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Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny

Mark Kenny takes a weekly look at politics and public affairs with expert analysis and discussion from researchers at The Australian National University and beyond. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dangerous allies

51 mins; January 30, 2024

The fourth annual Democracy Sausage Awards

55 mins; December 18, 2023

Media reform and hate speech on campus with Brian Schmidt

30 mins; December 11, 2023

Troubled waters

49 mins; December 05, 2023

Divided nation – the Voice vote explained

52 mins; November 27, 2023

Hurry up and wait – negotiating the climate crisis

53 mins; November 21, 2023

Bob Hawke’s complex legacy

51 mins; November 14, 2023

Responsibilities to protect

63 hours 9 mins; November 07, 2023

Who runs the world?

51 mins; October 30, 2023

Failure to launch

52 mins; October 24, 2023

Where did it all go wrong for the ‘yes’ campaign?

53 mins; October 17, 2023

Learning to listen

46 mins; October 10, 2023

Saying yes to change with Pat Dodson

53 mins; October 03, 2023

Daniel Andrews, the master of lounge room politics

46 mins; September 27, 2023

The “horrible irony” of the Voice campaign

56 mins; September 21, 2023

Is Putin losing his grip on power?

53 mins; September 12, 2023

Hangovers and hard landings

44 mins; September 05, 2023

The echidna strategy with Sam Roggeveen

46 mins; August 29, 2023

The Voice with Megan Davis and George Williams

50 mins; August 24, 2023

Saying the quiet part out loud

52 mins; August 22, 2023

Labor’s AUKUS moonshot with Bob Carr

51 mins; August 16, 2023

Cartel country

50 mins; August 08, 2023

Mugged by reality: climate denial in retreat

58 mins; August 01, 2023

Dutton’s cul-de-sac

58 mins; July 25, 2023

A non-aligned movement

44 mins; July 20, 2023

Getting the message

57 mins; July 11, 2023

Trump’s Australia with Bruce Wolpe

45 mins; July 04, 2023

Smashing the status quo

52 mins; June 27, 2023

Breaking the housing deadlock with Allegra Spender

47 mins; June 20, 2023

Out of the shadows

51 mins; June 13, 2023

Rorting the system

43 mins; June 06, 2023

Does Australia need a new COVID-19 strategy?

51 mins; May 30, 2023

The Queen is dead with Stan Grant

56 mins; May 25, 2023

Can Labor be a long-form government?

43 mins; May 23, 2023

Running to stand still

49 mins; May 16, 2023

The politics of a promise

41 mins; May 10, 2023

Is Labor’s long honeymoon over?

55 mins; May 02, 2023

A budget under fire

45 mins; April 26, 2023

The Liberal Party’s greatest challenge with Trent Zimmerman

39 mins; April 18, 2023

What now for the Liberal Party?

38 mins; April 11, 2023

Nuclear subs and the Aston fallout with Rex Patrick

47 mins; April 04, 2023

Crossbench compromise and ending the climate wars

44 mins; March 28, 2023

AUKUS and the US alliance with Hugh White

55 mins; March 18, 2023

Robodebt and Australia’s ‘rotten’ public service

46 mins; March 14, 2023

One rule for some

46 mins; March 06, 2023

Democracy under attack (in 280 characters or less)

48 mins; February 28, 2023

As long as it takes

40 mins; February 21, 2023

The powers that be

46 mins; February 14, 2023

What goes up…

49 mins; February 07, 2023

Can Australia get to ‘yes’?

35 mins; January 31, 2023

Australia’s big chance with Jim Chalmers

36 mins; January 26, 2023

The third Annual Democracy Sausage Awards

55 mins; December 13, 2022

Severed ties and succession plans

59 mins; December 06, 2022

Putting down the megaphone

54 mins; November 29, 2022

Victoria votes after a ‘nasty’ campaign

48 mins; November 22, 2022

Trump’s midterm misfires

51 mins; November 15, 2022

Dreamers and schemers with Frank Bongiorno

49 mins; November 08, 2022

Britain's bad decade?

46 mins; November 01, 2022

Windfalls, storm clouds, and the ‘r' word

50 mins; October 26, 2022

In for the long haul?

42 mins; October 10, 2022

The big teal with Simon Holmes à Court

40 mins; October 04, 2022

Will Russia ‘escalate to de-escalate’?

42 mins; September 27, 2022

Humanity’s moment with Joëlle Gergis

43 mins; September 20, 2022

Orders of precedence

39 mins; September 13, 2022

Fair game with Andrew Leigh

41 mins; September 05, 2022

Crikey! Is Murdoch’s defamation case an own goal?

39 mins; August 30, 2022

The messiah complex

44 mins; August 23, 2022

The net good of the net

40 mins; August 16, 2022

Ukraine's journey from cold war flashpoint to crowdfunded war

46 mins; August 09, 2022

The dismal science of economic management

57 mins; August 02, 2022

Back in the bubble

46 mins; July 26, 2022

Multiculturalism in Australian politics

52 mins; July 19, 2022

Bye bye, Boris

47 mins; July 11, 2022

Judging America’s democratic decline

48 mins; July 05, 2022

The voters’ verdict

53 mins; June 28, 2022

The digital age of political advertising

57 mins; June 22, 2022

Sub failures and Australia's gas crisis with Rex Patrick

52 mins; June 07, 2022

The independents

54 mins; May 31, 2022

A new political climate?

38 mins; May 24, 2022

The final countdown

60 hours 19 mins; May 19, 2022

The state of the debate

46 mins; May 10, 2022

LIVE SHOW | Election policy peril

60 hours 20 mins; May 05, 2022

Australia’s crunch point

48 mins; April 26, 2022

LIVE SHOW | Federal election special

58 mins; April 21, 2022

The federal election and Ukraine’s resistance

52 mins; April 12, 2022

On your marks…

45 mins; April 05, 2022

Factional fights and budget booby traps

49 mins; March 31, 2022

Will the government get a budget bounce?

45 mins; March 24, 2022

No enemies, no friends with Allan Behm

38 mins; March 15, 2022

When trust collapses

36 mins; March 08, 2022

Russia and the invasion of Ukraine

37 mins; March 01, 2022

The Ukraine crisis and Britain’s #PartyGate

40 mins; February 22, 2022

Morrison’s pre-election pitch

42 mins; February 15, 2022

The second (and possibly last) Annual Democracy Sausage Awards

55 mins; December 14, 2021

Lying with a smile

36 mins; December 07, 2021

On the money

41 mins; November 29, 2021

Lies, damned lies, and election campaigns

44 mins; November 23, 2021

Getting a go

53 mins; November 16, 2021

With friends like these

41 mins; November 08, 2021

The game with Sean Kelly

50 mins; November 02, 2021

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