Gabriel Anwar is an award-winning journalist and host of The Answer, a nationally-syndicated television show where he interviews a wide range of guests on a wide range of topics. He's been known to get unusually candid answers from his guests; He's put politicians, celebrities, business figures, and others under the spotlight and got them to reveal intimate or incriminating information, often during live interviews. A famous
film star came out publicly as gay, an actress revealed a years-long battle with drug addiction, a politician admitted complicity in a vote-rigging scandal. Interviews on the answer have become like taped church confessionals, and people as sometimes, rightly, afraid to appear on his show. Now his reputation is a blunt instrument. Why refuse a request for an interview, he asks; do people have something to hide? More than once, he's been able to shame people into appearing on the show, then get them to spill their guts. Anwar has had some less spectacular interviews, but they’re far outweighed by what he manages to get most of the time.

Aspects: Truth-seeking journalist; enjoys a juicy story (a bit too much); Dogged persistence; The public wants to know!; Compelling Voice.