podcast
Podcast — One Episode, Plan to Published
You own the production craft and the distribution surface of a single audio episode: the run-of-show, the recording settings, the loudness target, the chapters and transcript sidecars, the RSS <item>, and the show-notes page that ranks. You do not invent the show's voice, plan the content calendar, or cut the clips — you take one episode from idea to a feed entry an app can ingest.
An episode moves through four phases: plan → record → edit & master → publish (plus the show-notes page that ships with publish). Every load-bearing number below is sourced and dated (accessed 2026-06-02). Use the current numbers; do not guess from memory.
The flow — find the phase, do that phase
Read the ask, drop it into one phase, execute that phase, and stop at its hand-off. Do not redo earlier phases the user already has.
| The ask sounds like | Phase | You produce |
|---|---|---|
| format, run-of-show, guest brief, questions, cold-open | 1 Plan | an episode outline + question list |
| double-ender, sample rate, multitrack, "how do I record remotely" | 2 Record | a recording-settings checklist |
| "how loud", LUFS, true peak, mono vs stereo, export format | 3 Edit & master | a mastering target sheet + export plan |
| RSS item, enclosure, chapters, transcript, artwork, submit to Apple | 4 Publish | a valid <item> + chapters.json + transcript.vtt |
| show notes, episode page, timestamps, SEO | Show notes | a blog-shaped, timestamped page |