The Three Questions with Andy Richter

I love Andy… He’s got a great way of making these standard bio interviews more engagement with vulnerably sharing his stories along with the interviewees. But, at times his interjections and interruptions are insufferable. The episode with Moshe Kasher is Andy at his worst! He won’t stop with “yeah” “sure” while his interviewee is talking and while Moshe is sharing super interesting stories, Andy is cutting off his sentences and destroying the kicker of all his stories… like when Moshe was talking about his dad planning to paint again when he retired, and just as Moshe was drops that his dad died before he could get his 30 year old paintings out of this storage, Andy interrupts to ask a new question. Jesus, Andy! Just bc Moshe is telling a story about his orthodox background doesn’t mean it’s time for Andy to interrupt by describing the first Jewish ppl he met in elementary school, smdh. Please let the guests finish their sentences, Andy!

I am so impressed! There is such warmth and humanity and vulnerability intertwined with humor throughout this podcast. Thank you, Andy!

I don’t think Andy ever set out to be a great interviewer, but he ultimately is because he’s able to show vulnerability and discuss his own shortcomings in a practical way that moves the conversation forward. And he somehow gets a a hugely wide range of people to open up and do the same. Inject Andy’s trademark humor and occasionally negative self talk and it becomes a really honest conversation.

I love this podcast. Highly recommend if you’re looking for some thing upbeat and feel-good that’s also not ignorant of the present state of humanity/planet/etc. Thank you, Andy (& team)!

There’s a reason he was always Conan’s sidekick. I love celebrity interview pods but Andy isn’t a good interviewer. He’s unprepared, interrupts to talk about himself constantly, and never has a thoughtful response to what the guest is saying. I like the 3 questions format and would keep listening if there was a different host.