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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.

The Once and Future Right

Sam Adler-Bell, Matthew Sitman and Lauren Stokes ▪ Spring 2020

The beneficiaries of existing social and economic hierarchies will always fight to maintain them against egalitarian movements for change.

Introducing our Spring 2020 special section, “Know Your Enemy.”

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.

Know Your Enemy #13: What Happened to Norman? with David Klion

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

To plumb the depths of the neoconservative soul, Matt and Sam read Norman Podhoretz’s 1967 memoir Making It with David Klion of Jewish Currents.

Know Your Enemy #12: She’s Got a Plan, with Rebecca Traister

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ December 2, 2019

How does patriarchy condition women’s political careers? How does the right mobilize anti-feminism to win?

Know Your Enemy #11: We Could Be Heroes, with Will Arbery

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ November 11, 2019

A long chat with Will Arbery, the playwright behind Heroes of the Fourth Turning, a riveting new play about conservative Catholics in the Trump era.

Know Your Enemy #10: Trump Country, with Sarah Jones

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ October 29, 2019

Journalist Sarah Jones joins hosts Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell to discuss the myth of “Trump Country,” the pitfalls of reporting on rural America, and…the End Times.

Know Your Enemy #9: Working-Class Conservatism, with Max Alvarez

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ October 8, 2019

Matt and Sam talk to Max Alvarez—writer, editor, and host of the podcast Working People—about growing up working-class and conservative in a mixed-race household.