Follow Friday Creators & Guests

Eric Johnson is the host of Follow Friday and the founder of the podcast consultancy LightningPod. He previously worked at Vox Media, where he produced Recode Decode with Kara Swisher from 2015 to 2020.

Alexis Gay is a comedian and podcaster.

Ed Zitron is an award-winning author, writer and speaker with seven years of PR experience and over a decade as a reporter. He is a founder of EZPR and host of The SCUMBAG Podcast.

Traci Thomas runs and hosts The Stacks, a book podcast and blog focused on giving you real life conversations about all things book.

Madison Malone Kircher is a journalist who writes about internet culture. Currently, she is a reporter for the New York Times.Previously, Malone Kircher was a senior writer at Slate and co-host of the Slate podcast "ICYMI." Before that, she was staff writer at New York magazine, where she edited New York’s Approval Matrix. Her work has appeared in Vogue, Vulture, and the Cut.

Allegra Frank is an associate culture editor at Vox, podcaster, and co-host of The Polygon Show Podcast.

Rose Eveleth is a producer, designer, and writer. Currently, they are the Executive Producer of the podcast network Flash Forward Presents. They host the podcast "Flash Forward Podcast."Previously, Evelyth was a columnist for WIRED, BBC Future, and Motherboard, the producer of the Story Collider podcast, the special media manager at Nautilus, the managing editor for LadyBits, an editor of all things animated at TED Education, and a contributing editor at Smart Planet. They also edited the Smart News blog at Smithsonian Magazine, and filled in for the Atlantic’s science editor.

Ben Brock Johnson is a professional radio, digital and print journalist with extensive experience in news and features reporting for national broadcast organizations and publications. He currently hosts a daily show heard by nearly 2 million people around the US.

Hrishikesh Hirway is the host/creator of the podcasts Song Exploder and Partners, and co-host of The West Wing Weekly.

Ryan Broderick is a reporter for BuzzFeed and host of BuzzFeed's Internet Explorer Podcast.

Eric Molinsky reports for Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen and hosts a podcast about science fiction and other fantasy genres called Imaginary Worlds.

Tre’vell Anderson is a journalist, social curator, and Director of Culture and Entertainment at Out magazine.

Alexandra Petri is a humorist, newspaper columnist, writer, and author of the book Nothing is Wrong and Here Is Why.

Directs videos. Made a movie about a coconut. Trying really hard to sell out. he/him