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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. The Global Conservative Shift (Ft.Cadell Last)

    1D AGO

    The Global Conservative Shift (Ft.Cadell Last)

    Get access to The Backroom (95+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime This week on 1Dime Radio, I’m joined by Dr. Cadell Last, creator of Philosophy Portal, to unpack what feels like a shifting “world spirit” in politics and culture. We dig into the collapse of New Atheism, the move from reason to “spirit,” why Jordan Peterson landed when he did, and how religion and politics are re-emerging as answers to a modern crisis of meaning. Along the way we talk Marx, “events” like 9/11 that fracture shared narratives, and why capitalism keeps generating contradictions it cannot metabolize. In the Backroom (Patreon exclusive), we go further into the global right-wing shift, the return of suppressed contradictions liberals and leftists avoid, and figures like Nick Fuentes for Part 2. In Part 3 (also on Patreon only), we then discuss the idea of “Nationalist Internationalism,” arguing that genuine international cooperation requires strong sovereign nations first, and that real internationalism has to pass through nationalism rather than cosmopolitan globalism. Timestamps: 00:00:00  Nationalist Internationalism (The Backroom Preview) 00:04:01  The Conservative Zeitgeist 00:08:55  New Atheism's Rise and Fall 00:11:20  Jordan Peterson vs Sam Harris and the religion comeback 00:15:23  Why Marx's critique of religion is wrong 00:26:18  “Events” and the collapse of shared narratives 00:33:02  9/11, New Age mysticism, and the hunger for meaning 00:38:37  The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism 00:43:43  Badiou: truth procedures and politics-as-religion 01:08:29  Religion vs science, the knowledge problem 01:20:22  God, Religion, and ideology 01:45:08  Backroom preview (Patreon): global right shift, Nick Fuentes, nationalist internationalism GUEST: Dr. Cadell Last (Philosophy Portal) • Philosophy Portal (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCtCqYQFPhnU1OnHPveEnYw • Philosophy Portal (Site): https://philosophyportal.online/about • Cadell’s Website: https://cadelllast.com/ • X/Twitter: https://x.com/cadellnlast FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack: 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: #1DimeRadio #CadellLast #PhilosophyPortal #Religion #NewAtheism #JordanPeterson #PoliticalPhilosophy #Globalism #Nationalism #Internationalism #Conservatism #RightWingShift

    1h 47m
  2. Can the NDP Be Saved? (Ft. Rob Ashton)

    JAN 28

    Can the NDP Be Saved? (Ft. Rob Ashton)

    Get access to The Backroom (95+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime This week on 1Dime Radio, I sit down with Rob Ashton, a trade unionist and frontrunner for the Federal NDP (New Democratic Party) leadership race. I ask him all about his policy platform, what the NDP needs to do to win back the working-class majority. and the biggest issues facing Canadians right now. We get into Ashton’s labour-first strategy, his comprehensive labor reform, whether higher union density risks inflation, what “full employment” should mean, how to rebuild domestic industry without turning it into corporate welfare, and why he thinks the NDP can become a party of real worker power again. Timestamps: 00:00:00  Intro 00:01:21  Why run for NDP leader as a non-career politician? 00:05:02  Why the NDP lost working-class support 00:11:46  Temporary Foreign Worker program, wage suppression, and migrant rights 00:19:07  How to make unionization easier, labour law reforms, union busting 00:32:13  Inflation, wages, and the “wage-price spiral” debate 00:34:33  Bank of Canada, full employment, and job guarantee talk 00:43:48  Free trade, protectionism, and rebuilding Canadian industry 00:49:13  “Pre-distribution” vs redistribution, what it means in plain language 01:00:49  Defence procurement, shipbuilding, and reindustrialization 01:04:20  Climate policy, nuclear, and a worker-centered transition 01:10:23  Alberta, energy jobs, tanker ban, and Indigenous consent GUEST: Rob Ashton, NDP leadership candidate, trade unionist (ILWU Canada) • Rob’s campaign: https://robashton.ca/ • Meet Rob: https://robashton.ca/meet-rob/ • Rob Ashton on X: https://x.com/Rob_T_E_Ashton • NDP leadership contestants page: https://leadership.ndp.ca/contestants How to vote in the NDP leadership race • Become an NDP member: https://act.ndp.ca/donate/membership-en • Leadership 2026 hub: https://leadership.ndp.ca/ • Leadership FAQ and voting info: https://leadership.ndp.ca/faq • Rules governing the leadership contest (official PDF): https://www.ndp.ca/sites/default/files/2026-leadershipgoverningrules.pdf 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
  3. Radical Responsibility and Self-Criticism (Ft. Theory Underground)

    JAN 23

    Radical Responsibility and Self-Criticism (Ft. Theory Underground)

