r/Podcasters

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Its hard to try and get transcripts for podcast, either you have to pay someone of you don't get one with high accuracy, but you need them to SEO fuel, accessibility, and get a free pile of repurposable content. One transcript can become a newsletter, or pull three quote tweets, and or a blog post.

Here's what i'm building so you can do this: or you can use the other totally free options:)

1. FastTranscriber - free

Drop your MP3 or WAV (or paste a link to your published episode). Get a transcript and SRT. 3 free per day.

2. FastTranscriber Pro - paid, low volume

Unlimited uploads. The easy answer for daily shows or backlog cleanup.

3. Whisper API - paid, high volume

For agencies running dozens of shows. You're paying per minute but you control the workflow.

4. Local Whisper - for sensitive interviews

Run on your laptop. Audio never leaves your machine. Slower, but private.

Don't pay $30/mo for a tool that does the same thing in fancier packaging. Save it for a better mic.

I’m building a long-term sustainability-focused media platform called Sustainability for Sinners and I’m looking for someone who genuinely understands modern social media growth and content strategy.

A few good people are already on board — passionate, thoughtful, slightly concerned about the state of the planet — so now I’m looking for someone who understands how to actually make content travel online.

This won’t be your typical polished corporate “save the planet” brand.

The project will mix:
- sustainability
- regenerative/environmental solutions
- investigative content
- dark humor
- difficult conversations
- critical thinking
- social/philosophical discussion
- making environmental issues feel human and relatable instead of sterile and guilt-driven

Topics could range from:
- AI and energy demands
- chemicals in household products
- pollution in air/water/food systems
- consumerism
- agriculture
- media narratives
- environmental corruption/failures
- and the general weirdness of modern life

Basically: serious topics without taking ourselves too seriously.

Looking for someone experienced with:
- Instagram/TikTok/YouTube growth
- hooks & retention
- hashtag strategy
- content planning
- short-form editing
- audience/community growth
- trend analysis

Honestly, it’ll probably suit someone younger who instinctively understands internet culture, algorithms, attention spans, and the constantly shifting social media landscape. Someone who understands why one video gets buried instantly while another accidentally becomes the internet’s main character for 48 hours.

That said, if you’re 47 and secretly understand TikTok better than people born in 2004, please don’t let this discourage you.

Bonus if you already care about sustainability/environmental issues, but not essential if you’re genuinely sharp at content and growth.

This is an early-stage collaborative project with long-term ambitions, strong creative freedom, and room to help shape the direction from the beginning.

If interested, send:
- examples of work/pages
- experience
- what kind of role you’d want
- thoughts on modern social media/content culture

Many thanks

Drop links to your own podcast here in this thread. Tell us about it and describe the topics covered. Format:

Show name:
What the show's about:
Link to the show:
Link to 1 episode:

This thread is the place for bragging and self-promotion! If you listen to the podcasts linked here, comment with your thoughts.

You can add a promotion for your podcast to this mega thread at any time.

Note: This thread is the only place to promote your podcast. No tools, services, etc.

Don't post tons of links! At maximum: 1 link to your show + 1 link to an episode.

So I’m almost 19 and I just wanted to find someone to start a podcast with
Our topic could be anything I’m not too sure about that but we can figure it out
Also this is just for fun but I want it to be good so we can discuss about editing our podcast and where to post it and all
If anyone is interested HMU!!
LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS 🤧

I started a video and audio podcast where I tell a true crime story and build a Lego set that ties into the story. I have 5 episodes up and haven't had a single listener on Spotify. Is my setup wrong, how do I get traffic to at least tell me what is wrong? I mean I started it a little less than 2 months ago, I have about 45 YT subs, but not a single listener on any podcast sites. Can you help?

Hi, I'm thinking about how to go about promoting on tiktok. My idea is to use Ai to make a clip. My podcast will be about my grandparents letters during ww2. What ai programs do you recommend?

And any tiktok promo suggestions are welcome!

I've spent the last year deep in audio processing and talked to a lot of podcasters

about what slows their editing down. Here's what comes up over and over - and the

actual technical reason behind each one, not just "get a better mic."

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1. "My recordings sound fine to me but listeners complain about background noise"

Room tone, AC hum, and street sound sit in a frequency range your brain

tunes out after a few seconds. Listeners on earbuds haven't adapted to your

room, they hear it fresh every time. It's not your ears that are wrong,

it's that familiarity masks it for you specifically.

2. "I say 'um' constantly and editing them out takes forever"

Manually cutting fillers in a DAW on a 60-minute interview can take 2-3 hours.

The reason it's so tedious is that fillers aren't evenly distributed, they

cluster around topic transitions and moments of hesitation, so you can't

just batch-find them. You have to listen for context every single time.

