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Create an Episode ​

Creating an episode takes a minute: give it a title and a recording date, and it's saved as a draft. From there, the episode editor is where everything else happens, from audio and artwork to guests and publishing.

Before you start ​

  • You need a podcast first. If you don't have one yet, create your podcast.
  • You don't need your audio ready. Draft the episode now and add audio later.

Create the episode ​

  1. Open Episodes in the sidebar and click New episode.
  2. Fill in the Episode Details section:
    • Episode Title (required): up to 200 characters
    • Episode Number: suggested automatically from your existing episodes; leave it blank to accept the suggestion or type your own
    • Description: up to 4,000 characters, with a rich text editor for bold, italics, lists, and links
  3. Optionally add guests in the Invite Guests card. Click Invite Guest to search your existing guests or add someone new. Leave Send verification emails now checked to invite them straight away, or uncheck it to send invites later.
  4. The Show notes card creates collaborative show notes from your podcast's default templates. Use the customize option to pick a different template for a section, or leave a section blank.
  5. In the Scheduling section, set the Recording Date & Time (required). Add a Scheduled Publish Date & Time if you already know when it should go live.
  6. Click Create Episode.

Your episode is created as a draft and opens straight in the episode editor, ready to complete.

Why the recording date is required

The recording date decides which month the episode counts against on your plan. Moving it to another month moves the episode's slot. See Publishing and Scheduling for how monthly slots work.

Add guests before creating show notes

Guests you add here are in place when the show notes are created, so magic tags like {guest_first_name} in your templates resolve to real names.

The episode editor ​

The editor is organized into five tabs. On desktop you also get a sticky summary and readiness panel on the right; on mobile a Next button walks you through the tabs in order.

Details ​

The basics listeners see first: Episode Title, Episode Number (with stepper buttons), and the rich text Description.

Collaborators ​

Everything about the people on this episode:

  • The Show notes card opens (or creates) the shared prep doc. See Show Notes.
  • The Guests card manages invitations, portal access, and booking details. The RSS credits card controls who is credited in your feed. See People and Credits.

Media ​

Your episode's files:

  • Episode Audio: upload MP3, M4A, or WAV. See Upload Audio.
  • Transcript: generate and review an AI transcript. See Transcripts.
  • Cover Art: use your show artwork or upload a custom episode cover. See Episode Cover Art.

On externally hosted shows this tab shows the External Feed Link panel instead of the audio uploader. See Externally Hosted Shows.

Automation ​

The Automations card shows the automation runs scheduled for this episode and lets you refresh the list or jump to Manage your podcast's automation rules. See the Automation guides for building workflows.

Publish ​

Scheduling, content disclosure, and the publishing actions (Publish Now, Schedule, Archive, and more). Once an episode is published this tab also links to its analytics and shows the Share & embed card. See Publishing and Scheduling and Share and Embed.

Auto-save ​

There is no save button. The pill in the top-right corner tracks your edits:

  • Changes saved automatically when everything is up to date
  • Saving… while an edit is being written
  • If a save fails, the pill shows what couldn't save and takes you to the right section to retry

Publish readiness ​

The Publish readiness checklist (right-hand panel on desktop, the progress ring in the bottom bar on mobile) tracks what a complete episode needs:

  • Episode title
  • Description added
  • Cover art
  • Audio uploaded (or Linked to external feed on externally hosted shows)
  • Credited in the feed
  • Recording date set

Each item links to the tab where you can complete it. When everything is done, the checklist's button becomes Publish episode (or Prepare to publish on external shows).

The tab bar also marks each tab once its items are complete, so you can see progress at a glance.

What's Next? ​

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