Know Your Enemy
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Know Your Enemy

by Matthew Sitman

A leftist's guide to the conservative movement, one podcast episode at a time, with co-hosts Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell.

100 episodes
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1
James Talarico and the Politics of Progressive Christianity [Teaser]
4:25 Mar 16, 2026
2
Trump's War Against Iran (w/ Matt Duss)
1:16:33 Mar 6, 2026
3
Standing Athwart History, Yelling "Slop!" (w/ John Ganz) [Teaser]
2:41 Feb 27, 2026
4
Leaving MAGA Behind (w/ Pedro L. Gonzalez)
1:19:49 Feb 23, 2026
5
'Shattered Glass,' Journalism, & the End of History [Teaser]
3:20 Feb 16, 2026
6
Tucker Carlson's Phases & Stages (w/ Jason Zengerle)
1:16:46 Feb 9, 2026
7
On the Ground in Minneapolis (w/ Lydia Polgreen) [Teaser]
5:53 Feb 2, 2026
8
The Donroe Doctrine (w/ David Adler & Matt Kirkegaard)
1:13:00 Jan 26, 2026
9
The Killing of Renee Good [Teaser]
4:20 Jan 19, 2026
10
January 6, Five Years Later (w/ Robert Draper)
1:37:46 Jan 12, 2026
11
Great Books and the AI Apocalypse (w/ Matt Dinan) [Teaser]
5:57 Jan 2, 2026
12
UNLOCKED: Trump's Big, Beautiful Ballroom (w/ Kate Wagner)
1:01:10 Dec 22, 2025
13
What We Got Wrong (and Right) about the Right in 2025 [Teaser]
6:28 Dec 15, 2025
14
One Podcast After Another (w/ Jesse Brenneman)
1:04:43 Dec 8, 2025
15
On Friendship (w/ Andy Elrick)
1:30 Dec 1, 2025
16
The Furious Minds of MAGA (w/ Laura Field)
1:09:36 Nov 24, 2025
17
Trump's Big, Beautiful Ballroom (w/ Kate Wagner) [Teaser]
4:27 Nov 17, 2025
18
Zohran, the Jews, and Reckoning with Gaza (w/ Peter Beinart)
1:14:27 Nov 11, 2025
19
Break Glass in Case of Emergency
1:31:51 Nov 3, 2025
20
Command + F + Hitler [Teaser]
3:53 Oct 24, 2025
21
How Charles Murray (Almost) Predicted the Trump Era
1:32:56 Oct 15, 2025
22
How To Give A Damn [Teaser]
3:56 Oct 6, 2025
23
Death, Power, and the Charlie Kirk Memorial (w/ Pat Blanchfield)
1:26:21 Sep 29, 2025
24
The Assassination of Charlie Kirk [Teaser]
3:37 Sep 19, 2025
25
The Case for Democracy (w/ Osita Nwanevu)
1:20:27 Sep 12, 2025
26
An Officer and a Spy (w/ John Ganz) [Teaser]
3:48 Sep 5, 2025
27
Frank Meyer, Inventor of Conservatism (w/ Daniel J. Flynn)
1:45:13 Aug 28, 2025
28
The Christian Right's "Wild Faith" (w/ Talia Lavin) [Unlocked]
1:00:48 Aug 23, 2025
29
The Minority Voters Moving Right (w/ Daniel Martinez HoSang)
1:27:05 Aug 18, 2025
30
From Armageddon to Zionism — More Listener Questions [Teaser]
4:59 Aug 11, 2025
31
Has Trump 2.0 Been a Success So Far? — And Other Questions
1:10:29 Aug 4, 2025
32
Trump's Epstein Problem [Teaser]
4:27 Jul 28, 2025
33
How Republics End (w/ Mike Duncan) [Unlocked]
1:15:39 Jul 18, 2025
34
Zohran! (w/ Waleed Shahid) [Teaser]
3:48 Jul 11, 2025
35
A Complicated Man: William F. Buckley, Jr. (w/ Sam Tanenhaus)
1:52:33 Jul 4, 2025
36
MAGA's War Over the War with Iran (w/ Curt Mills) [Teaser]
3:30 Jun 27, 2025
37
Immigration Showdown in LA (w/ E. Tammy Kim) [TEASER]
5:37 Jun 23, 2025
38
Reagan, the Movie (w/ Jesse Brenneman) [UNLOCKED]
1:22:18 Jun 12, 2025
39
Joe Biden's Betrayal [TEASER]
3:23 Jun 7, 2025
40
Christopher Caldwell's Case Against Civil Rights
1:28:24 Jun 2, 2025
41
Trump as Messianic Prophet (w/ Manvir Singh) [TEASER]
2:10 May 22, 2025
42
Did Podcasters Make Trump President? (w/ Andrew Marantz)
1:22:19 May 15, 2025
43
Conclave (2024) (w/ Brandon Taylor) [TEASER]
3:10 May 8, 2025
44
The Life & Crimes of Roy Cohn (w/ In Bed with the Right)
53:17 May 2, 2025
45
The Meaning of Pope Francis
1:24:24 Apr 25, 2025
46
The Madness of Trump’s Tariffs (w/ John Ganz) [TEASER]
4:50 Apr 15, 2025
47
UNLOCKED: How the Pandemic Changed Everything (w/ David Wallace-Wells)
1:49:58 Apr 8, 2025
48
How the Pandemic Changed Everything (w/ David Wallace-Wells) [TEASER]
4:55 Mar 31, 2025
49
Becoming Elon Musk, Part Two
2:01:16 Mar 25, 2025
50
Becoming Elon Musk, Part One
1:22:30 Mar 17, 2025
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