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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. A Nuanced Debate on Immigration (Ft. Artin Salimi)

    23H AGO

    A Nuanced Debate on Immigration (Ft. Artin Salimi)

    Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I sit down with my friend Artin Salimi for a nuanced debate on immigration, what the right gets wrong, what the left gets wrong, and why the issue cannot be reduced to either xenophobic panic or liberal denial. We get into labor markets, Thatcherism, Brexit, brain drain, asylum, nationalism, class politics, and the ways neoliberal capitalism both drives migration and weaponizes it politically. This is a serious attempt to think through one of the most explosive political questions of our time without demonizing immigrants or parroting elite talking points. In The Backroom exclusive on Patreon, we continue our debate on immigration, and I put forward some of my more controversial hot takes, pushing further on borders, nationalism, class power, elite blind spots, and what a serious alternative to both neoliberal globalism and right-wing scapegoating might actually look like. Timestamps: 00:00:00  The Backroom preview (Patreon): Socialism, Borders & Brain Drain  00:03:19  Nuanced Discussion on Immigration 00:05:00  Why immigration dominates politics 00:11:33  Thatcherism and the neoliberal immigration trap 00:16:56  Brexit and why immigration still rose 00:21:26  Labor demand, empire, and who actually benefits 00:24:01  What both the right and left get wrong 00:32:35  Immigration is economics, but not only economics 00:39:37  Borders, deportations, and pathways to citizenship 00:42:22  Refugees, asylum, and what integration actually requires 00:50:10  Migrant labor, unionization, and the underclass problem 00:55:02  Rootless cosmopolitans, nationalism, and elite blindness 01:05:05  Empire, colonial history, and migration blowback 01:14:02  PMC politics, Bernie, AOC, and why the left sounds alien 01:17:51  Full Backroom episode on Patreon GUEST: Artin Salimi, YouTuber, rapper, and academic • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ArtinSalimi • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artinsalimi666/ • SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/artin-salimi-208799242 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.

    1h 20m
  2. Why Environmentalism Failed (Ft. Matt Huber)

    MAR 27

    Why Environmentalism Failed (Ft. Matt Huber)

    Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDimeWhy has modern environmentalism failed to build a real mass politics? In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I’m joined by Matt Huber, author of Climate Change as Class War, to talk about why mainstream climate politics has so often been trapped in consumer guilt, lifestyle moralism, and elite discourse, instead of building power through class politics, labor, energy, and production. We discuss why carbon footprint politics became such a dead end, how the PMC shaped green ideology, why so much environmental messaging alienates ordinary people, and what a serious socialist approach to climate change would actually look like.In this week’s Backroom episode on Patreon, I go further into degrowth, the degrowth debate, and the conflict between ecological limits, abundance, socialism, and industrial modernity.Timestamps:00:00:00 Intro00:03:45 Why climate activism failed00:07:00 Climate change as class war00:09:10 Production, not consumption00:16:58 Carbon taxes and backlash00:19:43 Agriculture and emissions00:33:45 The left, growth, and electrification00:39:27 Oil, Canada, and industrial politics00:41:06 Degrowth vs abundance00:49:03 The PMC problem00:56:21 Why green politics alienates workers01:24:00 Farmers and the working majority01:31:12 Environmental health and populism01:40:28 Nitrogen, industry, and decarbonization01:45:56 Electrification and climate jobs01:49:46 Backroom previewGUEST:Matt Huber, author of Climate Change as Class WarBook: Climate Change as Class WarFOLLOW 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/@1DimeeOutro Music by Karl CaseyLeave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this.

    1h 52m
  3. AI and The Left (Ft. Peter Coffin)

    MAR 20

    AI and The Left (Ft. Peter Coffin)

    Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode, I sit down with Peter Coffin to talk about AI, automation, art, and why so much of the left has responded to these technologies with moral panic instead of material analysis. We get into the backlash to using AI in political and historical media, the difference between using AI as a tool versus treating it as a substitute for thought, and why so much so-called “AI slop” is really just an extension of older forms of capitalist standardization. We also talk about AI and music, writing, note-taking, b******t jobs, the PMC side of anti-AI sentiment, the environmental critique, and why these tools could open up new possibilities for visualizing history, philosophy, and political theory in ways that would never be funded by major studios or institutions. Timestamps: 00:00:00  Backlash to using AI History footage in Marxism Explained video  00:03:20 Automation Under Capitalism 00:05:42 AI and Creative Work 00:09:47 AI for Research 00:12:00 Blaming AI for Everything 00:16:00 What Creativity Is 00:18:03 Can AI Make Art? 00:24:05 Copyright and Rent-Seeking 00:29:59 AI for Writing 00:35:47 Why AI Sounds Bad 00:41:38 Why the Left Hates AI 00:45:02 Human Experience 00:49:23 AI as Identity Politics 00:51:10 PMC Panic 00:53:49 AI Music and Slop 00:56:57 Media Literacy 00:58:56 The Environmental Critique 01:03:05 Visualizing History With AI 01:03:05  Visualizing Marx, Kautsky, Gramsci, and Machiavelli with AI GUEST: Peter Coffin, YouTuber, documentarian, and writer • Peter's Documentary Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ImportantDs/videos • Substack, P on Stuff: https://petercoffin.substack.com/ 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.

