Socially Democratic
Socially Democratic is your weekly centre-left politics and campaign podcast hosted by Stephen Donnelly, founder of Dunn Street - a campaign agency bringing change by organising from the ground up. Each Friday, Stephen and guests breakdown the issues shaping Australia and the rest of the world and the social democrats leading them. Follow on Instagram at @dunn.street Facebook at @dunnstreetaustralia Twitter at @Dunn_Street_LinkedIn at Dunn Street Website at dunnstreet.com.au
Episodes
299 episodes
Ep. 299: Election Recap - Queensland and SA
This week, Stephen Donnelly covers election results in Queensland and South Australia.In Queensland, Evan Moorhead covers the massive shakeup in Brisbane, where key seats were snatched from both the Greens AND the Coalition. Including, o...
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Episode 299
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Ep. 298: Election Recap - ACT, the NT, and WA
This week, Stephen Donnelly covers election results in the ACT, the NT, and Western Australia.First-time guest Louise Crossman is a Canberra based political strategist and former president of ACT Labor. She and Stephen discuss the ACT re...
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Episode 298
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Socially Democratic Live Show - 29 May
Hi Social Democrats,We’re taking your favourite centre-left podcast out of the studio for our first live audience recording — and you’re invited.Join us to celebrate the historic landslide victory of the Albanese Labor government ...
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Ep. 297: Election Recap - NSW and TAS
Stephen is back with his old comrades from New South Wales and Tasmania to recap Labor’s wins - including the seats they didn’t see coming.Todd Pinkerton returns to represent NSW. They cover the role of unions in framing the debate for w...
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Episode 297
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Ep. 296: Labor Nation - Election Night Recap
Social Democrats, pop the champagne!After five fascinating weeks, we’re taking a victory lap. Delightedly digging into every step, misstep, and seat we didn’t see coming.So what went wrong for the Coalition’s campaign apparatu...
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Episode 296
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Ep. 295: ELECTION COUNTDOWN 2025 - Week 5 - 2 Days to Go
Stephen Donnelly, Jessie McCrone, and David Feeney take us through the final stretch of the Australian Federal Election.From the price of homes to the price of eggs, Albanese and Dutton have some zesty exchanges in the final leaders’ deb...
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Episode 295
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Ep. 294: Path to 76 BONUS - Your Guide to the Battleground Seats
In this mega-episode, Stephen Donnelly goes on a whirlwind tour of Australia’s most hotly-contested seats for Labor. He is joined by campaign experts (see below) from each state, who shine a spotlight on the candidates, the constitu...
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Episode 294
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Ep. 293: ELECTION COUNTDOWN 2025 - Week 4 - 8 Days to Go
Early voting is now open, and E-Day is drawing near!Stephen Donnelly, Jessie McCrone, and David Feeney are back to unpack the previous week. Both campaigns briefly paused for Easter and out of respect for the passing of Pope ...
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Episode 293
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Ep. 292: EASTER BONUS - Film and TV Review with Tess Farrell
Happy Easter! In this episode, Stephen Donnelly and resident pop culture expert Tess Farrell review the TV series ‘Say Nothing’, created by Joshua Zetumer, and the film ‘Conclave’ directed by Edward Berger.‘Say Nothing’ goe...
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Episode 292
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Ep. 291: Election Countdown 2025 - Week 3 - 15 Days to Go
This Week:Labor and the Liberals officially launch their campaigns.Peter Dutton’s son Harry speaks for the average worker.Shadow Minister for Education Sarah Henderson wants to gut Free TAFE.And Jacinta Nampijinpa Pr...
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Episode 291
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Ep. 290: Election Countdown 2025 - Week 2 - 22 Days to Go
This week: Dutton executes a 10/10 backflip, while Albanese merely tumbles. Who will take home the gold?Stephen Donnelly is joined again by former Senator and former ALP campaign director, David Feeney, and former Deputy Chie...
