This week, the NatCon Squad discusses: 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - Debate Assessment 17:34 - Should Trump do Another Debate 33:50 - Post Debate Public Sentiment 41:18 - The Debate Moderators 51:27 - Final Thoughts With Amber Duke, Ben Weingarten, Inez Stepman and Will Chamberlain. Produced by the Edmund Burke Foundation. For the latest updates, follow us…

Matt and Sam interview Waleed Shahid and Abbas Alawieh, two organizers of the Uncommitted Movement, about their experiences in the months following October 7 as well as before, during, and after the Democratic National Convention. As an Arab-American from Michigan and one of the state's two Uncommitted delegates to the DNC, what has Abbas heard fro…

Listen to the rest of this premium episode by subscribing at patreon.com/knowyourenemy Matt and Sam interview Waleed Shahid and Abbas Alawieh, two organizers of the Uncommitted Movement, about their experiences in the months following October 7 as well as before, during, and after the Democratic National Convention. As an Arab-American from Michiga…

This week, the NatCon Squad discusses: 00:00 - Intro 00:54 - DOJ Hamas Indictment 10:34 - Hamas Murders American Hostage 22:02 - The Harris-Walz Interview 33:25 - The Gold Star Controversy 45:22 - Final Thoughts With Amber Duke, Ben Weingarten, Inez Stepman and Will Chamberlain. Produced by the Edmund Burke Foundation. For the latest updates, follo…

Today, we're joined by one of our favorite writers and thinkers, Vinson Cunningham, to discuss his excellent debut novel, Great Expectations, which tells the story of brilliant-but-unmoored young black man, David Hammond, who finds himself recruited — by fluke, folly, or fate — onto a historic presidential campaign for a certain charismatic Illinoi…

This week, the NatCon Squad discusses: 00:00 - Intro 01:07 - RFK Jr. Endorses Trump 14:56 - Trump Assassination Feds Coverup 27:41 - Zuckerberg Election Interference MEA Culpa? 38:13 - Telegram CEO Arrest Amid EU Free Speech Crackdown 51:22 - Final Thoughts With Amber Duke, Ben Weingarten, Inez Stepman and Emma Waters. Produced by the Edmund Burke …

This week, the NatCon Squad discusses: 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - Dems’ Convention 22:12 - Gov Waltz as Homer Simpson 33:01 - The Forgotten Biden Impeachment 44:32 - Final Thoughts With Amber Duke, Ben Weingarten, Inez Stepman and Will Chamberlain. Produced by the Edmund Burke Foundation. For the latest updates, follow us on X: @natcontalk www.nationalc…

Four days in Chicago, dozens of speeches by Democratic luminaries and backbenchers, and a spotlight on Kamala Harris, who reintroduced herself to America — your favorite podcast co-hosts endured watching the Democratic National Convention and are here to report on what they saw. It was, in many ways, a highly successful convention: massive crowds, …

Why are American political parties so ineffectual? Why do they seem, simultaneously, so frantically active and so incapable of achieving specific objectives? Why have the Democrats tended to seem listless, uncertain of their own ideological identity; while the Republicans are increasingly dominated by a radical, lunatic fringe more interested in be…

In this episode, your co-hosts take a harrowing journey into the life, mind, and times of J.D. Vance, the Republican senator from Ohio and current vice-presidential pick of Donald Trump. You probably were introduced to Vance as the author of Hillbilly Elegy, his 2016 memoir that attempts to explain the plight of the "white working class" in places …

This week, the NatCon Squad discusses: 00:00 - Intro 00:46 - Harris Picks MN Governor for VP 13:30 - Google Loses Antitrust Case 25:04 - Censorship Regime Reloaded 35:06 - The UK Riots 46:48 - Final Thoughts With Amber Duke, Ben Weingarten, Inez Stepman and Will Chamberlain. Produced by the Edmund Burke Foundation. For the latest updates, follow us…

An extra episode for you: Sam went on Slate's What Next podcast (hosted by Mary Harris) to discuss the rise and fall of the Heritage Foundation's Trump transition project — Project 2025. Is it dead? Why did Trump's campaign resent it so much? And how much influence would its architects have in a second Trump administration? We'll back to your regul…

