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  • Where to from here? | The Shopfront Story Ep 3

    October 26, 2026 · 13 min

    After 30 years of community engagement, a new question emerges - where to from here? Shopfront has survived changes in leadership, funding pressures, shifting university priorities and enormous changes in the communities it serves. So what…

  • Beyond the Classroom | The Shopfront Story Ep 4

    October 26, 2026 · 17 min

    What happens when learning leaves the classroom and enters the real world? Recorded at Shopfront's 30th anniversary celebration, the final episode in this special series brings together founders, academics, community partners and former…

  • Learning Together | The Shopfront Story Ep2

    October 21, 2026 · 15 min

    Universities are often described as places of teaching and research. But what responsibility do they have to the communities around them? In this episode, we move beyond individual projects and explore a bigger question: what can 30 years…

  • Where It All Began | The Shopfront Story Ep1

    September 8, 2026 · 20 min

    How did a small university program become a bridge between students, academics and communities for more than 30 years? In this first episode, we explore the origins of UTS Shopfront and the ideas that shaped it from the beginning. Through…

  • The Harwood Approach - turning Outward | Mapping What Matters Ep5

    September 2, 2026 · 14 min

    What happens when we stop planning for communities and start listening to them instead? Bringing together the themes explored throughout the series, host Dr. Katie Blair is joined by community builder and youth advocate Giane Cole to…

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  • Body Mapping - making the invisible visible | Mapping What Matters Ep4

    September 2, 2026 · 22 min

    What if some of a community's greatest strengths can't be captured in a survey, a spreadsheet - or even a map? If Episode 3 encouraged us to see the wider system, this episode invites us to look more deeply into lived experience. Host Dr…

  • Life-centred Design - seeing the bigger picture | Mapping What Matters Ep3

    August 26, 2026 · 16 min

    How can we move beyond mapping what exists to designing the futures our communities need? Having explored strengths-based thinking in the previous episodes, host Dr. Katie Blair is joined by Professor Martin Tomitsch to ask a different…

  • Appreciative Inquiry - starting with strengths | Mapping What Matters Ep2

    August 26, 2026 · 14 min

    What if the very first question we ask determines everything that follows? In this episode of Mapping What Matters, host Dr. Katie Blair is joined by social impact practitioner and systems thinker Mitra Gusheh to explore Appreciative…

  • Returning to the roots of asset mapping | Mapping What Matters Ep

    August 18, 2026 · 8 min

    What is asset mapping and why is it time to rethink it? In the opening episode, host Dr. Katie Blair is joined by Professor Amanda Howard to explore the origins of asset mapping and the ideas that shaped the Asset-Based Community…

  • Ethical belonging | My Language My Country Ep6

    March 29, 2026 · 30 min

    In this final episode, we explore what it means to be colonisers on colonised lands. If we’re migrants from a colonising country like Japan, are our perspectives and connections to First Nations peoples different? We hear from two Japanese…

  • Learning Together | My Language My Country Ep5

    March 22, 2026 · 27 min

    Saying an Acknowledgement in our mother languages inspires us to learn more about First Nations histories and cultures. But many migrants and new settlers claim that they know little about First Nations ways of doing and being. How can we…

  • Waking up languages | My Language My Country Ep4

    March 15, 2026 · 29 min

    How are languages that have been dormant being revived by First Nations peoples? We hear from Dr Lachlan McDaniel and Professor Lindon Coombes of the Jumbanna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at UTS about their personal…

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About the show

People working to change systems from the ground up — community leaders, researchers, activists and practitioners. Through short series and conversations, you’ll hear big ideas, urgent debates, and practical examples of community-led solutions in action. This podcast was previously called Life's Lottery, and relaunched in 2026 as Change the Story. Produced by UTS Impact Studios.