Know Your Enemy - Podcast Rankings and reviews

I was brought here by an editorial by Jamelle Bouie a couple years ago and I haven’t been able to put it down since. I consume a lot of content on here, YouTube, blogs, etc. - many of them that I found through KYE! But this is the only thing I shell out money for. The Patreon is really, really worth it (especially with Dissent in the bargain!). It’s just really rare to find a program with a point of view and integrity. I think these guys are great and I hope they make this program for a long long time.

A must-listen for both political history junkies and anyone who wants to learn more about the American Right

This really is my favorite podcast. It is smart, but not snarky. And there is a genuine curiosity about different ideas not just some kind of gotcha game of looking for hypocrasy. But... it just is sooo many white guys. Whenever there is a woman or a person of color on as a guest it is a breath of fresh air. (Is the behind the paywall episode with 5-4's Rhiannon the only show out of 50 with a guest that is a woman of color?) While I love the chemistry between Matt and Sam, I think they should split up and host everyother episode and always have someone who isn't a white cis male as the co-host. Still I keep coming back for more. This is my favorite!

I’ve been a bit frustrated because, as a leftist passionate about Palestinian liberation, this program has been silent about the atrocities in Gaza and Palestine more generally. Thank you for finally talking about Palestine—but this discussion should not be for paying followers. Please open it for all listeners.

As a big fan of the pod, and a regular listener, I am compelled to weigh in on the America Last episode with Jacob Heilbrun. Lots of fascinating insights — and characters I was not familiar with— BUT how do you do an entire show about right wing infatuation with fascist authoritarians in the 1930’s onward without mentioning the simultaneous left wing infatuations with Communist authoritarians throughout the same period (Stalin, Mao, Castro, etc.) Come on guys, you know this history— Lincoln Steffins, the Webbs, Duranty, Herbert Mathews— a long history of white washing, apologizing for and even glorifying dictators whose abuses and repression were as awful as any of the fascists celebrated on the right. Doesnt this suggest that the phenomenon you were exploring is not distinct to right wing ideology but a larger yearning for authoritarianism during times of economic and political chaos that cuts across ideological lines? (Check out, if you need a refresher, Robert Conquest’s book, The Great Purge, about the Soviet show trials of the 30’s— and all the liberals in the west who tried to justify them.)