Know Your Enemy: Becoming Elon Musk, Part Two
In the second of two episodes on Elon Musk, Matt and Sam examine key moments in the billionaire’s political derangement, his purchase of Twitter, and his role in Trump’s second term.
Winter 2026
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Know Your Enemy: Becoming Elon Musk, Part One
In the first of two episodes on Elon Musk, Matt and Sam explore the billionaire’s fraught adolescence and first years in Silicon Valley.
Labor’s Partisans: A Dissent Anthology
A collection of Dissent’s writing on the union movement is out now. Get your copy today.
Know Your Enemy: Pay Attention!
Matt and Sam are joined by MSNBC’s Chris Hayes to discuss his new book The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource.
Know Your Enemy: Ayn Rand Against the World
Matt and Sam talk to historian Jennifer Burns about the fascinating life, and brutal philosophy, of Ayn Rand.
Know Your Enemy: The Entrepreneurial Ethic
Matt and Sam talk to historian Erik Baker about his new book, Make Your Own Job: How the Entrepreneurial Work Ethic Exhausted America.
The End of the Biden Era
A preview of our Winter 2025 issue.
Know Your Enemy: Women vs. the System
Matt and Sam welcome Dorothy Fortenberry back to the podcast to discuss gender, the 2024 election, and whether or not women can run against “the System.”
Dissent in 2024
Our most-read articles this year.
Know Your Enemy: Trump 2.0 and the Courts
Matt and Sam talk to the hosts of the 5-4 podcast about how Trump can remake the federal judiciary—and perhaps the broader justice system—during his second term.
Know Your Enemy: Organizing in Rural America
Matt and Sam talk to Luke Mayville of Reclaim Idaho about progressive organizing in rural and red America.
Know Your Enemy: Trump the Dove? Or Trump the Neocon?
Matt and Sam are joined by Curt Mills of the American Conservative to assess Trump’s national security team.
Know Your Enemy: Trump’s Triumph
Matt and Sam talk to reporter Ian Ward about Trump’s victory and the fight for influence in his second term.
[EVENT | November 15] Democratic Futures: A Post-Election Conversation
A discussion in New York with Dissent contributors Waleed Shahid, Daniel Schlozman, and Lissy Romanow.
[RECORDING] Market Failure: The Climate Crisis and the Limits of Capitalism
Brett Christophers and Adam Tooze in conversation, moderated by Kate Aronoff.
