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

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

Paywall removal sites mysteriously redirect to Kremlin-controlled media outlet — Semafor

What I Saw At Kennedy Karaoke — Persuasion

American Troubles — New Lines Magazine

The Tragedy of Jordan Neely and Daniel Penny — Persuasion

New York City Deserves Better Than Eric Adams — Persuasion

Frictionless sports betting and the NFL: the twin obsessions targeting young men — The Guardian

Lifestyle Choice — Commonweal

New York Accidentally Restarted the War on Drugs — Persuasion

Sports betting is out of control — Boston Globe Ideas

The Future of American Sports Isn’t Pretty — Persuasion

A Hungry Sound — Commonweal

In the footsteps of a nursing pioneer — Voice Magazine (Boston College)

A League of Their Own — Persuasion

Have Men Become Culturally Redundant? — Commonweal

James Joyce’s Humanism — Persuasion

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

@the.brisk.god — The Drift

Sympathy for the hypochondriac — The Washington Examiner

Fictional Eagles — Boston 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 challenges — CT Mirror

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

Around the World in 70 Years: Smith’s Career of Service — The Heights