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How to Handle Difficult Podcast Guests: Rambling, Sales Pitches, Bad Audio, and More | Ep 126

What do you do when a podcast guest will not stop talking, barely answers your questions, turns every response into a sales pitch, or shows up without the equipment you specifically requested?

You do not have to smile through it and hope your editor can fix everything later.

In this solo episode, I’m sharing five common guest problems and exactly how I handle them without embarrassing the guest or sacrificing the quality of the episode.

04:57 Handling podcast interview dynamics

08:35 Stopping Interviews for Off-Topic Content

11:32 Effective interviewing tactics

15:54 Guests ignoring equipment…

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