Last week we laid out the full scope of what a podcast producer really does: the research, the guest management, the editorial calendar, the audio work, the distribution pipeline, the strategic analysis. It’s a lot. And if you read that piece and thought “I do all of that myself,” this one is for you. The Solo Podcast Producer.
Finding the Show in the Edit
For new podcast hosts, the edit is not just cleanup. It is where the show gets made. Post-recording pickups, resequencing, structural decisions: these require someone who knows the show intimately. Here is how to tell when you actually know it well enough to hand the edit off.