This week, the NatCon Squad discusses: 00:00 - Intro 01:11 - Biden-Harris SCOTUS Proposals 12:11 - Kamala’s First Week on the Trail 23:41 - Childless Cat Ladies in High Office 38:15 - The Olympic Ceremony Controversy 49:33 - Final Thoughts With Amber Duke, Ben Weingarten, Inez Stepman and Will Chamberlain. Produced by the Edmund Burke Foundation. F…

This week, the NatCon Squad discusses: 00:00 - Intro 01:05 - Biden Drops Out of the Race 24:22 - Secret Service Head Resigns 37:17 - Trump’s Nomination Acceptance Speech 50:17 - Final Thoughts With Amber Duke, Ben Weingarten, Inez Stepman and Will Chamberlain. Produced by the Edmund Burke Foundation. For the latest updates, follow us on X: @natcont…

Listen to the rest of this premium episode by subscribing at patreon.com/knowyourenemy In the week-and-a-half since we last offered you, our beloved subscribers, the highest quality election punditry around, a lot has happened: on the Democratic side of the ledger, "The Podcasters' Coup" succeeded and Joe Biden has stepped down as the party's presi…

Last week, as Israel continued to prosecute its eliminationist war against Palestinians in Gaza, an eclectic group of right-wing bigwigs gathered in Washington, DC for the fourth iteration of the National Conservatism conference — convened by Yarom Hazony, an Israeli-born writer, activist, and former speechwriter for Benjamin Netanyahu. As our gues…

This week, the NatCon Squad discusses: 00:00 - Intro 01:08 - Trump Assassination Attempt 16:56 - Judge Dismisses Trump’s Classified Docs Case 33:01 - GOP Convention and Trump’s VP Pick 46:03 - Final Thoughts With Amber Duke, Ben Weingarten, Inez Stepman and Will Chamberlain. Produced by the Edmund Burke Foundation. For the latest updates, follow us…

Listen to the rest of this premium episode by subscribing at patreon.com/knowyourenemy Just about two weeks ago, we gave a nearly real-time reaction to Joe Biden's catastrophically inept performance in his first presidential debate against Donald Trump. The fallout has been swift but not certain—a flood of stories in the press were unleashed, givin…

We took the holiday week off, so we're sharing an episode from behind the paywall. Coming soon: new episodes on The Biden Problem, SCOTUS, and Israeli illiberalism as an inspiration for the global right. *** In this episode, from January 2024, writer Osita Nwanevu joins for a rip-roaring conversation about legendary prose stylist, "new journalist,"…

This week, the NatCon Squad discusses: 00:00 - Intro 00:54 - Presidential Debate 23:43 - SCOTUS Rules on Presidential Immunity 35:55 - SCOTUS Curbs the Administrative State 47:39 - Final Thoughts With Amber Duke, Ben Weingarten, Inez Stepman and Will Chamberlain. Produced by the Edmund Burke Foundation. For the latest updates, follow us on X: @natc…

Subscribe to Know Your Enemy on Patreon to listen to this premium episode, and all of our bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/knowyourenemy We watched it, and you probably did too. Here is our analysis of the incredibly depressing, even shocking first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. While the topic of this episode is self…

We're joined by two experts on European politics to explain the EU parliamentary election results: David Adler, general coordinator of the Progressive International, and David Broder, historian of Italy and Europe editor at Jacobin. What do the results say about the strength of the far right in Europe? And why has Emmanuel Macron of France called s…

This week, the NatCon Squad discusses: 00:00 - Intro 01:06 - Open Border and Crime Wave on the Ballot 13:41 - Gov-Funded Censorship Industrial Complex 24:46 - Juneteenth and Race on the Modern Right 34:58 - Life After Dobbs 46:54 - Final Thoughts With Delano Squires, Ben Weingarten, Emma Waters and Amber Duke. Produced by the Edmund Burke Foundatio…

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 myths ceased to make sense or have purchase, and nothing sufficiently capacious or legible emerged to replace them, leaving only a dank, foggy climate of…

