Know Your Enemy

Matthew Sitman

A leftist's guide to the conservative movement, one podcast episode at a time, with co-hosts Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell.

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278 episodes
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Yesterday · 58 min
UNLOCKED: Tucker Carlson and the Anti-Israel Right (w/ Peter Beinart)
We're unpaywalling our excellent conversation with Peter Beinart about Tucker Carlson's newfound anti-Israel politics.
July 28 · 4 min
The Platner Ordeal (w/ Dorothy Fortenberry) [Teaser]
KYE favorite Dorothy Fortenberry joins Matt and Sam to sort through Graham Platner's rise and fall.
July 20 · 1 hr 8 min
Gerontocracy in America (w/ Sam Moyn)
Matt and Sam talk to Sam Moyn about his new book, Gerontocracy in America: How the Old Are Hoarding Power and Wealth—and What to Do About It.
July 13 · 11 min
Why Patriotism [Teaser]
Matt and Sam talk more Lincoln and equality, and then: should the left be patriotic?
July 6 · 1 hr 31 min
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
Matt and Sam discuss Garry Wills's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America.
June 29 · 2 min
The Left Ascendant in New York City [Teaser]
Matt and Sam break down the results from last week's Democratic primaries in NYC.
June 22 · 1 hr 36 min
Pope Leo XIV's 'Magnifica humanitas' (w/ Jack Hanson)
Matt and Sam are joined by Jack Hanson to discuss Pope Leo's first encyclical on human dignity in the time of artificial intelligence.
June 15 · 3 min
Tucker Carlson and the Anti-Israel Right (w/ Peter Beinart) [Teaser]
Peter Beinart joins to discuss Tucker Carlson's newfound anti-Israel politics.
June 9 · 2 hr 26 min
Leo Strauss's Natural Right and History (w/ Matt Dinan)
Matt and Sam talk to Matt Dinan about Leo Strauss's 1953 book, Natural Right & History.
June 1 · 3 min
Know Your Enemy, Live! (w/ Mike Duncan) [Teaser]
For KYE's first ever live show, Matt and Sam were joined by Mike Duncan, host of the Revolutions and History of Rome podcasts, to discuss how the right (and left) talk about American decline.
May 26 · 1 hr 32 min
Military Education and American Manhood (w/ Jasper Craven)
Matt and Sam talk to Jasper Craven about his new book, God Forgives, Brothers Don't: The Long March of Military Education and the Making of American Manhood.
May 18 · 5 min
Even More Listener Questions, Answered [Teaser]
Matt and Sam answer even more listener questions about Straussianism, esoteric writing, prose style, Steely Dan, and more.
May 11 · 1 hr 16 min
The Seven Year Anniversary Mailbag Episode
Matt and Sam answer listener questions about post-Trump politics, the meaning of Zohran, the fate of liberalism, and more.
May 4 · 4 min
Reasons To Believe [Teaser]
Matt and Sam have a personal, wide-ranging conversation about religious faith in our troubled times.
April 27 · 1 hr 30 min
Peter Thiel and the Antichrist
Matt and Sam discuss Peter Thiel's lectures on the Antichrist and what they reveal about both his politics and this political moment.
April 17 · 4 min
The Pope and the President [Teaser]
Matt and Sam discuss Leo XIV approach to the papacy, President Trump's attacks on the first American pope, just war theory, and more.
April 10 · 1 hr 25 min
The Bund: Fighting Fascism, Fighting Zionism (w/ Molly Crabapple)
Molly Crabapple joins to discuss her new book, "Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund."
April 1 · 5 min
Misogyny, MAGA-style [Teaser]
Matt interviews Sam about his recent New York magazine article, "The Women Leaving the New Right," and MAGA-style misogyny.
March 23 · 1 hr 10 min
From Neocon to Never-Trump (w/ Bill Kristol)
Matt and Sam talk to Bill Kristol about his journey from neoconservative thought leader to anti-Trump "liberal."
March 16 · 4 min
James Talarico and the Politics of Progressive Christianity [Teaser]
Matt and Sam discuss the Christian populism of James Talarico, Presbyterian seminarian and winner of the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate in Texas.