Hosted by Stephen Donnelly · 🇺🇸 US · EN-AU · 353 episodes
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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
Stephen Donnelly hosts Socially Democratic, a news show with 353 episodes published.
This episode of Socially Democratic covers a massive month in Australian politics: One Nation's rise, Pauline at the National Press Club, and a Victorian Labor leadership non-challenge that fizzled before it started. Dav
This episode of Socially Democratic is the June Mailbag. Todd Pinkerton and Lissie Ratcliff answer your questions on AI, the budget, progressive media, and the future of cheap beer. 🤖 Is Labor seriously game-planning fo
In this episode of Socially Democratic, your Australian Labor politics and campaigns podcast, host Stephen Donnelly is joined by senior Democratic consultant and former Obama field organiser Katie Parsons for a deep dive
This episode of Socially Democratic covers the May federal budget: the politics, the comms, and what it means for Labor heading into the next Victorian election. David Feeney is away, so Stephen Donnelly and Jessie McCro
This episode of Socially Democratic discusses the UK local, Scottish, and Welsh election results, and what Labour's historic collapse means for social democracy. Reform UK surged across England, Scotland, and Wales. Labo
This episode of Socially Democratic discusses the 2026 Federal Budget — Jim Chalmers' most ambitious yet — with Emma Dawson, Executive Director of the Chifley Research Centre, and economist Adam Triggs, Partner at Mandal
In this topical, fully-loaded episode of Socially Democratic , Stephen, Todd, and Lissie convene to answer our most pressing Mailbag questions - and add a few thoughts of their own. Our listeners asked: 🏡 If the Treasur
This episode of Socially Democratic brings Stephen, David, and Jessie back together to discuss Labor news and politics over the past month - and envision what’s to come. They cover: 💰The May Federal Budget announcement:
How did the well-oiled machine that built the historic Obama campaign in 2008 fail so catastrophically in 2024? -- This week on Socially Democratic, Stephen speaks with Josh Cook and Greta Carnes about their report ‘The
This week on Socially Democratic, Stephen speaks with John Armitage, one of the most respected social researchers and communication strategists on the Australian left. As recent polls have shown, the political landscape
Todd Pinkerton, Campaign Director for Unions NSW, and Lissie Ratcliff, Managing Partner at FMRS Advisory and fmr Chief of Staff to Premier Daniel Andrews, are back this month to answer your burning mailbag questions. Thi
Happy long weekend, Social Democrats! In this episode of Socially Democratic, Stephen sits down with economist Adam Triggs, a Partner at Mandala and Non-Resident Fellow at The Brookings Institution and ANU. They discuss
This week on Australia's favourite Labor politics and campaigns podcast: 🎉 Congratulations to Premier Peter Malinauskas, the entire SA Labor campaign, and the people of South Australia! 🧩 Matt, Hannah, and Stephen anal
In this episode of Socially Democratic: 📊 Another landslide Labor victory in South Australia for Peter Malinauskas. What can the rest of us learn from it? 🗞️ Rumours of a leadership challenge in Victoria. The news in V
It's time for the annual Socially Democratic mic handover! This episode features the return of our favourite stand-in host, Rebecca Thistleton (Executive Director Victoria, The McKell Institute) along with special guests
In this episode of Socially Democratic: 📉 Are the Liberals about to finish THIRD? They remain stuck below 20% primary vote, with One Nation moving into second place. 📊 New polling shows Labor holding a commanding lead,
In this episode of Socially Democratic: 🫥 How will the Liberals respond to the findings of their 2025 Election Review? Or will they just hide it in a drawer? 💸 If we address the housing crisis by favouring owner-occupi
In this episode of Socially Democratic: 🍎 Labor Premier Peter Malinauskas announces a policy of 150 minutes per week of ‘Active Learning’ for school aged children, plus free school camp and an expansion of sports vouche
Hey Social Democrats. We are back with our first of the 4-part series on the South Australia state elections. Stephen Donnelly, along with special guests Hannah MacLeod and Matt Clemow, analyse the state of the race, inc
Hey Social Democrats. It's that time again! 📊 February brought fresh polling, a Liberal leadership shake-up, and renewed questions about where the conservative movement goes next. With the opposition searching for econo
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