    Get access to The Backroom (95+ exclusive episodes of 1Dime Radio) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode, friend of the show, Philosopher Dave McKerracher of Theory Underground, and I dig into the idea of “radical responsibility,” basically the notion that if you’re trying to change the world, you’ve got more responsibility on your shoulders, not less. We talk about how bad messaging, cringe behavior, and ideological shortcuts can tank movements, including a wild DSA mishap. Pulling from Max Weber, history, and everyday politics, we argue that real progress comes down to considering real consequences and what a majority of people can actually get behind.  In the Backroom, Dave and I continue our spicy conversation on “Progress and Reaction,” taking a deeper look at how parts of the left end up functioning as “shocktroops for capital.” Timestamps:  0:00 Trump’s ICE Raids (Preview) 3:43  The Importance of Radical Responsibility  30:45 The Responsibility of the Radical Right 53:04 DSA Disaster  1:09:14 Nick Fuentes' Rise  1:25:49 Ends, means, & Intentions: The Ethics of Conviction vs Responsibility GUEST: David McKerracher (Theory Underground) • Theory Underground (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/@theory_underground • McKerracher of TU (X): https://x.com/theoryundrgrnd • Theory Underground (Substack): https://theoryunderground.substack.com/ • Underground Theory Volume 2 on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FZBNYSF9 FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack (Articles and Essays): https://1dimereview.substack.com • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/ • 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 52m
  4. The Leftist Case for National Service (Ft. Harper O'Connor)

    JAN 16

    The Leftist Case for National Service (Ft. Harper O'Connor)

    Get access to The Backroom (90+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I sit down with Harper O’Connor, a rising Socialist YouTuber and DSA organizer, to make the socialist case for National Service and how the millitary can be transformed and used to solve climate change. This ain’t just a case for millitary conscription or to bring back the millitary draft per se, but rather for a broader, socialist vision of National Service. This includes the idea of a Civilian Climate Corps and broader service programs that could rebuild state capacity, civic trust, shared purpose, and the social fabric that atomized capitalism keeps dissolving.  In the Backroom Exclusive podcast on Patreon, Harper and I talk about how the Left lost younger men, why the far right is winning the “spiritual crisis,” and what a left-wing alternative could be, and we talk socialist strategy more broadly. Timestamps: 00:00:00  Why the Left Lost Young Men (The Backroom Preview) 00:06:03  The Civilian Climate Corps 00:11:41  Were not in Kansas anymore: Harper's Political Journey 00:16:51  The Citizen Army Idea: A Socialist Republican Idea 00:22:03 What if Everyone Joined the Military?  00:27:34 Belonging, Comradery, and Solidarity 00:33:17 Build Stuff, Save Lives, Learn Life Skills, Make Friends 00:37:06  Conscription Makes it Harder to Go to War 00:44:20  “Isn’t This Just Legitimizing Empire?” 00:49:22  Civic Duty, Coercion, and Collectivism 00:57:10  The Masculinity Crisis 01:04:44  Socialism or Eco-Fascism 01:17:43  Closing + The Backroom Teaser GUEST: Harper O’Connor, Socialist YouTuber and DSA organizer • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCZDSz1E3rJ18vefmK7Hw4YA  • “A Guide to Democratic Socialists of America” (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijlg0phla-s FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack (Articles and Essays): https://substack.com/@tonyof1dime • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/ • 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 22m
  5. The Biggest Soviet History Myths Debunked (Ft. Noj Rants)

    JAN 9

    The Biggest Soviet History Myths Debunked (Ft. Noj Rants)

    Get access to The Backroom (90+ exclusive episodes) and support 1Dime Radio: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime This week on 1Dime Radio, I am joined by Noj Rants, one of the sharpest new voices in Soviet history on YouTube. We go straight at the myths that both mainstream commentators and newer Marxist sympathizers tend to repeat, especially about the Lenin era, the Soviets themselves, and how the Soviet state actually functioned. We talk about bad historiography, timeline compression, “Lenin died, then Stalin took over” simplifications, Civil War narratives, archives, and why so much of Soviet history discourse ends up polarized into propaganda versus counterpropaganda.  In the Backroom segment on Patreon, NOJ Rants, and I keep going for four more hours, continuing the conversation. It is split into two parts, covering a wide range of Soviet history debates across multiple periods. In these two Patreon exclusive episodes, NOJ Rants, and I continue our conversation about contentious events in Soviet history, from the development of the Bolshevik one‑party state to the realities of Soviet “democracy.” We also discuss the Stalin period, the Red Purges, and NOJ Rants' hot takes on Marxism‑Leninism and the lessons of Soviet state-building.  I basically throw every question you can imagine at him and get his take on the biggest controversies, interpretations, and myths. We also get into the state of left-wing YouTube today, and how prominent leftist creators, especially Marxist-Leninists, tend to cover Soviet history. Timestamps: 00:00:00  The Backroom Preview  00:04:51  The Best Soviet History YouTuber 00:10:05  Where to start reading Soviet history, the best historians and books 00:20:19  Stalin Wasn't a Dictator According to the CIA?   00:37:43 The Soviet archives  00:42:36  How the Russian Civil War Timeline Gets Re-Written 00:44:44  Soviet elections, Mensheviks, SRs, & the Socialist Opposition 00:47:43 The Truth About Imperialist Encirclement 01:11:52  The Constituent Assembly and Bolshevik Consolidation 01:29:05   Was Soviet Democracy a real thing?  01:33:19  Prelude to the 4-hour Backroom Segment (Parts 2 and 2) GUEST: NOJ Rants (YouTuber, Soviet history) • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nojrants FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack (Articles and Essays): https://substack.com/@tonyof1dime • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/ • Check out my main channel videos: https://www.youtube.com/@1Dimee  #soviethistory  #sovietunion  #russianrevolution  Leave a like, drop a comment, and give the show a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to this.

