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Tony of 1Dime
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1Dime Radio is a podcast about politics, philosophy, theory, history, and political economy hosted by Tony, a political theorist and founder of the YouTube channel "1Dime." For access to the Patreon exclusive episodes (The Backroom podcast), become a Patron: thttps://www.patreon.com/OneDime

  1. 2d ago

    The Geneology of Wokeism by Tony of 1Dime

    This is a complete audio voiceover recording of my essay on “The Genealogy of Wokeism.” The essay provides a complete history of what people call "wokeness" and develops a new theory of how to define it. The original essay was first published on my ⁠Substack⁠, 1Dime Review: It was also published by the New Centre for Research & Practice: ⁠https://tripleampersand.org/the-genealogy-of-wokeism/⁠ Part Two of “The Genealogy of Wokeism” has also been published on my Substack the New Centre for Research & Practice. This recording is presented as a long-form audio essay for those who prefer to listen rather than read. Subscribe for more audio essays, political theory, intellectual history, cultural criticism, and long-form analysis. Timestamps:  0:00 The Genealogy of Wokeism, Part One  5:59 The Etymology of Wokeism  8:01 Defining Wokeism  20:00 Who Are the Woke People and Where Did They Come From?  21:35 The Professional Managerial Class and the Symbolic Capitalists  28:37 The Symbolic Capitalists  32:59 Wokeism Beyond the Professional Managerial Class  35:19 Totemic Capital, Victimhood as Status Currency  40:47 Leftist versus Liberal Wokeism  45:49 Elite Overproduction: The Economics of Wokeism  46:36 What Changed? Since 2010?  49:37 The First Awokening, 1920s to 1930s  56:36 The Second Awokening, 1960s to 1970s  59:14 The Civil Rights Movement Was Not Woke  1:02:59 Wokeism versus the Silent Majority  1:07:42 The Third Awokening and the '80s Culture Wars  1:11:06 The Origin of Political Correctness  1:17:00 Action Precedes Reaction: What Liberals and Leftists Don't Get About Culture Wars 1:21:10 The Fourth Awokening, 2011 to 2020s  1:23:10 The Missing Piece: What My Theory Adds  1:27:25 The Connection Between Wokeism, Political Correctness, and Cancel Culture  1:30:31 Wokeism and Narcissism 1:34:23 Typical Examples of Wokeism  1:37:01 Are Identity Politics Always Woke?  1:43:25 Was Woke Co-opted? The Elite Capture Excuse  1:45:31 Wokeism's Anti-Political Character  1:48:50 From Hyperpolarization to Depoliticization  1:55:07 Footnotes/Sources Cited FOLLOW 1Dime: 1Dime Radio YouTube channel: ⁠⁠https://youtube.com/@1dimeradio⁠⁠Substack: ⁠⁠https://1dimereview.substack.com/⁠⁠X/Twitter: ⁠⁠https://x.com/1DimeOfficial⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/⁠⁠Main 1Dime YouTube channel: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee⁠⁠ Leave a like, comment, and subscribe. Give 1Dime Radio a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.

    The Geneology of Wokeism by Tony of 1Dime

  2. 6d ago

    The Old Left vs The DSA Today (Ft Jack Ross)

