''Know Your Enemy'' is a political
podcast
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about the
American conservative movement from a
socialist
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perspective. It is hosted by two freelance writers: Matthew Sitman, a former conservative, and Sam Adler-Bell, a lifetime
leftist
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. The podcast is sponsored by the
American Left
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magazine ''
Dissent''. The podcast covers the movement's intellectual foundations and has a bipartisan listenership. The podcast was founded in 2019.
Episodes frequently take the form of "deep dives into conservative intellectual history", but have occasionally featured guest appearances from "enemies" such as New York Times opinion columnist
Ross Douthat, and
National Review contributor Nate Hochman. Featured historical subjects have included the life of ex-communist conservative intellectual
Frank Meyer,
Joan Didion's conservatism, and a three part series of the Right wing effort to overturn
Roe v. Wade
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.
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2019 podcast debuts
American podcasts
History podcasts
Socialist podcasts
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