A leftist's guide to the conservative movement, one podcast episode at a time, with co-hosts Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell.
https://know-your-enemy-1682b684.simplecast.com
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 6 days 11 hours 38 minutes
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episode 90: "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."
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.
episode 89: 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.
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.
episode 88: 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.
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.
episode 87: René Girard and the Right (w/ John Ganz)
Matt and Sam welcome back John Ganz to discuss René Girard, the Stanford polymath whose theory of "mimetic desire," violence, and the meaning of secular modernity has inspired a devoted following—including Peter Thiel, Girard's former student.
Thinking the "Far Right" [Teaser]
What is the relationship between the "right" and the "far right?" Matt and Sam return to questions of historiography. Subscribe on Patreon to hear the rest.
episode 86: Project 2025: Building a "Better" Trump Administration
Matt and Sam explore how movement conservatives — and their think tanks — are preparing for a second Trump administration.
[TEASER] The Politics of Seinfeld (w/ Gabe Winant and Jesse Brenneman)
Matt is joined by historian Gabe Winant and Know Your Enemy producer Jesse Brenneman to discuss the politics of Seinfeld.