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Show Notes
Show notes are your episode's shared prep doc: talking points, links, questions, and anything else worth having in front of you when you record. You, your team, and your guests can edit them together, and every change syncs automatically in real time.
Open the show notes
- Open the episode and go to the Show notes tab.
- If none exist yet, click Create Show Notes.
The Overview tab's Show notes row shows a Not started badge until show notes exist, and its edit time once they do.
Show notes and research together
Show notes are one of the episode's six tabs, so the Episode chat panel stays beside them while you write. Everything you agree in chat can go straight into the notes without leaving the conversation.
The Research brief card sits on this same tab. A brief's whole output is appended into your host-only notes, so it belongs where those notes are: generate or regenerate a brief here, then use Copy to Host-only notes to drop it straight into the lens below, with no page change. See Booking Forms.
Create show notes
New episodes usually get show notes automatically from your podcast's default templates (you choose them during episode creation). For episodes without show notes:
- On the show notes page, click Create Show Notes.
- The Create show notes dialog appears. Show notes are created with shared, host-private, and per-guest sections; pick a different template per section if you don't want the podcast defaults.
- Click Create show notes.
Templates are managed on your podcast's Templates page. See Templates.
Sections and who sees what
Show notes are split into sections with different visibility. A lens switcher at the top of the page shows one section at a time:
| Lens | Badge | Who can see it |
|---|---|---|
| Shared | Everyone | Your team and all guests |
| Host-only | Private | Your team only; guests can't see this |
| One lens per guest | Private with the guest's name | Your team and that guest only |
Each section's banner repeats its visibility in plain words, so there's never a doubt about who can read what you're typing.
Use the per-guest lens for personal prep
Questions for one guest, their bio notes, or anything you don't want other guests to see belongs in that guest's section. The shared section is for material everyone should have.
Working together in real time
- Everyone edits the same document at the same time. Changes appear live and save automatically; there is no save button.
- Currently editing avatars above the notes show who's active right now. Each section banner also shows who's editing that section.
- Guests edit through their guest portal; they don't need a PodcasterPlus account. See Invite Guests and the guides for guests.
Chat alongside the notes
The show notes page includes the episode chat: a message rail on desktop, and Notes, Chat, and People views on mobile. Use it to discuss the notes without editing them. See Messaging.
What's Next?
- Invite guests to the episode
- Set default show notes templates for your podcast
- Publishing on another host? Show notes are ready to copy from the Publish handoff.