{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/13de84ee-6f50-420b-9f5a-52e94d3a2597/d0ebb1b6-2de6-4c98-959d-b658c0804438?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ask Policy Forum: The podcast where you ask the questions","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/610bd3167480750b20971f7c/610bd3501104a4001707a9af.png?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Join us at the pod squad members’ lounge as we field your questions on all sorts of issues, from how countries are performing on emissions reduction to which politician you’d least like to be stuck in conversation with at the annual Midwinter Ball.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>On the first episode of our special <em>Ask Policy Forum</em> series, regular hosts and special guests crack a beverage and chat about what you want to know. Led by Chris Farnham of the <em>National Security Podcast</em>, kick back as Mark Kenny of <em>Democracy Sausage</em>, Martyn Pearce of <em>Policy Forum Pod</em>, Professor Mark Howden, Associate Professor Carolyn Hendriks and Dr Arnagretta Hunter field your questions on life, the universe and everything.</p><p><br></p><p>Future episodes of <em>Ask Policy Forum</em> will be released only to members of our<em> </em><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/policyforumpod/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Policy Forum Pod</a> Facebook group, so make sure you jump online and join to get access to this exclusive monthly pod.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Mark Howden</strong>&nbsp;is Director of the ANU Climate Change Institute. Mark was a major contributor to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports for the United Nations, for which he shares a Nobel Peace Prize.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Carolyn Hendriks</strong>&nbsp;is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Governance, at ANU Crawford School of Public Policy. Her work examines the democratic aspects of contemporary governance.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Arnagretta Hunter</strong> is a cardiologist, physician, and a Senior Clinical Lecturer for The Australian National University Medical School.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Mark Kenny</strong>&nbsp;is the presenter of&nbsp;<em>Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;a Senior Fellow in the ANU Australian Studies Institute. He came to the university after a high-profile journalistic career including six years as chief political correspondent and national affairs editor for&nbsp;<em>The Sydney Morning Herald</em>,&nbsp;<em>The Age</em>, and&nbsp;<em>The Canberra Times</em>.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Chris Farnham</strong>&nbsp;is the presenter of the&nbsp;<em>National Security Podcast</em>. He joined the National Security College in June 2015 as Policy and Events Officer. His career focus has been on geopolitics with experience working in and out of China for a number of years as well as operating in Australia and Southeast Asia.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Martyn Pearce</strong>&nbsp;is a presenter for&nbsp;<em>Policy Forum Pod</em>&nbsp;and the Editor of&nbsp;<em>Policy Forum</em>.</p><p><br></p><p><em>We’d love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to&nbsp;</em><a href=\"mailto:podcast@policyforum.net\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>podcast@policyforum.net</em></a><em>. You can also Tweet us&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://twitter.com/appspolicyforum\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>@APPSPolicyForum</em></a><em>&nbsp;or find us on&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/asiapacificpolicysociety/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Facebook</em></a></p> ","author_name":"ANU National Security College"}