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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May 15, 2025 · 1 hr 22 min
Did Podcasters Make Trump President? (w/ Andrew Marantz)
Matt and Sam talk to Andrew Marantz about "bro" podcasts and their role in Trump's election victory.
May 8, 2025 · 3 min
Conclave (2024) (w/ Brandon Taylor) [TEASER]
Matt and Sam talk to novelist Brandon Taylor about the 2024 film "Conclave" — and about the real-life papal conclave taking place in Rome.
May 2, 2025 · 53 min
The Life & Crimes of Roy Cohn (w/ In Bed with the Right)
Matt joins the In Bed with the In Bed with the Right podcast to explore the villainous life of Roy Cohn.
Apr 25, 2025 · 1 hr 24 min
The Meaning of Pope Francis
Matt and Sam discuss the passing of Pope Francis and what his papacy meant (to us and to the world), why he scandalized the Catholic right, and why his message feels so necessary and so far away.
Apr 15, 2025 · 4 min
The Madness of Trump’s Tariffs (w/ John Ganz) [TEASER]
Matt and Sam talk to John Ganz about the real reasons behind Trump's trade war.
Apr 8, 2025 · 1 hr 49 min
UNLOCKED: How the Pandemic Changed Everything (w/ David Wallace-Wells)
We're unlocking our conversation about how COVID changed America (five years later) with David Wallace-Wells of the New York Times.
Mar 31, 2025 · 4 min
How the Pandemic Changed Everything (w/ David Wallace-Wells) [TEASER]
Matt and Sam discuss how the pandemic changed the United States, five years after it began, with David Wallace-Wells.
Mar 25, 2025 · 2 hr 1 min
Becoming Elon Musk, Part Two
In the second of two episodes on Elon Musk, Matt and Sam examine key moments in the billionaire's political derangement, purchase of Twitter, and role in Trump's second term.
Mar 17, 2025 · 1 hr 22 min
Becoming Elon Musk, Part One
In the first of two episodes on Elon Musk, Matt and Sam explore the billionaire's fraught adolescence and first years in Silicon Valley.
Mar 5, 2025 · 20 min
"Exit From Within" (August 2022)
A listener discovered that we predicted DOGE and the tech right's takeover of the federal government in a bonus episode from August 2022. Cool! Depressing!
Feb 24, 2025 · 4 min
How Bad Is It? [TEASER]
Matt and Sam have a depressing conversation about how Trump's second term is going.
Feb 18, 2025 · 1 hr 1 min
Pay Attention! (w/ Chris Hayes)
Matt and Sam are joined by MSNBC's Chris Hayes to discuss his new book "The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource."
Feb 8, 2025 · 2 min
MAGA x DOGE, So Far (w/ John Ganz) [TEASER]
Matt and Sam talk to John Ganz about the first weeks of Trump administration.
Feb 3, 2025 · 2 hr
Ayn Rand Against the World (w/ Jennifer Burns)
Matt and Sam talk to historian Jennifer Burns about the fascinating life, and brutal philosophy, of Ayn Rand.
Jan 28, 2025 · 2 min
How Republics End (w/ Mike Duncan) [TEASER]
Matt talks to history podcaster Mike Duncan about the beginning of the end of the Roman Republic—and what it might teach us about American decline.
Jan 21, 2025 · 1 hr 36 min
The Entrepreneurial Ethic & How We Work Today (w/ Erik Baker)
Matt and Sam talk to historian Erik Baker about his new book, "Make Your Own Job: How the Entrepreneurial Work Ethic Exhausted America."
Jan 10, 2025 · 56 min
UNLOCKED: Are Progressives to Blame for Urban Disorder? (w/ Hayes Davenport)
Our latest bonus episode — on resisting backlash politics and responding to "disorder" in Los Angeles w/ Hayes Davenport — is unlocked for the masses.
Jan 5, 2025 · 3 min
Are Progressives to Blame for Urban Disorder? (w/ Hayes Davenport) [Teaser]
Conservatives blame progressives for crime and disorder in big cities — generating electoral backlash. In this episode, organizer and writer Hayes Davenport joins to discuss his experience resisting this dynamic in Los Angeles.
Dec 27, 2024 · 1 hr 7 min
Women vs. The System (w/ Dorothy Fortenberry)
Matt and Sam welcome back Dorothy Fortenberry to discuss gender, the 2024 election, and whether or not women can run "against The System."
Dec 17, 2024 · 1 hr 5 min
Trump 2.0 and the Courts (w/ the 5-4 podcast)
Matt and Sam talk to the hosts of the 5-4 podcast about how Trump can remake the federal judiciary—and perhaps the broader justice system—during his second term.