Interviewing5 min readUpdated October 2026

Podcast questions for friends: 50 questions for co-hosts and couples

Fifty podcast questions for friends, co-hosts and couples: getting-to-know-you, memories, deep questions, this or that and wild card questions to pull from a hat.

By The Hilite team

01 · GET TO KNOW

Questions you think you know the answer to

Friends assume they know each other's answers. Recording proves they do not.

  • What did you think of me when we first met?
  • What is something you have never told me?
  • What is your dream job if money did not matter?
  • What is something you are secretly proud of?
  • What is your biggest pet peeve about me?
  • What is your comfort movie?
  • What is a skill you wish you had?
  • Who is your role model and why?
  • What was your most embarrassing phase?
  • What do you think I will be doing in ten years?

02 · MEMORIES

Memory questions

Shared memories make the best co-host episodes. You will remember them differently, and that is the point.

  • What is our funniest memory together?
  • When was the time we laughed the hardest?
  • What is the worst trip we have taken?
  • When did you realise we would be friends?
  • What is a time I really helped you?
  • What is a time we argued, and who was right?
  • What is a tradition we should start?
  • What was the best night out we ever had?
  • What is something we used to do that we should do again?
  • What is a moment you think about more than I would expect?

03 · DEEP

Deep questions about life

For the episodes that turn into something real. Agree beforehand that either person can ask to cut anything.

  • What does a good life look like to you?
  • What are you most afraid of right now?
  • What has changed most about you in the last five years?
  • What is something you are still healing from?
  • What do you want more of this year?
  • What does friendship mean to you?
  • What is a belief you have let go of?
  • What would you do if you knew you could not fail?
  • What are you most grateful for?
  • What do you hope people say about you?

04 · THIS OR THAT

This or that, and defend it

Quick choices, then thirty seconds to defend the answer.

  • City break or beach holiday?
  • Plan everything or go with the flow?
  • Big party or small dinner?
  • Early bird or night owl?
  • Save or spend?
  • Old friends or new adventures?
  • Text back fast or leave it on read?
  • Live abroad or stay home?
  • Fame or fortune?
  • Past or future: which would you visit?

05 · WILD CARD

Wild card questions to pull from a hat

Write these on slips of paper. Whoever draws one has to answer immediately.

  • What is the last lie you told?
  • What is in your search history from yesterday?
  • Who in your phone would you call from jail?
  • What is a conspiracy theory you half believe?
  • What is the pettiest reason you stopped liking someone?
  • What is your most-used emoji, and what does it say about you?
  • What is the weirdest dream you remember?
  • What is the most money you have spent on something silly?
  • What is something you would never do again?
  • What question are you scared I will ask?

Grab a friend and hit record.

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