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
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…
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…
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…
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: Trump’s midterm misfires
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Jennifer Hunt joins Marija Taflaga and Mark Kenny to discuss the Republican ‘red wave’ that wasn’t in the United States midterm elections. With the…
Opinion: Australia is not immune from the democracy crisis facing USA
By Mark Kenny A version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times. American talkshow host Bill Maher launched a searing down-the-camera blast seven nights ago in which he…