Latest Howtointerview Podcast Episodes
MWIE 037: Glenn the Geek (Has a Chip)
My Worst Interview Ever - April 25, 2017 08:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsIf you run in podcasting circles long enough, it's easy to discover people in the industry who virtually everyone respects. A few have developed a gigantic following. Some have perfectly cornered their niche. Others have simply been podcasting since the very beginning. For me, several names alwa...
MWIE 036: Jen Briney (Holds A Grudge)
My Worst Interview Ever - April 17, 2017 08:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSome people notice things. Other people do things. Some people talk. Other people act. Some people complain. Other people create. Our guest today is other people. After noticing discrepancies between what's true in Washington and what's reported about Washington--and a severe lack of transpare...
MWIE 035: Buck Ballard (Gets Sick)
My Worst Interview Ever - April 12, 2017 08:30 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsIt seems like nearly every podcaster has a "day job." A job that pays the bills and provides the knowledge and/or expertise a host needs for his show. Over the course of this podcast, one of my favorite parts has been learning my guests' wide variety of "day jobs." Accountants, consultants, deve...
MWIE 034: Philip Keller (Hangs Up)
My Worst Interview Ever - April 10, 2017 08:30 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsAs much as I don't want to admit it, I can be an "excuses guy." Miss an appointment with a client? Blame it on not enough sleep or a congested calendar. Bad night playing volleyball? Perhaps I ate too much or didn't stretch. It often feels like the last thing I want to do is admit that I'm the i...
MWIE 033: David Hooper (Loses His Guest)
My Worst Interview Ever - March 24, 2017 08:30 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsJust like Los Angeles is filled with actors masquerading as waiters, Nashville is packed to the rafters with musicians waiting tables as well. The competition for available gigs is extremely steep and the odds for making a living are extremely long. Several decades ago, Nashville-born David Ho...
MWIE 032: Kenn Blanchard (Gets Political)
My Worst Interview Ever - March 22, 2017 08:30 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsThey say there are two things you should never talk about at work: politics and religion. (Unless you work at FoxNews or CNN, I suppose.) There are just certain topics that divide people, start fights, and ultimately cause more problems than they solve. But don't tell that to Kenn Blanchard. Kenn...
MWIE 031: Gary Leland (Offends the BBC)
My Worst Interview Ever - March 20, 2017 08:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSince starting RINGR, I learned of a phrase called "first to market." Entrepreneurs and investors particularly like it because the concept is seen as a major advantage in the business world. It stands to reason that--if you can be the first company to present X product to market--then you'll hav...
MWIE 030: Matt Macbeth (Gets Tricked)
My Worst Interview Ever - March 17, 2017 08:30 - 11 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsI first met Matt at an investor meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio. A mutual friend introduced us, knowing that we had each spent significant amounts of time in the audio space. Matt on the technical side. Me on the creative side. Also, Matt was carrying a large rubber ducky which made it nearly imposs...
MWIE 029: Ana Marie Cox (Tears Up)
My Worst Interview Ever - March 15, 2017 08:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsAna Marie Cox is a political columnist and culture critic and is the Senior Political Correspondent for MTV News. She writes about politics and policy, and hosts the “Talk” interviews featured in The New York Times magazine. She lives in Minneapolis, MN and—despite frequently tweeting about cats...
MWIE 028: Allan Tepper (Gets Ousted)
My Worst Interview Ever - March 13, 2017 08:30 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsThere are things in life we wish we could do. And then there are things in life we're willing to do. For example, I really wish I could speak Spanish. However, after taking two years of Spanish in high school, going on four extended trips to Peru, and owning a timeshare in Mexico, it's apparen...
MWIE 027: Joshua Liston (Sees Too Much)
My Worst Interview Ever - March 10, 2017 09:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSince the day that I met her, the voice on my wife's phone has been that of a burly Australian man, rather than Siri. I don't know that he has a name, but I've always been kind of jealous of him...speaking all sultry-like to Noel as she drives. Anyway, Joshua C. Liston has a super-cool Austral...
MWIE 026: Anthony Witt (Can't Understand)
My Worst Interview Ever - March 08, 2017 09:30 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsI never really started to feel like I was old until recently. I'm rapidly approaching 40, which is the age I remember my parents being when I thought they were old. College students call me "sir" now. And my joints hurt for days after playing volleyball. Our guest today didn't help matters whe...
MWIE 025: Vasavi Kumar (Was Insulted)
My Worst Interview Ever - March 06, 2017 09:30 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhen I lived in Chicago, I became friends with a guy named Manny who operated a halfway house of sorts for men who had just been released from prison. Manny was from South America, and he frequently would say to people, "I went to Yale." However, in the Spanish language, the letter J is often pr...
MWIE 024: Heather Ann Havenwood (Pulls Teeth)
My Worst Interview Ever - March 03, 2017 09:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratings"People are like teabags. You find out what's really inside them when you put them in hot water." I have no idea who first said that, but it's one of my all-time favorite sayings. When life is going well, it's easy to appear calm, cool and collected. However, when things begin to fall apart, ...
MWIE 023: Daniel J Lewis (Goes Long)
My Worst Interview Ever - March 01, 2017 09:30 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsBack in 2014, at the very first Podcast Movement, I met Daniel J Lewis. I was new to the podcast world, new to my business, and standing alone at the RINGR booth trying to meet as many people as possible. Daniel asked a ton of technical questions about RINGR that I didn't really know the answers...
