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Podcast interview plan

Plan an opening, a useful question sequence and an ending without scripting the guest.

  • WhenBefore inviting the guest
  • ForPodcast hosts and producers
  • Inside7 checks · 11 fields

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00:10What's inside

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  1. Guest name and pronunciation
  2. Guest's relevant experience
  3. Listener and problem this episode helps with
  4. Topic boundaries and claims to verify
  5. Introduce the specific problem
  6. Explain why this guest can discuss it
  7. First concrete question
  8. The one useful takeaway
  9. Guest links to verify
  10. Agreed corrections or sensitive sections
  11. Follow-up clips with supporting timestamps

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