I've performed over a hundred interviews, and I've been interviewed over 130 times on different podcasts. Today I wanted to make an episode to answer ALL the questions about podcast interviews.
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For Full Show Notes go to www.schoolofpodcasting.com/678
Topics Include:
3:15 Appreciating your audience
7:29 Don't get blinded by resumes
10:40 Connect the Dots
16:13 How to turn down someone who wants to be on your show
18:38 Where to find Guests
20:20 Interviewing Celebrities
21:20 The Ask
25:37 Pre-Interviews
28:08 DO THE WORK
32:11 Be Vulnerable
34:08 Tag Team Interviews
41:02 Setting Guest Expectations
44:12 Shaping the Interview Questions
46:36 The Day of the Interview
49:23 Introducing the Guest
50:36 Get them to tell stories
54:15 The NPR Formula
56:54 the Importance of Shutting Up
01:01:00 Gear for conducting interviews on the road face to face
01:06:47 Proper Mic Technique
01:07:16 Recording "in the studio"
01:08:14 Recording podcast interviews remotely
01:14:10 Controlling the Interview
01:17:25 The End of the Interview
01:18:15 Getting your guests to share your podcast
01:23:22 Editing the Interview
01:26:17 Being a guest on podcasts
01:27:13 Do the work
01:30:12 The Golden Rule Guest
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