163 episodes
Know Your Enemy Matthew Sitman
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4.7 • 1.7K Ratings
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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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Arguing the World: Howe, Kristol, Glazer, and Bell [Teaser]
Matt and Sam watch the wonderful 1998 documentary "Arguing the World" — and go deep on Irving Howe, Irving Kristol, Daniel Bell, and Nathan Glazer.
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Taylor Swift Derangement Syndrome (w/ B.D. McClay)
Matt and Sam talk to B.D. McClay about the right's deranged freakout over Taylor Swift — and what she can tell us about American fame, fortune, and fear.
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UNLOCKED: Keeping Up with the Bozells
Matt and Sam discuss a conservative family saga for the ages — the Bozells — in a classic KYE episode unlocked from the Patreon.
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Why the Right Loves Foreign Dictators (w/ Jacob Heilbrunn)
Matt and Sam talk to Jacob Heilbrunn about his new book, America Last: The Right's Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators.
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A Remedy for Envy? René Girard Redux [TEASER]
Matt and Sam return to René Girard via Pope Francis—whom Matt personally met at a recent general audience at the Vatican! Subscribe on Patreon to hear the rest.
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René Girard and the Right (w/ John Ganz)
Matt and Sam welcome back John Ganz to discuss René Girard, the Stanford polymath whose theory of "mimetic desire," violence, and the meaning of secular modernity has inspired a devoted following—including Peter Thiel, Girard's former student.
Customer Reviews
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Kye has become my favorite podcast informative smart well researched funny let’s you know how we got here with conservatism it amazes me every fear they try today they were doing 60 years ago
Good music
Come for the informative and insightful conversations; stay for the theme music
Different view of issues
This podcast helps me understand far right conservatism.