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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Oct 6, 2025 · 3 min
How To Give A Damn [Teaser]
Matt and Sam indulge in some rank punditry: on Zohran's campaign, Hegseth's pathetic speech to the generals, and ICE authoritarianism on the march.
Sep 29, 2025 · 1 hr 26 min
Death, Power, and the Charlie Kirk Memorial (w/ Pat Blanchfield)
Matt and Sam discuss the Charlie Kirk memorial service/MAGA rally with Pat Blanchfield.
Sep 19, 2025 · 3 min
The Assassination of Charlie Kirk [Teaser]
Matt and Sam discuss the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and where they think we're heading in its wake.
Sep 12, 2025 · 1 hr 20 min
The Case for Democracy (w/ Osita Nwanevu)
Matt and Sam talk to Osita Nwanevu about his new book, The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding.
Sep 5, 2025 · 3 min
An Officer and a Spy (w/ John Ganz) [Teaser]
Matt and Sam discuss Roman Polanski's 2019 film about the Dreyfus affair, An Officer and a Spy, with John Ganz.
Aug 28, 2025 · 1 hr 45 min
Frank Meyer, Inventor of Conservatism (w/ Daniel J. Flynn)
Matt and Sam interview Dan Flynn about his extraordinary new biography of Communist-turned-National Review-editor Frank Meyer.
Aug 23, 2025 · 1 hr
The Christian Right's "Wild Faith" (w/ Talia Lavin) [Unlocked]
In light of James Dobson's death this week, we've unlocked Matt's conversation with Talia Lavin about her book, Wild Faith: How the Christian Right is Taking Over America.
Aug 18, 2025 · 1 hr 27 min
The Minority Voters Moving Right (w/ Daniel Martinez HoSang)
Matt and Sam talk with Daniel HoSang about the gains the GOP and Trump are making with racial minorities.
Aug 11, 2025 · 4 min
From Armageddon to Zionism — More Listener Questions [Teaser]
Matt and Sam answer listener questions about Christian Zionism, Roy Cohn, and more.
Aug 4, 2025 · 1 hr 10 min
Has Trump 2.0 Been a Success So Far? — And Other Questions
Matt and Sam answer listener questions about Trump 2.0, Judaism and Catholicism, bourbon, literature, and more.
Jul 28, 2025 · 4 min
Trump's Epstein Problem [Teaser]
A number of listeners wanted the KYE take on the Jeffrey Epstein story — here it is.
Jul 18, 2025 · 1 hr 15 min
How Republics End (w/ Mike Duncan) [Unlocked]
Mike Duncan (host of the "Revolutions" podcast) joins to discuss the conservative obsession with the fall of Rome — and the real lessons of Roman history.
Jul 11, 2025 · 3 min
Zohran! (w/ Waleed Shahid) [Teaser]
It's Zohran time! Matt and Sam talk to campaign strategist Waleed Shahid about Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani's decisive victory in NYC's Democratic mayoral primary.
Jul 4, 2025 · 1 hr 52 min
A Complicated Man: William F. Buckley, Jr. (w/ Sam Tanenhaus)
Matt and Sam talk to Sam Tanenhaus about his long-awaited biography of William F. Buckley, Jr.
Jun 27, 2025 · 3 min
MAGA's War Over the War with Iran (w/ Curt Mills) [Teaser]
Matt and Sam are joined by Curt Mills of The American Conservative to discuss the intra-MAGA conflict over Israel's war in Iran.
Jun 23, 2025 · 5 min
Immigration Showdown in LA (w/ E. Tammy Kim) [TEASER]
Journalist Tammy Kim joins the pod to talk about the anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles — and the raids that precipitated them.
Jun 12, 2025 · 1 hr 22 min
Reagan, the Movie (w/ Jesse Brenneman) [UNLOCKED]
Matt, Sam, and Jesse watch "Reagan" (2024) — a terrible movie about a(-nother) senile president.
Jun 7, 2025 · 3 min
Joe Biden's Betrayal [TEASER]
Matt and Sam discuss Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.
Jun 2, 2025 · 1 hr 28 min
Christopher Caldwell's Case Against Civil Rights
Matt and Sam discuss Christopher Caldwell's "The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties," a broadside against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
May 22, 2025 · 2 min
Trump as Messianic Prophet (w/ Manvir Singh) [TEASER]
Sam is joined by anthropologist Manvir Singh to (respectfully) discuss how Trumpism manifests the features of a messianic cult.