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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Aug 5, 2024 · 23 min
Project 2025 Implodes (w/ Mary Harris)
Sam joins Slate's Mary Harris to discuss the rise and fall of the Heritage Foundation's Trump transition initiative — Project 2025.
Jul 23, 2024 · 5 min
Trump Survives, Biden Doesn't. Where Are We? [Teaser]
Trump got shot, Vance got the spotlight, and Biden dropped out. We are unburdened by what has been. We are living in the context. It's coconut time.
Jul 19, 2024 · 1 hr 6 min
Yoram Hazony’s Israeli Model (w/ Suzanne Schneider)
Matt and Sam are joined by historian Suzanne Schneider to discuss how Israeli illiberalism is inspiring the global right.
Jul 12, 2024 · 4 min
If Joe’s Cooked, What Now? (w/ Ettingermentum) [Teaser]
Josh “Ettingermentum” Cohen joins Matt and Sam as they try to solve a problem like Joe Biden.
Jul 5, 2024 · 1 hr 34 min
The Wolfe in the White Suit (w/ Osita Nwanevu) [UNLOCKED]
Writer Osita Nwanevu joins to discuss the life and work of novelist and "new journalist" Tom Wolfe.
Jun 30, 2024 · 4 min
Joe's Gotta Go [Teaser]
Matt and Sam watch and respond to the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign.
Jun 28, 2024 · 3 min
Has the Far Right Won in Europe? (w/ David Adler & David Broder) [Teaser]
David Broder and David Adler joined to explain the European parliament elections — is the far right taking over?
Jun 24, 2024 · 1 hr 31 min
When the Clock Broke (w/ John Ganz)
Matt and Sam interview John Ganz about his new book, "When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s."
Jun 17, 2024 · 1 hr 24 min
The Gay Men Who Built the Conservative Movement (w/ Neil J. Young)
Matt and Sam are joined by Neil J. Young to discuss his new book, "Coming Out Republican: A History of the Gay Right."
Jun 5, 2024 · 3 min
Will the Trump Verdict Matter? [Teaser]
Trump is a convicted felon. The right is losing its mind. What now? Matt and Sam break it down.
May 26, 2024 · 1 hr 21 min
What Was the CIO? (w/ Tim Barker and Ben Mabie)
Tim Barker and Ben Mabie join to tell the story of American labor militancy in the 1930s — and how the right responded.
May 20, 2024 · 1 hr 34 min
Consider the Cranks (w/ David Austin Walsh)
Matt and Sam talk to historian David Austin Walsh about his new book, "Taking America Back: The Conservative Movement and the Far Right."
May 5, 2024 · 2 min
The Inconclusive Mr. Buckley [Teaser]
Matt and Sam discuss the new PBS documentary about William F. Buckley, Jr., "The Incomparable Mr. Buckley."
Apr 27, 2024 · 1 hr 8 min
Against Despair (w/ Christian Wiman)
Matt and Sam talk to the poet Christian Wiman about his recent book, Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair.
Apr 17, 2024 · 1 hr 16 min
"Write Like a Man" (w/ Ronnie Grinberg)
Matt and Sam are joined by historian Ronnie Grinberg to discuss her book "Write Like a Man: Jewish Masculinity and the New York Intellectuals."
Apr 9, 2024 · 3 min
Arguing the World: Howe, Kristol, Glazer, and Bell [Teaser]
Matt and Sam watch the wonderful 1998 documentary "Arguing the World" — and go deep on Irving Howe, Irving Kristol, Daniel Bell, and Nathan Glazer.
Mar 26, 2024 · 1 hr 18 min
Taylor Swift Derangement Syndrome (w/ B.D. McClay)
Matt and Sam talk to B.D. McClay about the right's deranged freakout over Taylor Swift — and what she can tell us about American fame, fortune, and fear.
Mar 19, 2024 · 1 hr 34 min
UNLOCKED: Keeping Up with the Bozells
Matt and Sam discuss a conservative family saga for the ages — the Bozells — in a classic KYE episode unlocked from the Patreon.
Mar 11, 2024 · 1 hr 26 min
Why the Right Loves Foreign Dictators (w/ Jacob Heilbrunn)
Matt and Sam talk to Jacob Heilbrunn about his new book, America Last: The Right's Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators.
Mar 4, 2024 · 2 min
A Remedy for Envy? René Girard Redux [TEASER]
Matt and Sam return to René Girard via Pope Francis—whom Matt personally met at a recent general audience at the Vatican! Subscribe on Patreon to hear the rest.