# Podcast Interview Prep: A Brief and Fresh Questions

Source: https://maito.app/workflows/prep-an-interview-or-episode

Tell Maito who your guest is. It researches the web, finds what they've said often, drafts questions they haven't been asked and flags sources that disagree.

Get research on a guest and suggested questions.

Editorial · [Media and publishing](https://maito.app/workflows/industry/media-and-publishing) · When you ask · Updated October 19, 2026

Works with

-   Slack
-   Email

## How do you prepare for a podcast interview?

To prepare for a podcast interview, tell Maito the guest, topic and length. Maito researches them on the web, finds the stories they have told many times, drafts questions they haven't been asked, checks key facts across sources, and gives you a short brief to take into the call.

## How it's done today

Producers research guests for hours.

## What Maito does

1.  Research the guest
2.  Find past interviews
3.  Draft questions they haven't been asked

## Example

**Ines** (10:02 AM):

Prep me for Thursday's interview with Marisol Vega, founder of Tidewater Housing. 40 minutes, for the podcast.

**Maito** (10:09 AM):

**Brief: Marisol Vega, Tidewater Housing**  
Founded 2017, builds modular rentals. Raised $38M Series B in March. Her city council testimony on Sept 24 got most of the coverage this month.

**She has told these stories five times already:** the garage-startup origin, the 2019 permit fight, the "housing is a supply problem" line. Skip them or ask for what's new.

**Questions she hasn't been asked**  
• Your Series B deck promised 1,200 units by 2027. How many are under contract today?  
• You testified against the zoning bill. What would you have signed?  
• What did the 2022 Denver pilot get wrong?

Catch: the March funding article gives $38M, her own blog says $36M. Ask which is right.

Sources: 11 interviews and her council testimony, found on the web. Full list of 12 questions attached: vega-questions.docx. Want a shorter 6-question version for a 20-minute slot?

## How to set it up

When you ask Prep an interview or episode

Set up

Nothing to set up. Ask in Slack or by email whenever you need it.

## What it won't do

It only finds what is public and can't know what the guest will say. Check any fact you plan to quote on air.

## Questions

### Where does the research come from?

The web: articles, public talks and testimony. No tool needs to be connected.

### Can it give me questions for a set length?

Yes. Tell it 40 minutes and it sizes the list to fit.

### Does it contact the guest?

No. It only prepares you. If you want an email drafted, ask.

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