MWIE 022: Holly Worton (Is Distracted)
My Worst Interview Ever - February 27, 2017 09:30 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsFrom the time I was in high school, I have loved creative job titles. In fact, while I was drawing floor plans for home builders in our area (at 17 years old), I called myself a Custom Residential Designer. (Apparently, calling yourself an architect without the degree or license is illegal!) But...
MWIE 021: Rob Greenlee (Gets Stood Up)
My Worst Interview Ever - February 24, 2017 09:30 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsAs a kid, before I ever dreamed of being in broadcasting, I love listening to my grandpa tell stories of his days in radio. He worked overnights in Detroit for a time and, every morning before signing off at 5 or 6am, he would play my grandma a love song. It sounded super romantic. However, know...
MWIE 020: Dave Jackson (Finds a Copycat)
My Worst Interview Ever - February 22, 2017 09:30 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Which in some cases is absolutely true. Unfortunately, imitation can also be plagiarism, copyright or patent infringement, or just plain old laziness. It's two sides of the same coin, I suppose. Having been in the space since the beginning, ...
MWIE 019: Dave Kirby (Feels Awkward)
My Worst Interview Ever - February 20, 2017 09:30 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsI spent 17 years working in, primarily, Christian radio. I had a lot of fun and probably pushed the envelope more than most do on these types of stations, though we admittedly had to operate in a much smaller "box" than most. From topics to language to attitudes, my shows lived in a uber-conserv...
MWIE 018: Dan Franks (Is Offended)
My Worst Interview Ever - February 17, 2017 09:30 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsFrom the time I was in junior high, I had a "side hustle," though that term hadn't been invented yet. First it was a paper route. Then a job at a shoe store. Then I turned my love for architecture into a drafting business. My high school actually paid me to skip study hall to go draw floor plans...
MWIE 017: Emily Prokop (Is Confused)
My Worst Interview Ever - February 15, 2017 09:30 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsEvery single morning, my grandpa would get up and begin cutting up grapefruit for he and my grandma. She would make oatmeal on the stove, and he would meticulously pick out the seeds and delicately slice each and every triangle-shaped piece. Once the food was ready, they would sit down, eat, and...
MWIE 016: Chris Krimitsos (Kills Time)
My Worst Interview Ever - February 13, 2017 09:30 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsThere are certain people you meet in this life who always seem to be doing something. Not talking about it. Not planning for it. Actually doing it. In the podcasting space, Chris Krimitsos is one of those people. From leading an industry conference to producing a ground-breaking documentary ab...
MWIE 015: Joe Saul-Sehy (Plays Dumb)
My Worst Interview Ever - February 10, 2017 09:30 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn late 1988, my dad began looking for a new job. It wasn't the he didn't like his job as a high school teacher and counselor, but since he also was involved with the music at our church and as a marriage and family counselor at a private practice, he was stretched thin. I was in 5th grade at ...
MWIE 014: Doug Hannah (Takes on Slater)
My Worst Interview Ever - February 08, 2017 09:30 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsShortly after my family moved to Illinois, I remember my dad mentioning that "the new guy on the radio" had started going to our church. His name was Doug Hannah. In Jr. High at the time (early 90's), I had no interest in radio as a career yet...but I could still tell that this guy was going pla...
MWIE 013: Todd Uterstaedt (In Auto-Update Hell)
My Worst Interview Ever - February 06, 2017 09:30 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSome people find it extremely hard to focus. I know this because 1) it's fairly common knowledge and 2) I'm one of them. (Hey look, a duck!) Todd Uterstaedt, however, is not one of those people. As you'll hear, Todd is laser-focused on a very specific audience, and he does it both well and una...
MWIE 012: Chris Brogan (Ruins an Interview)
My Worst Interview Ever - February 02, 2017 16:23 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsBefore "My Worst Interview Ever" began, I put a list of people together who were "dream guests." Essentially, they were leaders in the industry who I didn't expect to get on the show, but I sure hoped to. Each had to fulfill all of the following requirements: A thought leader in the business, e...
MWIE 011: Elsie Escobar (Is Very Bendy)
My Worst Interview Ever - February 01, 2017 09:30 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsMany years ago (though not too many, 'cuz she is super young), Elsie Escobar and her family emigrated to the United States from El Salvador. As you might imagine, it changed her life. Not only was she in a new country with a new language and new customs...but she was presented with new opportuni...
MWIE 010: Cliff Ravenscraft (Didn't Like His Guest)
My Worst Interview Ever - January 30, 2017 09:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn early 2015, mere months after starting RINGR, I moved to Cincinnati, Ohio for six months to join a business accelerator called OCEAN. Being somewhat new to the podcast industry, I had heard Cliff Ravenscraft's name...but I didn't fully grasp how influential he was, nor did I realize that he l...
MWIE 009: Lisa Williams (Lays on the Floor)
My Worst Interview Ever - January 27, 2017 09:30 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSeveral years ago I emceed a fundraising event that was being headlined by a well-known, well-respected public speaker. Since we were both seated at the head table, I had the chance to chat with him for a bit during dinner. To say I was surprised (and disappointed) by his demeanor would be a gro...
MWIE 008: Todd Cochrane (Loses His Mic)
My Worst Interview Ever - January 25, 2017 09:30 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 4 ratingsThere is no shortage of inspiring quotes about dealing with setbacks in life: "Make lemonade out of lemons." "It's not how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get back up again." "Losers quit when they fail. Winners fail until they succeed." "When a door is closed, a w...
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