Latest Mark kenny Podcast Episodes
The dismal science of economic management
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - August 02, 2022 09:41 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn this episode of Democracy Sausage, Peter Martin joins Mark Kenny to unpack the latest economic update to the nation, and challenges ahead for the Australian and global economy. What do unemployment and inflation numbers actually tell us about the state of the economy? How do economists accou...
Back in the bubble
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - July 26, 2022 08:19 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn this parliamentary sitting day after Australia’s “earthquake election”, Frank Bongiorno, Marija Taflaga and Mark Kenny discuss some of the challenges facing the new government and what kind of prime minister Anthony Albanese might be. How will the new Labor government manage negotiations wit...
Multiculturalism in Australian politics
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - July 19, 2022 07:52 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHost Mark Kenny discusses multiculturalism in the Australian political system with Sukhmani Khorana, Fan Yang, and Marija Taflaga on this episode of Democracy Sausage. What did we learn about the make-up of Australian society from the national census? How have migrant voters engaged with, and s...
Bye bye, Boris
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - July 12, 2022 04:06 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn 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. What will Boris Johnson’s political legacy be and how might it shape the future of the United Kingdom? ...
Judging America’s democratic decline
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - July 05, 2022 06:24 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn 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, loosening gun control, and the Capitol riot hearings against the backdrop of the health of the country’s de...
The voters’ verdict
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - June 28, 2022 09:57 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn 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’ priorities change throughout the election campaign? Did the COVID-19 pandemic lead to a rise in electora...
The digital age of political advertising
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - June 22, 2022 05:06 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn 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 behind the teals’ communication success? How does digital and creative messaging disrupt the media machine...
Sub failures and Australia's gas crisis with Rex Patrick
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - June 07, 2022 14:17 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn 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 market, and why this parliament must be more transparent than the last. How did Australia get to a poi...
The independents
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - May 31, 2022 08:40 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn this episode, our panel of political scientists - Carolyn Hendriks, Shirley Leitch and Marija Taflaga - join Mark Kenny to discuss the unprecedented success of independent candidates in the federal election. How important was grassroots community engagement to the success of independent cand...
A new political climate?
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - May 24, 2022 10:13 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn this episode of Democracy Sausage, acclaimed journalists Karen Middleton and Malcolm Farr join Mark Kenny to pick apart the Australian federal election result. After a massive election loss, how will the Liberal Party recover - and will it do so by stepping to the left or the right? Is the ...
The final countdown
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - May 19, 2022 06:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn this episode of Democracy Sausage, journalist Kieran Gilbert, author Judith Brett, and political scientist Marija Taflaga join Mark Kenny fire up the barbecue one last time before Australians head to the polls. After months of anticipation, Australia’s political future is about to be decide...
The state of the debate
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - May 10, 2022 06:19 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn this episode of Democracy Sausage, Frank Bongiorno, Marija Taflaga and Mark Kenny fire up the barbecue for the sizzling penultimate episode before Australia's election day. Will the second prime ministerial debate of this election campaign go down as the worst ever? What might the record num...
LIVE SHOW | Election policy peril
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - May 05, 2022 09:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this live Democracy Sausage and Policy Forum Pod crossover episode, Nicholas Biddle joins Sharon Bessell, Arnagretta Hunter and Mark Kenny to talk about what issues matter to voters and why good policy so often gets lost in translation in Australia’s political system. How can political candi...
Australia’s crunch point
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - April 26, 2022 08:58 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWith political and economic storm clouds brewing across the globe, Mark Kenny, Marija Taflaga, and University of New South Wales economist Richard Holden discuss what these challenges mean for Australia and the federal election campaign. How concerned should Australians be about the state of th...
LIVE SHOW | Federal election special
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - April 21, 2022 11:11 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn the 200th episode of Democracy Sausage, recorded live at The Australian National University, youth advocate Yasmin Poole, journalist Ross Solly, and political scientist Marija Taflaga join Mark Kenny to discuss the first week of the election campaign and what it means for Australia. How impo...
The federal election and Ukraine’s resistance
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - April 12, 2022 07:46 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn this episode of Democracy Sausage, the Australian Electoral Commission’s Evan Ekin-Smyth joins us to talk about the incredible logistical effort that’s going into this federal election, before political scientist Charles Miller joins Mark Kenny to discuss the Ukraine crisis. How is the Austr...
On your marks…
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - April 05, 2022 07:50 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn this episode of Democracy Sausage, historian Chris Wallace and political scientist Marija Taflaga join Mark Kenny to discuss the imminent federal election campaign. Did Prime Minister Scott Morrison miss an opportunity to call an election at the end of 2021? How important is approval of a pr...
