Life's Lottery
Hosted by Elaine Laforteza and Katie Blair · Impact Studios
- 29
- Episodes
- 14
- Transcribed
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Life's Lottery
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.
- Publisher
- Impact Studios
- Category
- business · government · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 18 Oct 2021
- Latest episode
- 8 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
14 of 29 episodes have a transcript.
8 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Shopfront Episode 1: Where It All Began
2 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
26. Mapping What Matters 4: Body Mapping - making the invisible visible
2 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
27. Mapping What Matters 5: The Harwood Approach - turning Outward
Inside a recent episode
Shopfront Episode 1: Where It All Began
Published 8 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Universities have knowledge, resources and talented students. Community organizations have expertise, lived experience and a deep understanding of the issues affecting the people they serve. The proposal was straightforward. Create a single point of connection between the university and the community and give students opportunities to apply their learning to projects that mattered beyond the classroom. So over about two or three years we actually developed a database of about 3000 community groups. We went to community get-togethers and conferences and things like that. So we ended up becoming really well engaged with communities and we would twice a year put out a call for projects, just an expression of interest, and in the end we were getting 60, 70, 80 projects a semester coming in for people that wanted a business plan done for their little NGO or someone that wanted to do a campaign around an issue with visual design students. […]
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- Pauline O’Loughlin
- Bonney Djuric
- Maia Ihemeje
- Alison Page
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Who hosts Life's Lottery?
Elaine Laforteza and Katie Blair host the show. Published by Impact Studios.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
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