Podcast Episodes

How Republics End (w/ Mike Duncan) [Unlocked]

This episode from January 2025 has been un-paywalled for your summer enjoyment...

A stock rhetorical trope on the right is to invoke ancient Rome when…

7 months, 1 week ago

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Zohran! (w/ Waleed Shahid) [Teaser]

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We don't do too many New York City-focused episodes on Know Yo…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

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A Complicated Man: William F. Buckley, Jr. (w/ Sam Tanenhaus)

Episode 116

This episode is one that Matt and Sam have been anticipating for years: after two-and-a-half decades of research and writing, Sam Tanehaus's authorit…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

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MAGA's War Over the War with Iran (w/ Curt Mills) [Teaser]

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Donald Trump's rise in U.S. politics over the past decade has …

8 months ago

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Immigration Showdown in LA (w/ E. Tammy Kim) [TEASER]

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Journalist Tammy Kim joins the pod to talk about the anti-ICE …

8 months ago

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Reagan, the Movie (w/ Jesse Brenneman) [UNLOCKED]

As the world falls apart — and we prep for our Buckley mega-episode with Sam Tanenhaus — we're unlocking this fun episode from late last year. Subscr…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

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Joe Biden's Betrayal [TEASER]

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If you pay any attention at all to political news, it's been h…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

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Christopher Caldwell's Case Against Civil Rights

Episode 115

Attentive listeners will notice that this episode is about a book but isn't an author interview. That's because it's the first in a new occasional se…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

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Trump as Messianic Prophet (w/ Manvir Singh) [TEASER]

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In a recent New Yorker essay, our guest, UC Davis anthropologi…

9 months ago

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Did Podcasters Make Trump President? (w/ Andrew Marantz)

Episode 114

Among the many factors credited for Donald Trump's victory over Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential race was one that, naturally, the hosts of Kno…

9 months, 1 week ago

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