On the Road to Reaganland (w/ Rick Perlstein and Leon Neyfakh)
Matt and Sam talk to two esteemed guests, Rick Perlstein and Leon Neyfakh, about why U.S. politics took a right turn in the 1970s. “We organize discontent,” as one New Right activist put it—and they d...
21 Okt 20201h 18min
How to Be Depressed
We released this bonus episode on depression and politics in July, and it quickly became a favorite of our Patreon subscribers. A number of them asked us to make it available in front of the paywall s...
12 Okt 20201h 7min
Not Even Past (w/ Jamelle Bouie)
From the never-ending culture war over the New York Times's 1619 Project to arguments about the Black Lives Matter protests to President Trump's promise to Make American Great Again, today's political...
14 Sep 20201h 6min
Know Your Frenemies (w/ Samuel Moyn)
Matt and Sam welcome Yale historian Samuel Moyn to the show for a deep-dive into the Never Trump movement. Who are the Never Trumpers? How seriously should we take the heroic story they tell about th...
9 Aug 20201h 26min
Pandemic Politics (w/ Marshall Steinbaum & Sarah Jones)
Matt and Sam are joined by two special guests, Sarah Jones and Marshall Steinbaum, who return to the show to take stock of where we're at: our failed response to the pandemic, the connections between ...
8 Jul 20201h 31min
Strange Gods and Strong Gods (w/ Tara Isabella Burton)
There's been no shortage of commentary on the rise of the "nones," those Americans who claim no religious affiliation, a trend especially notable among younger people. But that doesn't mean we live in...
8 Jun 20201h 33min
Longtime Listener, First Time Caller (the Mailbag Episode)
Here it is—the mailbag episode. Recorded on 4/20 and celebrating a full year of Know Your Enemy, Matt and Sam answer listener questions about: conservatives hiding in plain sight, our favorite conserv...
4 Mai 20201h 24min
