While There is Tea There is Hope

Thank you for listening to the fifth episode of While There is Tea There is Hope. We hope you enjoyed it.

This episode featured hosts Mike Nye, Tarran Merlo, and Alex C. Telander.

It was edited and produced by Tarran Merlo.

In the episode Tarran recommends the organic white peony from Seven Seas Tea, which can be found here: https://www.sevenseastea.com.au/tea-shop/organic-white-peony

Alex says great thinks about the Bunka GalabTEA chai which can be found here: https://bunkatea.com/

Music featured in this episode includes:

- Bach Brandenburg Concerto 3 1st Movement
- China Trap Hip Hop (Oleksii Abramovych)
- One Day in Asia (Oleksii Abramovych)
- Pravda Do Ju Je (Paul Mitchell Beebe)
- Asian Orient Hip Hop (Kamil Guszczynski)

For more info on tea, check out our website at www.tea-cast.com, and be sure to follow us on Twitter @theteacast

Thanks for listening and see you next month!

So this was the episode Alex was really hoping to record in Yosemite National Park while he was on vacation there, but unfortunately, as you'll hear in the episode, that didn't quite work out. In the episode he talks about where you can find ideas for conflict and using it in your writing.

If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, and if you have the time, leave a rating and review on iTunes. Episodes will be release on the first of the month. And if you'd like to support the show, you can do so through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ostiumpodcast. You can also support Alex through Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/alexctelander.

You can reach Alex any time either on Twitter at @bookbanter, or email him at [email protected].

The next episode will be released August 1st.

We hope you enjoyed our first Teabreak episode with Tealet.

This episode featured host Alex C. Telander with Elyse Petersen of Tealet.

It was edited and produced by Alex C. Telander

A transcript will be coming soon!

For more information on Tealet be sure to check out their website: http://tealet.com/

And for info on directly buying tea go to: https://teaanditspeople.com/

You can also find them on Twitter at @tealettea and on Facebook.

Thanks to Tavia for putting us in touch with Elyse and Tealet!

In today's Writing Walks, Alex talks first about how he works: his writing process, schedule, writing spaces, his approach to writing; he then talks a bit about chapter lengths and how they are important. He ends the episode with a recommendation for the book Flash Forward by Rose Evereth based of the hit podcast of the same name.

If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, and if you have the time, leave a rating and review on iTunes. Episodes will be release on the first of the month. And if you'd like to support the show, you can do so through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ostiumpodcast. You can also support Alex through Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/alexctelander.

You can reach Alex any time either on Twitter at @bookbanter, or email him at [email protected].

The next episode will be released July 1st.

Thank you for listening to the fourth episode of While There is Tea There is Hope. We hope you enjoyed it.

This episode featured hosts Mike Nye, Tarran Merlo, and Alex C. Telander.

It was edited and produced by Tarran Merlo.

A transcript will be coming soon!

In the tea we're drinking in this episode, Tarran mentions he's drinking tea from the Tealeaves company, which can be found here: https://www.tealeaves.com/. Alex is drinking the Shan Valley green tea which can be found here: https://www.shanvalley.com/products/valley-green-tea.

Books referenced and quoted from the episode include:

For All the Tea in China by Sarah Rose: https://www.amazon.com/All-Tea-China-England-Favorite/dp/0143118749/

A Thirst for Empire by Erika Rappaport: https://www.amazon.com/Thirst-Empire-Shaped-Modern-World/dp/0691192707

Tarran's mentions Origin Tea in the episode which can be found here: https://origintea.com.au/. As well as a place in Margaret River called Seven Seas Tea: https://www.sevenseastea.com.au/

For now, thanks again for listening and the next episode will drop on the first of next month.

In today's Writing Walks, Alex talks first about how he writes a podcast and how it compares to other podcast writing, and then talks about the good days and the bad days of writing and how to work through those. He ends the episode with a recommendation for Love & Valor: Intimate Civil War Letters Between Captain Jacob and Emeline Rittner edited by Charles Larimer.

If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, and if you have the time, leave a rating and review on iTunes. Episodes will be release on the first of the month. And if you'd like to support the show, you can do so through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ostiumpodcast.

You can also support Alex through Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/alexctelander. You can reach Alex any time either on Twitter at @bookbanter, or email him at [email protected]. The next episode will be released June 1st.

Thank you for listening to our special April Fool's episode of While There is Tea There is Hope, we hope you enjoyed it. We will be returning to our regularly scheduled two episodes on the 1st of May.

