Series 3
Conversations about what makes a good man and more
UB Podcast
S3: E15 Margie DanchinAssociate Professor Margie Danchin, an immunisation expert who is a Clinician Scientist at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute at The University of Melbourne and consultant paediatrician at The Royal Children’s Hospital.
Dr Margie is chair or a member of many Australian and international immunisation and advisory boards, including the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) COVID-19 working group. This group provides advice to the Federal Minister for Health on the immunisation program for COVID-19 vaccines as they become available in Australia.
Her interests include vaccine research and clinical work, vaccine hesitancy and the development of new approaches to addressing parents’ concerns regarding immunisation. As well, she provides education about vaccines to nurses, GPs and parent, and her teaching focuses on understanding parents’ attitudes and concerns about vaccinations, and how health care providers can address them.
Beyond her work as a doctor, Dr Margie is a mum to four children, and appreciates that striking a balance between career and family life is challenging at the best of times.
Join us for as Dr Margie talks to us about balancing work life as a parent, raising healthy boys and about vaccination, health and impact of the global pandemic.
01:00 – Guest Intro
01:43 – What Margie is doing these days
- How she finds time to do everything
04:02 – The impacts of working in a caring role
- Research
07:49 – Margie’s podcast and other resources
08:46 – Vaccines and human behaviour
- Information and trust
12:04 – How vaccines work
16:08 – Natural immunity vs. vaccination
17:51 – Facts around COVID-19 transmission
19:16 – Vaccine side effects?
23:16 – Future developments of this vaccine
24:58 – Pediatrics and important milestones for children
28:25 – Growing as parents
- Interconnection
- Role modeling
34:20 – Addressing risk-taking behaviour
38:03 – Parenting students in the pandemic
- Acknowledgement and validation
- Home schooling
44:52 – What makes a good man
45:39 – What story she would share with a young boy
LINKS:
- The Royal Children’s Hospital
- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
- The RCH Kids Health Podcast
- VaxFACTS
- Understanding Boys with Robert Blum
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Season 3
15 episodes
Margie Danchin
Dr Margie talks to us about balancing work life as a parent, raising healthy boys and about vaccination, health and impact of the global pandemic.
48min
Alex Rathgeber
Award-Winning actor, Alex shares his thoughts on change and challenge, what it’s like to be a performer and about finding your voice.
50min
Emma Murray
Emma tells her own story, and talks about being a mum, the challenges she has faced, and what we can gain by thinking about not only who we are but how we think about who we are
60min
Hunter Johnson
Hunter talks about boys and their relational capabilities and creating authentic spaces for kids.
49min
Kylie King
Dr King shares ideas around prevention, conversations and resources for parents.
37min
James Tomkins
What has elite sport taught James, how he applies those lessons as well as learning new lessons from being a parent.
45min
Matt Englar-Carlson
Matt talks about the profound impact his dad had on him and how in turn he is trying to be a great dad for his kids.
64min
Daniel Petre
Daniel Petre author of ‘Father Time’, an Australian classic, talks about being a dad being mindful as parents and about achieving balance in a working life.
45min
Monty Badami
Dr Monty Badami looks through an anthropological lens to explore how we can help boys find their place in the world and offers some useful tips that you can use at home.
54min
Robert Blum
Dr Robert Blum talks about the impact of gender on boys (and girls) while telling some incredible stories from his lifelong experience working with adolescents.
44min
Megan De Beyer 2
Megan talks about ‘how to raise a man’, the role of nature in a post-pandemic world, and some tips about managing your son’s anger.
46min
Arne Rubinstein
Dr Arne shares some stories about the powerful effect of Rites of Passage and some of elements of which you can use at home from his experience.
40min
Jacqui True
Dr Jacqui True talks about about parenting, what she learnt during Covid lockdown and also a bit about how we can connect our boys into understanding better ways of being for the benefit of all.
44min
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Micah
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34min
Angie
Angie shares her thoughts on people and rules. How schools have handled COVID, what it’s been like and what she’s learnt.
16min
Angus
Angus talks about what makes him happy, about being the eldest child, online boundaries and parental controls as well as male stereotypes and the future.
25min
Kaya
Kaya reflects on a time of lockdown in Melbourne, and about what’s important. She’s got a great story to tell too.
13min
Taj
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27minSeason 1
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Ross Featherston
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44min
Raelene Plozza
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48min
Andrew Lauterstein
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40min
Damien Bolton
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36min
Nathan Lovett Murray
Nathan Lovett-Murray is a former AFL footballer and is now an Indigenous Mentor, a producer, and an educator, raising awareness of racism and its impact on wellbeing.
28min
Dawn O’Neil AM
Dawn O’Neill AM is a lifelong advocate and thought leader on mental health having led major reforms in social and mental health sectors.
40min
David Leser
David Leser is a journalist, feature writer and public interviewer and author of ‘Women, Men and the Whole Damn Thing’, an investigation following the #MeToo movement.
39min
Judy Chu
Dr Judy Chu is a lecturer in Human Biology at Stanford University with a fantastic insight into into masculinity issues that are relevant to all men and boys.
62min
Trevor Hendy AM
Former Ironman Australia Trevor Hendy AM shares his journey from professional lifesaver to motivational speaker and life coach, and the lessons that he has learnt.
57min
Dianne Vella-Brodrick
Head of Research at the Centre for Positive Psychology, Dianne has a special focus on young people while working with organisations to assess and promote wellbeing.
60min
Jim Lawrie
This podcast will be a little different to our usual format we’ll explore Jim’s artistry as a young man, talk about growing up and his thoughts on masculinity.
43min
Michael Reichert
Michael explains that paradigms about boys needing to be stoic and ‘man like’ is actually destructive and changing the culture lies with parents, educators and mentors.
51 minutes
Megan De Beyer
International parenting expert Megan gives her tips on how to navigate the challenging teenage years and foster connected, meaningful relationships between parents and sons.
48 minutes
Tim Costello
Reverend Tim Costello speaks with Dr Ray Swann about faith and the importance of modelling empathy in the shaping of good men.
33 minutes
Lisa McCune
Lisa McCune, one of Australia’s most successful screen and theatre actors, shares her experiences on mentorship, motherhood and modern manhood.
40 minutes
James Kerr
The author of Legacy, discusses how he uses the power of storytelling to reach out to young men and encourage them to have a good understanding of self and authenticity.
31 minutes
Steve Biddulph AM
Steve Biddulph AM is an author, activist and psychologist who has written influential bestselling books; and lectures worldwide on parenting, and boys’ education.
28 minutes
Simon Rice
Leading mental health researcher, Dr Simon Rice outlines a collaborative research project with BGS around positive masculinity to improve outcomes for boys’ mental health.
34 minutes
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