{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"speaker":"Gilon","startTime":0.0,"endTime":1.65,"body":"In today's episode,"},{"speaker":"Gilon","startTime":0.0,"endTime":1.65,"body":"you'll learn how to find the"},{"speaker":"Gilon","startTime":1.65,"endTime":7.05,"body":"best guests for your podcast."},{"speaker":"Gilon","startTime":1.65,"endTime":7.05,"body":"Welcome to Podcasting Q\u0026A, where"},{"speaker":"Gilon","startTime":7.05,"endTime":9.6,"body":"you learn the best tips and"},{"speaker":"Gilon","startTime":7.05,"endTime":9.6,"body":"strategies to launch grow and"},{"speaker":"Gilon","startTime":9.6,"endTime":12.42,"body":"monetize your show. This week's"},{"speaker":"Gilon","startTime":9.6,"endTime":12.42,"body":"question comes from Asett"},{"speaker":"Asett","startTime":12.959,"endTime":15.779,"body":"Hi Buzzsprout. This is"},{"speaker":"Asett","startTime":12.959,"endTime":15.779,"body":"sett from Free Thought revolutio"},{"speaker":"Asett","startTime":15.809,"endTime":19.709,"body":".com. I'm wondering, what's the"},{"speaker":"Asett","startTime":15.809,"endTime":19.709,"body":"best way to go about finding"},{"speaker":"Asett","startTime":19.709,"endTime":23.369,"body":"guest speakers for our podcast?"},{"speaker":"Asett","startTime":19.709,"endTime":23.369,"body":"What do we include when we email"},{"speaker":"Asett","startTime":23.369,"endTime":28.169,"body":"them? And how do we find a good"},{"speaker":"Asett","startTime":23.369,"endTime":28.169,"body":"match for us? Thank you so much."},{"speaker":"Gilon","startTime":28.289,"endTime":30.576,"body":"Thank you for your"},{"speaker":"Gilon","startTime":28.289,"endTime":30.576,"body":"question Asett. so finding the"},{"speaker":"Gilon","startTime":30.623,"endTime":33.237,"body":"right people to be guests on"},{"speaker":"Gilon","startTime":30.623,"endTime":33.237,"body":"your podcast is kind of the"},{"speaker":"Gilon","startTime":33.283,"endTime":36.271,"body":"meaning of an art and a science."},{"speaker":"Gilon","startTime":33.283,"endTime":36.271,"body":"So in this episode, we're going"},{"speaker":"Gilon","startTime":36.318,"endTime":39.259,"body":"to discuss how and where to find"},{"speaker":"Gilon","startTime":36.318,"endTime":39.259,"body":"those people, and then what to"},{"speaker":"Gilon","startTime":39.306,"endTime":41.92,"body":"do once you found them. 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