1Dime Radio

Everything is a Crisis (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker)

10K views · 1w ago · 1:39:46

Buy Post-Left Theory, the dark centrist book here In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by political theorist Benjamin Studebaker to debate The AI Race, Iran War Fail, the US-Canada Fallout, and more. We discuss Trump's failures, Canada's trade war with the US, and whether Mark Carney deserves the hype.

Topics: The Backroom Preview · US-Canada Trade War Intensifies · The Limits of American Power · Trump's Authoritarianism or Impotence? · Can Parliamentary Systems Get More Done? · Why America Needs Enemies

📰 Mentioned news: Substack · Substack

The Post-Left Frontier (Ft. Theory Underground)

8.5K views · 2w ago · 57:19

Buy Our NEW BOOK, Post-Left Theory In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by my co-author David McKerracher (Dave) of Theory Underground to celebrate the release of our new book, Post-Left Theory: Beyond Marxism, Anarchism, and Vibes. We preview some of our spiciest essays, challenging the sacred cows of the contemporary left, from Marxism and anarchism to wokeism, feminism, gender relations, and the limits of left-wing politics.

Topics: NEW BOOK: Post-Left Theory out now! · 1Dime Radio Intro · Our Spiciest Works Yet · Our Live Events: Canon TCG, TUcon, meeting fans, and more · Why Read Post-Left Theory · The Forbidden Topics on The Left

📰 Mentioned news: Theory Underground Substack · Substack

The Most Controversial Communist in America (ft. Infrared Haz)

26K views · 3w ago · 1:54:50

Guests: Infrared Haz, Haz Al-Din

In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by Haz Al-Din, Chairman of the American Communist Party and host of Infrared, a long-requested and highly controversial guest. We get into why Infrared broke with the American left, MAGA Communism and patriotic socialism, China and the limits of liberal democracy, what socialism with American characteristics could actually mean, the failures of Soviet socialism, markets vs.

Topics: The Backroom Preview: Is Haz Really a Marxist? · 1Dime Radio Intro · Who Is Haz Al-Din and Why Is the ACP So Controversial? · Patriotic Socialism, Nationalism, and Conservatism · China, Liberal Democracy, and Party Dictatorship · Socialism With American Characteristics

📰 Mentioned news: Substack

Did The Left Get COVID Wrong? (Ft. Christian Parenti)

5.8K views · 1mo ago · 59:50

Guest: Christian Parenti

In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by Christian Parenti, son of the famous Michael Parenti professor of economics at John Jay College, contributor to Compact, author of books including Radical Hamilton, Tropic of Chaos, and Lockdown America, and son of the late Michael Parenti.

Topics: The Laptop Left · 1Dime Radio Intro · Why the Left Embraced Lockdowns · Fauci, the Lab-Leak Debate & COVID Incentives · School Closures & Mandates · The Trucker Convoy and Censorship

📰 Mentioned news: Article on 1dimereview.substack.com

The Lizard Left (Ft.⁨@WHATISPOLITICS69⁩)

20K views · 1mo ago · 1:53:39

In The Backroom, we discuss the topic of dating, Socialism & civilization, and debate whether libertarian socialism can scale. In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by Daniel from the YouTube channel What Is Politics? to unpack what we call the “Lizard Left”: the use of egalitarian and left-wing language to reproduce hierarchy, status competition, and social control.

Topics: Woke 2.0 & The Socialism Conference (The Backroom Preview) · Daniel Returns · The Lizard Left · The Socialism Conference & “Fitness Is Fascism?” · The Rebel Priest Class & the Working Class · The 3 Biggest Contradictions on the Left

📰 Mentioned news: Substack

The Spanish Exception (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker)

12K views · 1mo ago · 1:18:07

In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by political theorist Benjamin Studebaker to revisit the idea of the “neo-left” and ask whether Pedro Sánchez and Spain’s Socialist Workers’ Party represent an alternative to neoliberalism or a left-wing way of administering it.

Topics: What Is the “Neo-Left”? · Immigration and the Left · Open Borders and Imperialism · Nation-States vs. Globalization · Spain’s “Success” Story · Sánchez and the EU Fiscal Rules

🎵 Mentioned music: Political Theory 101

📰 Mentioned news: Substack · Substack

The Forgotten Left Economics Alternative (Ft. Peter Ryan)

12K views · 2mo ago · 1:37:45

Guest: Peter Ryan

In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by Peter Ryan, founder of Ryan Research, to recover a forgotten tradition of political economy that refuses the usual choice between Marxism and free-market liberalism.

