Podcast episode planner
Good episodes sound spontaneous but are planned. Behind a tight 40 minutes is a hook that earns the listen, a structure that keeps momentum, questions that pull real stories out of a guest, and show notes that make the episode findable. This planner turns your topic, format, and guest details into LLM prompts for every one of those pieces so prep takes minutes instead of an afternoon.
How it works
You choose the format — solo, interview, or panel — and enter the topic, episode length, audience, and (for interviews) the guest’s bio. The builder assembles a plan with several prompts: a research prompt to brief you on the topic and guest, a question prompt that generates an interview arc with follow-ups, intro and outro scripts written in your show’s voice, and a show-notes prompt that produces a summary, chaptered timestamps, and pull quotes. The segments and time budget adapt to the length you set so a 20-minute solo and a 60-minute interview get different plans.
Tips and examples
- Record the hook last. Once you know the best moment of the episode, the intro hook writes itself — the plan reminds you to do this.
- Ask follow-ups, not lists. The question prompt generates follow-ups precisely because the gold is usually in the second answer, not the first.
- Reuse show notes as a blog post. The show-notes prompt produces SEO-friendly copy you can publish as the episode page.
- Brief your guest lightly. Share two or three themes, never the exact questions — surprise keeps answers fresh.