Christian Parenti: Woke Politics and The Deep State @1DimeRadio

Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this episode, Professor Christian Parenti, son of the Legendary Michael Parenti, comes on 1Dime Radio to talk about his Compact article "Leftist Case for Kash Patel" and his article "The Cargo Cult of Woke." In The Backroom on Patreon, we talk about his spicy article "How the Organized Left Got the Pandemic Wrong." Become a Patron at Patreon.com/OneDime if you haven’t already done so!

Timestamps:

00:00 The Backroom Teaser: The Left's Response to the Pandemic
02:23 Christian Parenti Introduciton
03:29 Compact Magazine and Funding Concerns
10:52 The Leftist Case for Kash Patel as Head of FBI?
41:46 Will Trump Subordinate The Deep State?
52:37 The Left's Historical Critique of the FBI
01:03:34 The Origins of Woke Politics
01:27:18 CIA's Influence on the Left
01:59:15 Transition to The Backroom

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