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
Updated Monday
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Episodes278

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Apr 18, 2020 · 1 hr 49 min
The Windbag City (w/ Marshall Steinbaum)
Matt and Sam and are joined by Marshall Steinbaum for a deep dive into the Chicago school of economics and the baleful influence of libertarian ideas.
Apr 5, 2020 · 1 hr 34 min
KYE Extra: "Last Ounce of Courage"
Matt and Sam welcome Know Your Enemy Film Correspondent Jesse Brenneman onto the show to discuss the Obama-era movie and War-on-Christmas fever dream, Last Ounce of Courage.
Mar 15, 2020 · 1 hr 59 min
The Year the Clock Broke (w/ John Ganz)
Matt and Sam talk to John Ganz about David Duke, Pat Buchanan, Sam Francis, and the year 1992—when paleconservatives made a play for power and prefigured our own Trumpy times.
Feb 5, 2020 · 1 hr 26 min
Morbid Symptoms (w/ Ross Douthat)
Matt and Sam welcome their first "enemy" onto the show—Ross Douthat, New York Times columnist and author of the new book The Decadent Society—to talk about the state of conservatism.
Jan 15, 2020 · 1 hr 44 min
What Happened to Norman? (w/ David Klion)
We're back with our first episode of 2020! To plumb the depths of the neoconservative soul, we read Norman Podhoretz's 1967 memoir "Making It" with our friend David Klion of Jewish Currents (and Twitter.com).
Nov 28, 2019 · 1 hr 29 min
She's Got a Plan (w/ Rebecca Traister)
Matt and Sam talk to Rebecca Traister of New York Magazine about sexism and and electoral politics.
Nov 11, 2019 · 2 hr 8 min
We Could Be Heroes (w/ Will Arbery)
Matt and Sam have a long chat with Will Arbery, the playwright behind "Heroes of the Fourth Turning," a riveting new play about conservative Catholics in the Trump era.
Oct 29, 2019 · 1 hr 40 min
Trump Country (w/ Sarah Jones)
Sarah Jones joins your hosts to discuss the myth of "Trump Country," the pitfalls of reporting on rural America, and...the End Times.
Oct 23, 2019 · 44 min
KYE EXTRA: "Morning Hate" (w/ Hannah Gais)
Sam's interview with journalist Hannah Gais on far-right media infiltration. [Unpaywalled bonus episode.]
Oct 7, 2019 · 1 hr 24 min
Working-Class Conservatism (w/ Max Alvarez)
Matt and Sam talk with Max Alvarez, host of the Working People podcast, about blue-collar conservatism.
Sep 9, 2019 · 1 hr 32 min
Koch'd Out
In honor of David Koch's passing, Matt and Sam delve into the world of right-wing money. How did ultra-wealthy families like the Kochs, Scaifes, Olins, and Bradleys use their fortunes to reshape American politics?
Aug 15, 2019 · 1 hr 29 min
Gunpower (w/ Patrick Blanchfield)
Matt and Sam talk with author Patrick Blanchfield about gun violence and America's commitment to a social order predicated on human disposability. Patrick's book "Gunpower" is out from Verso in March 2020.
Jul 30, 2019 · 1 hr 37 min
The Definitely-Not-Racist National Conservatives
Matt and Sam discuss the inaugural National Conservatism conference in D.C (July 14-17) — and how the conservative movement is rebranding for the Trump era.
Jul 12, 2019 · 1 hr 18 min
The Rise of the Illiberal Right
From the recent Sohrab Ahmari-David French debate over liberalism to Republican gerrymandering and manipulation of the census, there's a lot happening on the right—and it's not good. In this episode, Matt and Sam connect conservative theory and practice to explain the illiberal politics that threaten American democracy.
Jun 26, 2019 · 1 hr 1 min
The Death of Conservatism? (Part 2)
We pick up where we left off in our quick and dirty history of post-war American conservatism. Then we discuss the Big Question: is conservatism really dead?
Jun 12, 2019 · 1 hr 1 min
The Death of Conservatism? (Part 1)
How did a once-marginal movement of right-wing ideologues manage to take power in America, ascending to the highest levels of government? In the first of two episodes on Sam Tanenhaus's "The Death of Conservatism," we look at the early history of post-war American conservatism. (Buckley, Bozell, and Burnham, oh my!)
May 16, 2019 · 1 hr 17 min
How Conservatives Argue
How do right-wing arguments work? Why do they often succeed? And how should leftists counter them?
May 7, 2019 · 1 hr 1 min
Behind Enemy Lines
Matt and Sam introduce themselves and the show.