Progressive Depth Podcast Interview Script

Create an interview script for the podcast [PODCAST NAME] featuring guest [GUEST NAME OR PROFILE].

**About the guest:**
- Name: [NAME]
- Role/Company: [JOB TITLE AND COMPANY]
- Key achievement: [NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT]
- Why relevant to your audience: [AUDIENCE CONNECTION]
- Topics already covered on other podcasts: [LIST TO AVOID REPETITION]

**4-Layer Questioning Structure:**

**Layer 1 — Warm-up (5 minutes, 2-3 questions):**
- Open-ended questions about current context
- Goal: guest relaxes and gains confidence
- Example: 'Tell me what changed in your day-to-day since [RECENT EVENT]'

**Layer 2 — Exploration (15 minutes, 4-5 questions):**
- Questions about process and decisions
- Use the technique 'When you say X, what exactly do you mean?'
- Request concrete examples for every generalization
- Example: 'You mentioned pivoting 3 times. Take me inside the room where the second decision was made'

**Layer 3 — Depth (10 minutes, 3-4 questions):**
- Questions nobody asks (productive discomfort)
- Admissions of mistakes, regrets, fears
- Example: 'What decision seemed right at the time but today you'd handle differently?'
- Prepared follow-ups for each expected response

**Layer 4 — Synthesis (5 minutes, 2 questions):**
- Legacy question: 'If you could give one piece of advice to [TARGET PERSONA], what would it be?'
- Signature podcast question: [DEFINE YOUR RECURRING QUESTION]

**Host notes:**
- 3 prepared follow-ups per question
- Silence technique: pause 3 seconds before responding
- When to redirect if the guest goes off-track
- When to abandon the script and follow the conversation
- How to handle rehearsed or generic responses