Matt Nida
@mattnida.com
Founder ~ wildambitions.xyz creative studio
Producer ~ lots of TV comedy things
Co-host ~ @illexplainlater.bsky.social
MC ~ reallystrangerecord.club
Music, film, television, podcasts, underground culture.
mattnida.com
he/him
Producer ~ lots of TV comedy things
Co-host ~ @illexplainlater.bsky.social
MC ~ reallystrangerecord.club
Music, film, television, podcasts, underground culture.
mattnida.com
he/him
Listening diary: weeks 3-4, 2026: https://mattnida.com/2026/01/24/listening-diary-weeks.html
January 24, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Listening diary: weeks 3-4, 2026: https://mattnida.com/2026/01/24/listening-diary-weeks.html
New York Television is a new online community television station from @kaye.bsky.social (who records wonderful music as Time Wharp). This is one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a long time.
January 22, 2026 at 8:24 AM
New York Television is a new online community television station from @kaye.bsky.social (who records wonderful music as Time Wharp). This is one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a long time.
🚨 @pulpyfiction.bsky.social wrote a really lovely essay for @ihavethatonvinyl.com about my East London music social, the Really Strange Record Club. Thrilled to bits with this, have a read here: ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/a-tri...
A Trip to The Really Strange Record Club
There aren’t a lot of places in London where you can go for a pint and expect to hear a 1950s record called ‘My Pussy Belongs to Daddy’, but Dreamhouse Records is one of them– at least it is when the ...
ihavethatonvinyl.com
June 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
🚨 @pulpyfiction.bsky.social wrote a really lovely essay for @ihavethatonvinyl.com about my East London music social, the Really Strange Record Club. Thrilled to bits with this, have a read here: ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/a-tri...
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recent work from me!!
part 2: we have a fantastic, interesting essay from @pulpyfiction.bsky.social about a really strange record club ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/a-tri...
A Trip to The Really Strange Record Club
There aren’t a lot of places in London where you can go for a pint and expect to hear a 1950s record called ‘My Pussy Belongs to Daddy’, but Dreamhouse Records is one of them– at least it is when the ...
ihavethatonvinyl.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:23 AM
recent work from me!!
Reposted by Matt Nida
part 2: we have a fantastic, interesting essay from @pulpyfiction.bsky.social about a really strange record club ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/a-tri...
A Trip to The Really Strange Record Club
There aren’t a lot of places in London where you can go for a pint and expect to hear a 1950s record called ‘My Pussy Belongs to Daddy’, but Dreamhouse Records is one of them– at least it is when the ...
ihavethatonvinyl.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:09 AM
part 2: we have a fantastic, interesting essay from @pulpyfiction.bsky.social about a really strange record club ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/a-tri...
Obviously there's been a ton of takes on the #DoctorWho finale already, but none asking the crucial question: what was it like to watch this at 3am with food poisoning? Available now wherever podcasts are found!
🚨 🚨 NEW EPISODE!! Yes, our I’LL EXPLAIN NOW strand finally kicks into gear for our review of WISH WORLD/THE REALITY WAR. @mattnida.com battles his guts and @jwestjourno.bsky.social *marvels* (geddit?!) at RTD’s influences. LISTEN NOW! illexplainlater.com
June 14, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Obviously there's been a ton of takes on the #DoctorWho finale already, but none asking the crucial question: what was it like to watch this at 3am with food poisoning? Available now wherever podcasts are found!
Reposted by Matt Nida
🚨 🚨 NEW EPISODE!! Yes, our I’LL EXPLAIN NOW strand finally kicks into gear for our review of WISH WORLD/THE REALITY WAR. @mattnida.com battles his guts and @jwestjourno.bsky.social *marvels* (geddit?!) at RTD’s influences. LISTEN NOW! illexplainlater.com
June 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🚨 🚨 NEW EPISODE!! Yes, our I’LL EXPLAIN NOW strand finally kicks into gear for our review of WISH WORLD/THE REALITY WAR. @mattnida.com battles his guts and @jwestjourno.bsky.social *marvels* (geddit?!) at RTD’s influences. LISTEN NOW! illexplainlater.com
Obviously people are correctly posting bangers from Pet Sounds etc, but I'd like the record to also reflect just how much pleasure my 7 year-old gets from this song. Goodnight Brian. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGFs...
