The passing of Pope Francis on April 21, 2025 marked not just the end of a papacy but the end of an era in global politics. The moment in which Francis spoke before Congress a decade ago and identi...
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Speaking in the Rose Garden on April 2, or as he called it, "Liberation Day," President Trump unveiled his plans to impose a new minimum tariff on nearly every country in the world, along with coun...
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If there's ever been a Know Your Enemy subject worthy of two episodes, it is Elon Musk—currently the world's richest man, CEO and leader of several pathbreaking companies, ringleade...
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If there's ever been a Know Your Enemy subject worthy of two episodes, it is Elon Musk—currently the world's richest man, CEO and leader of several pathbreaking companies, ringleade...
2025-03-17 10:30:04 +0000 UTC View PostIn a bonus episode from August 2022, Matt and Sam were discussing Sam's profile of Arizona Senate hopeful and Peter Thiel-protégé Blake Masters when we found ourselves imagining how a future unio...
2025-03-05 13:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Just over a month into Trump's second term, Matt and Sam offer their thoughts on where we're at—and, to be blunt, the assessment is fairly depressing. They take stock of the troubling truth that ...
2025-02-24 11:56:58 +0000 UTC View Post
We're all anxious, and none of us can pay attention. We don't read long books anymore; our kids don't read at all. When we watch TV, we scroll at the same time. And we absolutely cannot be alone wi...
2025-02-18 16:30:45 +0000 UTC View Post
The first three weeks of Donald Trump's second administration have seen a flurry of vicious executive orders aimed at the federal workforce, trans people, government agencies, and others—all whil...
2025-02-08 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
An atheist, a radical for capitalism, a caricature of a greedy libertarian, a best-selling novelist, a difficult partner and passionate lover, and the self-proclaimed greatest philosopher since Ari...
2025-02-03 11:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
A stock rhetorical trope on the right is to invoke ancient Rome when talking about American decline—often making direct comparisons between the Goth invaders and contemporary immigrants, obsessin...
2025-01-28 12:01:52 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a fascinating episode that takes up thinkers that the podcast has covered before—the Koch brothers, Austrian economists like Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek, and others—but from a ...
2025-01-21 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
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Back in October, before the 2024 election, we had on our friend—and brilliant screenwriter and playwright—Dorothy Fortenberry to talk about gender and the presidential campaign. Amid all the po...
2024-12-27 16:03:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Thought you all might like to s...
2024-12-18 16:53:11 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been a while since we've had our friends from the 5-4 podcast on KYE, and we thought there was no better time to do so...
2024-12-17 13:20:55 +0000 UTC View Post
We wanted to offer something of a palette cleanser for our subscribers, so we decided to watch the recent movie, Reagan...
2024-12-06 23:04:06 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a conversation we've wanted to have for a while, and it seemed like there was no better time than now, as many people on the broad center-left are asking tough questions about Donald Trump'...
2024-11-27 22:47:37 +0000 UTC View Post
The second Trump administration hasn't started, but it's already proving chaotic, disturbing, and downright bewildering. (Not unlike the first!) Trump's picks for key staff and cabinet positions di...
2024-11-21 19:48:09 +0000 UTC View Post
In our first episode after the 2024 elections, we briefly considered ...
2024-11-16 18:25:37 +0000 UTC View Post
As the reality of Donald Trump's decisive victory sets in, we wanted to talk to Politico's 2024-11-08 18:45:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody, Sam and I wanted to announce that tonight (Monday) at 8pm Eastern Time, we'll be going "live" on the KYE Discord to discuss our thoughts—and perhaps even predictions—on tomorrow'...
2024-11-04 17:56:23 +0000 UTC View Post
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The author of several excellent books about the history of American conservatism, including 2024-10-25 16:07:54 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode, Matt is joined by journalist Talia Lavin to discuss her new book, 2024-10-18 10:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Historian Timothy Shenk joins us for a conversation about his new book, Left Adrift...
2024-10-11 22:03:43 +0000 UTC View Post
This conversation is a little different. We thought that exploring the life of, say, Russell Kirk might not be the best way to spend the weeks before such a consequential election, so this is the f...
2024-10-03 16:40:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Matt and Sam continue the 100th episode extravaganza by answering more truly excellent listener questions and hear from more friends of the show. Topics include: leftwing politics and orthodox Chri...
2024-09-26 19:07:04 +0000 UTC View Post
To celebrate the 100th episode of Know Your Enemy, Matt and Sam decided to open up the mailbag and field listener questions—which, as always, proved to be incredibly intelligent and interesting, ...
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