AI Tools for Podcasters: Record, Edit, and Grow Your Show

Podcasting involves much more than just recording conversations. Between editing, transcribing, creating show notes, and promoting episodes, the post-production work can take longer than the recording itself. AI tools can automate most of this.

Recording and Editing

Descript is the game-changer for podcast editing. Its text-based editing lets you remove ums, ahs, and awkward pauses by simply deleting them from the transcript. The filler word removal feature alone saves hours per episode.

Riverside.fm uses AI to enhance audio quality, remove background noise, and even generate separate audio tracks from a single recording.

Transcription and Show Notes

AI transcription services like Whisper (free, by OpenAI) and Otter.ai can transcribe episodes with high accuracy. From the transcript, tools like ChatGPT or Claude can generate show notes, timestamps, and social media snippets in seconds.

Growth and Discovery

Opus Clip and Spikes Studio can automatically identify the most engaging moments in your podcast and create short video clips for social media promotion. This repurposing strategy is one of the most effective ways to grow your podcast audience.