# Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny

A podcast by The Australian National University. 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.

Feed: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/2c2eab86-45bd-53ae-b72f-f474f0e08bc9

## Latest episodes

- [The corporate capture of our universities](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/fcde5c45c54d) (2026-10-27, 50 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6ae01c9d0e0585e9dc83b101/media.mp3
- [Midterm reckoning: Trump, Texas and a test for democracy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/9338c761f9c0) (2026-10-20, 49 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6ad6f3c0d068f31796e3b24a/media.mp3
- [The One Nation vote: a map of government neglect](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/10f0230abf5c) (2026-10-13, 46 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6acc31168f90a39dfc4a54b9/media.mp3
- [Not here to fix Labor](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/74bf753a406c) (2026-10-06, 48 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6ac47ffe7c84f5d4dd97bc6f/media.mp3
- [The Alchemy of Leadership](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/6bae8e2fc06c) (2026-09-29, 57 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6ab205369def0199ccd0247c/media.mp3
- [Forty Years On](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/94afc63fe8a5) (2026-09-21, 36 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6ab0d5df46fd9745ea9d3526/media.mp3
- [New game, new rules](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/8d65f2560b3e) (2026-09-15, 59 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6aa8d8064cef87591dbb18de/media.mp3
- [Whose Side Are You On?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/ead376b2b66c) (2026-09-08, 62 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6a9f8ff12a7730b89666cf79/media.mp3
- [Three Shocks](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/ed034b854c62) (2026-09-01, 61 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6a9659f1341b771cca4318e1/media.mp3
- [Hostile complexity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/2423b73047db) (2026-08-25, 49 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6a8d2204f97516394c459927/media.mp3
- [Insiders and Outsiders](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/c410677c27ff) (2026-08-18, 59 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6a826fecff328abd84586282/media.mp3
- [You win some, you lose more](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/57a7598fcc75) (2026-08-11, 47 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6a7aa4de446de273c02488e9/media.mp3
- [Job (Un)Ready](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/251e691eb1de) (2026-08-04, 50 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6a7165096af4dfc9184fa87b/media.mp3
- [Command, Control and Conformity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/f6f6de016321) (2026-07-28, 53 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6a684be6f14e2f7d7537f7f8/media.mp3
- [The Cohesion Question](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/88c79aa837b3) (2026-07-21, 59 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6a5efadbc8941e6991ac9322/media.mp3
- [Antidote to the far right](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/43b993d3597d) (2026-07-14, 47 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6a55afd075790d5f01991560/media.mp3
- [Angertainment](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/e48e2906c8ad) (2026-07-07, 53 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6a4c87627c0256f6392a5e38/media.mp3
- [Two Teals, One Ticket](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/a250c12af3a8) (2026-06-30, 44 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6a4362333fa89e3338ea1455/media.mp3
- [Broken Britain and the Burnham Moment](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/d908979cd18b) (2026-06-23, 63 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6a3a085930d470180fcd1a9d/media.mp3
- [Race for the base](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/e3b3f48f2ebe) (2026-06-16, 54 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6a30db63a893cd95ca998dc8/media.mp3
- [Contest for the populist vote](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/990ff19d5f9e) (2026-06-09, 53 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6a2795baa917ce4c703d32a1/media.mp3
- [China in the world](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/3f2e48eab9ea) (2026-06-02, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6a1e6293893d35377d385582/media.mp3
- [A Democracy Sausage for the Teacher](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/5190d9544ebc) (2026-05-28, 75 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6a17c611847a83997e6c4b60/media.mp3
- [Budget, Smudge-it: truth, details and the aspiration wars](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/d558e8f730d8) (2026-05-22, 58 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6a100eb811eba3cf1595abc7/media.mp3
- [Budget fight](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/563a51864fdb) (2026-05-19, 49 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6a0c0dc90bb7fec0e3b468d5/media.mp3
- [By-election tea leaves](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/bbb1db26d3c3) (2026-05-12, 58 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6a02b01a92e9663a6fc9df53/media.mp3
- [Democracy and the fiscal paradox](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/c9a47be9460d) (2026-05-05, 56 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/69f99d4868235ca3bc3e7e18/media.mp3
- [Litmus test for Sir Keir’s leadership](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/1ab9c6f58ded) (2026-04-29, 53 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/69f1788df907523cffeb15ec/media.mp3
- [Crisis in orthodox politics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/4a0bbb34abad) (2026-04-21, 56 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/69e709826eeb59e2ba965443/media.mp3
- [Stormy waters](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/7393cd2bc411) (2026-04-14, 64 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/69ddced0daa5b9595702b32c/media.mp3
- [Finis Pacis Americanae](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/1e01818b4a88) (2026-04-08, 49 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/69d5edfb086c93c18b806ee7/media.mp3
- [Opportunity in chaos](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/ff1e17c4f3e8) (2026-04-01, 61 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/69cc8cff99f2f6f47571b6c3/media.mp3
- [One Nation watershed](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/ce4d1f267d85) (2026-03-26, 60 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/69c4c769a3dddd45e9c0cb87/media.mp3
- [The scales of war](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/cf6126a922e4) (2026-03-13, 53 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/69b3786a00294d4abc4d78b5/media.mp3
- [Insider view](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/d8ebd596c3c8) (2026-03-03, 63 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/69a678495fd4bb611a9f4eec/media.mp3
- [Pub politics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/d8fe789772db) (2026-02-27, 65 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/69a1179e0e30955851ea45c5/media.mp3
- [Conservative cleavage](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/4bdcf0d493d2) (2026-02-18, 62 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6994f40fc4b7a0510c7a7631/media.mp3
- [Building social cohesion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/7e1e11e0fa2f) (2026-02-10, 59 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/698ac1de41bb4de49136c1c5/media.mp3
- [Realignment of Australian Politics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/5a6d388246ad) (2026-02-03, 55 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/69817cb013c1477af2f643aa/media.mp3
- [Anatomy of a conservative crisis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/ba2313a4decf) (2026-01-29, 49 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/697aaa4fd577b417ba61dd15/media.mp3
- [Conservative crisis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/95d4320ff61e) (2026-01-22, 49 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6971ace9a6c658f183679304/media.mp3
- [Politics remastered](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/438288dba350) (2025-12-09, 65 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/69379756fe31b2ca09049940/media.mp3
- [Albo's conservative ambition](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/6e95ad2a4a8b) (2025-12-03, 56 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/692fa2f2d6bc23eda21e7a8d/media.mp3
- [Fighting the good fight?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/a126343a2a51) (2025-11-26, 60 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6926491e30ebd386482ab08d/media.mp3
- [Gas, gambling and governance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/e5fbeadd4647) (2025-11-18, 56 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/691cf6bed712ac48f481b02e/media.mp3
- [Fifty years on from the Dismissal](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/0aebe6dba467) (2025-11-11, 66 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6912be89a17ebcde887f4a17/media.mp3
- [The vista of the new](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/21ef8737badb) (2025-11-03, 58 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6908315047e14fea24e790b3/media.mp3
- [Barnaby's gambit](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/7e92cb5e2cfe) (2025-10-29, 49 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6900547dd65c20ae52a472c3/media.mp3
- [The elephant on meth](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/3ef88c8f89c0) (2025-10-22, 44 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/68f91837ca33ee6f2bd4d22b/media.mp3
- [Stonking majorities, weak mandates](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1459965243/8b1a9cf5627f) (2025-10-14, 51 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/68edda8358893bb6e38be239/media.mp3

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