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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Episodes278

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Dec 6, 2024 · 4 min
Reagan, the Movie (w/ Jesse Brenneman) [Teaser]
Matt and Sam discuss the (awful) 2024 biopic "Reagan" with our intrepid producer Jesse Brenneman.
Nov 27, 2024 · 1 hr 7 min
Organizing in Rural America (w/ Luke Mayville)
Matt and Sam talk to Luke Mayville of Reclaim Idaho about progressive organizing in rural and red America.
Nov 21, 2024 · 1 hr 3 min
Trump the Dove? Or Trump the Neocon? (w/ Curt Mills)
Matt and Sam are joined by Curt Mills, of The American Conservative, to assess Trump's national security team.
Nov 16, 2024 · 3 min
What's Wrong with the Democrats? [TEASER]
Matt and Sam provide an election post-mortem, and ponder the state of our souls.
Nov 8, 2024 · 1 hr 10 min
Trump's Triumph (w/ Ian Ward)
Matt and Sam talk to reporter Ian Ward about Trump's victory and the fight for influence in his second term.
Nov 1, 2024 · 1 hr 5 min
UNLOCKED: Voting: What Is it Good For? (w/ Astra Taylor, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, & Malcolm Harris)
Sam is joined by Astra Taylor, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, & Malcolm Harris to discuss the moral and strategic meaning — for the left — of voting in the 2024 election.
Oct 29, 2024 · 3 min
Voting: What Is it Good For? (w/ Astra Taylor, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, & Malcolm Harris) [TEASER]
Sam is joined by Astra Taylor, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, & Malcolm Harris to discuss the moral and strategic meaning — for the left — of voting in the 2024 election.
Oct 25, 2024 · 59 min
The Infernal Triangle (w/ Rick Perlstein)
Historian and journalist Rick Perlstein joins to explain what Democrats and the media are (still) getting wrong about the threat from Trump and the far right.
Oct 18, 2024 · 4 min
The Christian Right's "Wild Faith" (w/ Talia Lavin) [TEASER]
Matt talks to journalist Talia Lavin about her new book, Wild Faith: How the Christian Right is Taking Over America.
Oct 11, 2024 · 2 min
Democratic Dilemmas after the New Deal Consensus (w/ Timothy Shenk) [TEASER]
Matt and Sam talk to historian Timothy Shenk about his new book, Left Adrift: What Happened to Liberal Politics.
Oct 3, 2024 · 1 hr 23 min
Boys and Girls in America (w/ Dorothy Fortenberry)
Matt and Sam talk to screenwriter Dorothy Fortenberry about families, gender, and the 2024 election.
Sep 26, 2024 · 4 min
More Mailbag, More Friends [Teaser]
Matt and Sam answer more listener questions, and hear from more friends, to continue celebrating the show's 100th episode.
Sep 19, 2024 · 1 hr 21 min
Know Your Friends: 100th Episode Mailbag
Matt and Sam answer listener questions for their 100th episode—and hear from friends of the podcast, new and old.
Sep 12, 2024 · 3 min
Kamala's Commanding Debate Performance [TEASER]
Matt and Sam break down the first, and possibly only, presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
Sep 9, 2024 · 59 min
[UNLOCKED] The Uncommitted Movement (w/ Waleed Shahid & Abbas Alawieh)
Matt and Sam interview Waleed Shahid and Abbas Alawieh, two organizers of the Uncommitted Movement.
Sep 6, 2024 · 2 min
The Uncommitted Movement (w/ Waleed Shahid & Abbas Alawieh) [Teaser]
Matt and Sam talk to Abbas Alawieh and Waleed Shahid about their efforts to shift the Democratic Party's incoherent & immoral position on the war in Gaza.
Aug 31, 2024 · 1 hr 8 min
Political Fictions (w/ Vinson Cunningham)
Matt and Sam talk to Vinson Cunningham about his debut novel, "Great Expectations," political theater, and Barack Obama.
Aug 23, 2024 · 6 min
Kamala's Convention [Teaser]
Matt and Sam give their impressions of the DNC and the Harris-Walz ticket.
Aug 16, 2024 · 1 hr 11 min
What Happened to America's Political Parties? (w/ Daniel Schlozman and Sam Rosenfeld)
Matt and Sam interview Daniel Schlozman and Sam Rosenfeld about their new book, "The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics."
Aug 10, 2024 · 1 hr 28 min
What's Wrong with J.D. Vance?
Matt and Sam revisit Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance's 2016 memoir, to try to understand the Republican Vice-Presidential nominee.