#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 of the first-ever guests on the show — takes the reins and interviews Eric Johnson about four of his favorite people to follow online:Someone he doesn't know in real life but wants to be friends with: Video essayist Patrick H. WillemsSomeone who's an expert in a very specific niche he loves: Kevin Perjurer, founder of DefunctlandSomeone he is embarrassed to admit he follows: Korean a capella group MayTreeSomeone who makes the internet a better place: Engineer Simone GiertzAnd 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 Eric and Ryan talk about why the history-comedy podcast Something True needs to come back for a third season.Also:Follow Ryan on Twitter @broderick and listen to his podcast The Content MinesFollow 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, Jay, Danny, Lauren, and Sylnai

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