This week, the NatCon Squad discusses: 00:00 - Intro 01:03 - Biden Age Issue 12:28 - LGBT's War on Jack Phillips 25:48 - Resistance Prepares for Trump's Second Term 33:50 - Culture War Collateral Damage 46:54 - Final Thoughts With Delano Squires, Inez Feltscher, Emma Waters and Amber Duke. Produced by the Edmund Burke Foundation. For the latest upd…

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 up in after World War II, when neither party made for a good political home for gay people, which helped make a libertarian approach to sexual politic…

This week, the NatCon Squad discusses: 00:00 - Intro 01:10 - The Hunter Biden Verdict 13:06 - Terrorist Sting Shows Dangers of Open Border 25:33 - Biden to Legalize Illegal Immigrants 36:59 - Cultural Chasm Between Trump and Biden Voters 48:42 - Final Thoughts With Jeremy Carl, Inez Feltscher, Ben Weingarten and Amber Duke. Produced by the Edmund B…

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 happened during the trial, why the jury might have reached the decision they did, how Republicans and the right reacted, and the ways it all could matter…

This week, the NatCon Squad discusses the Donald Trumps conviction. With Will Chamberlain, Inez Feltscher, Ben Weingarten and Amber Duke. Produced by the Edmund Burke Foundation. For the latest updates, follow us on X: @natcontalk www.nationalconservatism.orgsद्वारा www.NatCon.org

This week, the NatCon Squad discusses: 00:00 - Intro 00:59 - Trump Trial 12:14 - Gov Censorship Collusion Takes a Blow at SCOTUS 22:47 - Alito Flag Story 33:46 - Immigration and Election Non-Integrity 44:54 - Final Thoughts With Will Chamberlain, Inez Feltscher, Ben Weingarten and Amber Duke. Produced by the Edmund Burke Foundation. For the latest …

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 podcast exploring the history, politics, and strategic lessons of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (or CIO). Along with co-hosts Alex Press, …

This week, the NatCon Squad discusses: 00:00 - Intro 01:23 - ICC Goes After Netanyahu 14:25 - US Reacts to Death of Iran's President 25:06 - US Households Treading Water Under Biden 37:25 - Butker Commencement Speech Firestorm 48:53 - Final Thoughts With Will Chamberlain, Inez Feltscher, Ben Weingarten and Amber Duke. Produced by the Edmund Burke F…

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 right and the American conservative movement from the 1930s to the end of the Cold War. How did figures like William F. Buckley, Jr. relate to figure…

This week, the NatCon Squad discusses: 00:00 - Intro 01:29 - Trump Trial in New York 13:00 - Biden and Trump Agree to Debate 24:01 - Biden Admin Forces Hospitals and Businesses to Affirm Trans 37:43 - The State of Cancellation 48:53 - Final Thoughts With Will Chamberlain, Inez Feltscher, Ben Weingarten and Amber Duke. Produced by the Edmund Burke F…

This week, the NatCon Squad discusses: 00:00 - Intro 01:20 - Israel Defies International Pressure in Rafah 14:46 - Hamas Infowar is the Method in Campus Madness 27:39 - ILL-Conceived Antisemitism Bill 38:00 - Chicago Clears its Migrants for the DNC 49:39 - Final Thoughts With Will Chamberlain, Inez Feltscher, Ben Weingarten and Amber Duke. Produced…

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 new PBS documentary on William F. Buckley Jr., which features Matt Sitman (!) as a talking head — along with a rogue's gallery of KYE friends and form…

This week, the NatCon Squad discusses: 00:00 - Intro 00:52 - Ivy League Encampments 13:33 - States and Orgs Launch Lawsuit Against Title IX Revisions 24:26 - Speech Police Strikes Back 35:40 - Trump and DeSantis Bury the Hatchet 45:59 - Final Thoughts With Will Chamberlain, Inez Feltscher, Ben Weingarten and Emma Waters. Produced by the Edmund Burk…

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, one of the most singular books published in recent memory—part memoir, part commonplace book, part poetry collection. As with his previous My Bright A…

This week, the NatCon Squad discusses: 00:00 - Intro 01:07 - Foreign Aid Package clears the Senate 12:27 - Columbia University Held Hostage by Pro-Hamas Protesters 30:30 - Biden's Admin Redefines Title ix 44:21 - Biden's EEOC Sues Convenience Stores for Discrimination 54:22 - Final Thoughts With Will Chamberlain, Inez Feltscher, Ben Weingarten and …