    1h 13m
  4. The Iran War Predictions (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker)

    MAR 13

    The Iran War Predictions (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker)

    Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime Benjamin Studebaker returns to 1Dime Radio to cut through the noise surrounding the war between Iran, Israel, and the United States. We break down what the actual strategic objectives seem to be, why this conflict may not unfold like Iraq, what a Libya-style collapse in Iran could look like, whether regime change by air power is really possible, and why oil prices, regional power balances, and American domestic politics may matter more than the loudest media narratives. In The Backroom, Benjamin and I discuss “Neo-Leftism” through the case of Spain and Pedro Sánchez. We also get into the end of history thesis, the clash of civilizations debate, and what all of this reveals about the contemporary left. Timestamps: 00:00:00 Backroom preview clip 00:02:44 Intro 00:06:14 Oil shocks, inflation, and why U.S. domestic politics matters 00:09:37 Why this is not Iraq 2.0 00:11:27 Regime change without a replacement? 00:12:41 Libya and the failed-state scenario 00:25:00 Precision strikes and the new warfare paradigm 00:33:06 Diaspora politics, monarchists, and the Shah fantasy 00:43:26 Does anyone actually want a democratic Iran? 00:45:57 Can Iran meaningfully escalate? 00:47:29 Why Russia and China are unlikely to intervene 00:51:50 Will Trump send ground troops? 01:45:59 Neo-Leftism, Spain, and Pedro Sánchez GUEST: Benjamin Studebaker, PhD at Cambridge, political theorist and author • The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy • Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies 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.

    1h 49m
  5. Nick Fuentes and the Gen Z Far-Right (Ft. PF Jung)

    MAR 6

    Nick Fuentes and the Gen Z Far-Right (Ft. PF Jung)

    Get access to The Backroom (95+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode, I’m joined by PF Jung to analyze the rise of Nick Fuentes, what makes him appealing, and why so many young people, especially young men, seem increasingly drawn toward the far right. In The Backroom on Patreon, PF Jung breaks down his idea of dark centrism, a synthesis of culturally conservative and economically left-wing politics, and explains how he situates himself between the contemporary left and right. Timestamps: 00:00:00 Economically Left, Culturally Right (The Backroom Preview) 00:03:40 Meet PF Jung 00:04:53 The Rise of Nick Fuentes’ 00:09:27 When Labels Fail 00:16:13 Order and Liberty 00:20:21 Israel and the Right 00:25:27 Why Men Drift Right 00:29:34 Dark Centrism 00:35:58 Family and BLM 00:39:30 How to Beat the Right 00:46:54 Jordan Peterson 00:51:35 Backroom Preview GUEST: PF Jung • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PFJung • X/Twitter: https://x.com/PF_Jung FOLLOW Tony of 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.

    54 min
  6. Will America Become a Dictatorship? (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker)

    FEB 27

    Will America Become a Dictatorship? (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker)

    Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime This week on 1Dime Radio, Tony is joined again by Benjamin Studebaker, political theorist with a PhD from Cambridge, to dig into Ben’s recent article on “Debilitated Democracy,” the idea that modern democracies do not simply “decline”, they get structurally less capable over time, as modernization accelerates, politics fractures, and governance is pushed into an executive-technical machine that neither elected leaders nor technocrats can fully control. From there, we tackle Ben’s argument for why America can’t become an autocracy, and why people confuse authoritarian policy with autocratic rule, plus how federal complexity, institutional pluralism, and factional conflict make “dictatorship” fantasies harder to cash out in real life. Parts 2 and 3 of my conversation with Studebaker are in The Backroom on Patreon only. In The Backroom, as alluded to in the Backroom Preview in the first 2.5–3 minutes, Benjamin and I answer some of the most common questions we get regarding our politics. Are we post-left? Marxist? Or what? In particular, I try to get Studebaker to articulate what his personal political philosophy is, and what solutions or alternatives to our current impasse he believes in. Timestamps: 00:00:00 Studebaker’s Political Philosophy (The Backroom Preview) 00:04:13  Intro, “Debilitated Democracy,” and the autocracy question 00:13:08  Technocrats as “priests,” and why institutional trust collapses 00:28:08  Elected officials vs technocrats, the executive branch tug-of-war 00:47:36  Kelsen, Habermas, and democracy’s legitimation crisis 00:54:47  Trump, tariffs, visas, and the political limits of “disentangling” from the world order 00:59:18  Authoritarian policy vs autocratic rule, why America can’t be an autocracy 01:11:59  Nick Land, Curtis Yarvin, and the “CEO-king” temptation 01:23:23  Government shutdowns, food stamps, and “embedded democracy.” 01:35:25  Managing the European right, and why France and Germany are different 01:43:05  State capacity, charismatic leaders, and modern governance limits 01:56:08  Backroom teaser: what “left” and “right” even mean now GUEST: Benjamin Studebaker • Substack: https://bmstudebaker.substack.com/ • Website: https://benjaminstudebaker.com/ • X: https://x.com/BMStudebaker 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.

