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So now in your opinion, whenever someone's going to show up to be a guest,

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what should they be prepared for or how should they go about the preparal process?

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Yeah, so this is tricky.

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And I think we found that there are people that treat it differently,

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treat their appearances differently and come with different levels of preparedness.

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And so you want to find, you need to do two things.

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One, you want to try to weed out the people that aren't going to be professional or match.

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They don't necessarily have to be professional.

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Maybe your show is about, you know, beer, you know, maybe you're looking for someone different.

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But it's to prepare them for it and then try to weed out the people

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that aren't going to be a fit for that.

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And there are a couple ways you can do that.

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So first of all, ahead of the show, send them what your expectations are.

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So say, you know, find a quiet space.

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I mean, it's amazing.

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I've heard of people getting calls in from people who are driving, you know, in their car

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and they're calling in to record a podcast or my wife had a situation where someone's like,

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yeah, I'm in the airport lounge.

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I'm ready to do this, you know, interview.

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She's like, no, that's not going to work.

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Right. So you need to set expectations with them, explain to them, you know,

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quiet place, external microphone.

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Don't just use the microphone in your laptop.

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Ideally, they have earbuds to help prevent echoes.

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And then I like to also prepare guests with an outline of what we're going to talk about.

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I don't necessarily give them the questions, but I say these are kind

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of the five things we're going to talk about.

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And I do give them the specific question upfront

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if it's something they might need to research.

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Right. So I might say, you know, how many, you know,

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new customers are on your platform this year?

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Well, you know, even if you ask me that about podcastguest.com,

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I wouldn't know off the top of my head.

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Right. So it's good to give that kind of question ahead of time

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so that they have the answer that you're looking for.

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And the other thing is, you know, weeding people out.

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Ideally, you can listen to them on another podcast for at least a few minutes.

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So you can kind of see, okay, are they coherent?

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You know, are they just pitching their own product or service

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which you don't want, that sort of thing.

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So do a little bit of that legwork upfront to prevent those kind

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of disaster scenarios with a guest.

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Now, have you had any of these disaster scenarios?

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I'd love to know.

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You know, I've had a few where they get a little pitchy.

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You know, they're like, well, let me tell you about my seven-step process, you know,

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and that sort of thing.

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And so, but, you know, out of the 400 I've done, there have only been a few.

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And then there have been others where the person just gets really nervous.

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And I've had even people where during our pre-interview, they're perfectly fine.

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As soon as I tell them I'm starting a record, they just start,

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they lose their train of thought, right?

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Yeah.

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And they can't do it.

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Now, thankfully, podcasts you can edit, right?

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Yeah.

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You're actually able to stitch together a pretty coherent response sometimes from them.

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But, you know, I think that the biggest things, as long as you set those expectations,

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and I guarantee you not everyone will read what you sent.

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I've had plenty of people show up without headphones, without headsets, that sort of thing.

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But it definitely increases the odds that you're going

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to have a good recording experience and a good podcast.