Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny

Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny

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 PodcastsSpotifyPocket Casts or wherever you get your podcasts.

Episodes

01
Feb
2023

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’…

27
Jan
2023

Democracy Sausage: Australia’s big chance with Jim Chalmers

On the first Democracy Sausage episode of 2023, Treasurer of Australia Jim Chalmers joins Mark Kenny and Marija Taflaga to discuss the future of Australia’s economy and society. Despite…

13
Dec
2022

The third Annual Democracy Sausage Awards

Roll out the red carpet and prepare to get fancy, it’s that time of year again – we present the third edition of the very serious and highly revered Annual Democracy Sausage Awards. Which…

29
Nov
2022

Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: Putting down the megaphone

On this episode of Democracy Sausage, author and head of The Australia Institute’s international and security affairs program Allan Behm joins Mark Kenny to discuss Australia’s diplomatic…

22
Nov
2022

Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: Victoria votes after a ‘nasty’ campaign

With just days remaining before Victorians head to the polls in the first state election since the pandemic, Andrea Carson and Phoebe Hayman from Melbourne’s La Trobe University join Democracy…