This is the first of three special episodes of JBC Dialogues where host Dr Joel Lisk sits down with the JBC’s patron, Former US Ambassador to Australia, Jeffery Bleich. 

In this first episode, we talk through Jeff’s path to becoming US Ambassador to Australia, including his time as a clerk for former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, William Rehnquist, a clerk to the Iran-US Claims Tribunal, returning to the US to be a lawyer, meeting eventual President Barak Obama, and appointment as Special Counsel to the President.

Make sure to subscribe to JBC Dialogues to hear parts two and three of our interview with Former Ambassador Bleich, coming soon. 

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The Jeff Bleich Centre for Democracy and Disruptive Technologies is a research centre at Flinders University. JBC Dialogues is hosted by Dr Joel Lisk. Find out more about the Jeff Bleich Centre at ⁠⁠www.flinders.edu.au/jbc.⁠⁠

JBC Dialogues is recorded on Kaurna Land, and we acknowledge Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and to Elders past and present. 

Music is Night Owl by Broke for Free licensed under Creative Commons.