#3  Margie Conradie is an open book

In this episode of In Focus with Insight, Pamela Hellig sits down with the remarkable Margie Conradie, a healthcare actuary, high school mathematics teacher, university lecturer, and the voice behind the podcast So What's It Actuary About? Margie’s career has taken her from consulting to teaching at a boys' boarding school, and now to lecturing and furthering her studies through a master's in education. She also runs a YouTube channel dedicated to helping matric students through past paper walkthroughs.
Together, they explore Margie’s deep love of books and how stories, especially audiobooks, helped her overcome early struggles with reading. From her childhood filled with cassette tapes to her current audiobook-fuelled multitasking lifestyle, Margie shares the role that literature plays in her life—and why characters like Samwise Gamgee and Anne of Green Gables continue to inspire her.
This is more than just a conversation about books. It’s about resilience, creativity in education, and the joy of building learning environments that are engaging, inclusive, and transformative.
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Margie’s book picks:

Middle March by George Eliot
The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson

Connect with Margie Conradie on these platforms:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/margsmack/?hl=en
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/margie-conradie-mackechnie-85318386/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Sowhatsitactuaryabout

Insight LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/insight-actuaries-&-consultants/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insight_za/
Visit our website: https://www.insight.co.za/