Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly hands the mic over to McKell Institute’s Rebecca Thistleton, Member for Jajajaga, Kate Thwaites MP, and ANMF Assistant Secretary, Madeline Harradence, for the 2024 International Women’s Day special episode. Together, Rebecca, Kate, and Madeline chat about the representation of women in politics, in particular the impact of the late Linda White and Peta Murphy, how women voted in the Dunkley By-Election, as well as Jacinta Allan’s impac...
Mar 07, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by the former Labor Campaign Director and federal MP, David Feeney. This week Socially Democratic is launching our new, monthly episode “The Feeney Files”. Every month, David and Stephen will recap the month in #auspol and on the inaugural Feeney Files, David discusses how 2023 ended for the government and dictated the direction of federal Labor in early 2024. They share thoughts on the pathway to an early federal election, ...
Feb 29, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by digital comms consultant, Jack Milroy. Jack returns to Socially Democratic to give us the rundown of the 2024 Tasmanian State Election campaign, which was called early, and sets the stage for the contest between Labor’s Rebecca White and Australia’s last standing Liberal Premier, Jeremy Rockliff with a month until voters head to the polls. Rebecca White and the Labor team need your support. Find out how you can make a dif...
Feb 23, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Socially Democratic’s resident pop culture expert, Tess Farrell. In the midst of Swifty fever thanks to her upcoming Australian tour, Tess returns to the show to talk about the phenomenon that is Taylor Swift, her influence in getting young people to vote back in 2020, and the conspiracy that she is a PsyOp to help get Biden elected. The presenting sponsor of the Socially Democratic podcast is Dunn Street. For more inform...
Feb 15, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Democratic consultant and state director for the Georgia Run-Off, Jonae Wartel. Jonae (and Stephen) is back to break down the GOP and Democratic primaries so far. While the New Hampshire primary and Iowa Caucus are already done and dusted, and it’s looking like we’re in for a rematch between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, Jonae still has much to say about GOP candidate Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, the year ahead for Democratic...
Feb 11, 2024•47 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly hands the mic over to McKell Institute’s Rebecca Thistleton for this special episode of Socially Democratic. Rebecca returns to the show as our special guest host once more, this time joined by McKell Institute CEO, Ed Cavanough to chat about the latest McKell paper on the cost of living crisis. Ed puts this within the context of the next federal election campaign, which is already being played out. Get the latest from the McKell Insti...
Feb 01, 2024•50 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly hands the mic over to McKell Institute’s Rebecca Thistleton for this special episode of Socially Democratic. Rebecca returns to the show as our special guest host for this episode, joined by 7News Melbourne’s State Political Reporter Sharnelle Vella to discuss the current state of Australian politics as well as give their forecast as to how things may shape up in the next 12 months. The presenting sponsor of the Socially Democratic pod...
Jan 27, 2024•46 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by National Director of Run For It, Ed Krutsch. Ed joins Socially Democratic to discuss his journey into politics and his work at Run For It, an independent, non-partisan political organisation working towards better policy outcomes for current and future generations of young people, and the key issues facing young Australians today. Support Run For It and work with young people as they shake up Australian politics. Voluntee...
Jan 18, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Socially Democratic’s resident pop culture expert, Tess Farrell. It’s summer and that means one thing - it’s time for a pop culture year in review. Tess returns to the show to share her thoughts on some of the films, TV, and doco’s that came out in 2023, including Succession, The Morning Show, Rustin, and Barbie. She also gives her summer watch list for 2024. The presenting sponsor of the Socially Democratic podcast is Du...
Jan 11, 2024•1 hr 35 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by host of the Forging Links podcast, Ali Hashem. Ali calls in from the US to fill us in on all the key moments in 2023 political news from across the globe. Show some love to our friends at the Forging Links podcast. Visit: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/forginglinks/id1709679819 The presenting sponsor of the Socially Democratic podcast is Dunn Street. For more information on how Dunn Street can help you organise to ...
