#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 challenges of science communication, and four of his favorite people to follow online:Someone super-talented who is still under the radar: Rollie Williams from Climate TownSomeone who's an expert in a very specific niche that he loves: Linguist Gretchen McCullochSomeone who makes the internet a better place: Writer and video producer Jon BoisSomeone he just started following: Science fiction author Becky ChambersAnd on our Patreon page, you can pledge any amount of money to get access to Follow Friday XL — our members-only podcast feed with exclusive bonus follows. That feed has an extended-length version of this interview in which Tom talks about the profanity-fluent music of Tom Cardy.Also:Follow Tom on YouTube at TomScottGo and TomScottPlusFollow us @FollowFridayPod on Twitter and InstagramFollow Eric on Twitter @heyheyesjTheme song written by Eric Johnson, and performed by Yona Marie. Show art by Dodi Hermawan.Thank you to our amazing patrons: Jon, Justin, Amy, Yoichi, Shinri, Elizabeth, Odette, and Jay

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