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Steve Riekeberg is a twenty-something podcaster, audio production guy, college student, wannabe writer, technology enthusiast, gamer, creator, and all around geek.
Since January 2007, Steve has been producing Geek Cred, the podcast that brings you in-depth, behind the scenes interviews to give you the inside scoop on everything geek, from tech, to sci-fi, to games.
Steve is currently a freelance podcast producer/audio editor and voice over artist, and college student studying media production, and lives in Santa Clarita, California.
Sessions
The Art of the Interview
Everyone has a story to tell, and interviews can be incredibly entertaining and insightful, but there’s more to doing a great interview than simply talking to someone. This session will outline interviewing strategies and give tips and tricks learned first-hand to help you get the most out of your guests. Topics range from finding and scheduling potential guests, preparation, asking the right questions, interview flow, technical considerations, and more.
Something I see on the news all the time is someone being asked a question, giving a terrible response, and then the interviewer moves on to the next question instead of asking a follow up.
Is that a technique to show that this person is just a liar and we are supposed to draw our own conclusions? Or is that one of those “questions of the ages” where if interviewers are to hard they won’t have anyone to interview.
How do you handle the “elephant in the room”? IE: People who are only famous for one thing but don’t want that to be mentioned in the interview.