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I’ve been on this little quest talking to men from different fields, generations and life experiences about their ideas of manhood and masculinity. I’ve shared on previous episodes how for me it’s partly motivated by being a father of two sons. I really want to teach them that there isn’t a one size fits all approach to being a boy or a man. My guest in this episode, Rob Waters, shares this beautiful story of looking up to his own son, and the way he chose to challenge some of the negative versions of masculinity and model a different story.Rob is a uni lecturer, a poet and a storyteller, and he uses this idea of the big story with a capital S, the one that goes back beyond one generation or moment in time. It’s so easy for us to have these conversations and ignore the fact that we come from a bigger story, a longer history, and if we care about the future, it’s worth listening to the wisdom of the past.Presented by the Central Coast Council and developed by Lead by StoryHost: Will SmallCo-Host: Hannah GierhartEditing: Sienna AloisioMusic: Josh Corkill