Tom‘s conversational voice being the same as his story-telling voice is just so perfect.

I don't think writing concisely is Tom's only skill. He's also just generally good at presenting. And smart enough to understand a broad range of topics and make them accessible.

I love Tom Scott. Been watching him for years since his computerphile days

NO WAY. Didn't think I would see Tom on a this podcast. W collab

Type A: can read a script and sound like you're talking naturally. Type B: will annoy the shit out of everyone with their local-newscaster intonation. Thankfully Tom and Marques are both Type A here, and honestly I suspect it's a big part of how they managed to do so well.

Oh wow, Tom comparing himself to a Blue Peter presenter is so accurate - can't believe I never thought of that before. The Tom Scott Plus channel is basically exactly what they would do back in the 90s/00s, only for KZfaq.

Tom Scott is one of those rare people who is doing EXACTLY what he should be doing in life.

I'm a huge fan of Tom Scott; his research and presentation literally blow me away! I'd like to write like Tom speaks one day

It's still unclear to me how much he actually uses a teleprompter. He does so many walk and talk videos where that would seem to be impossible, yet I've always marveled at his ability to speak what seem to be memorized text. There's another method used by narrators on camera that isn't as common now as it used to be, which is playing back a tape recording of you reading your own script into an earpiece and then mimicking that at the same time you're listening. It's a skill I don't have, but that could be used for things like walking and talking where it would be difficult to read a teleprompter, and difficult for someone to hold a teleprompter, which is why it doesn't seem all that likely that the videos that I've seen involve the teleprompter because he was filming himself with a selfie stick.

It's really interesting how much Tom Scott is enthusiastic about splicing audio for natural sounding corrections. I do this for Shesez when I edit and I don't even mention it. I just chalk it up as "part of the job." I wonder if *he's* ever noticed the splicing? I shall ask next time.

Hahaha tom mentioned blue peter, that really takes me back

My big thought when I discovered Tom's channel was that his content felt like the sort of little articles you get on Blue Peter, which I think is what drew me in, because I loved Blue Peter, so it's interesting to see him kind of recognise that.

Interesting. When I've had to read scripted stuff I've found myself going between 'notes that I string together live so it flows well' or 'write the whole script like it was spoken and read it exactly'. The former is great for presentations but I think the second is better but takes so much more time

I did not expect this collaboration! Definitely a treat!

Tom- your scripting is of course fantastic. But the quality and clarity of your voice, your always appropriately animated facial expressions, and of course your command of the subject matter make your videos a cut above. I am 70 and have watched almost exclusively KZfaq for the past 5 years. You have consistently the best presentations every time. Keep up the great work young man! - Rich

Quite the surprise to see Tom on the podcast! Love his content, great collaboration.

This is a pleasant surprise. As a fan of Tom Scott, I clicked video because Tom Scott was on thumbnail.

NO WAY! This is the interview we were not waiting for but the one we needed

Tom could make a video about a rock and I’d watch it going “oooo interesting”

As a ex editor 100% record just ambient noise when on location so you can ADR later and mix that in and sound like you were still there. Saves a mountain of pain.

Awesome, 2 of my favourite youtubers collabing, great day

He’s so humble.

Literal double-take to see Tom Scott on here!! What a top guy 😁

It is a good crossover . I would love to see a Linus crossover He is a computer programmer as I know from computerphile and learning Akkadian with the British museum

I just open the description first time today, I saw "Music by 20syl" me shocked 20syl is one of my favorite French producer and he's a fuckin legend

A link to the full podcast video on every clips video description will be very useful.

Shall we take a moment to appreciate mkbhd's audio recording system in place. Crisp audio

I was so unprepared for the outro, I couldn't figure out what was off. I felt his eyes stare deep into my soul

I'd never thought of it before, but Tom Scott IS a Blue Peter Presenter. That's hilarious

He even tells stories like it's a TS video

I normally just watch clips but this is the podcast I will watch in full.

As a person who likes to make videos but is terrible at video, but hopefully somewhat good at audio, I couldn't help but notice that in the Waveform podcast the audio processing is different enough from Tom Scott's videos that it's immediately noticeable, although I am not sure which words to use to describe the difference. I think Tom sounds both brighter and a bit muddy at the same time compared to his videos :).

Great video!

This is the clip that got me watching waveform.

My brain just goes: voice wrong that's robot scott

this explains so many odd little moments in his past videos that made me feel inexplicably uncomfortable lol

With this high quality audio he sounds like the voice in my English listening exam. If u know u know

Can we please get Tom Scott his blue Peter badge XD

This may sound super lazy on my part, but after watching the clip I wanted to watch the full podcast, yet the link wasn’t in the description… just something to consider adding for next time

tom also has a really great voice too

The outro omg 😂

Ha ha ha ha! I love the bit at the end. :-D

NO WAY TOM SCOTT

Tom Scott and MKBHD? Oh my days.

I understood that reference. do I get a blue peter badge?

The thumbnail to this video should have a live picture of Tom Scott -- it wasn't clear before clicking on the video that Tom Scott was actually on the podcast

Yess Tom!!

Wonder how many Blue Peter badges Tom has?

i wish i could speak like tom scott

Man that mic really makes Tom sound lower

Why does Marques have the silver mike 🎤?

He looks like that robot from the tom scot video a few weeks ago

holy crap Tom is in America????

How on earth do you make a 7b sound so bad i couldnt even do that on purpose

Never realized Tom used a teleprompter.

Tom sounds so different on a SM7B lol

For the algorithm. ✊

This is just like teaching. Its 'scripted' but you basically have to do a one take, in front of 30 kids. It sucks to learn, because you get caught out a lot. but after years of training it starts to become natural.

0:12 wait... I thought everyone does it like that? Now you are going to tell me being able to shift that and write in someone's else voice is difficult to.

Ha! That was a great Marques deep fake.

Marquess must feel so dumb next to Tom.

Is he Zuck’s brother?

Yeah Tom's a bluepeter presenter!!

Million Dollar Hollywood productions gets lots wrong and people don't notice. With radio experienced presenters are able to say the wrong words but continue like they didn't and people don't notice.

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I feel like In the movement to get everyone on the internet and doing stuff computery we definitely lost something like a big something. Like if it the internet is so good why is it so difficult to find analysis and public accountability. It all these cheap dopamine thrills and not a layered conversation about things that are being part and apart from the internet and where we go about our day. Like sure there’s internet of things and that you can’t really ever not be apart from the internet but where are discussions about how the internet effected us and where is the threshold of like this is too much. Like thresholds on like institutional internet hierarchy. Like what are they.

kãnʔnuɪɾi Great example of how an American can comprehensively mangle a word

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"The Plus channel is becoming the main one" really bothers me, because I love Tom's content on the main channel, but I really don't like the Plus' content..... 😢

I nearly upvoted this video. At least until I saw the outro. I mean, come on, guys. Really?

No idea what’s appealing about Tom Scott. 0 charm or personality.