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 with Mark Kenny: Bye bye, Boris
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Elizabeth Ames and Sophia Gaston join Mark Kenny and Marija Taflaga to unpack the Conservative Party’s leadership spill and the legacy of Boris Johnson.…
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: Judging America’s democratic decline
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Jennifer Hunt joins Mark Kenny and Marija Taflaga to discuss recent events in the United States, including the Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v Wade,…
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: The voters’ verdict
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Nicholas Biddle and Intifar Chowdhury join Mark Kenny to discuss what was important to Australian voters at the recent federal election. How did voters’…
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: The digital age of political advertising
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Ed Coper joins Mark Kenny and Marija Taflaga to discuss how the teals’ disrupted the traditional media and political machine. What are the secrets…
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: Sub failures and Australia's gas crisis with Rex Patrick
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, independent Senator Rex Patrick joins Mark Kenny and Marija Taflaga to discuss Australia’s “total policy failure” on submarines, solving issues in the gas…