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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
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Ep.138: 2022 Federal Election Recap with Emma Dawson & David Feeney - Week 4 - 16 days to go
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Executive Director for Per Capita, Emma Dawson, and former Federal Member for…
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Ep.137: The Week on Wednesday Crossover BONUS Episode
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by fellow podcasters, Labor activist, Ben Davison and Guardian columnist, Van Badham…
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Ep.136: 2022 Federal Election Recap with Emma Dawson & David Feeney - Week 3 - 23 days to go
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Executive Director for Per Capita, Emma Dawson, and former Federal Member for…
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Ep.135: 2022 Federal Election Recap with Emma Dawson & David Feeney - Week 2 - 30 days to go
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Executive Director for Per Capita, Emma Dawson, and former Federal Member for…
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Ep.134: 2022 Federal Election Recap with Emma Dawson & David Feeney - Week 1 - 37 days to go
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Executive Director for Per Capita, Emma Dawson, and former Federal Member for…
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Ep.133: Brexit, Borders, Irish Unity and Irish identity with David Kitching
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Irish based communications, advocacy, research, policy consultant, David Kitching…
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Ep.132: Elections Wins and Brexit Stings with John McTernan
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former communications advisor to the Labour/Labor Government's of Tony Blair and…
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Ep.131: Emergency SA Election Episode with Kate Ellis
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former federal member for Adelaide and bestselling author Kate Ellis, for an…
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Ep.130: International Women’s Day 2022 - Mic Handover
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Maurice Blackburn’s Liberty Sanger, SDA’s Julia Fox, and Victorian Labor MP Nat…
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Ep.129: The Biden First Year Report Card with Jonae Wartel
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Democratic consultant, Jonae Wartel. Jonae unpacks the first 12 months of the Biden…
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Ep.128: South Australian State Election Preview with Michael McGuire
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by SA Weekend writer and Obsessive fan of Celtic, Redlegs and Swans, Michael McGuire…
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Ep.127: Canadian “Freedom” Convoys and Post Election Doldrums with Dave Clark
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Dave Clark from Point Blank: a Canadian campaign agency that partners with the New…
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Ep.126: National Press Club debrief with Anika Wells MP
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by federal member for Lilley, Labor’s Anika Wells. Anika joins Stephen fresh from…
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Ep.125: Australia’s Economic Recovery with Amit Singh
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former economic adviser to the Rudd/Gillard Government and managing director at…
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Ep.124: The COVID Infodemic with Matt Nurse
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Labor government media advisor, researcher, and fellow Aussies for Obama alum, Matt Nurse. Matt…
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Ep.123: Treaty Update with First Peoples Assembly Co-Chair Marcus Stewart
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by co-chair of the First People’s Assembly of Victoria, Marcus Stewart. Catching up…
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Ep.122: Hawks for Change with Adam Collins
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by cricket commentator, sports journalist, and former political advisor, Adam Collins…
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Ep.121: StoryCraft Crossover Episode - How narrative is transforming political campaigns
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly this week switches it up and becomes the interviewee for a change, joining founder of Fireside…
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Ep.120: State Politics Year in Review-ish 2021 with Harriet Shing
On this week's episode of Socially Democratic, Stephen was joined by Harriet Shing in what is now officially a yearly tradition - the State Politics Year in…
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Ep.119: 2021 International Politics Year in Review with Hayden Munro
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by the former campaign director for Jacinda Ardern's successful landslide election in 2020 and now Public…
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Ep.118: Federal Politics Year In Review 2021 with Anika Wells and Josh Burns
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by federal member for Lilley, Queenslander, Anika Wells, and federal member for Macnamara, Josh Burns once…
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Ep.117: 2021 Pop Culture Wrap Up with Tess Farrell (and SPOILERS!!)
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by Socially Democratic’s Pop Culture Correspondent, Tess Farrell for our annual Pop Culture Wrap Up. Stephen…
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Ep.116: Bloody Proud To Be Victorian with Dan Andrews
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by Victorian State Premier Dan Andrews. With 12 months out from the 2022 State election, and as Victorians…
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Ep.115: Australia Runs on Transport with Michael Kaine
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by the National Secretary of the Transport Workers Union, Michael Kaine. Michael discusses how, with Australian…
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Ep.114: The Obama Legacy with Jonae Wartel
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by Washington DC based Democratic consultant and Obama campaign alum, Jonae Wartel. Inspired by the HBO…
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Ep.113: New Labor with Chris Minns
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by NSW Labor Leader and member for Kogarah, Chris Minns. Chris discusses his ascension to the leadership of the…
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Ep.112: Election Season in the US with Sam Schniedman
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by US politics regular Sam Schniedman. Off-cycle election season is in the air and Sam unpacks which races to…
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Ep.111: How data helps us to learn not to lose again with Will Cubbison
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by American researcher and data analyst, Will Cubbison. As a former researcher with the US based Analyst…
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Ep.110: Is Young Labor not diverse enough, with Ali Amin?
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by National President of Australian Young Labor, Ali Amin. Ali responds to John Curtin Research Centre…
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Ep.109: Shedding the Light on the ALP’s federal campaign with Jen…. Light.
