Andrew Fedorov
@andrewfed
Sometimes found walking across countries. Bylines: @VanityFair @thefineprintnyc @outsidemagazine @GQMagazine etc.
After years of building a base with the right, Ryan is going mainstream. He sat down with Gov. Newsom last week (getting a nice review from Pod Save America.) But, those liberals might be surprised by his full history
In our most recent issue, @andrewfed with a feature on Shawn Ryan—a former Blackwater employee, current famous podcaster, and a man perfectly suited to our slightly paranoid times As one former Seal told us: “I cannot believe that fucking idiot is a shot caller now.”
For @MotherJones, wrote about Shawn Ryan, the rightwing Navy SEAL podcaster who has other SEALs saying, "I cannot believe that fucking idiot is a shot caller now." motherjones.com/politics/2025/…
Oh. He was the nicest, most patient guy. nytimes.com/2025/07/12/art…
Crazy journalism movie, never seen another like it: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slap_the_…
This week's Drifter: "I catch an edge, eat shit, face forward, double eject out of my skis." drifter.beehiiv.com/p/altitude-dri…
Turkmenistan's pavilion at the Osaka Expo is one of the most surreal things I've seen. The narration over the video in the main room starts: "Whose land is steadfast? Whose people are blessed? Whose glory fills the world? It is independent and permanently neutral Turkmenistan."




This week's Drifter: "Dude, we just got locked in here." drifter.beehiiv.com/p/rails-drifte…
Might be the thing that gets me to come back to the US.
“He won,” Cuomo told his supporters at the Carpenter Union’s Hall on the western edge of SoHo. Read more: bit.ly/45E9rh3
It's Office rewatch week at Drifter, but in a cool way: Creed Bratton talks hitchhiking. drifter.beehiiv.com/p/open-road-dr…
This week's Drifter: "It was our third day of hitchhiking, and people had already invited us into their home. We didn’t expect that to happen that quickly." drifter.beehiiv.com/p/open-road-dr…
This week's Drifter: "I’m going in the yard and I’m getting the ride. I’m not gonna let this train go, because I’m so sick of being stuck." drifter.beehiiv.com/p/rails-drifte…
Yankees gear still reigns supreme in Beijing though
"Colorado" hats really putting up some stiff competition for the traditional favorite Yankee hats in Xi'an, for some reason.
What's on display at a Beijing magazine cafe: Lots of Japanese style pubs, Kinfolk, Monocle. (Big Monocle back catalog on a side shelf.)

