Make a podcast

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Interview, panel, solo or narrative: how to choose the podcast format that fits your guests, your material and your editing time, and the mistakes to avoid.

5 min read

A practical plan for a business podcast's first season: one listener, one format, six titles, a reusable running order and recording days instead of evenings.

4 min read

What a produced video podcast episode at Granary Digital includes: up to 90 minutes recording, three 4K cameras, an engineer and a producer, audio and video edit, thirty short-form cuts, files in five working days, £395+VAT.

6 min read

Should your business have a podcast? Five questions to answer first, what it costs in time and money, what the survey numbers say, and the cheaper options.

6 min read

A 90-day plan to start a podcast in the UK, with what surveys of real podcasters say about audience, time, cost and quitting, so you plan for the real thing.

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A one-page episode planner and run sheet for podcasts, filled in step by step, with a worked example and the timing and tech mistakes that waste time.

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A checklist for the three things to settle before episode one: the show name, square cover art that works at thumbnail size, and a short trailer.

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A checklist for a podcast recording day: what to prepare at home, what to pack, and what to check on arrival so the session runs on time.

Explainer film

How far to sit from a podcast microphone, which angle to speak at and how to stop plosive pops. An illustrated step-through plus written notes and common faults.

4 min read

How to prepare for a podcast interview, sit well at a broadcast microphone and help the show afterwards, from a podcast studio near Chichester.

4 min read

How a broadcast engineer records a remote podcast guest: mix-minus so nobody hears themselves, a local recording at each end, and what to do when the line drops. From Granary Digital's podcast studio near Chichester.

2 min read

Why the room you record in matters more than the microphone you buy, with a ten-minute test to hear the difference and a checklist for a quieter, softer room.

Word or Google Docs · free preview

A booking email and a prep sheet for podcast guests, with the details to include, the order to send them in and the mistakes that cost a recording slot.

4 min read

UK market ranges for podcast studio hire, editing and agency production, set against our own prices: from £108+VAT an hour or £395+VAT an episode.

3 min read

What multi-camera podcast recording actually changes: cutting on reactions, hiding edits, thirty clips instead of ten. Three 4K cameras at Granary Digital's podcast studio near Chichester, explained plainly.

4 min read

Edison found in July that UK weekly podcast listeners use YouTube more than any other app. What that changes for a business podcast, with costs.

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Work out how big a podcast episode will be from its bitrate and length, how much a year of episodes needs, and where the unit mistakes happen.

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Loudness targets for Apple Podcasts and Spotify, the difference between loudness and peak, and a step-by-step calculation to find the gain change for an episode.

5 min read

The order to edit a podcast in: clean the audio, tighten the talk, mix the voices and music, then master. Why the order matters and what to check.

Word or Google Docs · free preview

A fill-in template for each episode's written material: show notes, chapter timestamps and a clean transcript, with the order to write them in.

3 min read

What you control in podcast search: the show name, the description, episode titles, show notes and transcripts, and a page for the show.

6 min read

Promotion is where most podcasters get stuck. A 30-day plan for the first month after launch, with weekly jobs, a calendar table and the numbers to expect.

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What a UK podcast really costs per year, the hidden lines most budgets miss, a formula for your own numbers and Granary's published package prices.

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A one-page sponsorship pitch template and the rate sum behind it. Work out a per-episode fee from your own listens, and label the ad the way the ASA asks.