    1h 34m
  6. The Meaning of Mamdani (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker)

    JAN 2

    The Meaning of Mamdani (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker)

    Get access to The Backroom (85+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime Benjamin Studebaker returns to 1Dime Radio to break down the meaning of Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialist who was just sworn in as the new Mayor of New York City, and what his rise means for the Left, what to expect, and whether his policies are actually socialist whatsoever.   In the Backroom exclusive on Patreon, we get deeper into Studebaker’s theory of “Neo-Leftism” and how it differs from both the New Left and Old Left. It's quite a fascinating episode!  Timestamps: 00:00:00 Neo-Leftism (The Backroom Preview) 00:04:21 Mamdani Sworn in as Mayor of NYC 00:13:14 Offshoring, tariffs, labor power 00:15:54 Socialism in One City 00:56:22 Childcare Debate 01:12:36 The Real Reason Mamdani  Won 01:30:49 Backroom tease, closing GUEST: Benjamin Studebaker (Political Theorist, PhD University of Cambridge), author of The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy • X: https://x.com/BMStudebaker • Substack: https://bmstudebaker.substack.com/ • Website: https://benjaminstudebaker.com/ FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack (Articles and Essays): https://substack.com/@tonyof1dime • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/ • 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 32m
  7. The Christian Case for Socialism (Christmas Special)

    12/25/2025 · BONUS

    The Christian Case for Socialism (Christmas Special)

    A Christian critique of Capitalism by Tony of 1Dime Since there won't be a new episode of 1Dime Radio this week, I decided to release a voice-over of an essay manuscript I had written on Christianity, capitalism, and a vision of socialism founded on Christian principles. Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all of you! Become a Patron if you wish to support my work: https://www.patreon.com/c/OneDime Subscribe to my Substack: https://substack.com/@tonyof1dime

    25 min
  8. The Real Origins of Wokeism (Ft. Musa Al-Gharbi)

    12/19/2025

    The Real Origins of Wokeism (Ft. Musa Al-Gharbi)

    Get access to The Backroom (Almost 90+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by American sociologist Musa Al-Gharbi to discuss his book "We Have Never Been Woke" which is by far the most scholarly work on the topic of “wokeness.” Al‑Gharbi provides a materialist theory of the economics and social dynamics that drive what we call "wokeism" and the great disconnect between what he calls “symbolic capitalists” (the section of the Professional Managerial Class within discourse/symbol generating industries like Media, Academia, Art, and Entertainment) and the rest of society. Al-Gharbi's book provides rigorous empirical research on social attitudes, class structures, and identifies four patterns that he calls "the great awokenings" which are driven by "elite overproduction" and liberals and leftists appear the same to so many people. In The Backroom (on Patreon), Musa and I continue the conversation by connecting Musa’s materialist socio-economic theory of Wokeness and Symbolic Capitalists to Tony’s Genealogy of Wokeism essay, plus additional examples, arguments, and pushback that we did not have time for on the main episode. Timestamps: 00:00:00  Changing Minds vs Material Conditions (The Backroom Preview) 00:05:34  An Empirical Theory of Wokeism  00:14:41  Who are The “Symbolic Capitalists”? 00:23:55  Top 20% not just the 1% 00:33:45  Elite overproduction and intra-elite competition 00:38:31  The 2010s The Great Awokening  00:53:58  Is “woke” dead? Tech backlash, Trump era shifts 00:59:14  The Four Great Awokenings, mapped 01:00:04  First Awokening (1920s–30s): identity politics before the 60s 01:03:51  Orwell’s warning 01:07:02  Progressive paternalism and Managerial politics  01:15:41  Turning Standpoint Epistimology back on elites 01:19:31  Policing, crime, and what Black voters actually want 01:24:10  Do Woke People believe in Woke ideas? Does Sincerity Matter? 01:28:19  What about the bottom 80%?  01:33:19  Diversity and Totemic Capital 01:36:49  Backroom teaser: Tony’s Genealogy of Wokeism Essay GUEST: Musa Al-Gharbi (American sociologist), author of *We Have Never Been Woke* • Book announcement and links: https://musaalgharbi.substack.com/p/we-have-never-been-woke-available-now • Musa’s website: https://musaalgharbi.com Musa’s Substack: https://musaalgharbi.substack.com FOLLOW 1Dime: • Substack (Articles and Essays): https://substack.com/@tonyof1dime • X/Twitter: https://x.com/1DimeOfficial • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyof1dime/ • 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 39m
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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
    120
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Tony of 1Dime
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