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Politics, law, and culture collide as Newsweek Senior Editor-at-Large Josh Hammer charts a path forward for American conservatism and exposes the woke Left. A voice for the New Right, Hammer delivers blistering commentary and weekly interviews with today's top conservative thinkers.
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Among the many factors credited for Donald Trump's victory over Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential race was one that, naturally, the hosts of Know Your Enemy took an interest in: podcasts. More specifically, "bro" podcasts—think Joe Rogan or Theo Von—seemed to be one reason why Trump continued, as he did in 2016 and 2020, to perform so well wit…
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Josh Hammer explains why "mutually assured destruction" is needed to end our escalating politicized law enforcement wars, excoriates the latest ridiculous comments from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, and assesses the new American-born pope and the prospects for a trade deal with China and nuclear deal with Iran. See Privacy Policy at htt…
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Listen to the rest of this premium episode by subscribing at patreon.com/knowyourenemy. With the papal conclave convening in Rome to pick Pope Francis's successor, Matt and Sam are joined by novelist Brandon Taylor to discuss the 2024 film Conclave, directed by Edward Berger and starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, and Isabella Ross…
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Josh Hammer analyzes last week's big foreign policy/national security personnel shuffle, unpacks the latest big religion case argued at SCOTUS, previews the next 100 days of the Trump presidency, and more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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Recently Matt joined Moira Donegan and Adrian Daub of the excellent In Bed with the Right podcast to record what turned out to be two episodes about Roy Cohn—the "lawyer, closet case and ratfucker extraordinaire," as they describe him. These days Cohn is perhaps most infamous for being Donald Trump's lawyer and mentor, but this first episode focuse…
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Josh Hammer breaks down Thursday's high-profile presidential personnel shuffle, which affected both (now-former) National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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Rabbi Yaakov Menken, executive vice president of the Coalition for Jewish Values, joins Josh to discuss the insane institutional left-wing Jewish opposition to the Trump administration's efforts to end anti-Semitism on university campuses. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-…
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Josh Hammer analyzes this past week's crucial Mahmoud v. Taylor Supreme Court oral argument, discusses Pope Francis's legacy and what he hopes for in a new pontiff, and explains the latest operation against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in the context of the GOP's ongoing foreign policy civil war. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy…
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The passing of Pope Francis on April 21, 2025 marked not just the end of a papacy but the end of an era in global politics. The moment in which Francis spoke before Congress a decade ago and identified Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day, and Martin Luther King as models of Christian moral witness feels like another universe — far from the cruel, cramped, s…
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In light of the latest high-profile disappointment at SCOTUS, Josh Hammer explains how President Trump and Republicans can finally—finally!—get judicial nominations right in Trump's second term. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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From defending Hamas sympathizer Mahmoud Khalil to MS-13-tied "Maryland man" Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Harvard University's "right" to federal taxpayer funding, Democrats seem to crave being on the wrong side of 80/20 or 90/10 issues. What exactly are they trying to accomplish? Plus, Josh issues a warning to the Trump administration on the ongoing Ir…
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Listen to the rest of this premium episode by subscribing at patreon.com/knowyourenemy Speaking in the Rose Garden on April 2, or as he called it, "Liberation Day," President Trump unveiled his plans to impose a new minimum tariff on nearly every country in the world, along with country-specific "reciprocal" tariffs for those nations Trump deemed t…
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Josh Hammer explains President Trump's righteous trade war against Communist China and is then joined by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) for a wide-ranging conversation about tariffs, the judicial insurrection, and more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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In response to several requests from our (wonderful) Patreon subscribers, we're unlocking this episode from behind the paywall. Consider subscribing at Patreon.com/KnowYourEnemy to never miss an episode. March 2025 marked five years since the formal start of the pandemic in the United States, when the federal government declared the arrival and spr…
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Josh Hammer breaks down the raging debate over President Trump's aggressive new tariffs, unpacks this week's election results, provides an update on the merciful end of the Biden border crisis, and more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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Listen to the rest of this premium episode by subscribing at patreon.com/knowyourenemy This month marked five years since the formal start of the pandemic in the United States in March 2020, when the federal government declared the arrival and spread of the novel coronavirus to be a national emergency. The official Covid death toll in the United St…
