Tea With Alice

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.