What is the relationship between the "right" and the "far right?" Matt and Sam return to questions of historiography. Subscribe on Patreon to hear the rest.
Feb 16
'Shattered Glass,' Journalism, & the End of History [Teaser]
Listen to the rest of this premium episode by subscribing at patreon.com/knowyourenemy.This episode is about Shattered Glass, the 2003 movie portraying former New Republic writer Stephen Glass's fall from the heights of magazine journalism after he was exposed as a serial fabulis ... Show More
3m 20s
Feb 9
Tucker Carlson's Phases & Stages (w/ Jason Zengerle)
Finally, an episode about Tucker Carlson—and at an auspicious time, as his influence on the right seems only to have grown in the first year of Trump's second term. To help us understand him, we turned to journalist Jason Zengerle, who first crossed paths with Tucker in the last, ... Show More
1h 16m
Nov 2024
Shattering the Spectacle: Trump, Kamala, and the 2024 Election
Alyson and Breht analyze the results of the recent presidential election and explore its various meanings. Together they discuss the grotesque hollowness of the Democratic Party, the identity crisis of the post-Trump Republican party, dealignment and realignment, the end of neoli ... Show More
1h 11m
Nov 2024
The Waiting Room of History... (Unlocked Patreon Teaser)
Breht speaks at length about the upcoming election, changes and trends within the two parties, the Democratic Coalition of neoconservatives and neoliberals, the inevitable culmination of this era of American crises, the GOP identity-crisis after Trump, the accelerationist perspec ... Show More
1h 11m
Nov 2024
Herbert Hoover gave us Woody Guthrie (with David Cunningham)
Welcome to the final episode of What Just Happened, a Recall This Book experiment. In it you will hear three friends of RTB reacting to the 2024 election and discussing the coming four years. David Cunningham, chair of Sociology at Washington University in St Louis, is author of ... Show More
24m 27s
Apr 2025
The Conservative Activist Pushing Trump to Attack U.S. Colleges
<p>This week, we interviewed two people with leading roles in the rapidly escalating conflict between the Trump administration and American higher education.</p><p>Today, we speak with Christopher Rufo, who led the conservative critique of, and assault on, critical race theory an ... Show More
43m 49s
May 2025
The New Culture of the Right: Vital, Masculine and Intentionally Offensive
<p>The Trump era is ushering in a new age of right wing counterculture, one defined by masculinity and transgression. In this episode of Interesting Times, Ross speaks with Jonathan Keeperman, the founder of Passage Press, about the influence of an edgy, reactionary, right-wing “ ... Show More
1h 12m
Jul 2024
#122 | Fighting Fire with Fire, Dr. Kevin Roberts
<p>In this compelling episode, Dr. Kevin Roberts delivers his closing remarks at the Annual Leadership Conference on April 17, 2024. Join us as Dr. Roberts outlines the urgent need for conservatives to recognize the pivotal moment in America today and the necessity to fight back ... Show More
30m 26s