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by National Assistant Secretary for Australian Labor, Jen Light. Jen discusses her journey in Labor politics…
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Ep.108: We rented a tram with Terri Butler
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by federal member for Griffith, Shadow Minister for the Environment and Water, and former Student Unity alum…
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Ep.107: Digital Campaigning and Strategy with Eloise Young
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by the former Digital Manager for Premier Dan Andrews, now a Social Media, Digital Strategy & Content…
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Ep.106: Foreign Correspondence with Zoe Daniel
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Washington Bureau chief for the ABC, journalist, and author Zoe Daniel. Zoe discusses the current…
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Ep.105: Recovery and building back better with Andrew Wear
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by senior public servant, policy expert and author, Andrew Wear. Andrew returns to the show to discuss his…
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Ep.104: “No State is Immune” with Linus Power
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by former ALP National Organiser and the current Labor MP for the Queensland state seat of Logan, Linus Power…
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Ep.103: David v Goliath… taking on Amazon with Lawrence Ben
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Australian trade union organiser - now based in New York and the National Political Coordinator for…
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Ep.102: The ACTU Congress with Scott Connolly
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by Assistant Secretary from the Australian Council of Trade Unions, Scott Connolly. Scott discusses the ACTU’s…
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Ep.101: Scott Morrison MIA, with Julian Hill
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by Federal Member for Bruce, Labor’s Julian Hill. Coming out of Melbourne’s 5th lockdown, Julian discusses…
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Ep.100: NSW lockdown & vaccine stroll-out with Michael Buckland
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by the CEO of The McKell Institute, Michael Buckland. For our 100th episode, Michael discusses the current…
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Ep.99: Essential Workers… but not worthy of a wage increase with Julia Fox
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by the National Assistant Secretary, Julia Fox from the SDA - the only Union that represents retail, fast food…
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Ep.98: The roses and thorns of the United States of 'Merica with Kwesi Chappin
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Organiser for OFA, former Senior Political Director for Color of Change, now running his own…
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Ep.97: Celebrating Pride Month and LGBTQIA+ wins with Harriet Shing
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined again by Victorian Labor MP for the Eastern Region, and Socially Democratic staple, Harriet Shing. With Pride…
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Ep.96: Building the State with Jacinta Allan
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by Labor’s Member for Bendigo East, Minister for Transport infrastructure, fellow Marist Brothers, and Latrobe…
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Ep.95: New York City Mayoral Race with Sam Schniedman
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined, once again, by former Obama organiser and local New Yorker, Sam Scheidman. Sam gives a speed dating style…
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Ep.94: Australia-China Relations with David Feeney
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Labor member for Batman, David Feeney. David unpacks Australia’s complex diplomatic relationship with…
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Ep.93: The Trial of the Chicago Seven with Tess Farrell
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by Socially Democratic’s Pop Culture Correspondent, Tess Farrell. Tess returns to the show to review Aaron…
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Ep.92: The Israel/Palestine War with Ittay Flescher
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by Jerusalem based journalist for Plus 61J and Education Director for multi-faith community organisation, Kids…
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Ep.91: 100 Days of Biden with Sam Schneidman
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Obama organiser and Socially Democratic staple, Sam Scheidman. Sam returns to the show to discuss the…
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Ep.90: Scottish elections review (and some English stuff too) with John McTernan
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Director for Political Operations in the Blair Government, and Director of Communications for the…
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Ep.89: Sex, Lies, and Question Time with Kate Ellis
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by former federal Labor Minister in the Rudd and Gillard governments, Kate Ellis. Kate discusses her first…
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Ep.88: Campaign Data Analytics with James Booth
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by James Booth, a progressive political consultant based in Washington DC who was most recently the Director of…
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Ep.87: Immigration and Counter Terrorism with Anne Aly
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by the Federal Member for Cowan, Anne Aly. Anne details her incredible journey from Alexandria, Egypt, to…
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Ep.86: Mic Handover - The Mckell Institute and Zoe Daniels (Welcome to Trumpland)
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly handed the mic over this week to Ryan Batchelor from the McKell Institute for his interview with former ABC bureau chief…
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Ep.85: Top 5 Sporting Moments with Richard Marles
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by Deputy Labor Leader and federal member for Corio, Richard Marles. Richard and Stephen discuss their top five…
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Ep.84: Elections in Israel with Ittay Flescher
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by the Jerusalem Correspondent for Plus61J Media, Ittay Flescher. Last week, Israeli’s returned to the polls…
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Ep.83: The Dutch Elections with Nikki Gommers
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by organiser and Volunteer Coordinator for the PvdA, Dutch Labor Party, Nikki Gommers. Nikki gives us a rundown…
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Ep.82: WA Election Wipeout with Tim Picton
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by WA Labor State Secretary and Campaign Director, Tim Picton. Tim discusses WA Labor’s historic electoral…
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Ep.81: The Rebuilding of Irish Labour with Billie Sparks
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by General Secretary of the Irish Labour Party, Billie Sparks. Billie discusses the historic place the Irish…
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Ep.80: International Women’s Day Handover Episode
Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly hands over the mic for a special IWD edition of Socially Democratic. To celebrate International Women’s Day, Liberty…
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Ep.79: The path to Treaty with Marcus Stewart
Dunn Street Founder Stephen Donnelly was joined by co-chair of the First People’s Assembly Victoria, Marcus Stewart. Marcus discusses his journey into…