Talk About Bupkes!

Noach Gɫuchowicz
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Insightful conversations about coping with life in an era of exploding pagers. Hosted by journalist William Noah Glucroft and produced by Noach Głuchowicz, Secretary-General of Words of The Bupkes. We lures guests to join us where we belong: alone, in the dark, in the corner. Want more? Check out The Bupkes: It rhymes with justice. A zine for our era of exploding pagers and genocidal mishegos. We do journalism, satire, and literary work that share a curmudgeonly conviction in basic decency and a good sandwich. www.thebupkes.com

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

    May 27

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

    “Talk About Bupkes!” is also available on YouTube 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 about what it was like to live—as a citizen, a Jew, and a journalist-author—through 16 years of Orbán’s autocratic legalism. Music by The Bupkes’ own Chief Goy Liaison Officer, Wiliam Succumbs. 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

    53 min
  2. LIVE in Brussels: A Very Special "Talk About Bupkes!"

    Mar 28

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

    “Talk About Bupkes!” is also available on YouTube and most anywhere else your ears go for podcasts. We were thrilled to be part of an evening of readings 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 Howl w/M.E. Grey & The Surround Part III: Deborah O’Donoghue Part IV (BONUS!): Frank O’Hara turns 100—but would he know it? Music by The Bupkes’ own Chief Goy Liaison Officer, Wiliam Succumbs. 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

    1h 36m
  3. A Very Bupkes Collab: Talk About Bupkes! Teams Up with Megan's Megacan

    Feb 12

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

    Talk About Bupkes! is also available on YouTube and most anywhere else your ears go for podcasts. To paraphrase a Chinese restaurant federation, we’re not sure why Megan’s Megacan 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! 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 (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. 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

    1h 4m
  4. We Are All Media: Talk About Bupkes! w/Arjan Guerrero

    Feb 5

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

    “Talk About Bupkes!” is also available on YouTube 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 (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. 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

    31 min

  5. 12/22/2025

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

    “Talk about bupkes!” is also available on YouTube 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 (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. 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

    1h 5m
  6. Whose Yiddish is it anyway? “Talk about bupkes!” w/Saul Noam Zaritt

    12/01/2025

    Whose Yiddish is it anyway? “Talk about bupkes!” w/Saul Noam Zaritt

    “Talk about bupkes!” is also available on YouTube and most anywhere else you get your podcasts. Watch out for the Yiddish professor with a manifesto. Saul Noam Zaritt takes us back to a time when Jewish was German — that is, when Yiddish was taytsh. But taytsh is much more than that; it’s a way of understanding a language and the culture it carries as anything but fixed, stable, and unified. Oy! A real kopdreyenish for political power and national sovereignty. In some ways, Yiddish is all the cliches you think it is. In others, it’s a language between languages, extending in all directions; in pursuit of empire, getting crushed by it, only to be reimagined in other times and places. Want more? Check out Saul’s database of Yiddish popular fiction. And if you like this episode, show your support by sharing and subscribing to The Bupkes. Music by The Bupkes’ own Chief Goy Liaison Officer, Wiliam Succumbs. 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 lightly edited for length and clarity. Get full access to The Bupkes at www.thebupkes.com/subscribe

    59 min

  7. 10/14/2025

    Talking about not talking about politics: “Talk about bupkes!” with Sarah Stein Lubrano

    Also available on YouTube and most anywhere else you get your podcasts. When The Bupkes came across Subschtick, we knew we had to do an interview together. Lucky us, the Oxford DPhil behind it just put out a book that we wanted to know more about. Even luckier us, she turned up in Brussels, which meant we got the rare treat of doing an episode IRL. In Don’t Talk About Politics, Sarah Stein Lubrano puts the political together with the sociological together with the psychological to try to figure out why lofty liberal ideals like debate, reason, and persuasion don’t seem to be working anymore — at least in places that really love their liberalism (or claim to), like the United States and the United Kingdom. And that’s happening all the while economic and technological developments are pushing people into ever deeper isolation. That’s been taking a nasty toll on how we relate to each other as citizens in a shared society. What could go wrong? If that sounds grim, and also familiar, it is! Fortunately, Sarah is the talmudic type: If you don’t like what you’re seeing, try looking at it a little differently. She has a few suggestions for how people might act politically in the world just a little bit more effectively. But who are we to tell you how to act? Take it or leave it, but first of all have a listen to it. Many thanks to Full Circle for helping make this interview possible. Music by The Bupkes’ own Chief Goy Liaison Officer, Wiliam Succumbs. 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 lightly edited for length and clarity. Get full access to The Bupkes at www.thebupkes.com/subscribe

    1h 5m
  8. The Jews who fought with Nazis: “Talk about bupkes!” with Oula Silvennoinen

    09/26/2025

    The Jews who fought with Nazis: “Talk about bupkes!” with Oula Silvennoinen

    Also available on YouTube and most anywhere else you get your podcasts. For a historian, the Second World War and Germany’s genocide of European peoples are the gift — also in the German sense — that keeps on giving. There seems to be no end to stories one can tell. Some of those stories are more bizarre than others. Like how Finland’s Jews ended up fighting, on occasion side-by-side, with Germans against the Soviet Union. Not in secret, but openly. In some ways, even proudly. Oula Silvennoinen, a leading Finnish researcher in Holocaust studies and fascism, explains that history as well as the moral and political cognitive dissonance it fomented — for Finns, Germans, and Jews. This small corner of Holocaust history has implications for our understanding of it, the role antisemitism plays in European memory politics, and our current era of resurgent nationalism and right-wing populism, which has produced its own share of unlikely bedfellows. If you like this conversation, you may also be interested in The Bupkes’ other recent Finland-adjacent coverage: Music by The Bupkes’ own Chief Goy Liaison Officer, Wiliam Succumbs. 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 lightly edited for length and clarity. Get full access to The Bupkes at www.thebupkes.com/subscribe

    1h 10m
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Insightful conversations about coping with life in an era of exploding pagers. Hosted by journalist William Noah Glucroft and produced by Noach Głuchowicz, Secretary-General of Words of The Bupkes. We lures guests to join us where we belong: alone, in the dark, in the corner. Want more? Check out The Bupkes: It rhymes with justice. A zine for our era of exploding pagers and genocidal mishegos. We do journalism, satire, and literary work that share a curmudgeonly conviction in basic decency and a good sandwich. www.thebupkes.com

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  • Creator
    Noach Gɫuchowicz
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    14
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © The Bupkes
  • Show Website
    Talk About Bupkes!