Nate Krenkel
@krenkel.bsky.social
Rhizome Radio at WMPG.
TEAM LOVE and OYSTERTONES. words at nathanielkrenkel.com
(he/him)
TEAM LOVE and OYSTERTONES. words at nathanielkrenkel.com
(he/him)
“I hit PLAY. Seconds later The Psychedelic Furs are blasting out of the TV speakers. I’m rocking my head up and down. Florida is doing his towel-wave dance with his arm and kicking both his legs. All three limbs, growing.”
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Watching TV With Florida | Nathaniel Krenkel
“What’s this?” Florida¹ asks. “Ted Lasso? We tried it before, you didn’t like it because of the guy’s mustache.” “Really? I don’t remember. Can we try again?” “Sure.” I hit play. We watch Ted Lasso…
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November 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
“I hit PLAY. Seconds later The Psychedelic Furs are blasting out of the TV speakers. I’m rocking my head up and down. Florida is doing his towel-wave dance with his arm and kicking both his legs. All three limbs, growing.”
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Reposted by Nate Krenkel
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
“Too bad you can’t smoke your phone,” Florida says.
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Watching TV With Florida | Nathaniel Krenkel
“What’s this?” Florida¹ asks. “Ted Lasso? We tried it before, you didn’t like it because of the guy’s mustache.” “Really? I don’t remember. Can we try again?” “Sure.” I hit play. We watch Ted Lasso…
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October 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
“Too bad you can’t smoke your phone,” Florida says.
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October 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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“I am told to enter my PIN. I don’t think I have a PIN, and if I do, I’ve long forgotten it, so I say, yeah no yeah fuck, and the computer says, no problem.”
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Let me tell you a story about a Compromised Fuse
A flash fiction about the frustrations of aging and tech, as a father navigates PIN numbers, phone trees and Kafkaesque obstacles to get his daughter’s phone working in Paris.
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September 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
“I am told to enter my PIN. I don’t think I have a PIN, and if I do, I’ve long forgotten it, so I say, yeah no yeah fuck, and the computer says, no problem.”
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September 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
“….but swallowing was no longer an option. His cheeks expanded and swelled until they touched the walls and filled the room. Someone was trying to open the door, but this was no longer a possibility.”
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Congress Street
Congress Street
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September 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“….but swallowing was no longer an option. His cheeks expanded and swelled until they touched the walls and filled the room. Someone was trying to open the door, but this was no longer a possibility.”
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Reposted by Nate Krenkel
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Extended Play Vols. 1-3 by Napps on Apple Music
Album · 2024 · 14 Songs
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September 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
we all need more napps music.apple.com/us/album/ext...
“I am told to enter my PIN. I don’t think I have a PIN, and if I do, I’ve long forgotten it, so I say, yeah no yeah fuck, and the computer says, no problem.”
letmetellthisstory.substack.com/p/let-me-tel...
letmetellthisstory.substack.com/p/let-me-tel...
Let me tell you a story about a Compromised Fuse
A flash fiction about the frustrations of aging and tech, as a father navigates PIN numbers, phone trees and Kafkaesque obstacles to get his daughter’s phone working in Paris.
letmetellthisstory.substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
“I am told to enter my PIN. I don’t think I have a PIN, and if I do, I’ve long forgotten it, so I say, yeah no yeah fuck, and the computer says, no problem.”
letmetellthisstory.substack.com/p/let-me-tel...
letmetellthisstory.substack.com/p/let-me-tel...
September 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
“This time in the SPECIAL INSTRUCTION spot, he wrote things such as “allergic to rice,” “left-sided cashews only,” “extra glue,” and “no egg whites no hippies no sadness no lost boys.” He filled the cart with $85 worth of lunch specials and appetizers.”
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Congress Street
Congress Street
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August 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“This time in the SPECIAL INSTRUCTION spot, he wrote things such as “allergic to rice,” “left-sided cashews only,” “extra glue,” and “no egg whites no hippies no sadness no lost boys.” He filled the cart with $85 worth of lunch specials and appetizers.”
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“I pause. I give him an address from six years ago. He says, bingo-bango…Please and Thankyou and then a child in the background screams and a bus drives into an apple cart.”
letmetellthisstory.substack.com/p/let-me-tel...
letmetellthisstory.substack.com/p/let-me-tel...
Let me tell you a story about a Compromised Fuse
A flash fiction about the frustrations of aging and tech, as a father navigates PIN numbers, phone trees and Kafkaesque obstacles to get his daughter’s phone working in Paris.
letmetellthisstory.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“I pause. I give him an address from six years ago. He says, bingo-bango…Please and Thankyou and then a child in the background screams and a bus drives into an apple cart.”
letmetellthisstory.substack.com/p/let-me-tel...
letmetellthisstory.substack.com/p/let-me-tel...
“Everyone had beards, designer drugs, pants pulled too high, anti-capitalism slogans slapped onto the side of a pair of Vans or a shirt from H&M. These were dire times…”
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Issue Six | Mania Magazine
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August 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
“Everyone had beards, designer drugs, pants pulled too high, anti-capitalism slogans slapped onto the side of a pair of Vans or a shirt from H&M. These were dire times…”
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“I pause and frown. Am I boring my daughter? Or is she lightly amused? I have no idea. I do know that I have too few years left on this earth to waste any of it listening to bloody Beck.”
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"Thank You, Lorde" by Nathaniel Krenkel
Nathaniel Krenkel
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July 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
“I pause and frown. Am I boring my daughter? Or is she lightly amused? I have no idea. I do know that I have too few years left on this earth to waste any of it listening to bloody Beck.”
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Berlin butterfly bush:
July 21, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Berlin butterfly bush:
“I grab the remote. A minute later, I find Pretty In Pink.
“Every seen it?”
“Is it about Onk’s friend, Billy the Tongue?” Florida asks.
“No. It’s about high school kids and class division.”
“Sounds like frog-dog shit.”
#PrettyInPink
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“Every seen it?”
“Is it about Onk’s friend, Billy the Tongue?” Florida asks.
“No. It’s about high school kids and class division.”
“Sounds like frog-dog shit.”
#PrettyInPink
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Watching TV With Florida | Nathaniel Krenkel
“What’s this?” Florida¹ asks. “Ted Lasso? We tried it before, you didn’t like it because of the guy’s mustache.” “Really? I don’t remember. Can we try again?” “Sure.” I hit play. We watch Ted Lasso…
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July 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“I grab the remote. A minute later, I find Pretty In Pink.
“Every seen it?”
“Is it about Onk’s friend, Billy the Tongue?” Florida asks.
“No. It’s about high school kids and class division.”
“Sounds like frog-dog shit.”
#PrettyInPink
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“Every seen it?”
“Is it about Onk’s friend, Billy the Tongue?” Florida asks.
“No. It’s about high school kids and class division.”
“Sounds like frog-dog shit.”
#PrettyInPink
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“The movie starts, but I pass out almost immediately. Before Chris Penn’s classic line about The Police. Before the game of chicken on tractors. Before Kevin Bacon dances through a grain processing facility. Before Lithgow’s change of heart.”
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Watching TV With Florida | Nathaniel Krenkel
“What’s this?” Florida¹ asks. “Ted Lasso? We tried it before, you didn’t like it because of the guy’s mustache.” “Really? I don’t remember. Can we try again?” “Sure.” I hit play. We watch Ted Lasso…
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July 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“The movie starts, but I pass out almost immediately. Before Chris Penn’s classic line about The Police. Before the game of chicken on tractors. Before Kevin Bacon dances through a grain processing facility. Before Lithgow’s change of heart.”
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July 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM