The craft of interviewing has always fascinated me and kept me on edge. Will we get on? What if they don’t care for my earnest questions? How can I put that person at ease and have them trust me enough to share what’s real and true?

It’s a lifelong pursuit and there are few more accomplished in the field than NPR Fresh Air host Terry Gross, who has been talking to distinguished names on air five days a week for more than three decades. The likes of Ray Charles, Stephen Colbert, Zadie Smith... Gross is so good, in fact, you wonder if she ever stops interviewing.