Colt Cabana is a lovely human, a deep thinker in disguise. We talked about how covid affected the world of wrestling, the upside of being objectified and how to use your body.

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 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.