Ann Liguori

I like to be current.

Both podcasts really cover, well, talking golf with Ann Liguori obviously is about golf.

So I like to really focus on the top golf news and try to get guests who can talk to that particular news item or issue.

Sports interview with Ann Liguori is, you know, obviously more about sport.

I do focus a lot on golf because that's been my sport in the last three decades.

With sports interview, it gives me a little more leeway to pick personalities who work in some capacity in other sports.

So it just really depends on what the story is.

I love talking to people who are compelling interviews, of course, and who are positive and who have great stories.

And it's always fun to have your choice and who you'd like to see on the show.

And then hopefully they agree and you go from there.

So, I mean, I've had everybody on this last couple of months from boy, Simon Kurt, the drummer of bad company to, you know, some PGA tour players, LPGA tour players.

So I like to, I like to get a variety of guests on.

Yeah, that makes it more interesting for sure.

How do you go about preparing for an interview?

Oh, I try to do as much research as I can.

More research than one would expect.

As you know, you probably do the same thing.

Boy, I did shows before you could even Google somebody's name, right? Before this technology made it so much easier.

I try to find out more about the person than the person knows about him or herself and really try to come prepared.

And I try to make it more conversational, obviously try to listen.

I think listening is a key to a good interview and give the guest time to formulate his or her thoughts.

take a breath and then continue.

And I always find that when that guess continues after the initial pause, you normally get the best information out of that to guess.

So yeah, I try to prepare as much as I can from a research standpoint.

I asked this question to Jimmy Roberts not too long ago, similar to you, has done a ton of interviews through the years.