Examples of Interview Style Podcasts

If you’re planning on interviewing people for your project, these podcasts are good examples on how to guide conversations, structure your questions, and lead an interesting conversation.

Intermediate

Applications of an Interview-style Podcast

  • Interviewing local citizens about the problem they’re trying to solve.
  • Interviewing teammates about the progress of your project throughout the duration of your time together.
  • Interviewing center heads or government officials on the work that has been done.
  • Recording reactions to data collection, presentations, etc.
  • Interviewing an expert in a specific subject.
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Pod Save America

with  Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer, and Tommy Vietor (Episode #711 “Monsters on the Hill) 

Pod Save America is a straightforward conversation about politics hosted by former Obama aides Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer, and Tommy Vietor. It cuts through the noise to break down the week’s news and helps people figure out what matters and how they can help.

The Gray Area

with Sean Illing (Episode “Is America Broken”) [Political] 

The Gray Area with host Sean Illing is a philosophical take on culture, politics, and everything in between. The hosts don’t pretend to have the answers, but they do offer a space for real dialogue. “Resist certainty, embrace ambiguity, and get some cool takes on a very hot world.”

Adulting

with Michelle Buteau & Jordan Carlos

Adulting with Michelle Buteau and Jordan Carlos provides real life advice with a heaping portion of hilarity topped with a dollop of truth. Their conversations with comics, experts and celebs answer listeners’ most complex questions such as: “How much should you pay for a pillow?”, “How should I treat my one-night stand?” or “Should I get a pet turtle?”

 

Armchair Expert

with Dax Sheperd

Armchair Expert is a weekly podcast hosted by American actor, director, and writer Dax Shepard and Emmy-nominated Monica Padman. Each podcast features Shepard and Padman interviewing celebrities as well as journalists and academics about “the messiness of being human.”

 

The TED Interview

with Chris Anderson

Head of TED Chris Anderson speaks with some of the world’s most interesting people to dig into the provocative and powerful ideas of our time.

 

How I Built This

with Guy Raz

Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world’s best known companies. “How I Built This” weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists—and the movements they built.

 

Without Fail

with Alex Blumberg

Candid conversations with entrepreneurs, artists, athletes, visionaries of all kinds—about their successes, and their failures, and what they learned from both. Hosted by Alex Blumberg, from Gimlet Media.