Welcome to the party!

In this episode, recorded live at in Chippendale, at the Abercrombie Hotel, we officially launch All That We Touch.

You'll hear two lively conversations.

In the first, Monica Attard from UTS's Centre for Media Transition speaks with researcher Heather Ford and writer Richard Cooke about the ins and outs, the highs and lows, of having your own Wikipedia page.

In the second, Stuart White, of UTS's Institute for Sustainable Futures, explores how recycling human urine for fertiliser might open up endless possibilities, not just for a larger circular economy in nutrients, but for rethinking our relationship to all kinds of "waste." Stuart is in conversation with researchers Kerry Tozer and Jordan Roods.

Voices

Professor Monica Attard OAM is co-director of the Centre for Media Transition at UTS, a cross disciplinary research centre investigating journalism best practice, regulatory adaptation, information disorder and news media business models. Monica is well known for her long career in journalism across radio, television and digital media.

Associate Professor Heather Ford is an ARC Future Fellow and Professor in the School of Communication and Social Sciences at UTS. She is the author of Writing the Revolution: Wikipedia and the Survival of Facts in the Digital Age (2022, MIT Press).

Richard Cooke is an author, reporter and screenwriter. The author of three books, he is the former US correspondent and current contributing editor to the 'The Monthly' magazine. His latest book is The Last Best Place On The Internet: A Human History of Wikipedia (2026, Granta).

Professor Stuart White directs the Institute for Sustainable Futures, where he leads a team of researchers who create change towards sustainable futures through independent, project-based research.

Kerry Tozer is a doctoral researcher at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS.

Jordan Roods is a doctoral researcher, Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS.

Credits

This episode of All That We Touch was recorded live on Gadigal Land in Sydney by Simon Branthwaite, who also mixed and edited the episode.

All That We Touch is an Impact Studios podcast. Its executive producer is Sarah Gilbert.