nick andersen
@nicktheandersen.com
writer, thinker, amateur cheesemonger. senior producer for ministry of ideas | host of pilot. princess. trash collector. former npr, gbh, wbur, wxyc, dth. https://nicktheandersen.com
look, running in the morning, especially in the darker colder months, is really ideal and gets it out of the way early and every time i do i remember this, but also,,,sleeping in
November 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
look, running in the morning, especially in the darker colder months, is really ideal and gets it out of the way early and every time i do i remember this, but also,,,sleeping in
i truly could not stop laughing when elphaba puts on the r a t t i e s t cardigan during her big sex scene and somehow that was not meant to be noticed or remarked upon at all in universe
November 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
i truly could not stop laughing when elphaba puts on the r a t t i e s t cardigan during her big sex scene and somehow that was not meant to be noticed or remarked upon at all in universe
i once made podcasts for pbs masterpiece so my interest in this topic is deeper than most, BUT! this @tvmojoe.bsky.social intw w/ the head of britbox is good stuff
‘Crime and Corsets’: The Great British Streaming Strategy
How BritBox forged a “profitable, enduring” bond with its audience — without leaning on hits.
www.vulture.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
i once made podcasts for pbs masterpiece so my interest in this topic is deeper than most, BUT! this @tvmojoe.bsky.social intw w/ the head of britbox is good stuff
insurance agent: do you have a cat?
me: ...yes?
insurance agent: and has the cat ever bitten anyone?
me: first of all, how DARE you
me: ...yes?
insurance agent: and has the cat ever bitten anyone?
me: first of all, how DARE you
November 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
insurance agent: do you have a cat?
me: ...yes?
insurance agent: and has the cat ever bitten anyone?
me: first of all, how DARE you
me: ...yes?
insurance agent: and has the cat ever bitten anyone?
me: first of all, how DARE you
nothing more emasculating than sitting on my various sofas reading novels, doing puzzles or watching the ‘95 ‘pride and prejudice’ while various M E N putter about my yard blowing leaves or repairing boilers
November 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
nothing more emasculating than sitting on my various sofas reading novels, doing puzzles or watching the ‘95 ‘pride and prejudice’ while various M E N putter about my yard blowing leaves or repairing boilers
every single time i read the new name of msnbc, i think it is referring to some indivisible-type progressive drag queen or something
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
every single time i read the new name of msnbc, i think it is referring to some indivisible-type progressive drag queen or something
forget about housewives -- here's the real subway of rhode island (via @thetransitguy.com)
What if the Italians Built a Subway under Providence?
A Century Later, Providence Still Needs the Subway It Planned in 1914.
thetransitguy.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
forget about housewives -- here's the real subway of rhode island (via @thetransitguy.com)
imagine when the next parts are all behind a paywall tho
November 18, 2025 at 3:20 AM
imagine when the next parts are all behind a paywall tho
casey is right this is a delight
as someone who thinks too much about the intersection of how the space in which one works influences the work one does, especially with my current job, i found this piece from the politico fascinating
Inside 10 Downing Street, the creaky old house that runs Britain
Mice, “nan’s bathrooms,” carpets duct-taped together — and terrible phone signal. Is there a worse place to run a country from than 10 Downing Street?
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
casey is right this is a delight
i always love the pity donor placards announcing this is the ‘paul and janet rich vestibule.’ is this what you wanted, janet? did you imagine your generous six figure drop would give you more than a celebratory doorframe? is your marriage intact?