3. "I removed noise but now my voice sounds metallic / robotic"

Over-suppression. Most noise tools apply a fixed threshold - anything below

X gets cut. The problem is that quiet consonants (s, f, th) often fall below

that threshold, so they get treated as noise. Adaptive attenuation — reducing

only as much as the signal actually needs, avoids this but is much harder to tune.

4. "My guest audio is always way louder or quieter than mine"

Different mics, rooms, and recording chains produce wildly different levels.

Loudness normalization targeting -16 LUFS (Apple Podcasts / Spotify standard)

fixes this in post, but if you're doing it with a simple peak normalize you're

doing it wrong, peak and loudness are not the same thing and one will mess

up your dynamics.

5. "I record sensitive interviews and I'm paranoid about uploading to cloud tools"

More common than people admit - journalists, therapists, HR podcasters,

legal content. Most AI audio tools send your file to a server. If your

guests haven't consented to that, you're in murky territory.

Worth thinking about before you hit "upload."

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What's the biggest audio issue that's still slowing down your editing?

I'm curious what I'm not seeing on this list.

This is one of the two big issues I have been having with starting my podcast. The other is who to use for podcast hosting. Sorry about the question I know I am pretty new to this.

I am starting a two person podcast and we have a Rodecaster Duo with two Podmics. We have done some sound testing but as for recording and editing a show we are not sure what to use. Most of the reviews out there seem to be more secret ads then actual reviews. So what do you all like to use? a free program like Audacity? OBS? Davinci Resolve? something like Riverside? or Adobe Audition? Or something else I am unaware of.

Hi all!

I’m the HOP Director at a French narrative podcast studio (we make shows about true crime, paranormal, disaster stories…). Across our three active shows, we gather around 450k streams/month, with our flagship true crime show sitting around 300k.

The studio was created in 2020 and I started my job in 2024. My background is editorial, I’ve been focused on restructuring our content strategy, improving narrative quality, optimizing episode titles/descriptions for SEO, and building author guidelines. That side I’m fairly comfortable with and I’m super happy with the shows from an editorial standpoint.

Where I feel less confident is the marketing and growth side : audience acquisition, social media strategy, understanding ad metrics, subscription growth (we have a premium tier). I can hold the conversation but I don’t have solid foundations.

Thing is, our studio does good numbers (in 2025, we were in the top 20 of the biggest podcast studios in the country) but no one really knows who we are, we’re not very present on SoMe, the Apple Explorer page never gives us any clout and although we make one of the biggest crime shows (top 5) in France, the Spotify awards that took place a few weeks ago in Paris completely snubbed us.

We’re also a super small team (me, a sound editor and a trainee) so I do most of the job myself. That’s why I’m looking for ressources : online courses, newsletters, communities… that would help a content-first person build real marketing literacy. Ideally something that doesn’t assume I’m starting from zero on the content side, but that gives me proper frameworks for growth and monetization.

Bonus points if you have recommendations specific to audio/podcast marketing rather than generic content marketing.

Thanks in advance!! And please don’t hesitate if any of you need info or advice on the editorial/content side, I’d be happy to help!

Hey everyone,

I recently started a small YouTube channel called noonetoldyouu:

https://youtube.com/@noonetoldyouu

It’s an audio-only channel focused on overthinking, anxiety, burnout, feeling lost, personal growth and the kind of thoughts people usually keep to themselves.

I started it because I’ve personally struggled with those things for years. Sometimes you get better, then life pulls you back into those feelings again. I just wanted to create something honest that might help people feel understood or a little less alone.

I don’t really feel comfortable being on camera yet, so I decided to make it audio-focused and more personal.

I wanted to ask:
How would you grow a channel like this organically nowadays? Especially when it’s not super niche and more emotion/personality driven?

And if the channel sounds like something that could help you or someone you know, I’d genuinely appreciate any support, feedback or subscriptions 🤍

Hi everyone! So to preface this, I'm very into true crime/mysteries/horror. I watched every episode of Criminal Minds when I was in middle school and never looked back. Since then, I've been wanting to start my own true crime podcast, but don't have the money or resources to dive in right now. Also, I don't even know if I could add anything of value to the true crime world since I feel like it's all been said and done. However, I'd love to find a job as a part time podcast researcher, writer, assistant. Right now I'm working remotely so I'd love to keep doing that. I have a bachelor's in psychology as I love studying human behavior, and have some experience in research & writing. If anyone has job leads, recommendations, or thoughts, please let me know! I'd appreciate all the help I can get. TIA!

Drop links to your own podcast here in this thread. Tell us about it and describe the topics covered. Format:

Show name:
What the show's about:
Link to the show:

This thread is the place for bragging and self-promotion! If you listen to the podcasts linked here, comment with your thoughts.

You can add a promotion for your podcast to this mega thread at any time.

Note: This thread is the only place to promote your podcast. No tools, services, etc.