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A Second Civil War? (w/ Jamelle Bouie)
Episode 50
The past few months have seen much talk of a "second Civil War" in the United States or a "national divorce" between red states and blue states. New …
4 years, 5 months ago
Mothers of Conservatism (w/ Michelle Nickerson)
Episode 49
Matt and Sam talk to Michelle Nickerson about her brilliant book, Mothers of Conservatism, which explores the lives and political activism of conserv…
4 years, 6 months ago
TEASER: How To Be Normal (w/ Phil Christman)
Matt talks to writer Phil Christman about his new essay collection, How To Be Normal. They talk about the meaning of "normal" (especially in these pa…
4 years, 6 months ago
School Wars (w/ Jennifer Berkshire)
Episode 48
It seems almost every big culture-war battle of the moment—from "Critical Race Theory" to COVID mandates—is being fought in America's schools. Meanw…
4 years, 7 months ago
TEASER: Cancel Jay Caspian Kang (w/ Jay Caspian Kang)
Author, podcaster, and New York Times Magazine staff writer Jay Caspian Kang joins Matt and Sam for a spirited discussion of some treacherous topics:…
4 years, 7 months ago
Joan Didion, Conservative (w/ Sam Tanenhaus)
Episode 47
When Joan Didion died at the age of 87 in December, her early conservatism figured into a number of obituaries and commentaries, but was rarely discu…
4 years, 7 months ago
UNLOCKED: Freud and Politics (w/ Pat Blanchfield)
Unlocked by popular demand: Psychoanalytic writer and teacher Pat Blanchfield joins Sam for a discussion of Freud and politics. Together we ask: how …
4 years, 7 months ago
Hindsight is 2021
Episode 46
With another year of the podcast, the pandemic, and American decline in the rearview, we turn to Know Your Enemy's absurdly brilliant listeners for g…
4 years, 8 months ago
Young, Radical, and on the Right (w/ Nate Hochman)
Episode 45
Finally, another enemy! This time Matt and Sam are joined by Nate Hochman, a rising star on the intellectual Right and one of the subjects of Sam's r…
4 years, 8 months ago
TEASER: Freud and Politics (w/ Pat Blanchfield)
Psychoanalytic writer and teacher Pat Blanchfield joins Sam for the long-awaited KYE "Freud Pod," in which we discuss how psychoanalytic tools can he…
4 years, 9 months ago