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Talk About Bupkes! Hungary After Orbán w/Pál Dániel Rényi

“Talk About Bupkes!” is also available on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@TheBupkes] and most anywhere else your ears go for podcasts. Viktor Orbán is out. Péter Magyar is in. In the doldrums of liberal world ordering, rarely has an election been so fraught, psychologically draining, and full of nervous anticipation. As Europe breathes a sigh of relief, lots of Orbánism still fills the air—in Hungary and beyond. There are institutions to ring the corruption and cronyism out of, society-level trauma and grief to confront, and the exclusionary illiberalism of Christian Nationalism to purge from the center of the European metropole. Magyar isn’t Orbán, but what is he? Despite the cautious optimism, we know from history that tearing something down is the easy part. Building something better in its place is the real work of democracy that only begins when the election ends. In this episode, we talk to Pál Dániel Rényi [https://x.com/danielrenyi?s=21&t=Ws9UXdlysAndHNZ60feeqA] about what it was like to live—as a citizen, a Jew, and a journalist-author [http://Győzelmi kényszer by Rényi Pál Dániel https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58369255-gy-zelmi-k-nyszer]—through 16 years of Orbán’s autocratic legalism [https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n08/jan-werner-mueller/short-cuts#:~:text=Orb%C3%A1n%20employed%20what%20scholars%20call%20%E2%80%98autocratic%20legalism%E2%80%99]. Music by The Bupkes’ own Chief Goy Liaison Officer, Wiliam Succumbs [https://www.instagram.com/piersgavastoned/]. Let us know what you think of it! NB: Transcript and captions are auto-generated, so errors — spelling and otherwise — are to be expected. Get full access to The Bupkes at www.thebupkes.com/subscribe [https://www.thebupkes.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

LIVE in Brussels: A Very Special "Talk About Bupkes!"

“Talk About Bupkes!” is also available on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@TheBupkes] and most anywhere else your ears go for podcasts. We were thrilled to be part of an evening of readings [https://www.thebupkes.com/p/announcement-the-bupkes-reads-brussels] organized by Bupkes Contributor M.E. Grey. If you missed it (and you probably did and we only hold that somewhat against you), you can participate retroactively and virtually with this special episode. The program: Part I: William Noah Glucroft dba Noach Głuchowicz dba Kurt Tucholsky Part II: Allen Ginsberg’s [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49303/howl]Howl [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49303/howl] w/M.E. Grey & The Surround Part III: Deborah O’Donoghue [https://davidhigham.co.uk/authors-dh/deborah-odonoghue/] Part IV (BONUS!): Frank O’Hara turns 100—but would he know it? Music by The Bupkes’ own Chief Goy Liaison Officer, Wiliam Succumbs [https://www.instagram.com/piersgavastoned/]. Let us know what you think of it! NB: Transcript and captions are auto-generated, so errors — spelling and otherwise — are to be expected. Get full access to The Bupkes at www.thebupkes.com/subscribe [https://www.thebupkes.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

A Very Bupkes Collab: Talk About Bupkes! Teams Up with Megan's Megacan

Talk About Bupkes! is also available on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@TheBupkes] and most anywhere else your ears go for podcasts. To paraphrase [https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7lzbn2/the_annual_posting_of_the_chinese_community/] a Chinese restaurant federation, we’re not sure why Megan’s Megacan [https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/megans-megacan/id1406002313?l=en-GB&i=1000748607006] wanted to associate itself with The Bupkes, but we are glad that it did. If Europe can make “deportation” cool again, then “collaboration” is fair game. So we are thrilled to release this special episode of Talk About Bupkes! that is actually an episode of Megan’s Megacan—a podcast about Germany, which is way more fun than ours because it involves more drinking, a cozier living room, and nicer hosts. Together, we dove into the Teutonic Imaginary to rubberneck the car crash of German memory politics. Funny how your conception of being “good” can repeat everything that made you “bad,” right? Most recently, this real-life tragedy has taken the form of a scandal in Berlin that involves Christian Democrats with “no expertise in combating antisemitism” handing out public funds to combat antisemitism to friends who also lack expertise in combating antisemitism. If you’re looking for reason in Germany’s Staatsräson, keep on searching. Be sure to subscribe to Megan’s Megacan and give them some gelt [https://www.patreon.com/megansmegacan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠]! Follow them on whichever psychotic billionaire’s data-fracking machine you prefer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/megansmegacan/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/MegansMegacan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We’re excited to have William Noah Glucroft [https://linktr.ee/wnglucroft] (or Gluhcroft? We can never remember and don’t care enough to double-check) host Talk About Bupkes! William brings The Bupkes some much-needed journalistic integrity and, best of all, he’s not nearly important enough to have anything to do with Jeffrey Epstein. (Plus, we kinda owe him one.) Music by The Bupkes’ own Chief Goy Liaison Officer, Wiliam Succumbs [https://www.instagram.com/piersgavastoned/]. Let us know what you think of it! NB: Transcript and captions are auto-generated, so errors — spelling and otherwise — are to be expected. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. Get full access to The Bupkes at www.thebupkes.com/subscribe [https://www.thebupkes.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

