Know Your Enemy: The Gay Men Who Built the Conservative Movement
Matt and Sam are joined by Neil J. Young to discuss his new book, Coming Out Republican: A History of the Gay Right.
Winter 2026
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Know Your Enemy: Why the Right Loves Foreign Dictators
Matt and Sam talk to Jacob Heilbrunn about his new book, America Last: The Right’s Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators.
Know Your Enemy: Building a “Better” Trump Administration
Matt and Sam explore how movement conservatives—and their think tanks—are preparing for a second Trump administration.
Know Your Enemy: Your Questions, Answered
In the annual mailbag episode, Matt and Sam answer listener questions about topics ranging from the influence of post-liberal intellectuals on the right to their favorite Willie Nelson albums.
Inconsistent Populists: Sohrab Ahmari and the Anti-Neoliberal Right
Tyranny, Inc. aims to build a working-class coalition between the left and right. But Ahmari cannot get around the GOP populists’ dismal record on labor.
A Real Opening
Neoliberal ideas and institutions are still with us, but the political order they constituted is not.
Know Your Enemy: The Hochman Affair
Nate Hochman was fired from Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign after producing a video containing a Nazi symbol. Matt and Sam reflect on why they invited him on the show in 2021—and on what his trajectory tells us about the young right today.
Will Be Wild
The only verdict on Trump and the MAGA movement that finally matters will be delivered through politics.
Do Democrats Care About the Mexican-American Vote?
The Republican Party’s midterm election expectations for South Texas were dashed. But Democrats should still see the results from the region as a wake-up call.
Who Rules the Rural South?
If we think culture explains voting behavior, we should be talking about a culture of disempowerment and resignation before we talk about a culture of conservatism.
Radical Taxation
Taxes demonstrate the legitimacy of democratic control of the economy. This is what conservatives cannot accept—and what surviving climate change will require.
The Authoritarian Danger at Home
Anti-China politics are providing cover for xenophobic and anti-democratic forces in the United States.
Where Was Everyone? The Fatal Siloing of Abortion Advocacy
The movement for abortion rights has made missteps. But abortion-rights advocates wouldn’t have had such a lonely battle with such imperfect choices had anyone else inserted themselves into the fray.
Know Your Enemy: The Other Side of the Story, with Michael Kazin
A discussion on the Democratic Party, from its origins to the crack-up of the New Deal coalition and the rise of the right that followed.
Know Your Enemy: Red-Diaper Baby, with Ari Brostoff
A conversation with Ari Brostoff on David Horowitz’s trajectory from the New Left to conservative firebrand.
