What's Know Your Enemy about?
What's Know Your Enemy about? A leftist's guide to the conservative movement, one podcast episode at a time, with co-hosts Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell. Matt and Sam are joined by Peter, Rhiannon, and Michael from the 5-4 podcast to discuss the impending end of Roe v.
Where can I listen to Know Your Enemy?
Listen to Know Your Enemy on Spotify. A leftist's guide to the conservative movement, one podcast episode at a time, with co-hosts Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell.
Is ‘Know Your Enemy’ a leftist Guide to the Conservative movement?
Anyone can read what you share. Sam Adler-Bell, left, and Matthew Sitman are the hosts of the podcast “Know Your Enemy,” which bills itself as “the leftist’s guide to the conservative movement.” Credit...
How do I subscribe to Know Your Enemy on Patreon?
You can support Know Your Enemy now by contributing to their Patreon; for $5 a month you’ll get access to exclusive bonus episodes, and at $10 a month you’ll get a free digital subscription to Dissent. You can subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts.
Who is Matt's friend on the KYE Film Club?
This episode is something different: the latest installment of the KYE Film Club, an ongoing series in which Matt and Sam's great friend (and the podcast's producer) Jesse Brenneman guides them through the strange world of terrible conservative movies.
Who are Matt and Sam on You're Wrong About?
Matt and Sam are joined by special guests Sarah Marshall and Michael Hobbes of the You're Wrong About podcast to discuss moral panics—from tales of rampant Satanism in the late 1970s to the Stranger Danger wave in the 1980s and beyond—and their role in the rise of rightwing politics in America.
Who is the author of Messengers of the Right?
Hemmer is the author of Messengers of the Right: Conservative Media and the Transformation of American Politics. She's at work on a new book tracing the transformation of right-wing politics in the post-Reagan years — a story in which Rush plays a starring role.
Who is the author of The Closing of the American Mind?
In this episode Matt and Sam discuss Ravelstein, Saul Bellow's roman à clef about the Straussian political philosopher Allan Bloom, who achieved late-in-life wealth and fame after publishing his controversial bestseller, The Closing of the American Mind.
What is the podcast "Know Your Enemy" about?
Know Your Enemy explores the key figures, arguments, texts, and ideas of conservatism from the left, with an eye toward learning from our opponents. Co-hosts Matthew Sitman (an editor at Commonweal and Dissent contributor) and Sam Adler-Bell (a writer for The Intercept, The Outline, Commonweal, and elsewhere) dive into the swamp of right-wing thought so you don’t have to, taking conservative ideas seriously but not uncritically. Sitman, a former conservative, offers insight about how conservatives see themselves, while Adler-Bell, practically a red-diaper baby, is attuned to the left’s own pathologies and hang-ups.
Who is the host of the Commonweal podcast?
Co-hosts Matthew Sitman (an editor at Commonweal and Dissent contributor) and Sam Adler-Bell (a writer for The Intercept, The Outline, Commonweal, and elsewhere) dive into the swamp of right-wing thought so you don’t have to, taking conservative ideas seriously but not uncritically.
Know Your Enemy: Joan Didion, Conservative, with Sam Tanenhaus
Why did Joan Didion love Barry Goldwater but hate Ronald Reagan? Historian Sam Tanenhaus helps make sense of Didion’s conservatism.
Know Your Enemy: Hindsight is 2021
Matt and Sam answer listener questions about Garry Wills, human nature, how and whether to interview conservatives, Nixon, Bob Dylan, and bourbon.
Know Your Enemy: Young, Radical, and on the Right, with Nate Hochman
A rising star on the intellectual right joins Matt and Sam for a conversation on where the right and left might agree, and—especially—where they do not.
Know Your Enemy: Return of the National Conservatives
The second National Conservatism conference showed that the ideology has moved into the mainstream of the American right.
Know Your Enemy: Frank Meyer, the Father of Fusionism
A deep dive into the life and work of Frank S. Meyer, the longtime senior editor at National Review who became most famous for his theory of “fusionism,” which combined the traditional and libertarian strains of the conservative movement.
Know Your Enemy: God, Death, and the Pandemic
Sarah Jones discusses her recent essay, “An Atheist Reconsiders God in the Pandemic.”
Know Your Enemy: Twenty Years of Terror, with Spencer Ackerman
National security reporter Spencer Ackerman explains how the War on Terror laid the groundwork for Trump.
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West Coast Straussians
Access to an exclusive KYE-inspired Spotify playlist, curated by Matt and Sam, updated biweekly. We can't play copyrighted country music on the podcast anymore, but we can share it with you.
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The option to participate in an intimate, once-a-month group video chat with the hosts -- an opportunity to ask your burning questions, get our hottest takes, and also see the expression Sam makes when Matt is filibustering.
