# Research a podcast guest and write interview questions

A guest briefing and a set of deep, open-ended interview questions built from the guest's public work, sequenced for a natural conversation.

- Topic: Content & Social Media
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Research, Write, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/research-a-podcast-guest-and-write-interview-questions

## Prompt

```text
Help me prepare to interview a guest on my podcast.

**Guest:** [NAME and what they are known for]
**Public material I have:** [paste bio, links, book or talk summaries, past interviews]
**My show and audience:** [SHOW FORMAT, who listens, what they come for]
**Episode length:** [e.g. "60 minutes"]
**Angle I want:** [e.g. "how they rebuilt after failure", "the craft behind their work"]
**Topics that are off-limits:** [ANYTHING AGREED WITH THE GUEST]

Using only what I provide or what is clearly public about their professional life, give me:
1. **Guest briefing:** a one-page summary of their career, key ideas, and recurring themes, with anything uncertain marked [CONFIRM].
2. **What they have said too many times:** the stories and answers they repeat in other interviews, so I can avoid them or push past them.
3. **Interview questions:** 15-20 open-ended questions in a conversational arc: warm-up, origin, turning points, tensions or contradictions in their thinking, practical lessons, forward-looking close. Mark 5 as must-ask.
4. **Follow-up prompts** for going deeper ("What did that cost you?", "What would you tell the version of you back then?").
5. **Challenging but fair questions:** 3 that respectfully test a public claim or position, framed so the guest can answer thoughtfully.

Keep it respectful: no digging into private life, family, health, or anything outside their public work unless the guest has openly discussed it. Do not invent quotes or facts about the guest.
```

## What to fill in

- NAME and what they are known for
- paste bio, links, book or talk summaries, past interviews
- SHOW FORMAT, who listens, what they come for
- e.g. "60 minutes"
- ANYTHING AGREED WITH THE GUEST
- CONFIRM

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