Honkin' Down The Highway (Remastered 2000)
YouTube video by The Beach Boys - Topic
www.youtube.com
June 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Obviously people are correctly posting bangers from Pet Sounds etc, but I'd like the record to also reflect just how much pleasure my 7 year-old gets from this song. Goodnight Brian. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGFs...
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Hi @illexplainlater.bsky.social fans - both of you will be wondering where our pulse-pounding I’LL EXPLAIN NOW finale covering the series closing two parter has got to. Fear not, as it drops next week!
a man wearing a brown leather jacket is smiling in front of a disney+ logo
Alt: A gif of Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor wearing a brown leather jacket and clicking his fingers.
media.tenor.com
June 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Hi @illexplainlater.bsky.social fans - both of you will be wondering where our pulse-pounding I’LL EXPLAIN NOW finale covering the series closing two parter has got to. Fear not, as it drops next week!
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personally i just want to post to my friends and read my friends’ posts, and maybe find other people to connect with who could be friends. i don’t want Larger Debate. i don’t want to be in a marketplace of ideas. i don’t want algorithms or ads. i just want to be able to talk to my friends
May 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
personally i just want to post to my friends and read my friends’ posts, and maybe find other people to connect with who could be friends. i don’t want Larger Debate. i don’t want to be in a marketplace of ideas. i don’t want algorithms or ads. i just want to be able to talk to my friends
Proud Wire subscriber here. You should subscribe too. It's sensational value for the worlds it opens up to the adventurous listener, and the online archive (back to the 80s!) is astonishing.
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Running an independent music magazine is becoming increasingly difficult. We need your support
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
An urgent message from The Wire magazine - The Wire
Running an independent music magazine is becoming increasingly difficult. We need your support
www.thewire.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Proud Wire subscriber here. You should subscribe too. It's sensational value for the worlds it opens up to the adventurous listener, and the online archive (back to the 80s!) is astonishing.
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Hair! Teeth! International conflict! All this and more on the latest installment of knockabout Doctor Who podcast @illexplainlater.bsky.social - listen now!
🚨 🚨 NEW EPISODE!! I’ll Explain NOW is proud to present a double-header, exploring THE STORY & THE ENGINE and THE INTERSTELLAR SONG CONTEST: two lighthearted romps with barely a ripple of discourse about them. Listen now! illexplainlater.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Hair! Teeth! International conflict! All this and more on the latest installment of knockabout Doctor Who podcast @illexplainlater.bsky.social - listen now!
Oh for the days when being a Doctor Who critic meant tossing around a few phrases like "Holmesian double act" and "pseudo-historical" and calling it a day. #DoctorWho
🚨 🚨 NEW EPISODE!! I’ll Explain NOW is proud to present a double-header, exploring THE STORY & THE ENGINE and THE INTERSTELLAR SONG CONTEST: two lighthearted romps with barely a ripple of discourse about them. Listen now! illexplainlater.com
May 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Oh for the days when being a Doctor Who critic meant tossing around a few phrases like "Holmesian double act" and "pseudo-historical" and calling it a day. #DoctorWho
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🚨 🚨 NEW EPISODE!! I’ll Explain NOW is proud to present a double-header, exploring THE STORY & THE ENGINE and THE INTERSTELLAR SONG CONTEST: two lighthearted romps with barely a ripple of discourse about them. Listen now! illexplainlater.com
May 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🚨 🚨 NEW EPISODE!! I’ll Explain NOW is proud to present a double-header, exploring THE STORY & THE ENGINE and THE INTERSTELLAR SONG CONTEST: two lighthearted romps with barely a ripple of discourse about them. Listen now! illexplainlater.com
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*ILL* EXPLAIN LATER! Alas, a medical malaise - feared to be Spectrox toxaemia - has struck the @illexplainlater.bsky.social crew, so no The Story & the Engine hot take this week. But never fear - we’ll be back very soon to continue our Season Two/Series 15 chat!
May 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
*ILL* EXPLAIN LATER! Alas, a medical malaise - feared to be Spectrox toxaemia - has struck the @illexplainlater.bsky.social crew, so no The Story & the Engine hot take this week. But never fear - we’ll be back very soon to continue our Season Two/Series 15 chat!
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"You know who else loved Sinners?"
