
The Art Of Asking Great Questions | Lessons Learned From Interviewing
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What makes a fantastic question and how do you make your guest feel comfortable?
In Episode #397 of 'Musings', Juan & I discuss: Andrew Huberman's interview with Tim Ferriss, what we have learned from 90 conversations on our podcast, the importance of prep and actually caring about the topics, the grey zone between a conversation and an interview and some of our favourite moments from interviews that we have seen/heard.
Dependable support from Dave Jones, McIntosh and two anonymous Mere Mortalites. Super shoutouts to Gene Bean and Nick for the baller boosts as well!
Timeline:
(0:00) - Deeper, longer and smarter
(0:37) - Andrew Huberman & Tim Ferriss
(3:33) - Interview or conversation?
(5:46) - Research & prep
(9:44) - What makes a good question?
(13:27) - Nic Blair & deep curiosity
(19:16) - Boostagram Lounge
(25:20) - The art of interviewing: David Maisel
(28:39) - What you can & can't control
(37:36) - Our style
(44:02) - It's about the guest, not you
(50:26) - Summary
(59:49) - Best & worst interviews we've seen
(1:02:33) - V4V: Check out Season 3
Had some technical issues so had a bit of a skip at the 4th chapter.
Intro Music by 'Signs Of New Growth':
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