Factional fights and budget booby traps
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - March 31, 2022 06:17 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsMark Kenny takes a look at the federal budget and pre-election politics with political scientists Marija Taflaga and Jill Sheppard and economist Leonora Risse on this episode of Democracy Sausage. Are the measures in the federal budget the right ones for Australia’s economic recovery? With fac...
Will the government get a budget bounce?
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - March 24, 2022 06:01 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn this episode of Democracy Sausage, Mark Kenny previews the federal budget with Business and Economy Editor of The Conversation Peter Martin and Marija Taflaga from The Australian National University. What will the Morrison government’s recent attempts to deliver services, rather than leaving...
No enemies, no friends with Allan Behm
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - March 15, 2022 05:09 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn this episode of Democracy Sausage, Allan Behm - former public servant and advisor to Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong - joins Mark Kenny to discuss how Australia could gain greater relevance on the international stage. What impact does Australia’s failure to reconcile with dark...
When trust collapses
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - March 08, 2022 10:40 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn this episode of Democracy Sausage, Tony Ward and Marija Taflaga join Mark Kenny to talk about perceptions of corruption and the importance of trust in the political process. Why has Australia fallen down the Corruption Perceptions Index in recent years? What does this mean for the country’s ...
Russia and the invasion of Ukraine
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - March 01, 2022 06:56 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn this episode of Democracy Sausage, former Russia correspondent Monica Attard and Dean of ANU College of Asia and the Pacific Helen Sullivan join Mark Kenny to discuss the crisis in Ukraine. What lessons should policymakers be learning from recent Russian history? How are Russian citizens res...
The Ukraine crisis and Britain’s #PartyGate
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - February 22, 2022 06:07 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn this episode of Democracy Sausage, Director of the British Foreign Policy Group Sophia Gaston joins Mark Kenny in the studio to discuss the investigation into alleged lockdown breaches at Downing Street and the unfolding Ukraine crisis. What does the Ukraine crisis mean for the rest of Eu...
Morrison’s pre-election pitch
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - February 15, 2022 06:52 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn the first episode of Democracy Sausage of 2022, Marija Taflaga and Frank Bongiorno join Mark Kenny at the barbecue hotplate to discuss the Omicron omnishambles and public perceptions of the prime minister. What did Australia’s chaotic COVID-19 summer reveal about the country’s policy-making?...
The second (and possibly last) Annual Democracy Sausage Awards
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - December 14, 2021 08:35 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsAs the curtain comes down on Democracy Sausage for another year, Frank Bongiorno, Chris Wallace, Marija Taflaga and Mark Kenny look back at the best and worst of 2021. Who performed this year’s most flagrant and self-interested political backflip? Who has been the most effective political leade...
Lying with a smile
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - December 07, 2021 08:11 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn this episode of Democracy Sausage, London-based pod regular Elizabeth Ames joins Mark Kenny to discuss the United Kingdom's ‘sleaze crisis’, the pandemic situation, and British politics ahead of the Christmas break. With great uncertainty around the Omicron variant and case numbers in the te...
On the money
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - November 30, 2021 04:49 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn this Democracy Sausage, political scientists Ian McAllister, Anne Tiernan and Marija Taflaga join Mark Kenny to talk about political integrity and why pork-barrelling may not be an effective way to win votes. Why is pork-barrelling so commonplace in Australian politics? Does it actually hav...
Lies, damned lies, and election campaigns
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - November 23, 2021 09:10 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn this episode of Democracy Sausage, journalist Bernard Keane and political scientists Judith Brett and Marija Taflaga join Mark Kenny to discuss truth in politics, cynicism in the electorate, and what it all might mean at the next federal election. Is there a growing sense among voters that ‘...
Getting a go
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - November 16, 2021 06:29 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn this episode of Democracy Sausage, Mark Kenny and Marija Taflaga discuss the week that was in federal politics, before Glyn Davis and Liz Allen join the show to discuss the Australian myth of the ‘fair go’ and breaking cycles of disadvantage. Will Scott Morrison be able to connect with voter...
With friends like these
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - November 09, 2021 05:20 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn this episode of Democracy Sausage, Director of the British Foreign Policy Group and COP26 attendee Sophia Gaston joins Mark Kenny and Marija Taflaga to discuss the ‘last chance’ climate conference, European and British politics, and the Morrison-Macron fracas. What’s life like on this inside...
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