Hello,

My name is Brendan Ruberry. I’m a writer, fact checker, editor and podcast producer based in New York.

I write about books, culture, and politics. My work has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Guardian, Semafor, Commonweal, Persuasion, New Lines Magazine, The Washington Examiner, The Drift, CT Mirror, and PopMatters.

You can find some of that work below. I also write a newsletter called McBrodie.

Thanks,

Brendan

Essays, reviews and reportage

‘You can shear a sheep many times, but you can only slaughter it once’: Jonathan D. Cohen on sports gamblingSemafor

Paywall removal sites mysteriously redirect to Kremlin-controlled media outletSemafor

What I Saw At Kennedy KaraokePersuasion

American TroublesNew Lines Magazine

The Tragedy of Jordan Neely and Daniel PennyPersuasion

New York City Deserves Better Than Eric AdamsPersuasion

Frictionless sports betting and the NFL: the twin obsessions targeting young menThe Guardian

Lifestyle ChoiceCommonweal

New York Accidentally Restarted the War on DrugsPersuasion

Sports betting is out of controlBoston Globe Ideas

The Future of American Sports Isn’t PrettyPersuasion

A Hungry SoundCommonweal

In the footsteps of a nursing pioneerVoice Magazine (Boston College)

A League of Their OwnPersuasion

Have Men Become Culturally Redundant?Commonweal

James Joyce’s HumanismPersuasion

“No Viking Atheists”: The Northman’s Journey into Old World BeliefBright Lights Film Journal

@the.brisk.godThe Drift

Sympathy for the hypochondriacThe Washington Examiner

Fictional EaglesBoston College Magazine

Titus Andronicus Blast Out of the Pandemic Shutdown on “The Monitor Revisited” Tour — PopMatters

Can Michael Gandolfini Embody The Sopranos’ New Devil?PopMatters

Young graduates face historic challengesCT Mirror

“Jesuit Real Estate” — the Mods at 50 (Medium)

Around the World in 70 Years: Smith’s Career of ServiceThe Heights

Say hello: brendanruberry@gmail.com

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