Creating Your First Episode

Tell the Podcast Agent what you want your episode to cover, and it goes straight to work researching, writing the script, and generating audio. You review and refine once generation finishes, before publishing.

Step 1: Start a New Episode

1. From the studio dashboard, click Create a Podcast Episode, or open a podcast and use the Create New Episode box at the top of its episode list.
2. If starting from the dashboard, select your podcast from the dropdown. Your existing podcasts appear with cover art thumbnails and titles.
3. Personalized episode suggestions appear based on your show's topic and past episodes. Click one to use it, or type your own prompt.

Step 2: Describe What You Want and Generate

Type your episode idea into the chat input. Be specific about the topic, tone, and format.

Before sending, you can configure a few settings using the controls in the chat input:

• Hosts: Defaults to your podcast's assigned hosts. Override here to use different hosts for this episode.
• Auto-publish: Off by default, so the episode stays a draft when generation finishes and you can review it first. Turn it on to have the episode publish live automatically as soon as generation completes.
• Include show notes: On by default. Appends a list of source links to the end of the episode's description. See Show Notes.

Asking for more than one episode, like "make 3 episodes about X, Y, and Z" or "create a series about the Roman Empire", generates each one in parallel instead of just one. See Generating Multiple Episodes at Once for details.

Click send to start. The agent searches the web for current information on your topic, writes a full multi-host script, and generates audio, all in one pass with no outline to approve first.

Step 3: Watch It Generate

You're taken straight to the podcast page, where the new episode appears in the episode list with a live progress indicator. Open the episode to see its generation status: Preparing, Writing script, then Generating audio. Generation keeps going even if you navigate away or close the tab.

Each speech block in the finished script is labeled with the host's name, and dialogue alternates naturally between hosts.

Step 4: Review the Script and Audio

When generation completes, review the script in the Script Editor on the right side. Edit any block directly, or hit Regenerate Audio on individual segments to have the AI rewrite and re-voice them.

Step 5: Review and Edit

Play back the episode and fine-tune it. You have full control:

• Script Editor: Edit text in any speech block and regenerate audio for just that segment
• Edit Pronunciations: Set custom pronunciations for names, brands, or technical terms

Edit a single line and only that segment regenerates, not the entire episode.

Step 6: Publish

If you turned on Auto-publish before generating, your episode already went live automatically when generation finished, you can skip this step.

Otherwise, when your episode is ready:

1. Click Publish Episode.
2. Choose Publish Now or Schedule for Later.
3. Your episode goes live on your podcast website and your RSS feed updates immediately.

Connected platforms like Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube pick up new episodes automatically. See Publishing an Episode for more details.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I edit my episode after it has been published?

Unpublish it first, which reverts it to draft status. You can then edit and republish when ready.