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Episode 290
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Ep. 289: Election Countdown 2025 - Week 1- 29 Days to Go
Election Countdown 2025 is on!Stephen Donnelly is joined by former Senator and former ALP campaign director, David Feeney, and former ALP national organiser and Deputy Chief of Staff to Daniel Andrews, Jessie McCrone.They unpack ...
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Episode 289
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Ep. 288: Don’t Puck with Canada: Canadian Election Preview
“You have an autocrat president next door who is threatening annexation of your country. And it’s not a joke anymore..”In December of 2024, former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigned with an approval rating of just 22%. ...
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Episode 288
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Ep. 287: Feeney Files - Limp Wrists and Black Holes
The federal election is on!And we don’t want to jinx it, but Labor is looking up in the polls. Is the spotlight on Dutton and his recent slip ups impacting the Coalition’s numbers? Or has the Labor government fina...
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Episode 287
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Ep. 286 : “There Aren’t Many Manajems”
Rapha Manajem walks into a bar. He picks up a microphone. Amidst the deafening roar of mostly oblivious pub-goers, he manages to entertain two or three people. And for some reason, he keeps going back.Now he’s a big shot with...
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Episode 286
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Ep. 285: ‘So Goes the Nation’ - The Federal Forecast with John Armitage
“A big reason we’re up against the wall here is, cost of living’s tough. Governments all around the world … have lost some skin. We need a big margin and we haven’t got it.”-Peter Dutton has vowed to cut public service jobs and re...
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Episode 285
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Ep.284 : International Women’s Day 2025
The year was 2012. A young Benita Kolovos arrives at her high school literature class to find a print-out on her desk. It’s the Julia Gillard misogyny speech. When it comes to rive...
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Episode 284
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Ep. 283: A Feeney February #12
“Utterly disgraceful…The United States is behaving like a bandit.”On this episode of Socially Democratic, former federal MP David Feeney pulls no punches when excoriating Trump’s position on Ukraine. Plus: listener questions ...
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Episode 283
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Ep. 282: The Art of the Modern Campaign with James Booth
With the relative decline of mainstream media and the rise of podcasts, influencers, and infinite scrolling, how is the Australian Labor party faring in the race to modernise their political campaigns?And how can social democratic partie...
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Episode 282
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Ep. 281: It’s Not Good ‘By’ in Werribee
On a cloudy day in Melbourne’s West, campaign workers in clashing t-shirts formed lines outside of schools and community centres. Residents, who often suffer from congested roads, this time navigated foot traffic on their way to the voting boot...
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Episode 281
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Ep. 280: Feeney Files #11: New Year, Same Feeney
This week, Stephen Donnelly and former Labor Campaign Director and federal MP, David Feeney, unpack the way forward for Albanese’s Labor government as the federal election looms. In a complex, de-centralised, and increasingly click-...
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Episode 280
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Ep. 279: Say it Well: Lessons Learned in the Obama White House
In this episode, Stephen Donnelly and former Obama speechwriter Terry Szuplat have a wide-ranging discussion on everything from Obama’s journey in public speaking, to Trump’s latest inaugural address, to Rev. Mariann Budde’s controversial sermo...
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Episode 279
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Ep.278: The Big Flip: How Steve Bracks Helped Win Victoria for Labor
“Kennett was … ripping the heart out of country areas.”25 years ago in Victoria, Jeff Kennett’s Liberal Party was up for re-election. Holding a large majority of seats, they were expected to win the election and entrench another ge...
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Episode 278
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Ep.277: Organising for Early Childhood Educators with Senator Jess Walsh
“We love what we do, but love is not paying the rent for us right now.”Senator Jess Walsh joins Stephen Donnelly to chat about the Big Steps Campaign, which recently resulted in a historic 15% pay rise for Early Childhood Education and C...
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Episode 277
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Ep.276: 2024 Pop Culture Wrap Up with Tess Farrell
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Socially Democratic’s Pop Culture Correspondent Tess Farrell for our annual pop culture wrap up for 2024.2024 was a big year for horror, but there were still some...
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