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Contributor's contribution: OC OG OK?
An excerpt of a poetry sequence about a fictional reboot of the old teen soap opera.
Jan 6
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The week in ConWatch: Regrettably, it's Complicated
If only the real world were as simple as the Teutonic Imaginary's.
Jan 4
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Noach Głuchowicz
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Contributor's contribution: The fate of nations, the importance of record
Westphalia. Waterloo. And now? Man frage nicht: Don't ask.
Dec 29, 2025
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In the "garden" of Brussels: Talk about bupkes! w/Shada Islam
Watch now | In an era of unmasked double standards, the EU insider often on the outside talks about holding Europe to account for the "way of life" it…
Dec 22, 2025
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Noach Głuchowicz
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Shada Islam
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REPOST: A Bupkes Chanukah story
When terrorist zealots attack pluralist secularism, we celebrate with socks.
Dec 14, 2025
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If diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell, choose your typeface wisely.
Dec 11, 2025
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Deep State Nine: A Shlep to the Far Side of European Politics
How superior is Western civilization? Only the world's most vulnerable could take it down.
Dec 6, 2025
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Noach Głuchowicz
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Whose Yiddish is it anyway? “Talk about bupkes!” w/Saul Noam Zaritt
Listen now | Speaking Jewish is a lot more complicated than it seems.
Dec 1, 2025
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Noach Głuchowicz
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Contributor's contribution: Magazine meanings, sweatshirt sentiments
Try outrunning your decisions on the objects you display. Go on. We dare you.
Nov 29, 2025
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The week in ConWatch
A brief message from our sponsor, Hannah Arendt.
Nov 21, 2025
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Community notice: Cheney shiva call details
Temple Congregation Shalom Shpilkes mourns the loss of someone whose death confirms he was, to our surprise, a person.
Nov 5, 2025
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Noach Głuchowicz
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Contributor's contribution: In the Betjeman Arms
From pre-pandemic times: a poem that ponders the preponderance of processing power — and power-outs
Oct 31, 2025
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Talking about not talking about politics: “Talk about bupkes!” with Sarah Stein Lubrano
The author of the new book, "Don't Talk About Politics," diagnoses democratic malaise and social atrophy — and has some prescriptions for them.
Oct 14, 2025
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Noach Głuchowicz
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Sarah Stein Lubrano
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The Jews who fought with Nazis: “Talk about bupkes!” with Oula Silvennoinen
Listen now | A Finnish Holocaust researcher shares the lesser-known story of how his country's Jews ended up fighting for Hitler — and the impact that…
Sep 26, 2025
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The Bupkes
It rhymes with justice: a zine of journalism, satire, and literary work with the curmudgeonly conviction in basic decency and a good sandwich. Yiddishkeyt über alles.
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