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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.

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.

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.

Morbid Symptoms: An Interview with Ross Douthat

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ Spring 2020

Can there be Trumpism without Trump?

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.

The Nationalist Roots of White Evangelical Politics

Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins ▪ Spring 2020

From its origins, white evangelicalism has been marked by a vision of a Christian America, driven to overcome its perceived enemies.

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.