Know Your Enemy

Epizodes

• Leo Strauss's Natural Right and History (w/ Matt Dinan) 09.06.2026 2h 26min

  Matt and Sam talk to Matt Dinan about Leo Strauss's 1953 book, Natural Right & History.
• Know Your Enemy, Live! (w/ Mike Duncan) [Teaser] 01.06.2026 3min

  For KYE's first ever live show, Matt and Sam were joined by Mike Duncan, host of the Revolutions and History of Rome podcasts, to discuss how the right (and left) talk about American decline.
• Military Education and American Manhood (w/ Jasper Craven) 26.05.2026 1h 32min

  Matt and Sam talk to Jasper Craven about his new book, God Forgives, Brothers Don't: The Long March of Military Education and the Making of American Manhood.
• Even More Listener Questions, Answered [Teaser] 18.05.2026 5min

  Matt and Sam answer even more listener questions about Straussianism, esoteric writing, prose style, Steely Dan, and more.
• The Seven Year Anniversary Mailbag Episode 11.05.2026 1h 16min

  Matt and Sam answer listener questions about post-Trump politics, the meaning of Zohran, the fate of liberalism, and more.
• Reasons To Believe [Teaser] 04.05.2026 4min

  Matt and Sam have a personal, wide-ranging conversation about religious faith in our troubled times.
• Peter Thiel and the Antichrist 27.04.2026 1h 30min

  Matt and Sam discuss Peter Thiel's lectures on the Antichrist and what they reveal about both his politics and this political moment.
• The Pope and the President [Teaser] 17.04.2026 4min

  Matt and Sam discuss Leo XIV approach to the papacy, President Trump's attacks on the first American pope, just war theory, and more.
• The Bund: Fighting Fascism, Fighting Zionism (w/ Molly Crabapple) 10.04.2026 1h 25min

  Molly Crabapple joins to discuss her new book, "Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund."
• Misogyny, MAGA-style [Teaser] 01.04.2026 5min

  Matt interviews Sam about his recent New York magazine article, "The Women Leaving the New Right," and MAGA-style misogyny.
• From Neocon to Never-Trump (w/ Bill Kristol) 23.03.2026 1h 10min

  Matt and Sam talk to Bill Kristol about his journey from neoconservative thought leader to anti-Trump "liberal."
• James Talarico and the Politics of Progressive Christianity [Teaser] 16.03.2026 4min

  Matt and Sam discuss the Christian populism of James Talarico, Presbyterian seminarian and winner of the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate in Texas.
• Trump's War Against Iran (w/ Matt Duss) 06.03.2026 1h 16min

  Matt and Sam talk to Matt Duss, a leading foreign policy expert on the left, about the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran.
• Standing Athwart History, Yelling "Slop!" (w/ John Ganz) [Teaser] 27.02.2026 2min

  Matt and Sam talk to John Ganz about rightwing intellectuals yet again being surprised the leopard is eating their face.
• Leaving MAGA Behind (w/ Pedro L. Gonzalez) 23.02.2026 1h 19min

  Matt and Sam talk to writer Pedro Gonzalez about his break with MAGA and the New Right.
• 'Shattered Glass,' Journalism, & the End of History [Teaser] 16.02.2026 3min

  Matt and Sam discuss the 2003 film, Shattered Glass, about disgraced New Republic writer and fabulist Stephen Glass.
• Tucker Carlson's Phases & Stages (w/ Jason Zengerle) 09.02.2026 1h 16min

  Matt and Sam talk to Jason Zengerle about his new book, Hated By All the Right People: Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind.
• On the Ground in Minneapolis (w/ Lydia Polgreen) [Teaser] 02.02.2026 5min

  Matt and Sam talk to Lydia Polgreen about her reporting from Minneapolis.
• The Donroe Doctrine (w/ David Adler & Matt Kirkegaard) 26.01.2026 1h 13min

  Matt and Sam discuss Venezuela, Greenland, and the "Donroe Doctrine" with the Progressive International's David Adler and Matt Kirkegaard.
• The Killing of Renee Good [Teaser] 19.01.2026 4min

  Matt and Sam discuss the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis, and the perilous times it exemplifies.