    Get access to The Backroom, with 100+ exclusive episodes of 1Dime Radio, on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by Jack Ross, an independent historian, acquisitions editor at Sublation Media, and author of The Socialist Party of America: A Complete History and The Strange Death of American Exceptionalism. We compare today’s DSA with America’s Old Left, recovering the forgotten non-communist and anti-communist socialist tradition of Norman Thomas, A. Philip Randolph, and Bayard Rustin while discussing DSA 2.0, Zohran Mamdani, the Old Left–New Left rupture, the Popular Front, Cold War liberalism, Stalinism, the CCP, Hasan Piker, and the crisis of the contemporary online left. In the Patreon-exclusive Backroom, we discuss Jack’s theses on Trotskyism and neoconservatism, the infamous Trotskyist-to-neoconservative pipeline, and the complicated history of Jewish anti-Zionism, American Zionism, and Zionism more broadly. You can listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts. Timestamps:0:00 Backroom Preview: Tankies and American Socialism2:36 Intro3:34 Jack Ross and America’s Old Left15:07 Anti-Communist Socialists and DSA 2.026:13 Norman Thomas, the New Left, and the Popular Front35:38 Woke Left, Stalinists, and Cold War Liberalism45:19 McCarthyism, Foreign Influence, and the CCP50:16 Hasan Piker and the Crisis of the Online Left GUEST:Jack Ross, independent historian, acquisitions editor at Sublation Media, and author of The Socialist Party of America: A Complete History, The Strange Death of American Exceptionalism, and Rabbi Outcast: Elmer Berger and American Jewish Anti-Zionism The Socialist Party of America: A Complete History: https://sublationmedia.com/product/the-socialist-party-of-america-a-complete-history/ The Strange Death of American Exceptionalism: https://sublationmedia.com/product/the-strange-death-of-american-exceptionalism/ Theses on Trotskyism and Neoconservatism: https://nonzionism.com/p/theses-on-trotskyism-and-neoconservatism Sublation Media: https://sublationmedia.com/ FOLLOW 1Dime: 1Dime Radio YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@1dimeradio Substack: https://1dimereview.substack.com/ X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/ Main 1Dime YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Outro Music by Karl Casey Leave a like, comment, and subscribe. Give 1Dime Radio a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.

    The Old Left vs The DSA Today (Ft Jack Ross)

  3. Jul 17

    The Post-Left (Ft. Theory Underground)

    Get access to The Backroom, with 100+ exclusive episodes of 1Dime Radio, on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by David McKerracher, founder of  ⁨@theory_underground⁩  and author of *Timenergy*, to ask whether the post-left can finally be theorized beyond a dead internet scene, a vague political identity, or a euphemism for moving right. We discuss our upcoming book *Post-Left Theory*, the left as a master signifier, the post-left as a frontier rather than an ideology, the leftist industrial complex, the limits of anti-woke and PMC critique, why Marxism does not resolve the left’s impasse, and the possibility of recovering community and the good life beyond the political duopoly. We also preview TUCON 2026 and CanonFest, taking place at McKerracher Family Farm in Northern Idaho from August 26–31. Get tickets and see the full schedule here: https://canontcg.com/canonfest In the Patreon-exclusive Backroom, we ask why not move right, explain why neither Dave nor I are right-wingers, and discuss why recognizing the post-left impasse does not require joining the political right. You can listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts. Timestamps: 0:00 Backroom Preview: Why Post-Left Does Not Mean Right 2:56 Intro 3:53 TUCON 2026 and Post-Left Theory 16:50 What Is the Post-Left? 25:55 The Post-Left Is not an Ideology 39:34 The Leftist Industrial Complex 51:00 Where Anti-Woke Critiques Fall Short 1:05:21 Why Not Just Marxism? 1:21:31 Why We Aren't Rightists (Continued in The Backroom, on Patreon) GUEST: David McKerracher, founder of Theory Underground, author of *Timenergy*, and chief editor of *Underground Theory* * Theory Underground: https://theoryunderground.com/ * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theory_underground * Substack: https://theoryunderground.substack.com/ * Underground Theory, Volume 2, featuring essays by Tony and Dave: https://www.amazon.ca/Underground-Theory-TIMENERGY-I-EDUCATION-ebook/dp/B0G19L25B4 * TUCON 2026 / CanonFest TICKETS: https://canontcg.com/canonfest FOLLOW 1Dime: * Substack: https://1dimereview.substack.com/ * X: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/ * Main 1Dime YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Leave a like, comment, and subscribe. Give 1Dime Radio a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.

    The Post-Left (Ft. Theory Underground)

  4. Jul 10

    Human Nature and The Left (Ft. What is Politics?)

