On this episode we talk about this, what I am doing right now, writing a podcast episode description. How long does it take? How long should it take? In short, How long does it take to make a podcast episode? Make the most of your podcasting time by first understanding how much you realistically have. Topics covered in this episode range from the 4 types of podcasts

1. The single host thought of the day, show
2. Single host scripted history, documentary, story, tip and tricks, best practices show
3. the multi host roundtable general topic show, the most common podcast type
4. The audio drama, a serialized non-fiction narrative based podcast

I then uncover the fearsome and dreaded Time Gotchas lurking in each phase of a podcast episode production cycle.

1. Podcast planning
2. Podcast host/guest/tech prep
3. Pre show banter
4. Recording the podcast
5. Post show banter
6. Editing
7. Uploading and releasing your podcast
8. Promoting and marketing your podcat.

Whether you are a no-edit record and upload kinda host or a more produced, edited and fx'ed type of show. Understanding your time budget and uncovering the things that will sink time from that budget helps create creative constraints that will benefit your show while at the same time, making sure you and your talent/hosts are happy, appreciated and feel there time is well spent contributing to a podcast project.

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