Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny Podcast
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny is a weekly podcast produced by the Australian Studies Institute and ANU (Communications & Engagement).
Episodes deconstruct politics and public affairs at the national and international level, drawing on researchers at ANU and beyond as well as press gallery journalists.
About Mark Kenny
Mark Kenny is Director of the Australian Studies Institute at the Australian National University and the inaugural FASIC Australia-in-China Fellow.
He joined ANU after a high-profile journalistic career culminating in 6 years as chief political correspondent and national affairs editor of The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and The Canberra Times.
A popular columnist, Kenny is a fixture on the ABC's Insiders program and is a sought-after broadcast commentator within Australia and across the world.
Based in Canberra for nearly three decades, he has reported from locations as diverse as Kandahar and Copenhagen, Bucharest, Beijing and Berlin.
A continuing member of the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery, he also served as an elected director of the National Press Club for over a decade.
Kenny was made a Visiting Fellow at ANU in 2018 and took up a full-time academic post at the Australian Studies Institute in 2019.
His research interests include national politics, democracy, and the rise of authoritarian populism. Democracy Sausage is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts or wherever you get your podcasts.
Episodes
Democracy Sausage: Is Labor’s long honeymoon over?
Historian Frank Bongiorno joins the show to discuss coronations, consecrations and policy cremations. Poised to deliver its second budget in under a year, is the Albanese government’s post-election…
Democracy Sausage: A budget under fire
Chief Executive Officer of the Grattan Institute Danielle Wood joins this episode to discuss the pressures facing the Australian economy and to preview the May budget. How can the federal…
Democracy Sausage: The Liberal Party’s greatest challenge with Trent Zimmerman
Former Member for North Sydney Trent Zimmerman joins the show to discuss the current direction of the Liberal Party, the demographic challenges the party faces and how it can engage younger voters.…
Democracy Sausage: What now for the Liberal Party?
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Kos Samaras joins Mark Kenny and Marija Taflaga to discuss how the Australian electorate is changing and the Liberal Party’s declining fortunes at the…
Democracy Sausage: Nuclear subs and the Aston fallout with Rex Patrick
Former Senator Rex Patrick joins Democracy Sausage this week to discuss the Australian government’s “mind-blowingly absurd” AUKUS decision-making. Has the Australian government put all of…