More Mailbag, More Friends [Teaser]

Listen to the rest of this premium episode by subscribing at patreon.com/knowyourenemy Matt and Sam continue the 100th episode extravaganza by answering more truly excellent listener questions and hear from more friends of the show. Topics include: leftwing politics and orthodox Christianity, how to maintain hope (especially on the socialist left), learning to love Freud, complicated family politics, and more! Plus: Dissent co-editor Tash Lewis sings "Happy Birthday" to Matt in Welsh. Sources: Charles Péguy, Portal of the Mystery of Hope (1911) Wesley Hill, " After Boomer Religion ," Commonweal , April 29, 2019 Herbert McCabe, " The Class Struggle and Christian Love ," in God Matters (2012) Matthew Sitman, " Against Moral Austerity: On the Need for a Christian Left ," Dissent , Summer 2017 Dan Walden, " Gender, Sex, and Other Nonsense ," Commonweal , March 1, 2021 Peter Gay, Freud: A Life for Our Time (1988) Pat Blanchfield, " Death Drive Nation ," Late Light , Nov 1, 2022 Casey Blake and Christopher Phelps, " History as Social Criticism: Conversations with Christopher Lasch ," Journal of American History , Mar 1994 Sam Adler-Bell, " Beautiful Losers ," Commonweal , Mar 11, 2020 —…