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: As long as it takes
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, International relations scholar Charlie Miller joins Mark Kenny and Marija Taflaga to discuss Joe Biden’s visit to Ukraine and the one-year…
Opinion: The dance of democracy and deceit in Ukraine, Israel, and Australia
By Mark Kenny A version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times. If he had been around Australian politics for years rather than just weeks, Israel's Ambassador Amir…
Democracy Sausage: The powers that be
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Journalist Hamish Macdonald joins Mark Kenny to get under the skin of some of the world’s most prominent political leaders. How did Xi Jinping and…
Democracy Sausage: What goes up…
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Head of Foreign Policy and UK Resilience at British think tank Policy Exchange, Sophia Gaston, joins Mark Kenny to discuss balloons in the United…
Democracy Sausage: Can Australia get to ‘yes’?
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, former Chair of the Australian Republic Movement Greg Barns joins Mark Kenny to discuss the Voice referendum and the challenges of running a ‘yes’…