best examples of live interviewing I’ve ever seen was Spalding Gray’s show Interviewing the Audience, which I saw five times at the Kennedy Center in the 1990s. You could actually see it countless times because each show, Gray pulled three audience members onstage to talk. With a little probing, he drew out their stories, which were often both unexpected and universal. The takeaway from the show—and Gray’s overall point—was that everyone is interesting if you ask the right questions. This has always been my approach to interviewing.