This episode featured hosts Mike Nye, Tarran Merlo, and Alex C. Telander.

It was edited and produced by Tarran Merlo.

Music featured in this episode is "Bach Brandenburg Concerto #3 - 1st Movement" licensed via Audioblocks.

A transcript of these episode can be found on our transcripts page: http://hailandwellmetpodcast.com/tea-cast/transcripts/.

Mike mentions a local coffee shop Pony Expresso: https://www.facebook.com/Pony-Express-O-100693183331006/

Tarran recommends Yahava Coffee - https://www.yahava.com.au/,

Mike mentions another local coffee place he recommends Gordon Street Coffee - https://gsgarage.com.au/,

Tarran mentions a place for single origin coffees which can be found here: https://www.perthcoffeeexchange.com.au/,

Mike mentions the coast and impressiveness of the Slayer espresso machines: https://slayerespresso.com/

Tarran recommends the specialty estate coffee from Yahava: https://www.yahava.com.au/product/specialty-estate-coffee/,

Another place that gets recommended is Hunt and Brew: http://huntandbrew.com.au/

Alex mentions a place where he got some coffee called Native Riders - https://www.sonomacounty.com/shopping/native-riders

Another site for getting good single origin coffee Mike mentions: https://coffeesnobs.com.au/, https://aeropress.com/,

And for that divine sound hot chocolate: Epic Espresso - https://www.facebook.com/EpicEspresso/,

While talking about Cascara, Tarran mentions the interesting way of getting a unique coffee bean with Kopi Luwak: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_luwak

And for a breakdown on what exactly Cascara is: https://www.freshcup.com/what-is-cascara/,

And where you can get it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=cascara&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

You can find out more about this show at our website: www.tea-cast.com.

And please join us for our next episode on the 1st of May.

In this episode Alex goes into detail talking about query letters, going from the time he was submitting one of his manuscripts to agents and that whole process with a synopsis and putting the query letter together, and gives plenty of examples of rejections from agents, and a few acceptances requesting more material.

If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, and if you have the time, leave a rating and review on iTunes. Episodes will be release on the first of the month. And if you'd like to support the show, you can do so through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ostiumpodcast. You can also catch blog posts tying in with each episode, as well as all the photos Alex took while on his walk.

You can also support Alex through Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/alexctelander.

You can reach Alex any time either on Twitter at @bookbanter, or email him at [email protected].

The next episode will be released May 1st.

Thank you for listening to our second episode of While There is Tea There is Hope. We hope you enjoyed it.

This episode featured hosts Mike Nye and Alex C. Telander.

It was edited and produced by Tarran Merlo.

A transcript of these episode can be found on our transcripts page: http://hailandwellmetpodcast.com/tea-cast/transcripts/.

In this episode, Mike recommended the T2 Japanese Gen Mai Cha Sencha which can be found here: https://www.t2tea.com/en/us/tea/japanese-gen-mai-cha-sencha-loose-leaf-gift-cube-T110AE046.html.

Alex recommended the T2 Sydney Breakfast which can be found here: https://www.t2tea.com/en/us/tea/sydney-breakfast-loose-leaf-gift-cube-T125AE194.html.

Mike also talks about the special way of making Billy Tea, which can be seen in this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrJa23WyAr4.

Mike mentioned the cute T-rex or "tea-rex" drinking tea which can be seen in the slideshow on our website, www.tea-cast.com.

Alex talked about 50 kinds of Earl Grey in reference to the terrible pun, "Fifty Shades of (Earl) Grey." While he couldn't find 50 specific varieties of Earl Grey, he did find a site that features 50 recipes with Earl Grey: https://parade.com/847396/nicoleweston/50-shades-of-earl-grey-recipes-for-tea-lovers/.

Music featured in this episode is "Bach Brandenburg Concerto #3 - 1st Movement" licensed via Audioblocks.


You can find out more about this show at our website: www.tea-cast.com.

Our next episode will be out on the first of April, which may be April Fools worthy.

In this episode, Alex talks first about the dreaded adverbs in writing, then on the importance and helpfulness of journaling, ending with a recommendation for the Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell.

If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, and if you have the time, leave a rating and review on iTunes. Episodes will be release on the first of the month. And if you'd like to support the show, you can do so through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ostiumpodcast. You can also catch blog posts tying in with each episode, as well as all the photos Alex took while on his walk.

You can also support Alex through Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/alexctelander.

You can reach Alex any time either on Twitter at @bookbanter, or email him at [email protected].

The next episode will be released April 1st.