The Smart Community Podcast

Zoe Eather

zoe@mysmart.community

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Booking Overview

The Smart Community Podcast spotlights smart city and smart region ideas—how to make places accessible, liveable, and sustainable. It’s a good fit for PR leaders seeking thought leadership from academics and senior industry advocates on human-centered design, ethical tech, and community infrastructure.

Metrics

Episodes: 388

Frequency: Monthly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: Australia

YouTube: 60 subscribers

Contact Information

zoe@mysmart.community

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Host

Zoe Eather - Host and producer/connector for The Smart Community Podcast, focusing on smart cities and communities that are accessible, liveable, and sustainable. The show positions her as a facilitator who int...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Subject-matter experts spanning academia, senior industry leadership, and ecosystem figures in smart cities/transport/urban systems, plus recognized practitioners focused on human-centered, ethical, and community-impact approaches.
Required Achievements:  
Academic leadership roles (e.g., university school head/chair), Executive leadership in sector associations or major industry bodies, Public thought leadership in smart city/urban mobility/innovation ecosystems, Published work, frameworks, or widely used programs/projects influencing community outcomes

Recent Guest Discussions

Prof. Martin Tomitsch - Human-centred Design Evolution, Unintended Consequences, Ethical Design For Emerging Tech (including Ai), Dark Patterns/persuasive Technology, Social Media, Circular Economy, And Community-level Design

Lauren Streifer - Public Transport’s Role In Building Equitable, Connected Communities; Reliability/frequency And Customer Experience; Branding And Technology; People-focused Cities; Climate And Equity; Access And Health/social Connection

Colin Kinner - Future Of Startups; Defining Startups And Evolution Of Australia’s Startup Ecosystem; AI Lowering Barriers; Non-technical Founders/tools; Data Privacy And AI Risks; Changing Nature Of Work; Linking Startups To Smart Communities And Regional Resilience

Recent Topics

Smart Cities, Sustainability, Accessibility, Urban Planning, Transport

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Smart Community Podcast
:

The Future of Engineering: Designing with Care, Building with Purpose with Felicity Furey

July 05, 2026

Hi #SmartCommunity friends,We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live, work and record this podcast and pay our respects to Elders past and present. We extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples listening.In this episode of the Smart Community Podcast, I speak with Felicity Furey, engineer, author, speaker and CEO of WeAspire, about the future of engineering and why it's time to rethink how we design the world around us.Felicity s...

The Future of Human-Centred Design: Design for Life with Prof. Martin Tomitsch

May 31, 2026

Hi #SmartCommunity friends,We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live, work and record this podcast and pay our respects to Elders past and present. We extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples listening.In this episode of the Smart Community Podcast, I speak with Professor Martin Tomitsch, Head of the Transdisciplinary School at UTS, about the evolution and future of human-centred design.Martin shares how human-centred design has sh...

The Future of Public Transport: Making It the Obvious Choice, with Lauren Streifer

May 03, 2026

Public transport is often seen as infrastructure. But what if it’s actually one of our most powerful tools for building connected, equitable and thriving communities?In this episode, Zoe Eather is joined by Lauren Streifer, Chief Executive of the Public Transport Association for Australia and New Zealand, to explore the evolving role of public transport in shaping better cities.Lauren shares her journey into the sector and unpacks what it really takes to make public transport the easy and des...

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