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#67 Patrick Willems (Night of the Coconut): Baby chefs, Baby Back Ribs, George Lucas

Patrick Willems spent six years on YouTube trying to attract an audience for his short films, before he pivoted to video essays about everyt...

01:01:38Jul 22, 2022

#66 Roman Mars (99% Invisible): City flags, stupid walks, shearing sheep

"When you're a broadcaster, you don't have a conversation you can't use as content," jokes Roman Mars — well, mostly jokes. The host of 99%...

40:30Jul 8, 2022

#65 Annie Rauwerda (Depths of Wikipedia): Living statues, #NotAllBots, the Holy Trinity Bikini

When her college internship was canceled by the COVID-19 shutdown in spring 2020, Annie Rauwerda had a lot of unexpected time on her hands....

36:56Jun 24, 2022

#64 Rusty Foster (Today in Tabs): Giving up on crypto, bear chandelier, Halloween puns

When Rusty Foster started the email newsletter Today in Tabs, in 2013, "tabs" was trendy media slang for the articles open in your browser t...

37:45Jun 17, 2022

#63 UNLOCKED: Bonus follows from Traci Thomas, Josh Fruhlinger, Bridget Todd, and Jesse Thorn

Today we're playing four bonus follow recommendations that originally were exclusive to Follow Friday XL , our special podcast feed for supp...

42:37Jun 10, 2022

#62 Bridget Todd (There Are No Girls On the Internet): 2+2 = applesauce, bringing chaos, three-way phone calls

There Are No Girls on The Internet is an award-winning podcast about people who have always been at the forefront of technology, but whose s...

53:58Jun 3, 2022

Advice for using social media after a mass shooting, with Bridget Todd (There Are No Girls on the Internet)

A preview of next week's episode, featuring There Are No Girls on the Internet host Bridget Todd Please consider donating to the Texas Eleme...

08:34May 26, 2022

#34 Lindsay Ellis (Axiom's End): Phantom of the Opera, 50 Shades of Grey, air disasters

For more than five years, Lindsay Ellis produced video essays on YouTube , analyzing everything from the Transformers movies to Andrew Lloyd...

47:55May 20, 2022

#61 Jesse Thorn (Bullseye): Scruffy dogs, breakfast cereal, the worst albums of the 20th century

Jesse Thorn has been podcasting since 2005, when he put his college radio show The Sound of Young America on the internet. He was a little e...

01:01:19May 13, 2022

#60 Reggie Fils-Aimé (Disrupting the Game): Becoming a meme, becoming a Muppet, video game skills

Former Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé first became an internet meme before most people knew what memes were: At Nintendo's p...

46:57May 6, 2022

#59 Danielle Friedman (Let's Get Physical): Cooking in the nude, human footballs, no filters

On the internet, body shaming is alive and well, nutrition advice can be wildly inaccurate, and it's a lot easier to scroll through Instagra...

40:17Apr 29, 2022

#58 T.J. Raphael (BioHacked: Family Secrets): Brooklyn moms, "monogamish," T9 texting

When her college friend Amber invited her to the beach five years ago, T.J. Raphael had no idea that saying "yes" would change the course of...

44:51Apr 22, 2022

#57 Charlie Harding (Switched on Pop): Daft Funk, TikTok music, canceling Beethoven

Charlie Harding says he "procrastinates" by watching YouTube videos about sound design. But it's not an aimless hobby, because Charlie is a...

41:55Apr 15, 2022

#56 Justin Myers (The Guyliner): Fear of custard, writing about yourself, mixtapes vs. d*ck pics

Justin Myers is a writer for British GQ and the author of three novels, most recently The Fake-Up . But he's probably best known for his blo...

45:23Apr 8, 2022

#55 Josh Fruhlinger (The Comics Curmudgeon): Beetle Bailey, Hyperloop, bisexual lighting

Josh Fruhlinger is better known to the internet as the Comics Curmudgeon, and for something like 15 years, he's been riffing on the oddities...

47:30Apr 1, 2022

#54 Traci Thomas (The Stacks): The dreamiest dreamboat, Dolphins Without Borders, banned books

( Full transcript ) Traci Thomas is the host of The Stacks , a podcast about books and the people who read them. Today on Follow Friday, she...

42:07Mar 25, 2022

#53 Broti Gupta (The Simpsons): Sumo oranges, Koko the gorilla, bears aren't real

When she's not tweeting about sumo oranges or her podcast Lecture Hall , Broti Gupta is a writer for The Simpsons. And the long gap between...

