For guests
Thank you for considering it. This page puts everything in one place, so you never have to wonder what happens next. If something here does not answer your question, write to me at [email protected].
I will propose a time by email, written in your time zone as well as mine. If it does not suit, say so and we will find another. If you would like a 15-minute call first to talk about where the conversation might go, just ask.
Reply with your name and title as you would like them to appear, two or three sentences of bio, a photo of you, the links you would like listeners to have, how to say your name, and a line saying you agree to the guest release.
It opens in Chrome or Edge on a laptop. There is nothing to install and no account to make.
They are there so nothing surprises you. Please do not prepare answers; we will follow the conversation wherever it goes.
About ten minutes to check sound and picture, then 60 to 90 minutes of conversation.
You get the edited episode before it is published, then the release date at least two weeks ahead, with a few clips to share if you would like to.
It is a long conversation rather than an interview with a list. It moves through three parts: what you have found or built; where I bring it down to a specific place where it matters — a QC lab, a plant floor, a classroom, a clinic — and sometimes push back; and one thing a listener could do differently tomorrow.
My job is to make you sound like yourself on a good day. I try to talk less than a third of the time, and if I don't, the edit cuts me.
| Reading this page and replying with your details | about 15 minutes |
| An optional call beforehand | 15 minutes, if you want one |
| Recording day | about 1½ to 1¾ hours, setup included |
| Listening to the edit | as much of it as you like, within five business days |
At the end, please keep the browser tab open for a minute or two until the upload finishes.
On Riverside. Each of us is recorded on our own computer at full quality, and the recording uploads while we talk. That is why it sounds far better than a video call, and why a hiccup in the connection does not reach the finished episode.
Nobody pays anybody. You are not paid to appear, and you pay nothing.
“This show is made possible by Evata Consulting Group, which builds and deploys AI for small and mid-sized businesses. Evata pays for the show and does not pick the arguments.” That sentence is said once near the top of every episode. Evata does not choose guests, see the questions, or edit what you say, and appearing on the show is not an endorsement of it.
Please do. Your research, your book, your organization, where people can find you — we will link all of it in the episode notes. The one rule is that nobody pitches anything on air, and that includes me.
Any time. Say so, and we will pick it up again; the pause is cut.
Yes. I send you the edited episode first, and you have five business days to flag a factual error or anything you said that you did not mean to make public. I will fix those. Other editing decisions are mine, and if I have not heard from you after five business days I take it as a go.
Here on prepareforai.org, on YouTube, and in the podcast apps once the feed is live. You are welcome to share it anywhere you like.
The guest release, which is short and written in plain English. In a sentence: the conversation is recorded and published; your name and likeness are used for the episode and to promote the show, never as an endorsement of anything; nobody is paid; you see the edit first; and your ideas stay yours.
Write to me at [email protected]. I read everything that comes in.