Vidya Rajan - SecretsCast

In this episode of Tea With Alice, I sat down with Lewis Hobba to talk about children's books, AI, war, education, science fiction, historical memory and technological doomerism. We discuss The Gruffalo, venture capital, self-driving cars, handwritten exams, industrial revolution folk songs, and the question of whether every generation ends up imagining itself at a pivotal moment in history.

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 what you’re drinking while you listen to this week’s episode   

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.

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. 

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.

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.

New Tea With Alice, talking The Stoics and Tech Bros with Tom Hodgkinson   Support this podcast at patreon.com/AliceFraser

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  

Vidya Rajan talks about the line between public and private, the childcare responsibilities of people without children, and having a body on stage.

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/