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Know Your Enemy: Overheated, with Kate Aronoff

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ April 26, 2021

Kate Aronoff talks about the history of climate change denial, how the fossil-fuel industry’s strategy has shifted in recent years, and the prospects for a just, sustainable future.

Know Your Enemy: The Rush Limbaugh Show, with Nicole Hemmer

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ March 9, 2021

Historian Nicole Hemmer discusses the life and legacy of the late talk-radio juggernaut Rush Limbaugh.

Know Your Enemy: How to Survive a Pandemic, with Peter Staley

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ February 22, 2021

Veteran HIV/AIDS activist Peter Staley discusses the AIDS crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the role of his friend Dr. Anthony Fauci in both.

Know Your Enemy: Panic! In America, with the You’re Wrong About Podcast

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ February 1, 2021

A discussion on how moral panics fueled America’s right turn, with Sarah Marshall and Michael Hobbes.

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.

Organizing the Unemployed

Sam Adler-Bell ▪ Winter 2021

A replicable strategy for organizing the jobless on a mass scale has yet to emerge. The future may depend on finding one.

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: 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.