    Get access to The Backroom, with 100+ exclusive episodes of 1Dime Radio, on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by Daniel Bitton from the YouTube channel What Is Politics?, a YouTube channel that uses anthropology, political theory, and evolutionary psychology to explain the basic questions most political discourse skips over: what is politics, what are left and right, where does hierarchy come from, and what does human nature actually tell us about socialism? We discuss David Graeber and David Wengrow’s The Dawn of Everything, the “noble savage” myth, hunter-gatherer egalitarianism, why human beings are neither angels nor devils, how material conditions shape power, the difference between democratic hierarchy and domination, why Leninism failed, how left-wing ideas get captured by a new clergy class, and why the terms “left” and “right” have become so confused that they may now obscure more than they reveal. There are two Backroom episodes from this conversation this week. In Part 1, we get into Canadian immigration, the new clergy, socially conservative leftism, wokeism and cancel culture, Iran, Zionism, Palestinian history, and the way anti-imperialism can collapse into third-world campism. In Part 2, we go deeper into desire, decay, democracy, dating apps, monogamy, the family, IQ, education, Enlightenment racism, political theology, property, and the limits of far-left projects. Timestamps: 0:00 The Backroom Preview 03:16 Introduction 07:50 Graeber & Anthropology on The Left 21:58 Egalitarianism vs Hierarchy, Communism, Cults & Charismatic Authority 42:36 Delegated Power and Equality 47:46 What Is Politics? 50:39 The Distribution of Power 54:17 The New Clergy Class 01:05:40 Conservative vs Liberal is not Left vs Right 01:13:24 The Backroom Preview GUEST: Daniel / What Is Politics? YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WHATISPOLITICS69 FOLLOW 1Dime: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime Substack: https://1dimereview.substack.com/ X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/ Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Leave a like, comment your thoughts, and subscribe to 1Dime Radio.

    Human Nature and The Left (Ft. What is Politics?)

  5. Jul 3

    AI Girlfriends, Sex Robots, and the Future of Love (Ft. Isabel Millar)

    Get access to 100+ exclusive episodes on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/OneDimeThis bonus episode of 1Dime Radio was originally released as a Patreon-only Backroom exclusive, but I decided to make it public to give listeners a taste of what patrons get access to in The Backroom.In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Isabel Millar, author of *The Psychoanalysis of Artificial Intelligence*, for a conversation about AI girlfriends, sex robots, dating apps, psychoanalysis, feminism, gender, and love in the age of artificial intelligence.We discuss why AI girlfriends and AI boyfriends are becoming more popular, why this phenomenon cannot simply be reduced to loneliness, and how digital romance exposes something strange about ordinary relationships themselves. Drawing on Lacan, Baudrillard, and Badiou, we explore fantasy, desire, the gaze, sexual difference, dysphoria, sex work, the commodification of the body, and whether AI can ever truly replace human intimacy.We also get into dating apps, algorithmic matchmaking, the fantasy of the perfect partner, Bonnie Blue, sex positivity, the disappearance of eroticism, and whether AI chatbots could ever function as therapists or psychoanalysts.Listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all podcast platforms.Timestamps:0:00 Why AI Girlfriends Are Happening So Fast2:56 OneDime Radio Intro3:54 Welcome to The Backroom5:00 Lacan, Sex, and Enjoyment11:44 Baudrillard and the Obscene15:14 Does the Female Gaze Exist?19:42 Femininity as Performance21:40 Dysphoria, Gender, and Subjectivity29:47 Motherhood and the Overcoded Body33:26 Bonnie Blue, Sex Bots, and Capitalism42:25 Sex Work and Sex Positivity46:27 AI Girlfriends and Romantic Fantasy54:09 Dating Apps and Algorithmic Arranged Marriage56:59 Badiou: Love as an Event59:08 Can AI Replace Therapy?1:06:40 Isabel’s Forthcoming WorkGUEST: Dr. Isabel MillarBook: *The Psychoanalysis of Artificial Intelligence*https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-67981-3FOLLOW 1DIME:X: https://x.com/1DimeOfficialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@1DimeeSubstack: https://1dimereview.substack.com/

