Bonus! Anna Talks Interviewing with Jesse Thorn

Bonus! Anna Talks Interviewing with Jesse Thorn

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“One of the really important traits of an interviewer is to communicate to the person you’re asking questions of that you are sincerely curious,” Death, Sex & Money host Anna Sale recently told Jesse Thorn on his new show, The Turnaround. “Because your interview is only going to be as good as the person’s willingness to participate.”

This summer, Jesse (who also hosts the radio show/podcast Bullseye) is turning the tables on interviewers and interviewing them about their craft. He’s talked with people like Jerry Springer, Errol Morris, Audie Cornish, Marc Maron, and Anna—who joined Jesse from her maternity leave last summer to talk about preparing for interviews, asking hard questions, and learning from interviewer heroes.