Jan 04, 2024•1 hr 31 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Member for Eastern Victoria, Harriet Shing. As is tradition, Harriet is back for the annual State Politics Year in Review, 2023 edition - unpacking what has been a huge year for Victorian Politics. From Labor pulling out of the Commonwealth Games, Premier Dan Andrews’ resignation, and his successor Jacinta Allan’s leadership, there was a lot to cover.. And of course, it wouldn’t be a State Year in Review episode without a...
Dec 21, 2023•1 hr 19 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Van Badham and Ben Davison, hosts of the Week on Wednesday for our first Media Year in Review Episode. A new addition to our Year in Review series, Van and Ben join Stephen to chat about the hits and misses in the Australian political journalism sphere, as well as breaking down some of the big moments, gaffs, and lies from the fourth estate. The presenting sponsor of the Socially Democratic podcast is Dunn Street. For mor...
Dec 14, 2023•55 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Victorian Premier, Dan Andrews. Dan returns to Socially Democratic to chat about his record breaking tenure as Victorian Premier. In this extensive conversation, Dan discusses why he decided to retire from public life, why the urgent need to implement a progressive policy agenda and how it intersects with the public service. He talks about the toughest decisions as well as the most rewarding moments in office. He a...
Dec 07, 2023•1 hr 23 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by host of the Forging Links Podcast, Ali Hashem, and member for the provincial parliament in Limburg, Lianne Schuuring. As Dutch voters potentially elect a far right government, Ali and Lianne join the show to unpack the results from last week’s Dutch General Election: the winners, losers, did the Labor alliance with the Greens pay off and what it means for social democrats in the Netherlands. For more from Ali and the Forg...
Nov 30, 2023•1 hr 19 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Community Organiser and Head Teaching Fellow for the Leadership, Organising and Action class at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Ashraf Hazmah. Ashraf joins the show to chat about his journey, from organising for change in Syria, to working alongside legend, Marshall Ganz, as Head Teaching Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School in the Leadership, Organizing and Action program. If you’re interested in learning how you...
Nov 23, 2023•1 hr 16 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Democratic consultant and state director for the Georgia Run-Off, Jonae Wartel. Jonae calls in from Washington, DC to unpack the results from the out-of-cycle November election season and what this means for Democrats hopes in Nov 2024, Biden’s dip in the polls, the Republican civil war in Congress and the latest Republican Presidential debate of the b-team. The presenting sponsor of the Socially Democratic podcast is Dun...
Nov 10, 2023•50 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Chief of Staff to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and now the Managing Director of Capital NZ, Neale Jones. Neale is back again to unpack the disappointing results from the New Zealand national elections, which took place on October 14, and give a review of Labor’s election campaign and reflect on the legacy of the Ardern-Hipkins Labour governments. The presenting sponsor of the Socially Democratic podcas...
Nov 02, 2023•59 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Australian Young Labor President, Manu Risoldi. Manu joins the show to chat about her entry into politics and youth leadership, and the role AYL plays representing the youth wing of the Labor Party. She discusses the fall out from the Yes campaign and the impact this result has on young people’s attitudes towards politics, the issues AYL is campaigning on in 2023 including unpaid student placements, housing, and climate. ...
Oct 26, 2023•1 hr 13 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Co-Chair of the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria Marcus Stewart, Professor of Political Communication, Prof Andrea Carson from Latrobe University, and researcher John Armitage to discuss Saturday’s Voice Referendum. Marcus, Andrea, and John return to Socially Democratic to break down the disappointing results from last weekend’s Voice to Parliament referendum, and reflect on what this means for self determinatio...
Oct 17, 2023•1 hr 11 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Co-Chair of the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria Rueben Berg, Professor of Political Communication, Prof Andrea Carson from Latrobe University, and researcher John Armitage to discuss the Voice Referendum. With the referendum campaign days away from conclusion, our expert panel discuss how the two campaigns have framed their campaign messages in the final week, where the money is being spent with online ads, what the p...