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
i always love the pity donor placards announcing this is the ‘paul and janet rich vestibule.’ is this what you wanted, janet? did you imagine your generous six figure drop would give you more than a celebratory doorframe? is your marriage intact?
cbc music just played a string of songs by a singer-songwriter who is family friends with gord downie and who also wrote a protest song about a proposed gravel pit in the niagara escarpment in case you wondered what cancon could mean for you
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
cbc music just played a string of songs by a singer-songwriter who is family friends with gord downie and who also wrote a protest song about a proposed gravel pit in the niagara escarpment in case you wondered what cancon could mean for you
Reposted by nick andersen
November 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
said out loud (i’m a part-time cheesemonger who also makes audio and am currently eating a macaron and drinking tea on a chaise while finishing ‘pride and prejudice’ for the first time), i certainly could dislike myself a great deal
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
said out loud (i’m a part-time cheesemonger who also makes audio and am currently eating a macaron and drinking tea on a chaise while finishing ‘pride and prejudice’ for the first time), i certainly could dislike myself a great deal
i would just like the record to show, milo sat like this himself i had no involvement in the feline arrangement here
November 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
i would just like the record to show, milo sat like this himself i had no involvement in the feline arrangement here
‘the fedora is reserved for weekends, holidays and museum visits’
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
‘the fedora is reserved for weekends, holidays and museum visits’
realized last night that my crossword streak just hit six years long and honestly let us celebrate that commitment
November 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
realized last night that my crossword streak just hit six years long and honestly let us celebrate that commitment
was truly not prepared for how many audio folks at this podcast festival would be mouth agape surprised when my answer to ‘what are you up to now?’ is ‘cheesemongering’
November 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
was truly not prepared for how many audio folks at this podcast festival would be mouth agape surprised when my answer to ‘what are you up to now?’ is ‘cheesemongering’
my husband sent me a voice note of our cat purring loudly in bed next to him as i caught an early morning flight and i have NEVER been more jealous of anything in my life
November 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
my husband sent me a voice note of our cat purring loudly in bed next to him as i caught an early morning flight and i have NEVER been more jealous of anything in my life
'parties are a public service, you’re doing people a favor by throwing them.' (this is my porch drinks aim, 100%) [h/t @lauraolin.bsky.social]
21 Facts About Throwing Good Parties
Parties are a public service; here's how to throw them.
www.atvbt.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
'parties are a public service, you’re doing people a favor by throwing them.' (this is my porch drinks aim, 100%) [h/t @lauraolin.bsky.social]
do you make audio? will you be in beautiful richmond, virginia this weekend for the resonate festival? so will i! give a shout let's be friends irl.
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
do you make audio? will you be in beautiful richmond, virginia this weekend for the resonate festival? so will i! give a shout let's be friends irl.
i have lived in massachusetts for 12 years now and i have come to appreciate the taciturn social structure here, but i’ll be damned if this kooky spanish jacket doesn’t shatter even the coldest masshole into a cross street shouted compliment
November 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
i have lived in massachusetts for 12 years now and i have come to appreciate the taciturn social structure here, but i’ll be damned if this kooky spanish jacket doesn’t shatter even the coldest masshole into a cross street shouted compliment
if you want to honor the memory of diane ladd today, watch ‘wild at heart,’ david lynch’s horniest and wildest movie which features ladd’s daughter laura dern falling madly in love with dirtbag nic cage. ladd was nominated for an academy award for this performance and ngl she deserved to win.
a woman with blonde hair and a choker on her neck is crying .
Alt: laura dern, a white cis woman with blonde hair and a choker on her neck, is shown crying in a scene from the film ‘wild at heart.’
media.tenor.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
if you want to honor the memory of diane ladd today, watch ‘wild at heart,’ david lynch’s horniest and wildest movie which features ladd’s daughter laura dern falling madly in love with dirtbag nic cage. ladd was nominated for an academy award for this performance and ngl she deserved to win.
smart read on the mamdani campaign’s use and embrace of the city’s tiny, tiny restaurants
How did Zohran Mamdani win over New York’s small restaurants?
A dispatch from NYC by Apoorva Tadepalli.
www.vittlesmagazine.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
smart read on the mamdani campaign’s use and embrace of the city’s tiny, tiny restaurants
i s2g all these happy posts from yesterday’s nyc marathon gonna make me try to run that too now
November 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
i s2g all these happy posts from yesterday’s nyc marathon gonna make me try to run that too now