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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. 1d ago

    Beyond Left Populism (Ft. Daniel Tutt)

    Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by philosopher and writer Daniel Tutt, who recently co-authored the book  The People Are Not One: Socialist Strategy After Left Populism. We discuss why left populism failed, whether socialism can avoid populism, Bernie Sanders and the problem of recuperation, Trump and Bonapartism, the difference between populism and democracy, working-class “common sense,” Gramsci vs. Machiavelli, and the widening class divide between the contemporary left and the people it claims to represent. There are two Patreon-exclusive Backroom episodes this week: one titled“Strategizing the Class War” and  one titled“Culture War As Class War,”Daniel and I continue the debate over what a serious class politics would actually look like. We get into the PMC and the “cultural apartheid” between classes, immigration, welfare and lumpenization, rentierism and private property, Christopher Lasch, DSA and woke politics, and whether the contemporary left can be reformed from within or is already locked in a civil war over what socialism is supposed to be. You can listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts. Timestamps:0:00 The Backroom Preview6:15 Populism vs Marxism11:13 Recuperation, Bonapartism, and Trump19:52 Bernie Sanders and the Failure of Left Populism 16:51 Populism As a Style Vs as an Ideology29:11 Populism vs. Democracy35:53 Common Sense, Gramsci, and Machiavelli43:04 Who Are the Common People?51:55 Why Marxism Attracts Intellectuals55:11 DSA, Culture War, & Immigration1:00:02 Rebuilding Class Politics1:02:16 Transition to The Backroom  GUEST:Daniel Tutt | Philosopher, writer, host of Emancipations, and co-author of The People Are Not One: Socialist Strategy After Left Populism Website: https://danieltutt.com/The People Are Not One: https://www.revolpress.com/people-not-oneEmancipations: https://www.youtube.com/@emancipationsFOLLOW 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.

    Beyond Left Populism (Ft. Daniel Tutt)

  2. Jul 31

    Why Not Marxism? (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker)

    Get access to The Backroom, with 100+ exclusive episodes of 1Dime Radio, on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime This special bonus episode of 1Dime Radio is a rare public release of a conversation previously available only through The Backroom, my Patreon-exclusive podcast. I sit down with political theorist Benjamin Studebaker to challenge assumptions on the far left about Marxism, communism, class, and revolution, from the decline of the organized working class and the rise of rentier capitalism to Marxism’s missing theory of politics, the failures of one-party states, China’s relationship to the world system, and the fantasy of world revolution. This public release contains the first half of our three-and-a-half-hour conversation and ends just as we turn to the dictatorship of the proletariat. Patrons can hear the full discussion in The Backroom. You can listen to 1Dime Radio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get podcasts. Timestamps:0:00 Preview: How Capitalism Ruins the Elite2:37 Intro3:35 Are We Marxists?10:43 Middle Capitalism and the New Class Structure25:14 Labor vs. the Vulnerable30:27 What Marxism Gets Right About Capitalism37:36 Marxism’s Moral and Political Blind Spot46:45 Needs, Consumer Goods, and Soviet Collapse54:38 False Needs, Christianity, and the Internet1:03:09 Pessimism, Accelerationism, and Anti-Imperialism1:06:05 Why Not Communism?1:12:01 Can Politics Exist Without the State?1:16:21 China, the WTO, and the Limits of Socialist Power1:25:01 Can Internationalism Avoid Imperialism?1:40:22 Socialist Geopolitics and the Burden of Proof1:43:17 Hear the Full Conversation on Patreon1:44:25 The True Test of a Revolution GUEST:Benjamin Studebaker: political theorist and author of Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies Website: https://benjaminstudebaker.com/Substack: https://bmstudebaker.substack.com/Political Theory 101: https://soundcloud.com/benjamin-studebakerFOLLOW 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/@1DimeeLeave a like, comment, and subscribe. Give 1Dime Radio a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.

    Why Not Marxism? (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker)

  3. Jul 28

    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

  4. Jul 24

    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)

  5. 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)

  6. 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?)

  7. 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)

  8. 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)
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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
    141
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    Explicit
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    © Tony of 1Dime
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