We Are All Media: Talk About Bupkes! w/Arjan Guerrero

“Talk About Bupkes!” is also available on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@TheBupkes] and most anywhere else your ears go for podcasts. London-based artist Arjan Guerrero is the research director of Media Forensis, which seeks to understand how our reality is mediated by agents—both human and non-human. Join us for a wild conversation that takes us to the edge of something, where we find absolutely—yes, you guessed it: bupkes. And there’s more! Don’t miss this week’s Bupkes Broken Clock of the Week. Listen to find out who the winner is—and don’t forget to subscribe, share, like, and tell all your friends (and enemies) about The Bupkes. We’re excited to have William Noah Glucroft [https://linktr.ee/wnglucroft] (or Gluhcroft? We can never remember and don’t care enough to double-check) host Talk About Bupkes! William brings The Bupkes some much-needed journalistic integrity and, best of all, he’s not nearly important enough to have anything to do with Jeffrey Epstein. (Plus, we kinda owe him one.) Music by The Bupkes’ own Chief Goy Liaison Officer, Wiliam Succumbs [https://www.instagram.com/piersgavastoned/]. Let us know what you think of it! NB: Transcript and captions are auto-generated, so errors — spelling and otherwise — are to be expected. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. Get full access to The Bupkes at www.thebupkes.com/subscribe [https://www.thebupkes.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

In the "garden" of Brussels: Talk about bupkes! w/Shada Islam

“Talk about bupkes!” is also available on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@TheBupkes] and most anywhere else your ears go for podcasts. Shada Islam is as Brussels as it gets, even if some parts of Brussels might not see it that way. She’s watched the EU grow up, and the ugly duckling has not exactly become the beautiful swan that many once hoped. Still, Shada is long on Europe even if it keeps falling short. To find out why, listen to the full episode! For a political capital known for its think tanks, Shada says these days Brussels is doing a lot less thinking and a lot more tanking. It also needs no help from transatlantic frenemies to undermine the one source of geopolitical power it had going for it: the principles and values Europe says it’s all about. That makes it worth asking: What even is “Europe”? And what does it look like on the other side of this era of fascism creep? The EU represents 27 countries with distinct histories and national narratives, so The Bupkes wants to know: What does Shada mean when she says Brussels So White? And there’s more! Don’t miss this episode’s Bupkes of the Week and Bupkes Broken Clock of the Week. Listen to find out who the winners are—and don’t forget to subscribe, share, like, and tell all your friends and enemies about The Bupkes. This week introduces a new host for Talk about bupkes! We’re excited to have William Glucroft [https://linktr.ee/wnglucroft] (or Gluhcroft? We can never remember and don’t care enough to double-check) join the team to run the podcast interviews. William brings The Bupkes some much-needed journalistic integrity and, best of all, he’s not nearly important enough to have anything to do with Jeffrey Epstein. (Plus, we kinda owe him one.) Music by The Bupkes’ own Chief Goy Liaison Officer, Wiliam Succumbs [https://www.instagram.com/piersgavastoned/]. Let us know what you think of it! NB: Transcript and captions are auto-generated, so errors — spelling and otherwise — are to be expected. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. Get full access to The Bupkes at www.thebupkes.com/subscribe [https://www.thebupkes.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]