NRP Radio: Choppin' it up about bodega nationalism (ep. 45 with Denzel Rust)

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Jun 27, 2026

Real NYers love being born and raised in New York and will tell you if you’re a bandwagoner, poseur, or transplant. The Senegalese umbrella salesman is an American the moment he touches down at JFK. But the Wall Street intern from Iowa? Colonizer. Will never be a real New Yorker. What gives?

Denzel Rust joins us to discuss his essay on “Bodega Nationalism” and how the most important city in the world is breeding a radical jingoism that doesn’t extend outside the Five Boroughs borders.

Also mentioned:

• Coddled Affluent Pro thread on DSA

• Ketura Hickman essay on homeschooling

• Denzel’s Bodega Nationalism essay