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Josh Hammer gives his takes on the "Signalgate" group chat controversy, lays out the debate over the underlying Houthi military operation and what an actual "America First" foreign policy means, explains how Congress can put the judicial insurrection back in its place, and more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy…
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If there's ever been a Know Your Enemy subject worthy of two episodes, it is Elon Musk—currently the world's richest man, CEO and leader of several pathbreaking companies, ringleader of the Department of Government Efficiency, and (for now) Donald Trump's co-president. In other words, to understand what's happening in the United States during the s…
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Josh Hammer explains how the judicial insurrection stands no chance against President Donald Trump, excoriates the latest Tesla-centric eruption of left-wing violence, and opens up about the successful launch week for his brand-new book, Israel and Civilization: The Fate of the Jewish Nation and the Destiny of the West. See Privacy Policy at https:…
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Josh Hammer discusses the importance of his new book out today, Israel and Civilization: The Fate of the Jewish Nation and the Destiny of the West. Order your copy at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or wherever you buy your books! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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If there's ever been a Know Your Enemy subject worthy of two episodes, it is Elon Musk—currently the world's richest man, CEO and leader of several pathbreaking companies, ringleader of the Department of Government Efficiency, and (for now) Donald Trump's co-president. In other words, to understand what's happening in the United States during the s…
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Josh Hammer breaks down the immigration/free speech debate over former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, unpacks the continued confusion over President Trump's tariff policy, and takes on the growing evil in certain pockets of the faux-"Right." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https…
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Josh Hammer breaks down the unfolding debate over President Donald Trump's decision to arrest—and seemingly deport—the former Columbia graduate student jihad apologist known as Mahmoud Khalil. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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Josh is joined by Tila Falic Levi, a South Florida educator and community activist, to discuss the now-ongoing World Zionist Congress elections and the case for the Israel365Action WZC delegation slate—of which both Josh and Tila are a part. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#d…
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Josh Hammer explains the Democrats' fork in the road after their buffoonish behavior during President Trump's presidential joint address to Congress, explains what the GOP must do to fix its judicial nominations problems, and discusses the war in Gaza and his soon-to-be-released debut book, Israel and Civilization: The Fate of the Jewish Nation and…
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Here's something a little creepy. In a bonus episode from August 2022, Matt and Sam were discussing Sam's profile of Arizona Senate hopeful and Peter Thiel-protégé Blake Masters when we found ourselves imagining how a future union of MAGA nationalism and Silicon Valley libertarianism might try to run the government. A listener flagged it for us, no…
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Josh Hammer unpacks the latest on Russia-Ukraine peace talks, explains why SCOTUS is finally nipping the lower-court judicial insurrection in the bud, and exhorts the Trump administration to avoid embarrassments such as Thursday's botched Jeffrey Epstein file release. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at …
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Listen to the rest of this premium episode by subscribing at patreon.com/knowyourenemy Just over a month into Trump's second term, Matt and Sam offer their thoughts on where we're at—and, to be blunt, the assessment is fairly depressing. They take stock of the troubling truth that Pete Hegseth's confirmation reveals about Trump's hold over the Repu…
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Josh Hammer clears up the confusion about what exactly Elon Musk's DOGE is (and is not), assesses the Trump administration's handling of Russia-Ukraine peace talks, and discusses the ramifications of Hamas' shockingly brutal baby murder parade in Khan Yunis. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://ar…
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Dani Dayan, chairman of Yad Vashem, joins Josh for a conversation about Holocaust remembrance, the eternal need to combat anti-Semitism, whether "anti-Zionism" is a form of anti-Semitism, and more. Yad Vashem, which is in Jerusalem, is the State of Israel's official museum and memorial honoring the victims of the Holocaust. See Privacy Policy at ht…
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We're all anxious, and none of us can pay attention. We don't read long books anymore; our kids don't read at all. When we watch TV, we scroll at the same time. And we absolutely cannot be alone with ourselves. These are the symptoms of a modern malaise that is everywhere diagnosed but rarely treated with the dire seriousness it deserves: an epocha…
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