Know Your Enemy: Whittaker Chambers and the Freight Train of History
A discussion on the life and times of Whittaker Chambers, the Communist spy who became a conservative hero.
Fall 2024
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[EVENT | March 8] Winter Issue Discussion: The Agoraphobic Fantasy of Tradlife
Join Sarah Jones and Zoe Hu for a discussion on stay-at-home girlfriends and feminism.
Know Your Enemy: Realignments, with Timothy Shenk
Timothy Shenk discusses Realigners—“a biography of American democracy told through its majorities, and the people who made them.”
Know Your Enemy: Triumph of the Therapeutic, with Hannah Zeavin and Alex Colston
A discussion on Philip Rieff, a conservative sociologist concerned that society was being driven by therapeutic ideas and psychological institutions rather than by religious or political ones.
Nurses End Strike in New York
After a three-day strike, the New York State Nurses Association announced it had reached tentative agreements with two hospitals that will strengthen safe staffing standards.
Belabored: Essential Workers in Crisis, with Elizabeth Lalasz and Jia Lee
Healthcare and education have been at the center of pandemic labor struggles. Two rank-and-file leaders from these fields join the podcast for a live episode.
Dissent in 2022
Our most-read articles of the year.
Know Your Enemy: J. Edgar Hoover, G-Man, with Beverly Gage
For forty-eight years, American presidents came and went, but J. Edgar Hoover remained as the powerful director of the FBI.
Feminism After Dobbs
A preview of our Winter 2023 issue.
Belabored: When COVID Never Ends
Long COVID is a labor rights issue.
[EVENT | December 15] Belabored Live: Essential Workers in Crisis
Join us on Thursday, December 15 for a live episode of Belabored.
Know Your Enemy: You Have Questions, We Have Answers (Mailbag Episode)
Matt and Sam answer listener questions about religion and the left, literature, white Christian nationalism, conspiracy theories, and more.
Belabored: Pandemic Black Fridays are Twice as Tiring, with Cynthia Murray and Lisa Harris
Walmart and Kroger workers discuss the added stress of working during the holidays.
Tour the Lower East Side with Dissent
Experience the culinary and cultural history of one of the world’s great eating destinations.
Belabored: Courier Class War
Delivery workers from New York and London join the podcast to talk about organizing during the pandemic.
