Know Your Enemy

Apr 08 2025 213 ep. 54 mins 11k
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A leftist's guide to the conservative movement, one podcast episode at a time, with co-hosts Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell.

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UNLOCKED: How the Pandemic Changed Everything (w/ David Wallace-Wells)

Apr 08 2025 109 mins  
We're unlocking our conversation about how COVID changed America (five years later) with David Wallace-Wells of the New York Times.

How the Pandemic Changed Everything (w/ David Wallace-Wells) [TEASER]

Mar 31 2025 4 mins  
Matt and Sam discuss how the pandemic changed the United States, five years after it began, with David Wallace-Wells.

Becoming Elon Musk, Part Two

Mar 25 2025 121 mins  
In the second of two episodes on Elon Musk, Matt and Sam examine key moments in the billionaire's political derangement, purchase of Twitter, and role in Trump's second term.

Becoming Elon Musk, Part One

Mar 17 2025 82 mins  
In the first of two episodes on Elon Musk, Matt and Sam explore the billionaire's fraught adolescence and first years in Silicon Valley.

"Exit From Within" (August 2022)

Mar 05 2025 20 mins  
A listener discovered that we predicted DOGE and the tech right's takeover of the federal government in a bonus episode from August 2022. Cool! Depressing!

How Bad Is It? [TEASER]

Feb 24 2025 4 mins  
Matt and Sam have a depressing conversation about how Trump's second term is going.

Pay Attention! (w/ Chris Hayes)

Feb 18 2025 61 mins  
Matt and Sam are joined by MSNBC's Chris Hayes to discuss his new book "The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource."

MAGA x DOGE, So Far (w/ John Ganz) [TEASER]

Feb 08 2025 2 mins  
Matt and Sam talk to John Ganz about the first weeks of Trump administration.

Ayn Rand Against the World (w/ Jennifer Burns)

Feb 03 2025 120 mins  
Matt and Sam talk to historian Jennifer Burns about the fascinating life, and brutal philosophy, of Ayn Rand.

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

Jan 28 2025 2 mins  
Matt talks to history podcaster Mike Duncan about the beginning of the end of the Roman Republic—and what it might teach us about American decline.