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Know Your Enemy: Did It Happen Here?

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ January 19, 2021

Is Donald Trump a fascist? A breakdown of the long-roiling debate.

Know Your Enemy: Masks Off

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ January 4, 2021

A look back at what 2020 revealed about the state of American conservatism.

Know Your Enemy: What’s Wrong With the Supreme Court? With the 5-4 Podcast

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ December 21, 2020

The hosts of the podcast 5-4 talk about the rise of the conservative legal movement and the Supreme Court’s assault on American democracy.

Know Your Enemy: Talking Trump, with David Roth

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ November 30, 2020

David Roth, one of the best (and funniest) chroniclers of Donald Trump, takes stock of a grotesque and damaged man as he prepares to leave the White House.

Know Your Enemy: Suburban Woman, with Dorothy Fortenberry

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ October 30, 2020

Dorothy Fortenberry, playwright and writer on The Handmaid’s Tale, talks about gender and politics, the work women do, the importance of institutions, the #Resistance, and more.

Know Your Enemy: On the Road to Reaganland, with Rick Perlstein and Leon Neyfakh

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ October 23, 2020

A discussion about “Fiasco: The Battle for Boston,” the weird and wild 1970s, and Ronald Reagan’s path to victory.

Know Your Enemy: Not Even Past, with Jamelle Bouie

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ September 15, 2020

Matt and Sam are joined by New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie for a wide-ranging discussion of how conservatives (and liberals and leftists) use American history to make political claims in the present.

Know Your Enemy: Know Your Frenemies, with Samuel Moyn

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ August 10, 2020

A conversation with historian Samuel Moyn on the Never Trump movement, a collection of conservative intellectuals and Republican operatives trying to consolidate the so-called political center against not just Trump but also the left.

Know Your Enemy: Pandemic Politics, with Marshall Steinbaum and Sarah Jones

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ July 8, 2020

Two special guests, Sarah Jones and Marshall Steinbaum, return to the show to help Matt and Sam make sense of the politics of the pandemic.

Know Your Enemy: Strange Gods and Strong Gods, with Tara Isabella Burton

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ June 8, 2020

Matt and Sam talk to Tara Isabella Burton about the spiritual longing behind today’s politics.

Know Your Enemy #17: Longtime Listener, First-Time Caller (the Mailbag Episode)

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ May 5, 2020

Matt and Sam celebrate one year of Know Your Enemy by answering listener questions about hidden conservatives, right-wing novelists, COVID-19, George W. Bush, the Sanders collapse, and more.

Know Your Enemy #16: The Windbag City, with Marshall Steinbaum

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ April 19, 2020

Matt and Sam and are joined by Marshall Steinbaum for a deep dive into the Chicago school of economics and the baleful influence of libertarian ideas.

Know Your Enemy #15: The Year the Clock Broke, with John Ganz

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ March 16, 2020

John Ganz joins us to discuss David Duke, Pat Buchanan, Sam Francis, and paleoconservatism’s undying influence on the Republican Party.

Know Your Enemy #14: Morbid Symptoms, with Ross Douthat

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ February 5, 2020

Matt and Sam welcome their first “enemy” onto the show—Ross Douthat, New York Times columnist and author of the new book The Decadent Society—to talk about the state of conservatism.