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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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#144
Monday · 1 hr 3 min
End Times Fascism (w/ Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor)
Matt and Sam talk to Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor about their new book, End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World.
September 14 · 8 min
Hitler, "The Lessons of History," and the Maw of Late-Stage Trumpism [Teaser]
Matt and Sam talk about Hitler, Charlie Kirk, Trump, and the lessons of history.
#143
September 8 · 1 hr 18 min
The Pump and Dump Presidency (w/ Jacob Silverman)
Matt and Sam are joined by journalist Jacob Silverman to discuss the eye-watering corruption of the Trump regime.
August 31 · 3 min
MAGA’s Fight for Animal Rights (w/ Astra Taylor & Aaron Regunberg) [Teaser]
Matt and Sam talk about MAGA's surprising embrace of animal rights with Astra Taylor and Aaron Regunberg.
#142
August 24 · 1 hr 44 min
The Long Struggle Against Equality in America (w/ Kim Phillips-Fein)
Matt and Sam talk to historian Kim Phillips-Fein about her new book, Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight against Equality in America.
August 17 · 6 min
Conservatives in Disarray? [Teaser]
Matt and Sam check in with some of their favorite enemies. Why are they so mad at each other?
#141
August 10 · 1 hr 40 min
Archaeology and Annexation in Palestine (w/ Jasper Nathaniel)
Matt and Sam talk to Jasper Nathaniel about the role archaeology plays both in Israel's nationalist mythology and in their annexation of Palestinian territory.
August 3 · 58 min
UNLOCKED: Tucker Carlson and the Anti-Israel Right (w/ Peter Beinart)
We're unpaywalling our excellent conversation with Peter Beinart about Tucker Carlson's newfound anti-Israel politics.
July 28 · 4 min
The Platner Ordeal (w/ Dorothy Fortenberry) [Teaser]
KYE favorite Dorothy Fortenberry joins Matt and Sam to sort through Graham Platner's rise and fall.
#140
July 20 · 1 hr 8 min
Gerontocracy in America (w/ Sam Moyn)
Matt and Sam talk to Sam Moyn about his new book, Gerontocracy in America: How the Old Are Hoarding Power and Wealth—and What to Do About It.
July 13 · 11 min
Why Patriotism [Teaser]
Matt and Sam talk more Lincoln and equality, and then: should the left be patriotic?
#139
July 6 · 1 hr 31 min
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
Matt and Sam discuss Garry Wills's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America.
June 29 · 2 min
The Left Ascendant in New York City [Teaser]
Matt and Sam break down the results from last week's Democratic primaries in NYC.
#138
June 22 · 1 hr 36 min
Pope Leo XIV's 'Magnifica humanitas' (w/ Jack Hanson)
Matt and Sam are joined by Jack Hanson to discuss Pope Leo's first encyclical on human dignity in the time of artificial intelligence.
June 15 · 3 min
Tucker Carlson and the Anti-Israel Right (w/ Peter Beinart) [Teaser]
Peter Beinart joins to discuss Tucker Carlson's newfound anti-Israel politics.
#137
June 9 · 2 hr 26 min
Leo Strauss's Natural Right and History (w/ Matt Dinan)
Matt and Sam talk to Matt Dinan about Leo Strauss's 1953 book, Natural Right & History.
June 1 · 3 min
Know Your Enemy, Live! (w/ Mike Duncan) [Teaser]
For KYE's first ever live show, Matt and Sam were joined by Mike Duncan, host of the Revolutions and History of Rome podcasts, to discuss how the right (and left) talk about American decline.
#136
May 26 · 1 hr 32 min
Military Education and American Manhood (w/ Jasper Craven)
Matt and Sam talk to Jasper Craven about his new book, God Forgives, Brothers Don't: The Long March of Military Education and the Making of American Manhood.
May 18 · 5 min
Even More Listener Questions, Answered [Teaser]
Matt and Sam answer even more listener questions about Straussianism, esoteric writing, prose style, Steely Dan, and more.
#135
May 11 · 1 hr 16 min
The Seven Year Anniversary Mailbag Episode
Matt and Sam answer listener questions about post-Trump politics, the meaning of Zohran, the fate of liberalism, and more.

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