Schedule an episode and use the Content Calendar

Scheduling publishes an existing episode at a later time, part of Publishing and Distribution. To generate new episodes, Shorts or Videos on a schedule, use automations.

Scheduling is available on Starter, Educator, Creator, Business and Enterprise. See plan limits.

Schedule an episode

1. Open the episode and click Publish Episode.
2. Choose Schedule for Later.
3. Pick a date and time. Past times are blocked, and the latest you can pick is 90 days from now.
4. Click Schedule Episode.

The picker uses your device's time zone. The episode's status becomes Scheduled (see episode statuses). To publish immediately instead, see Publishing an Episode.

If you edit the episode while its render is still running, scheduling still completes with the render already in progress. A Scheduled from an earlier version warning tells you your later edits are not included. Schedule again to include them.

What happens at the scheduled time

Jellypod publishes the episode, updates your RSS feed and podcast website, and connected platforms pick it up. Your team gets an "episode is now live" email, and an "episode scheduled" email goes out when you first schedule. Both are sent only while New episode emails is on for the podcast and for each recipient (see notification preferences).

Edit or cancel a schedule

Open the episode's three-dot menu (on the episode page or the podcast's episode list) while it is Scheduled:

• Edit Schedule lets you pick a new time (same 90-day limit) with Reschedule, or click Publish Now to release it immediately.
• Cancel Schedule returns the episode to draft with no content lost. You can reschedule or publish it any time. If it has already published, cancelling fails with "Episode has already been published."

Content Calendar

Open Content Calendar in the Studio sidebar to see your content by date:

• Published episodes appear on their publish dates.
• Scheduled episodes appear on their planned dates.
• Active automations that run on a schedule appear on each upcoming run date, whether they create episodes, Shorts or Videos. Inbound email automations do not appear, because they have no set run time.

Use the arrows beside the month to move between months, or Today to return to the current one. In Calendar view, select a day to see its items below the grid. List view shows items chronologically, hides past days in the current month until you click Show all, and offers Edit schedule on scheduled episodes, which opens the same Edit Schedule dialog.

Use Filter content to show All content, Episodes, Published episodes, Scheduled episodes or Automations. Select an episode to open it, or an automation run to open that automation's settings. An episode automation that creates drafts is marked as not publishing automatically.

Calendar dates and times use your device's time zone, shown above the calendar. Each automation runs in its own Timezone, so its runs are converted to your device time here.