    1h 58m
  7. Towards a Conservative Left (Ft. Michael Behrent)

    FEB 20

    Towards a Conservative Left (Ft. Michael Behrent)

    Get access to The Backroom (95+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this week’s episode of 1Dime Radio, I’m joined by Professor Michael C. Behrent to discuss Towards a Conservative Left: Selected Writings of Jean-Claude Michéa, a newly translated collection of essays by one of France’s most fascinating dissident socialists, sometimes described as “the French Christopher Lasch.” Michéa is a rare kind of left thinker: fiercely anti-capitalist and pro-democracy, but deeply skeptical of the Left’s cultural project, especially when it becomes a substitute for class politics, or when it turns working class “common sense” into something to be morally corrected. We talk about his Orwellian framework (including “Tory anarchism” and “common decency”), his critique of liberalism as both an economic and social ideology, and why these arguments suddenly feel uncomfortably relevant. In The Backroom (Patreon), we go further into what “conservative leftism” could actually mean today: socially conservative and economically leftist, what that synthesis would look like in practice, and what parts of the modern Left Michéa thinks have become complicit with liberalism. Timestamps: 00:00:00  The Backroom Preview Culture vs Race, and The Cosmopolitan Delusion 00:04:19  Jean Claude Michéa: The French Christopher Lasch  00:10:38  Towards a Conservative Left: Michéa’s Conservative Socialism 00:14:05  Orwell: The Tory Anarchist 00:17:50  Michéa’s background, communist parents, the Resistance, and patriotism 00:28:01 Why Orwell is the key to Michéa’s synthesis 00:35:57  Orwell’s “common decency.” 00:50:15  Common sense vs left suspicion, and the populist question 00:59:22  The “bourgeois left” & The drift away from the working-class  01:02:45  What “conservative” really means here 01:31:02  A New Political Synthesis (The Backroom Transition) GUEST: Michael C. Behrent • Towards a Conservative Left (Bookshop): https://bookshop.org/p/books/towards-a-conservative-left-selected-writings-of-jean-claude-michea-jean-claude-michea/22912345 • Towards a Conservative Left (Barnes & Noble): https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/towards-a-conservative-left-jean-claude-michi-a/1147813503 • Vauban Books (Publisher): https://www.vaubanbooks.com/ • Behrent faculty page (Appalachian State): https://history.appstate.edu/faculty-staff/profiles • Behrent’s site: https://sisterrepublic.wordpress.com/about/ 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.

    1h 33m
  8. The End of History Breakdown (Ft. Untimely Reflections)

    FEB 13

    The End of History Breakdown (Ft. Untimely Reflections)

    Get access to The Backroom (95+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, Keegan Kjeldsen from Essential Salts (Untimely Reflections/The Nietzsche podcast) joins me for a chapter-by-chapter breakdown of Francis Fukuyama’s book The End of History and the Last Man. We unpack liberal democracy’s philosophical roots, the fragility of authoritarian states, the Hegelian struggle for recognition, and the tensions between capitalism, legitimacy, and human dignity. Don’t miss this guide to one of the most misunderstood books of the modern era. Part 2 of this discussion is in The Backroom (Patreon Exclusive). You will you get an additional 2 hours of Keegan/EssensialSalts and explaining the rest of Fukuyama's book chapter by chapter. Timestamps: 00:00:00  The Backroom Preview 00:04:53  Why Read Fukuyama 00:10:14 Theory of History Explained: Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche) 00:26:01  The Weakness of Strong States 00:46:02  Why Communism and RW Dicatorships Failed 01:12:00  Liberal Democracy as the final form of government? 01:28:03  The Struggle for Recognition and Human Nature 02:10:01  Transition to Part 2 (On Patreon) GUEST: Keegan Kjeldsen (EssentialSalts / Untimely Reflections) • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@untimelyreflections • The Nietzsche Podcast (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/show/0ZARzVCRfJZDCyeKjvIEfE • Untimely Reflections Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/untimelyreflections 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 Tags: #1DimeRadio #Fukuyama #PoliticalPhilosophy #Hegel #TheNietzschePodcast #EssentialSalts #UntimelyReflections Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this.

    2h 33m
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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
    128
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Tony of 1Dime
  • Show Website
    1Dime Radio

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