When the Clock Broke (w/ John Ganz)
Something happened to America — and to American conservatism — in the early 1990s: an unspooling, a coarsening, a turn from substance to symbol and from narrative to fragment; prevailing political myt...
24 Jun 20241h 31min
The Gay Men Who Built the Conservative Movement (w/ Neil J. Young)
In this special Pride Month episode of Know Your Enemy, Matt and Sam talk to historian Neil J. Young about his new book, Coming Out Republican: A History of the Gay Right. His absorbing account picks ...
17 Jun 20241h 24min
Will the Trump Verdict Matter? [Teaser]
Subscribe to Know Your Enemy on Patreon to listen to this premium episode, and all of our bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/knowyourenemy Matt and Sam break down the Trump guilty verdict—what hap...
5 Jun 20243min
What Was the CIO? (w/ Tim Barker and Ben Mabie)
Historian Tim Barker and editor/organizer Ben Mabie join to discuss a thrilling episode in the history of American labor. Barker and Mabie are two co-hosts of Fragile Juggernaut, a Haymarket Originals...
26 Mai 20241h 21min
Consider the Cranks (w/ David Austin Walsh)
Historian David Austin Walsh joins to discuss his excellent new book Taking America Back: The Conservative Movement and the Far Right — a fascinating re-description of the relationship between the far...
20 Mai 20241h 34min
The Inconclusive Mr. Buckley [Teaser]
Subscribe to Know Your Enemy on Patreon to listen to this premium episode, and all of our bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/knowyourenemy Matt and Sam gab about "The Incomparable Mr. Buckley," a ...
5 Mai 20242min
Against Despair (w/ Christian Wiman)
This conversation is a little different. We wanted to take a break from the election-year political jousting to talk to the poet Christian Wiman about Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair, ...
27 Apr 20241h 8min
"Write Like a Man" (w/ Ronnie Grinberg)
Historian Ronnie Grinberg's new book Write Like a Man: Jewish Masculinity and the New York Intellectuals couldn't be better "Know Your Enemy" fodder. (Main characters include: Midge Decter and Norman ...
17 Apr 20241h 16min
