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 12 hours 49 minutes
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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.
episode 85: The History of the History of the Right (w/ Kim Phillips-Fein)
Matt and Sam are joined by historian Kim Phillips-Fein to discuss the "state of the field" of historical studies of American conservatism. How has the study of the right changed since 2016? And how should it orient itself to 2024?
Tom Wolfe (w/ Osita Nwanevu) [TEASER]
Writer Osita Nwanevu joins to discuss the life and work of novelist and "new journalist" Tom Wolfe.
episode 84: Bomb Power (w/ Erik Baker)
Matt and Sam welcome historian Erik Baker onto the podcast to discuss Garry Wills's blistering critique of the national security state and unaccountable presidential power in his 2010 book, Bomb Power.
episode 83: Milton Friedman and the Making of Our Times (w/ Jennifer Burns)
Matt and Sam interview historian Jennifer Burns about her new biography of Nobel Prize-winning economist and libertarian intellectual Milton Friedman.
Anarcho-Capitalism in Argentina? (w/ David Adler) [TEASER]
KYE Latin America correspondent David Adler returns to breakdown the (terrible) election results from Argentina.
episode 82: The Kennedy Imprisonment (w/ Jeet Heer)
Matt and Sam discuss Garry Wills's 1982 book, The Kennedy Imprisonment, with the Nation's Jeet Heer.
More Questions, More Answers [Teaser]
Some more answers to listener mail! Subscribe on Patreon.com/knowyourenemy to hear the rest.
episode 81: Your Questions, Answered
Matt and Sam answer listener questions—about topics ranging from the influence of post-liberal intellectuals on the right to their favorite Willie Nelson albums—in the podcast's annual mailbag episode.