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
283 episodes
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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Ep.274: International Politics Year in Review 2024 with Katie Parsons
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Democratic consultant Katie Parsons for our annual International Politics Year in Review. From the slew of elections across the world, including those in the...
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Ep.273: A Very Feeney Christmas - Feeney Files #10
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Labor Campaign Director and federal MP, David Feeney.It’s our final Feeney Files for the year - A Very Feeney Christmas Special. David chats ab...
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Ep.272: 2024 Federal Politics Year in Review with Josh and Anika
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Josh Burns and Anika Wells. To kick off the festive month of December, we are resuming our tradition, with Josh and Anika returning to the show to...
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Ep.271: Feeney Files #09 November Edition
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Labor Campaign Director and federal MP, David Feeney.It is a belated episode so there is a lot to catch up on! From the U...
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Ep.270: Irish General Election with David Kitching
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Managing Director at Bassline Strategy, David Kitching.David is back, calling in from Dublin to give us the state of the race in Ireland before voters ...
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1:18:35
Ep.269: USA Presidential Election Review
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Democratic consultant Katie Parsons and co-founder of Run For Something Ross Morales Rocketto. Kate and Ross for our final installment of our 2024...
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Ep.268: USA Presidential Election Week 3 Recap
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Democratic consultant Katie Parsons and co-founder of Run For Something Ross Morales Rocketto. With less than a week until E-Day, Katie and Ross r...
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Ep.267: Queensland Election Final Recap
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Queensland Treasurer, Jackie Trad, and former QLD Labor Campaign Director, Evan Moorhead.Jackie and Evan are back for the finale in our Queensla...
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Ep.266: USA Presidential Election Week 2 Recap
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Democratic consultant Katie Parsons and co-founder of Run For Something Ross Morales Rocketto. Kate and Ross are back to unpack that week that was...
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Ep.265: Queensland Election Week 3 Recap (countdown to E-day)
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined once again by former Queensland Treasurer, Jackie Trad, and former QLD Labor Campaign Director, Evan Moorhead.With four days (as of recording) to go until...
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Ep.264: Queensland Election Week 2 Recap
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Queensland Treasurer, Jackie Trad, and former QLD Labor Campaign Director, Evan Moorhead.Jackie and Evan are back for week two and, with less th...
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Ep.263: USA Presidential Election Week 1 Recap
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Democratic campaign consultant Katie Parsons and co-founder of Run For Something Ross Morales Rocketto. For the next four weeks Ross and Katie wil...
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Ep.262: Queensland Election Week 1 Recap
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Queensland Treasurer, Jackie Trad, and former QLD Labor Campaign Director, Evan Moorhead.They join Stephen for our first of four weekly recap ep...
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Ep.261: The ACT Election Preview with Michael Cooney
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former speechwriter to Julia Gillard, Michael Cooney. Michael joins the show to give us a preview of the ACT Election, where Chief Minister Andrew...
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