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 Podhoretz, Diana and Lionel Trilling, Irving Howe, Alfred Kazin, and Mary McCarthy!) These writers, Grinberg shows, built and sustained a novel, secul…

This week, the NatCon Squad discusses: 00:00 - Intro 01:10 - Trump Announces Abortion Policy 12:36 - Biden’s Student Loan Forgivenes 22:26 - GOP Fights Over Ukraine Funding 31:24 - Biden DOJ Coming for IRS Whistleblowers 42:03 - Final Thoughts With Will Chamberlain, Inez Feltscher, Ben Weingarten and Amber Duke. Produced by the Edmund Burke Foundat…

Subscribe to Know Your Enemy on Patreon to listen to this premium episode, and all of our bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/knowyourenemy It was inevitable that Know Your Enemy would eventually discuss Arguing the World, the 1998 documentary about four Jewish intellectuals who emerged from the alcoves and arguments of City College in the 1930s…

This week, the NatCon Squad discusses: 00:00 - Intro 01:03 - Trans Visibility Easter 11:58 - Squatters' Rights Run Amok 23:26 - Dems' Electioneering-Industrial Complex 36:50 - Euthanasia as Default Option 49:43 - Final Thoughts With Will Chamberlain, Inez Feltscher, Ben Weingarten and Amber Duke. Produced by the Edmund Burke Foundation. For the lat…

This week, the NatCon Squad discusses 00:00 - Intro 01:04 - Battle to Secure TX Border Continues 13:50 - Half a Billion Dollar Bond for Trump 24:55 - Bidenbucks Faces Legal Challenge from PA 35:21 - Abortion Pill goes to SCOTUS 49:50 - Final Thoughts With Will Chamberlain, Inez Feltscher, Ben Weingarten and Amber Duke. Produced by the Edmund Burke …

Why are Republicans and the right losing their minds over Taylor Swift, the gifted songwriter and globe-bestriding pop star? Why do they think her NFL-playing, Super Bowl-winning boyfriend is secretly gay—precisely because he's dating Taylor Swift? Why is this slice of Americana being portrayed as a deep-state op meant to hand the 2024 election to …

This week, the NatCon Squad discusses: 00:00 - Intro 01:05 - SCOTUS Hears Social Media Censorship Case Against Gov. 14:21 - Trump’s “Bloodbath” Taken out of Context 26:41 - Fani Willis Allowed to Remain on Trump’s GA Case 34:49 - Bringing Universities to Heel 45:16 - Final Thoughts With Will Chamberlain, Inez Feltscher, Ben Weingarten and Amber Duk…

What can four generations of men named "L. Brent Bozell" tell us about the trajectory of modern American conservatism? Well, quite a lot. In this classic KYE bonus episode from February 2021, newly unlocked for these last weeks of Lent, Matt and Sam discuss one of the first families of the postwar right, which ends up being a story about faith, fan…

This week, the NatCon Squad discusses: 00:00 - Intro 01:11 - Hur’s Biden Testimony 12:29 - The Discredited J6 Committee 25:22 - TikTok US for Sale? 39:04 - DEI Undoing of CHIPS Act 49:11 - Final Thoughts With Will Chamberlain, Inez Feltscher, Ben Weingarten and Amber Duke. Produced by the Edmund Burke Foundation. For the latest updates, follow us o…

The right's romance with odious foreign dictators didn't start with Putin or Viktor Orbán, and their profound contempt for democracy long predates January 6. In his new book, America Last: The Right's Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators, Jacob Heilbrunn traces this tradition on the right—in many ways their most deeply rooted and enduring tr…

This week, the NatCon Squad discusses: 00:00 - Intro 01:30 - SCOTUS Rules for Trump in Ballot Case 13:28 - McConnell Steps Down 24:44 - J6 Appeal Challenges Harsh Sentencing 36:52 - Debate over IVF 47:15 - Final Thoughts With Will Chamberlain, Inez Feltscher, Ben Weingarten and Emma Waters. Produced by the Edmund Burke Foundation. For the latest up…