    AI Girlfriends, Sex Robots, and the Future of Love (Ft. Isabel Millar)

  6. Jun 26

    Did Trump Defy Israel? Iran, Cuba & "The Epstein Regime" (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker)

    Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined once again by Benjamin Studebaker to discuss the new Iran deal, the growing rift between the United States and Israel, and what this all reveals about American power, Israeli leverage, and the limits of elite theory. We break down why the so-called Iran deal is really a memorandum of understanding, whether Trump has effectively recreated the Obama Iran deal after a disastrous war, why Israel is so angry about the terms, and whether the United States can actually discipline Israel when it comes to Lebanon, Hezbollah, and the broader regional conflict. From there, we zoom out into the realpolitik behind the U.S.-Israel alliance, the history of Israel’s strategic function in the Middle East, nuclear weapons, Palestine, the Gulf states, and the international pressure behind the Islamabad Accords. We then turn to Cuba’s sudden market reforms, the collapse of Cuba’s external support, Venezuela, China, Vietnam, North Korea, and why so many Western leftists turn foreign regimes into fantasy objects of anti-imperialist spectatorship. In The Backroom, this week’s bonus discussion is split into two exclusive episodes. In the first, Ben and I have a cordial debate about the narrative of the so-called Epstein regime, Israel, conspiracy thinking, and whether there is a rational kernel of truth in some conspiratorial interpretations of politics. In the second, we continue into elite theory, scapegoating, and why elites may not actually be as powerful, coordinated, or all-controlling as people often imagine. Timestamps: 0:00 The Backroom Preview: “The Elites” Aren’t That Smart 3:43 The Iran Peace Deal, Israel, Cuba6:13 A Massive L For the USA and  Israel? 14:11 Regime Change Fail & Trump’s Midterm chances22:10 Israel Doesn’t Control the USA30:36 Can the U.S. Discipline Israel?39:33 The Necessity of a One State Solution 43:03 Did Israel Drag America In the War?50:17 Lebanon & the Iran Deal’s Weak Spot1:02:02 The Islamabad Accords1:11:04 Cuba’s Market Reform Shock1:25:22 The Truth about Cuban Socialism 1:34:32 Anti-Imperialism & Spectator Politics1:39:36 Conspiracies & Elite Theory1:44:51 “The Epstein Regime” Narrative (The Backroom Transition) GUESTBenjamin StudebakerPolitical theorist and author of Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies Substack: https://substack.com/@bmstudebakerX/Twitter: https://x.com/BMStudebakerWebsite: https://benjaminstudebaker.com/Buy Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-legitimacy-in-liberal-democracies.htmlAffordable paperback now available for $24.95. FOLLOW 1DIMEX: https://x.com/1DimeOfficialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@1DimeeMy Substack: https://1dimereview.substack.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime #IranDeal #IsraelIranWar #USIsraelRelations Make sure to like, comment, subscribe, and hit the bell for more 1Dime Radio episodes on politics, philosophy, history, economics, and geopolitics.

    Did Trump Defy Israel? Iran, Cuba & "The Epstein Regime" (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker)

  7. Jun 5

    Are America and Russia Losing Their Wars? (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker)

    Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime Benjamin Studebaker joins me on 1Dime Radio for another episode in our regular series of wide-ranging conversations. This time we get into the geopolitical situations in Iran, Ukraine, and Cuba, asking whether the U.S. and Russia are both stuck in wars they cannot neatly win. We analyze how Iran’s power structure has changed, what Ukraine’s drone strategy signals about the war with Russia, and how North American energy business interests fit into the picture. We also touch on Cuba’s demographic pressures, the influence of the “success” of the Venezuela action, and the limits of the U.S. legislative system. In The Backroom on Patreon, Studebaker and I dig into a simple, yet highly nuanced question: what is politics, actually? What does it mean to DO politics? What makes something, or someone, political? When is something politics, and when is it not? What is the difference between Politics as usual, administration, and real politics? What differentiates Politics from social justice activism? Timestamps: 00:00:00 The Backroom Preview: A Better Future 00:03:48 Intro 00:06:07 Has Regime Change Already Occurred In Iran? 00:15:00 Will Iran Spike Oil Prices? 00:17:48 Israel vs America’s Interests 00:24:12 Trump’s Gas Price Problem 00:37:00 Iran’s Legitimacy Crisis 00:50:11 Can Cuba Survive? 01:05:42 Ukraine’s Drone War 01:11:37 The Energy Politics Behind Ukraine 01:20:00 Is America Politically Paralyzed? 01:28:37 Can Ukraine Still Negotiate? 01:35:00 Was Mearsheimer Right About NATO? 01:40:00 China, Trade, and Global Power 01:54:23 Backroom Preview: What Is Politics? GUEST: Benjamin Studebaker • Website: https://benjaminstudebaker.com/ • Substack: https://substack.com/@bmstudebaker • Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-legitimacy-in-liberal-democracies.html • Political Theory 101: https://open.spotify.com/show/3JwcqFCSwC9gwR6rUXwFFQ FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack: https://1dimereview.substack.com/ • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1dimeman/ • Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this.

    Are America and Russia Losing Their Wars? (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker)

  8. May 29

    Marxism in Defence of The West (Ft. Ralph Leonard)

    Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime On this episode of 1Dime Radio, I sit down with British-Nigerian writer Ralph Leonard to ask what it even means to be a Marxist today, after the political fallout of the 20th century. Ralph describes himself as a “conservative Marxist,” which sounds like a contradiction until you realize that one of the core questions in this conversation is whether socialism, properly understood, is not the worship of capitalist progress but a defense of society against capital’s destructive acceleration. We get into Marxism’s roots in the Enlightenment, liberalism, and the Western political tradition, why Marxism is in many ways a radicalization of Western values rather than a rejection of them, and how Stalinism distorted Marxism into a state-worshipping ideology that dismissed freedom and democracy as “bourgeois” illusions. We also discuss race as ideology, decolonization theory, nationalism, Zionism, the USSR, and whether its failures were historically necessary or politically avoidable. In the exclusive Backroom, Ralph and I talk about whether world revolution was ever plausible and why I see Marxist internationalism as the doctrine’s fatal flaw. We explore how left-wing localism inadvertently helped create the conditions for fascism, why civic nationalism may be the only coherent path for a democratic left, and the hard limits of multiculturalism exposed by Canada’s immigration crisis. Timestamps: 00:00:00 The Backroom Sneak Peek 00:03:53 Introduction to Conservative Marxism 00:17:30 Marxism, Enlightenment and the State 00:33:00 Western Values and Decolonial Critiques 00:55:20 Historical Necessity or Preventable Atrocity 01:14:15 Race, Culture and Western Identity 01:24:43 Zionism Opposed to Liberalism GUEST: Ralph Leonard • Ralph’s writing at UnHerd: https://unherd.com/author/ralph-leonard/ Ralph’s Twitter: https://x.com/buffsoldier_96 FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack (Articles and Essays): https://1dimereview.substack.com/ • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: instagram.com/1dimeman • Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this. Tags: #Marxism  #Socialism #TheWest #TheEnlightenment  #WesternCivilization

    Marxism in Defence of The West (Ft. Ralph Leonard)
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1Dime Radio is a podcast about politics, philosophy, theory, history, and political economy hosted by Tony, a political theorist and founder of the YouTube channel "1Dime." For access to the Patreon exclusive episodes (The Backroom podcast), become a Patron: thttps://www.patreon.com/OneDime

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  • Creator
    Tony of 1Dime
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    139
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