The Inconclusive Mr. Buckley [Teaser]

Subscribe to Know Your Enemy on Patreon to listen to this premium episode, and all of our bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/knowyourenemy Matt and Sam gab about "The Incomparable Mr. Buckley," a new PBS documentary on William F. Buckley Jr., which features Matt Sitman (!) as a talking head — along with a rogue's gallery of KYE friends and former guests: Perlstein, Tanenhaus, Tait, Gage, Burns, the whole gang... What do we make of the doc? Is it a whitewash? Is it too credulous about the conservative movement? Does it "get" Buckley, the man? (Does anyone?) And what does Buckley have to do with Donald Trump? This was a lot of fun. Good ol' KYE classico. Sources Cited: Barak Goodman, " The Incomparable Mr. Buckley ," PBS (2024) Rick Perlstein, " An Implausible Mr. Buckley ," American Prospect , April 17, 2024. Alexander Chee, " Mr. and Mrs. B ," Apology Magazine , Jan 1, 2014. Ross Douthat, " 'We're On Our Way Home Now, Duckie!' " Atlantic , Feb 2008 Nicholas Buccola, " The Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America ," Princeton U Press , Oct 2019. Sam Adler-Bell, " The Conservative and the Murderer ," New Republic , March 7, 2022…