Know Your Enemy

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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How Conservatives Argue

In episode two of KNOW YOUR ENEMY, Matt and Sam discuss economist Albert O. Hirschman's 1991 book The Rhetoric of Reaction: Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy . Along the way, they identify the persistent patterns in conservative rhetoric from Edmund Burke to Friedrich Hayek to Paul Ryan. They finish off by examining some of the rhetorical tics of the progressive left, and Sam reminisces about the good old days when DSA was comprised exclusive of young nerds and old Jews....

May 16, 2019•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 2

Behind Enemy Lines

Read Matt's Dissent essay, " Leaving Conservatism Behind " Read Sam's essay about Jonah Goldberg's Suicide of the West , " The Remnant and the Restless Crowd "

May 07, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 1

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