Topics: The Backroom Preview: Nationalist Internationalism · Peter Ryan Intro and the Forgotten Left-Economics Tradition · Karl Marx Versus Friedrich List · MMT and the Forgotten History of Monetary Sovereignty · Beyond Libertarianism: Why State Capacity Matters · Who Controls the State?

📰 Mentioned news: Ryan Research Substack · Critiquing Left and Right · Article on ryanresearch.substack.com · Article on ryanresearch.substack.com

Marxism vs Elite Theory (Ft. Chris Cutrone)

23K views · 2mo ago · 1:27:50

Guest: Chris Cutrone

Topics: The Backroom Preview: Graham Platner and MeToo · 1Dime Radio Intro · Marxism vs. Elite Theory · The 20% vs. the 80% · Is the Left Actually Left? · Marxism and Liberal Democracy

📰 Mentioned news: Substack

Beyond Left Populism (Ft. Daniel Tutt)

8.7K views · 3mo ago · 1:04:21

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.

Topics: The Backroom Preview · Populism vs Marxism · Recuperation, Bonapartism, and Trump · Bernie Sanders and the Failure of Left Populism · Populism As a Style Vs as an Ideology · Populism vs. Democracy

📰 Mentioned news: Substack

Why Not Marxism? (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker)

13K views · 3mo ago · 1:45:25

In this episode, 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.

Topics: Are We Marxists? · Middle Capitalism and the New Class Structure · Labor vs. the Vulnerable · What Marxism Gets Right About Capitalism · Marxism’s Moral and Political Blind Spot · Needs, Consumer Goods, and Soviet Collapse

📰 Mentioned news: Substack · Substack

The Old Left vs The DSA (Ft Jack Ross)

5.3K views · 3mo ago · 1:02:13

Jack Ross is an independent historian and acquisitions editor at Sublation Media, and the author of The Strange Death of American Exceptionalism, The Socialist Party of America: A Complete History, and Rabbi Outcast: Elmer Berger and American Jewish Anti-Zionism.

Topics: The Backroom Preview · Old Left vs New Left · DSA Factions and Mamdani · Popular Frontism · The Old Left’s Anti-Communism · American Exceptionalism and The Backroom TransitionGUEST

📖 Mentioned book: Rabbi Outcast: Elmer Berger and American Jewish Anti-Zionism

📰 Mentioned news: Jack Ross on Substack · Substack

What Is The Post-Left? (Ft. Theory Underground)

9.5K views · 3mo ago · 1:23:55

Guest: David McKerracher

Buy Our NEW BOOK, Post-Left Theory In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by David McKerracher, founder of @theoryunderground 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.

Topics: Backroom Preview: Why Post-Left Does Not Mean Right · TUCON 2026 and Post-Left Theory · What Is the Post-Left? · The Post-Left Is not an Ideology · The Leftist Industrial Complex · Where Anti-Woke Critiques Fall Short

📖 Mentioned book: Underground Theory, Volume 2, featuring essays by Tony and Dave

📰 Mentioned news: Substack · Substack · The Concepts of Left and Right Essay

Human Nature and The Left (Ft.@WHATISPOLITICS69)

14K views · 3mo ago · 1:20:14

In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined by Daniel from @WHATISPOLITICS69, 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?

Topics: The Backroom Preview · Graeber & Anthropology on The Left · Egalitarianism vs Hierarchy, Communism, Cults & Charismatic Authority · Delegated Power and Equality · What Is Politics? · The Distribution of Power

📰 Mentioned news: Substack

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

4.9K views · 4mo ago · 1:09:08

Guest: Dr. Isabel Millar

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.

Topics: Why AI Girlfriends Are Happening So Fast · OneDime Radio Intro · Welcome to The Backroom · Lacan, Sex, and Enjoyment · Baudrillard and the Obscene · Does the Female Gaze Exist?

📄 Mentioned papers: Paper on link.springer.com

📰 Mentioned news: Substack

The Iran & Cuba Situation Explained (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker)

5.1K views · 4mo ago · 1:46:16

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.

Topics: The Backroom Preview: “The Elites” Aren’t That Smart · The Iran Peace Deal, Israel, Cuba · A Massive L For the USA and Israel? · Regime Change Fail & Trump’s Midterm Chances · Israel Doesn’t Control the USA · Can the U.S. Discipline Israel?

📰 Mentioned news: Substack · Substack