37:12Mar 18, 2022

#17 Ed Zitron (Where's Your Ed At): Joker memes, baseball isn't boring, the best tweet ever

( Full transcript of this podcast available here ). When he's not writing about the media and running a PR agency, Ed Zitron is probably on...

38:17Mar 11, 2022

#52 Hrishikesh Hirway (Song Exploder): Dadaist art, writer's block, trolling Trebek

Hrishikesh Hirway is a prolific creator: A podcaster, a newsletter writer, a TED speaker, a composer, and more. And he's also a musician who...

32:26Mar 4, 2022

#51 Alexis Gay (Non-Technical): Wool sweaters, divorcées, bonsai trees

Full transcript here Alexis Gay is one of those rare cases you hear about: For seven years, she was a tech worker who wanted to do comedy; t...

34:36Feb 25, 2022

#50 Shima Oliaee (Dolly Parton's America): Fake cousins, lazy exorcists, punching down

Radio journalist Shima Oliaee, known for her many contributions to podcasts like Radiolab and for co-creating the award-winning series Dolly...

47:39Feb 18, 2022

#49 Eric Johnson (Follow Friday): Evil coconuts, Disneyland, dog selfies

( Full transcript here ) Follow Friday is one year old today, so happy birthday to us! To celebrate, Garbage Day writer Ryan Broderick — one...

32:32Jan 28, 2022

#48 Tom Scott: Fast fashion, the future of football, nice sci-fi

( Full transcript here ) Today on Follow Friday, YouTuber and educator Tom Scott talks about the wild places his videos take him, the challe...

46:10Jan 21, 2022

#47 Brooke Hammerling (Pop Culture Mondays): Baby Yoda, rich moms, the Bono of finance bros

( Full transcript here ) Today on Follow Friday, The New New Thing founder and Pop Culture Mondays writer Brooke Hammerling talks about the...

55:10Jan 14, 2022

#46 Best of 2021: Eric's favorite follows of the year

Today on Follow Friday, Eric Johnson looks back at four of his favorite follows out of the 183 discussed on the show in 2021. They are: Alie...

39:24Dec 17, 2021

#45 Amanda Aronczyk (Planet Money): Circus nuns, Friendster, Tom Holland

Today on Follow Friday, Planet Money co-host Amanda Aronczyk talks about how she and her colleagues find so many entertaining stories about...

40:56Dec 10, 2021

#44 Bijan Stephen (Eclipsed): A quest for cookies, Tinder robots, imaginary video games

( Full transcript ) Today on Follow Friday, journalist and podcaster Bijan Stephen talks about his new history podcast Eclipsed and recommen...

37:05Dec 3, 2021

#43 Amory Sivertson and Ben Brock Johnson (Endless Thread): Meme history, happy dogs, and the cutest animal — elephants

( Full transcript here ) After three years of reporting out stories that originated on Reddit, the WBUR podcast Endless Thread parted ways w...

41:35Nov 19, 2021

#42 Alasdair Beckett-King, Morgan Sung, Lindsay Ellis, and Gavin Purcell: Bonus follows UNLOCKED

(Full transcript at FollowFridayPodcast.com ) Supporters of the Follow Friday Patreon page get a shout-out on the podcast, exclusive preview...

37:54Nov 12, 2021

#41 Dana Schwartz (Noble Blood): Bruce Willis, very British words, bad art friends

(Full transcript at FollowFridayPodcast.com ) Let's get one thing clear: Despite what some of her podcast critics might claim, Dana Schwartz...

30:17Nov 5, 2021

#40 Gavin Purcell (Way Too Interested): Homing pigeons, Gollum, NFTs

(Full transcript at FollowFridayPodcast.com ) When he set out to make a podcast, Emmy-winning writer and TV producer Gavin Purcell thought a...

42:00Oct 29, 2021

#39 Samir Mezrahi (Zillow Gone Wild): Hidden treasure, reply guys, Spirit Halloween

( Full transcript at FollowFridayPodcast.com ) Samir Mezrahi's mind is on the gutters — not in the gutter. As the creator of the Instagram a...

34:41Oct 22, 2021

#38 Reza Farazmand (Poorly Drawn Lines): Persian chicken, desert blues, Commodore 64

( Full transcript at FollowFridayPodcast.com ) Poorly Drawn Lines creator Reza Farazmand thought he knew what to expect when adapting his po...

35:10Oct 15, 2021

#37 Eric Molinsky (Imaginary Worlds): Spice Girls, colorizing history, James Bond's friend Chewbacca

( Full transcript at FollowFridayPodcast.com ) "Imagine if NPR went to Comic-Con and decided that's all they ever wanted to cover." That's h...

