Tea With Alice

Tea With Alice

Difficult conversations with interesting people over a cup of tea. Alice Fraser, Author and Comedian drinks tea and talks about all the tricky things with a rotating cast of bright and brilliant guests.

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October 7, 2026 • 27 mins
Union Negotiations, Artisanal Matcha, Columbo, Epic fantasy novels. It’s all in the wheelhouse of tea with Nato Green.    How do you organise workers, reconcile idealism with pragmatic compromise and turn around at the door to say “just one more thing”.    We also talked about writing books, and the complicated relationship between efficient systems and human judgement.   Tell me wha...
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I sat down with Justine Sloane-Lees to talk about audiobook production . 

We talked narration, trust, intention and how to ruin an audiobook. We also ended up discussing how to get older not-by-accident and make your life what you want it to be.

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August 23, 2026 • 35 mins

In this episode, I sit down with the brilliant Doctor Deborah Cohen to talk about science, bodies, health trends and reality. We talk about how doctors need to reckon with a new information environment as well as coming to terms with deeper questions around pain, trust, and how women’s experiences are often pushed to the edges of medicine. 

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In this episode, I sit down with veteran Sydney bookseller David Gaunt to talk about tea, childhood memories, and fifty years of running the iconic Gleebooks. From the business difficulty of keeping independent bookstores afloat, what counts as ‘good’ reading, and the value of effort in a world obsessed with ease.

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June 8, 2026 • 30 mins

When Sunil Badami was at rock bottom, a lost manuscript and no money, he made a fortune overnight. A rambling conversation about books, writing and the identity of art.

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New Tea With Alice, talking The Stoics and Tech Bros with Tom Hodgkinson   Support this podcast at patreon.com/AliceFraser
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December 21, 2025 • 41 mins

Misty Heggeness sits over a cup of tea and talks exhaustion, care-privilege and what work counts as work. Misty is a researcher into, among other things, the ways that economic calculations ignore certain kinds of work that undeniably contribute to the economy. This was a fascinating conversation. 

Find Misty's work at https://www.mistyheggeness.com/

Support this podcast at patreon.com/alicefraser

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November 11, 2025 • 36 mins
Vidya Rajan talks about the line between public and private, the childcare responsibilities of people without children, and having a body on stage.
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Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders talk about the dangers of AI and its possibilities for democracy. Alice talks about refusing to decide how she feels just yet. Nathan and Bruce's book can be found here: https://www.schneier.com/books/rewiring-democracy/
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Oliver Darkshire talks antiquarian bookselling, snobbery, and the pros and cons of being categorised on a specialty shelf.
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June 4, 2025 • 40 mins
KrackerJak, Australian Professional Wrestling legend and educator talks with Alice over tea about blood and ageing, wily age and teaching people how to hurt themselves.
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May 29, 2025 • 46 mins
Musician, Broadcaster and activist Tim Shiel talks about child development, living forever, quitting your job, Green Music Australia, burnout and work.
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Poetry and dyslexia, sharing our flaws and facing our place in society as we age.
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April 30, 2025 • 46 mins
Abigoliah Schamaun - drinking tea made by the sun, using up the expensive things rather than saving them for a special occasion. Burning it all down and starting again. Cryptocurrency and trying to stay balanced. Small activism, fighting fear.
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Alice sits with Richard Glover to discuss phases of life, appropriate pleasures, and what happens next.
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December 12, 2024 • 40 mins
Alice talks to the magnificent Vince Mancini of Pod Yourself and Frotcast fame. Vince is funny and thoughtful and I really enjoyed this conversation.
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Helen Zaltzman and Martin Austwick of The Allusionist talk rude mugs, identity in a foreign land and making a living talking about words.
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Erica Halverson talks about how the arts can save education, and what the point of teaching art and the arts actually is when push comes to shove.
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Reginald D Hunter, legendary comedian lies in bed and talks to Alice about when to coddle the audience and when to take them to uncomfortable places.
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July 7, 2024 • 6 mins
A solo tea with Alice this week.
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