Socially Democratic

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Co-founder and Co-Executive Director for Run For Something, Ross Morales Rocketto. Stephen joins Ross in Washington D.C to chat about the US Election, including the second presidential debate (this time against Donald Trump and Kamala Harris), Taylor Swift’s endorsement, and Run For Something’s White Dudes for Harris campai...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by constitutional lawyer and writer, Shireen Morris. Shireen joins the show to discuss her latest book, “Broken Heart: A True History of the Voice Referendum”, which unpacks the build up to the Voice to Parliament referendum, and shares the key moments where and when it was lost, and what lessons future reformers could learn f...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Labor Campaign Director and federal MP, David Feeney. It’s the end of another month and that means it’s time for Feeney’s hour of power where Stephen and Feeney break down the #auspol news for the month.  It was a big month for politics. We had an election in the NT, the Democratic National Committee came and went wi...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by managing partner at Mandala, Amit Singh.  Amit joins the show to give us the rundown on where Australia’s economy is at including the mixed messages we’re getting from data, the contradictory stances from our Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, and RBA governor, Michelle Bullock, and what we need to be thinking about when looking at t...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Ryan Neve - former Deputy Chief of Staff to NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner.. Ryan joins us to share his campaign insights into the upcoming Northern Territory election on Saturday August 24. He discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the two leaders for Labor and the Country Liberal Party, the issues dominating this ele...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by NYC-based strategic communications and political consultant, Sara Valenzuela. Sara calls in from Texas to give us the rundown on all the developments in the US Presidential Election including Kamala Harris’ VP pick, Minnesota’s Tim Walz, her surge in the polls, and why Republicans are “weird”.  Join the Socially Democratic...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Labor Campaign Director and federal MP, David Feeney. In part two, we return home to unpack all the developments in Australian politics including the defection of Fatima Payman from Labor to the cross bench, as well as the most recent tussles between Labor and the Greens, the state of the Albanese government and the...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Labor Campaign Director and federal MP, David Feeney. July was a HUGE month for politics, leaving David and Stephen with a tonne of stuff to unpack. So much so, they’ve had to split this month’s edition into two parts.  In part one, David and Stephen will cover the results from the UK election, where the Labour Party...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Djaran Murray-Jackson, lead engagement officer for First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria, for the final installment of Socially Democratic’s LCN series. A proud Dja Dja Wurrung Man, representing the clan’s Aboriginal Corporation on the First Peoples Assembly of Victoria, Djaran shares his organising journey as part of the mov...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Mariali Cardenas, of Via Educacion for this installment of Socially Democratic’s LCN Series. Mariali joins us from Monterrey in Mexico to share her insights into strategy and re-strategising for Via Educacion’s School reopening campaign. The LCN Series is a special collaboration between the Socially Democratic podcast and L...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Sreejani from the Haiyya organisation for the second installment of Socially Democratic’s LCN Series.  Sreejani calls in from Mumbai, India, to share her insights into crafting Public Narrative and Relationship Building, drawing from her experience leading Haiyya’s successful Health Over Stigma campaign.  The LCN Series is...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by the Rita E. Hauser Senior Lecturer in Leadership, Organizing, and Civil Society at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Prof. Marshall Ganz.  Marshall shares his rich background in organising, from his story of self, his experiences working with Cesar Chevaz and Barack Obama, to his role in educating and...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by the former Labor Campaign Director and federal MP, David Feeney. Feeney is back again to unpack this month's Auspol and overseas, including the elephant in the room in European politics, don’t sleep on Dutton’s nuclear plans, crossing the floor, and more.  Plus, we answer our Patreon Member questions. Thanks Adrian!! J...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by former Political Secretary for former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, John McTernan.  John calls in from London to analyse the UK election campaign, including Tory PM Rishi Sunak’s surprise snap election and his strategic missteps following the announcement, the making of Keir Starmer, and Labour‘s path to victory and where t...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by the former Labor Campaign Director and federal MP, David Feeney. For their fourth installment of Feeney’s Hour of Power, David and Stephen cover politics from around the world, touching on the Trump conviction, the upcoming UK election. They also return to  domestic politics and ask - is federal Labor in a funk?, immigratio...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory, Andrew Barr.  Andrews joins the show to discuss growing up in Canberra, his journey into politics; from running in assembly in 2001 to becoming ACT’s first openly gay Chief Minister in 2014; the battle of old Canberra versus new Canberra; and governing with the Greens Poli...

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.  Ali and Lianne phone in from the Netherlands to give us the rundown on the upcoming elections to the European Parliament, which happen every five years, explaining how it works, who the key players are, how...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Executive Director of Per Capita Australia, Emma Dawson, and Executive Director of McKell Institute, Ed Cavanough.  Emma and Ed are back to unpack the 2024/25 Federal Budget, which was dropped on Tuesday, outlining the winners, losers, and the overlooked.  The pair of think tankies give their analysis of how this budget wil...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Executive Director of Per Capita Australia, Emma Dawson, and Executive Director of McKell Institute, Ed Cavanough.  Emma and Ed join forces to give their predictions of what to expect in the upcoming 2024/25 Federal Budget, which will be announced next week. The presenting sponsor of the Socially Democratic podcast is Dunn...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by the former Labor Campaign Director and federal MP, David Feeney. Plus a bonus surprise visit from Rebecca Thistleton from McKell Victoria! David and Rebecca cover the last 30 days of domestic politics including the end to domestic violence rallies across the country, budget season gossip, the Prime minister’s Kokoda trek, a...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Federal Member for Macnamara, Josh Burns.  Josh returns to the show to discuss how the Albanese Government plans to meet their priorities for 2024, including addressing the housing and cost of living crisis, as well as what’s going on with the Tories and their push for nuclear energy over renewables.  And of course, they’ll...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by Director of the Progressive Policy Institute’s Centre Left Renewal project, Claire Ainsley.  Claire joins the show from Yorkshire to set the scene for a big year in UK politics, discusses how bad Britain is under the Tories, unpacks how Labour and Keir Starmer have built a huge lead in the polls and casts an eye on the upco...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by the Principal Partner of the law firm Pogust Goodhead, Tom Goodhead.  Tom joins us from the UK to discuss the ongoing class action against BHP following the Mariana Dam disaster at Rio Doce, Brazil, in 2015, where 19 people lost their lives. It’s a campaign spread across three continents as BHP does their best to avoid bein...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by the former Labor Campaign Director and federal MP, David Feeney. For our second installment of The Feeney Files (aka Feeney’s Hour of Power) we discuss the fallout from the Dunkley by-election and Tasmanian state election, check out why former Prime Ministers Rudd and Keating were in the news, and ask what’s going on with t...

Dunn Street founder and Community Organiser Stephen Donnelly was joined by political consultant Jack Milroy. Jack returns to the show to give his analysis of Saturday’s Tasmania’s election, including a breakdown of the results, why Labor conceded so early, the key takeaways from the campaign, and what’s next for the Tasmanian Labor.  If you have questions for David and Stephen that you’d like to g...