- cool vicar
- cool vicar
May 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
"You know who else loved Sinners?"
- cool vicar
- cool vicar
Here I am, on a podcast episode about an episode about a podcast. #DoctorWho
🚨 🚨 NEW EPISODE!! I’ll Explain NOW returns to examine LUCKY DAY. Along the way: Matt reveals his nocturnal habits, John’s prejudices get an airing and Doctor Who’s ‘Withnail & I’ approach to political mistakes. illexplainlater.com
May 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Here I am, on a podcast episode about an episode about a podcast. #DoctorWho
Adoptive families are yet another group whose lives are about to get a lot harder because of the UK government's asinine approach to "fiscal rectitude".
It would mean a lot to families like mine if you could sign the petition below.
chng.it/s7gGZpjz7X
It would mean a lot to families like mine if you could sign the petition below.
chng.it/s7gGZpjz7X
Action Against ASGSF Changes (Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund)
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
chng.it
May 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Adoptive families are yet another group whose lives are about to get a lot harder because of the UK government's asinine approach to "fiscal rectitude".
It would mean a lot to families like mine if you could sign the petition below.
chng.it/s7gGZpjz7X
It would mean a lot to families like mine if you could sign the petition below.
chng.it/s7gGZpjz7X
More thoughts on #DoctorWho for your eyes and/or ears! Find us wherever you get podcasts - illexplainlater.com
🚨 🚨 NEW EPISODE! I’ll Explain Now continues its ‘volcanic take’ run with a discussion on THE WELL. Along the way: imperial -metric conversion crisis, RTD’s Lynchian MO, and lingering sex scenes. Listen now! illexplainlater.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:59 AM
More thoughts on #DoctorWho for your eyes and/or ears! Find us wherever you get podcasts - illexplainlater.com
Reposted by Matt Nida
🚨 🚨 NEW EPISODE! I’ll Explain Now continues its ‘volcanic take’ run with a discussion on THE WELL. Along the way: imperial -metric conversion crisis, RTD’s Lynchian MO, and lingering sex scenes. Listen now! illexplainlater.com
April 28, 2025 at 6:36 AM
🚨 🚨 NEW EPISODE! I’ll Explain Now continues its ‘volcanic take’ run with a discussion on THE WELL. Along the way: imperial -metric conversion crisis, RTD’s Lynchian MO, and lingering sex scenes. Listen now! illexplainlater.com
Reposted by Matt Nida
no, they know exactly what they’re doing. the point is to force trans people out of public life
I’m trying to be diplomatic, but this EHRC guidance was not written by anyone with a remotely functioning brain. Literally unworkable in any context.
April 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
no, they know exactly what they’re doing. the point is to force trans people out of public life
"These are just hot take episodes", we said, "so we won't need more than 30 minutes, we might not have that much to say." Nearly an hour later, we finally finished recording. Fresh thoughts on brand new #DoctorWho wherever you get your podcasts!
🚨 🚨 NEW EPISODE! From Chuck Berry to Chuck Jones, we at @illexplainlater.bsky.social offer an illuminating look at LUX. Along the way: Ribena concentrate, colliery bands and deep-fried bonce. LISTEN NOW! illexplainlater.com
April 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
"These are just hot take episodes", we said, "so we won't need more than 30 minutes, we might not have that much to say." Nearly an hour later, we finally finished recording. Fresh thoughts on brand new #DoctorWho wherever you get your podcasts!
Reposted by Matt Nida
🚨 🚨 NEW EPISODE! From Chuck Berry to Chuck Jones, we at @illexplainlater.bsky.social offer an illuminating look at LUX. Along the way: Ribena concentrate, colliery bands and deep-fried bonce. LISTEN NOW! illexplainlater.com
April 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🚨 🚨 NEW EPISODE! From Chuck Berry to Chuck Jones, we at @illexplainlater.bsky.social offer an illuminating look at LUX. Along the way: Ribena concentrate, colliery bands and deep-fried bonce. LISTEN NOW! illexplainlater.com
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You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.
April 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.
@bourgwick.bsky.social greatly enjoyed the live Alexa evisceration! What was the Yoshi Wada track playing in the background?
April 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
@bourgwick.bsky.social greatly enjoyed the live Alexa evisceration! What was the Yoshi Wada track playing in the background?