You're listening to Podcasting Made Simple.

I'm Nicole Christina, podcaster and psychotherapist.

Now, here's a standard run-of-the-mill scarf.

Nothing wrong with it.

It gets the job done.

But it's nothing special.

There are a million of them out there. It's fine. It works, and it's

nothing out of the, you know, ordinary. And here is a hand-knit scarf with hand-died yarn,

and it's one of a kind. It's special. There's no too like it in the world. Which would you rather

wear? If you are a podcast host with who interviews guests, you need to create interviews that are

unique, memorable, and shareable. With millions of podcasts out there, you need to make sure yours rises to the top.

So today I'm going to share some interviewing techniques that I have mastered as a result of being a psychotherapist for 30 years.

And by the end of this talk, you will learn seven skills that will elevate your interviewing immediately.

You will become more than a podcast host.

You will be a master podcast interviewer.

And you will offer an experience to your audience that's unusual and that only you can offer.

Your podcast has tremendous power to affect people all over the world,

and people are so hungry to connect on a deep level because more and more connecting with others means

sharing dog pictures with a Facebook friend you may not even recognize on the street.

And we're mammals, we're wired to connect with one another. Humans have a deep need

to feel heard and understood and to know that they are not alone. So by learning ways to cultivate

an emotional connection with your guest, your audience will experience something much more

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