Izzie White on biohacking, bikes and taking back agency

The Share Plate is a publication and podcast for people who care about the world but are tired of headlines, hot takes and hopelessness. Every fortnight, Tegan and Lizzie sit down with a writer from the current issue for a conversation built like a dinner party: a Starter, a Main, a Dessert. The twist is that guests never discuss their own writing. In this episode, architectural communications specialist Izzie White joins hosts Tegan and Lizzie for dinner, with a stacked menu: Starter: What's something you care about that your friends don't know about? Main: We are our own experiment by Simran Pasricha. Why people are turning to biohacking, peptides and longevity trends. It's not because they've given up on medicine. It's because a system stretched thin has left them wanting answers and a sense of control. The conversation also covers how algorithms make confident voices sound like experts, and why nuanced advice is so much harder to sit with than a simple fix. Dessert: An ode to my bike by Tegan Lerm. It starts as a love letter to cycling and turns into an argument that joy, not guilt, is what makes climate action stick. Along the way: the money you save going car-free, why the streets we build matter more than willpower, and what small, physical, local actions can do for your own sense of agency. Subscribe to The Share Plate wherever you listen, so you don't miss a fortnightly seat at the table. You can read the full pieces discussed in this episode, We are our own experiment by Simran Pasricha and An ode to my bike by Tegan Lerm, free on our Substack now: https://theshareplate.substack.com/ Then do the thing we asked Izzie to do: put your phone down and go talk to someone! --- Chapters: 0:00 — Welcome to the table 1:12 — Starter: What's something you care about that your friends don't know about? 7:23 — Main: We are our own experiment by Simran Pasricha 32:18 — Dessert: An ode to my bike by Tegan Lerm 50:53 — What are you taking home, and who are you sharing it with? --- Izzie White is an architectural communications specialist and one of Australia's leading online advocates for architecture and urbanism. She won the Bates Smart Award for Advocacy (Victoria) from the Australian Institute of Architects, and was named in Australian Design Review's 30 Under 30 for 2026. Izzie's own article, What gets built when we build up? publishes on Substack on Monday 26 October. Josh Glover unpacks it with Tegan and Lizzie in an episode going live on Tuesday 27 October. --- Big thanks to ‪@TheManCaveAus‬ for letting us take over their studio to record this podcast.