39:23Oct 8, 2021

#36 LIVE - Kara Swisher (The New York Times): Crypto bros, Uncle Satan, political sex scandals

( Full transcript of this episode ) ~ Some of New York Times writer Kara Swisher's favorite follows are people she has admired, crushed on,...

54:09Oct 1, 2021

#35 Dallas Taylor (Twenty Thousand Hertz): Phil Collins, finding joy, fake supermarkets

( Full transcript available at FollowFridayPodcast.com ) ~ Once upon a time, Dallas Taylor remembers, it was a compliment to call someone an...

40:09Sep 24, 2021

#34 Lindsay Ellis (Axiom's End): Phantom of the Opera, 50 Shades of Grey, air disasters

Please nominate Follow Friday in the "New/Debut Podcast" and "Interview-Style Podcast" categories in the Discover Pods Awards! ~ Click here...

45:18Sep 17, 2021

#33 Dave Jorgenson (The Washington Post): Hogwarts houses, wholesome comedy, Survivor

Read the full transcript of this episode at FollowFridayPodcast.com Please nominate Follow Friday in the "New/Debut Podcast" and "Interview-...

37:42Sep 10, 2021

#32 Dave Pell (NextDraft): Florida men, Apple fanboys, Japanese roller coasters

Full transcript : FollowFridayPodcast.com/dave-pell Our new YouTube channel : followfriday.co/youtube Dave Pell calls himself the "managing...

44:01Sep 3, 2021

#31 Morgan Sung (Mashable): Frog bread, astrology, poisonous mushrooms

Full transcript: FollowFridayPodcast.com/morgan-sung Over the past 18 months, internet culture has become, simply, culture. And one of the t...

33:26Aug 27, 2021

#30 Four super-weird accounts you should follow (ft. Ed Zitron, Allegra Frank, Kevin Roose, and Freddie Wong)

Patreon : Patreon.com/followfriday Leave a review : LoveThePodcast.com/followfriday ~ Hello again Follow Friday listeners! Today's show is a...

31:27Aug 20, 2021

#29 Four comedians you should follow (ft. Adrianne Jeffries, Zack Bornstein, Alie Ward, and Helen Zaltzman)

Patreon : Patreon.com/followfriday Leave a review : LoveThePodcast.com/followfriday ~ Hello Follow Friday listeners! I'm on vacation this we...

28:27Aug 13, 2021

#28 Max Miller (Tasting History): Musical theater, insatiable curiosity, Lady Gaga

Patreon: Patreon.com/followfriday Leave a review: LoveThePodcast.com/followfriday Full transcript: FollowFridayPodcast.com/max-miller ~ "The...

35:15Aug 6, 2021

#27 Liana Finck (The New Yorker): Pit bulls, Hawaiian tortoises, bread shoes

Patreon : Patreon.com/followfriday Leave a review : LoveThePodcast.com/followfriday Transcript : FollowFridayPodcast.com/liana-finck ~ As a...

26:15Jul 30, 2021

#26 Alasdair Beckett-King: Mr. Blobby, Vine, paper puppets

Back us on Patreon: Patreon.com/followfriday Review us: LoveThePodcast.com/followfriday Full transcript: FollowFridayPodcast.com/alasdair-be...

37:29Jul 23, 2021

#25 The Auralnauts (Craven Moorhaus and Zak Koonce): Funeral DJs, lightsaber ASMR, Howard the Duck

Full transcript : FollowFridayPodcast.com/auralnauts Back us on Patreon : Patreon.com/followfriday Review us : LoveThePodcast.com/followfrid...

46:26Jul 16, 2021

#24 Freddie Wong (RocketJump): TikTok magic, train surfing, singing skeletons

Full transcript : https://followfridaypodcast.com/freddie-wong Back us on Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/followfriday Review the show : h...

45:52Jul 9, 2021

#23 Mark Chrisler (The Constant): Chicago's worst food, The Berenstain Bears, video games are art

Full transcript : https://followfridaypodcast.com/mark-chrisler Back us on Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/followfriday Review the show :...

35:24Jul 2, 2021

#22 Ann Reardon (How to Cook That): Food fakery, glitterbombs, steamy photographs

Full transcript : https://followfridaypodcast.com/ann-reardon Back us on Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/followfriday Review the show : ht...

38:18Jun 25, 2021

#21 Follow Friday's new Patreon + Alexandra Petri, Rose Eveleth, and Ed Zitron bonus picks

( Full transcript available on FollowFridayPodcast.com ) Big news: Starting today, for as little as $1 a month, you can support Follow Frida...

23:23Jun 18, 2021