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In this episode, it's just me sharing my own experience with dad leave (paid and unpaid, employed and self-employed) and taking you behind the scenes on our dad leave series. You'll also hear some observations about the history of Australia's parental leave system, why I think dads don't take more leave and why big change won't happen.

Host: Alex Liddington-Cox

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In this episode, we speak with David* who was suddenly made redundant in the lead up to his paternity leave. We also speak to Slater+Gordon's Andrew Rich on what to do if your workplace puts the bottom line over your dad leave.

Host: Alex Liddington-Cox

Guests: David (last name withheld) and Slater + Gordon's Andrew Rich

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In this episode, we delve into the Australian government's changes to parental leave with one of the major policy minds that made it a reality. We also hear first hand on how dads are coping with securing paternity leave and workplace flexibility from one of Australia's leading researchers on the subject.

Host: Alex Liddington-Cox

Guests: Danielle Wood and Dr Stacey Hokke

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In this episode, we shed light on the science of breastfeeding versus formula from a dad’s point of view.

Guests: Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz (@GidMK) from the University of Wollongong, Liam Mannix (@liammannix) from The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, and Matt Imlach.

Gideon’s writing:

-- Feeding Babies Part One — Formula Marketing Is Dodgy: https://bit.ly/3DAh09v

-- Feeding Babies Part Two — The Benefits Of Breastfeeding?: https://bit.ly/43sz3ZA

Liam’s writing:

-- ‘A strange experience’: New dads want to be more involved, but aren’t being taken seriously: https://bit.ly/3NTS5ST

-- His new book ‘Back Up: Why back pain treatments aren’t working and the new science offering hope’ is out soon

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In this special episode, we're doing a deep dive into the 'Greatest Dad in History'. Young dads are told we should aspire to be equal partners in the raising of the children and the running of the household. As far back as the 1950s, one man from Brooklyn set the bar for fathers of today. We hear from his son how he did it and what lessons he passed on.

Host: Alex Liddington-Cox

Special Guest: James Ginsburg, President of Cedille Records

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In this special 'Sci-Fi Dads' episode we're joined by science writer from The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald Liam Mannix and the 'Street Level Scientist' Matt Imlach. We are dads, we love science and we love science fiction. Join Liam, Matt and Alex as they tackle the fatherhood and scifi themes and of Interstellar and Arrival, two of the most influential movies of our generation.

SPOILER WARNING

Host: Alex Liddington-Cox

Guests: Liam Mannix and Matt Imlach

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In this special 'Sci-Fi Dads' episode we're joined by science writer from The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald Liam Mannix and the 'Street Level Scientist' Matt Imlach. Liam, Matt and Alex tackle the fatherhood and scifi themes and of Interstellar and Arrival, two of the most influential movies of our generation.

SPOILER WARNING

Host: Alex Liddington-Cox

Guests: Liam Mannix and Matt Imlach

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In this episode we talk to one of Australia's leading experts on crying, Assoc. Prof. Tom Whelan, about whether young dads need to cry more, what actually happens when we cry and how to do it well. Then we have an essay on what makes Alex cry since becoming a father. Finally, we have our debut Greatest Dads In History segment.

Special thanks to Yehuda Orelowitz for the Greatest Dad idea.

Host: Alex Liddington-Cox

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Alex is back with a second kid for a second season with references to a football legend, Stephen Fry and Lionel Hutz to tell the tale.

Alex stuffed up his first grandparent management podcast because he had no idea what he was talking about. The day before he realised it, this was recorded.