Oct 10, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Chief of Staff to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and now the Managing Director of Capital NZ, Neale Jones. Neale returns to the show to give us the latest insights on the New Zealand election campaign, with Kiwi’s voting on October 14. He details the state of the race between Labor’s Chris Hipkins and National’s Chris Luxon, what the polls are telling us, what is the tone of the campaign, and how the deb...
Oct 05, 2023•38 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Dutch activist for the PVDA and host of the upcoming Forging Links podcast, Ali Hashem, and councillor of the Hague Labor Party, Mikal Tseggai. Ali and Mikal join the show from the Hague to chat about their political journeys, in particular Mikal who is the youngest city councillor in the Hague’s history, and fill us in on the upcoming Dutch Elections. Keep an eye out for Forging Links, which will premiere on Spotify in t...
Sep 29, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Democratic consultant and state director for the Georgia Run-Off, Jonae Wartel. While Dunn Street was in Washington D.C. for our annual US Engagement Mission, Stephen caught up with Jonae to chat about the upcoming Republican primaries, the ongoing Trump drama, and looking forward to 2024 and what Joe Biden needs to win a second term. The presenting sponsor of the Socially Democratic podcast is Dunn Street. For more infor...
Sep 17, 2023•52 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by National Secretary for the CPSU, Melissa Donnelly. Mel joins the show for the first time to chat about her journey into the union movement, the challenges public sector workers faced under the previous federal government, lessons learned, how COVID reset the idea of “workplace”, and where the CPSU is seeking to make improvements with the new federal Labor government. The presenting sponsor of the Socially Democratic podca...
Sep 07, 2023•54 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Director at QDOS research group John Armitage. John returns to Socially Democratic to discuss the Voice Referendum: how the Yes and No Campaigns have changed the messaging since we last spoke, what the good and bad polling data tells us, and lays out the path to victory for the Yes campaign in this historic referendum. The presenting sponsor of the Socially Democratic podcast is Dunn Street. For more information on how Du...
Aug 31, 2023•1 hr 16 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by founder of Love Reacts Only - a digital and social media consultancy and the former Digital Director for Victorian Premier Dan Andrews, Eloise Young; the campaign director and state secretary of Queensland Labor, Kate Flanders, and National Training Organiser for ALP National Secretariat, Nadia Montague, for a conversation on Modern Campaigns - the second episode of Socially Democratic recorded live at the 2023 ALP Nation...
Aug 25, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by ACTU President, Michele O'Neil and TWU National Secretary, Michael Kaine. They join Stephen for the first of TWO live recordings of Socially Democratic, as part of ALP National Conference Fringe. Michele and Michael discuss the state of the Australian Trade Union movement after 9 years of conservative rule, identifying what needs immediate change under a new Labor government, and look towards creating safer, fairer workpl...
Aug 18, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by founder of Fireside Agency, Ben Hart. Working in environment media and communications since 1997, Fireside’s Ben Hart joins the show to discuss how the environmental movement communicates to voters, why it struggles to persuade the community to act on climate change, and what needs to be done to overcome this communication problem. Fireside amplifies your positive impact through powerful storytelling. Find out how: firesi...
Aug 10, 2023•1 hr 19 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Rebecca Thistleton from the McKell Institute - Victoria and for his Socially Democratic debut Matthew Lloyd Cape from the Centre for Equitable Housing (a Per Capita Initiative). Together, Rebecca and Matthew unpack the Australian Housing Crisis: the problem, its cause, impact, and discuss what solutions are needed to address an issue affecting renters, homeowners and home-seekers alike. From social housing to home ownersh...
Aug 03, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former researcher with the US based Analyst Institute and Israeli based progressive campaign consultant Will Cubbison. In Israel this week the right wing coalition government led by Benjamin Netenyahu voted to cut the powers of the independent judiciary, ignoring months of weekly protests by 100,000s of progressive citizens. Will Cubbison joins us from Israel to discuss the drama from inside Knesset and on the streets of ...
Jul 27, 2023•1 hr 8 min
