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One show, run properly
$ 19 /mo
$230 billed yearly
- 6 episodes a month
- 1 staff seat, unlimited guests
- 5 booking links
- 10 automation rules, 1,000 actions a month
- 120 AI credits, about 2 hours of transcription
Show Notes - by show.fm One show notes doc.
One show notes doc.
Three lenses. Zero email threads.
Hosts, producers, and guests prep the same episode in real time - and only see what they're meant to see.
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Records Mar 14
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Shared · Run-of-show · Everyone on the episode
The Future of Audio with Maya Chen
1 · Cold open
Sam opens with the 30-second clip from Maya's TED talk. Energy high - no preamble.
2 · Guest bio
Maya Chen is a research lead at Sonic Labs and host of Wavefront. She's spent the last decade building the audio tooling everyone else's podcast runs on.
3 · Topics to cover
- Why neural audio finally crossed the "fooled my mom" line in 2025.
- The real reason indie podcasts beat networks on retention.
- Where AI hosts are useful - and where they fall apart.
- AI in production tooling Jordan added · 14s ago
Trusted by independent shows and small networks
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The morning of the record Your guest's bio is in email.
Your guest's bio is in email.
The run-of-show is in Notion.
The questions are in
Slack.
- guest-bio-FINAL.docx
- Run of show v3 (use this one)
- Email: "questions for tomorrow"
- Notion: Episode 47 prep
- Slack DM with Maya
01 - Real-time
Everyone editing. Same page. Live.
See who's typing where, watch bios fill in as the guest writes them, and ship the run-of-show without one more "final-final.docx".
- Live cursors
- Presence avatars
- Inline comments
- Version history
- Block-level @mentions
Block · Guest bio
3 people in this block · last edit 2s ago
Maya Chen is a research lead at Sonic Labs and host of Wavefront. She's spent the last decade building the audio tooling everyone else's podcast runs on.
SO
Sam Okafor just now
Love this - let's keep the “fooled my mom” line. It's the cold open.
JL
Jordan Lee 1m
Replacing "audio tooling" with "podcast pipeline" - clearer for our listeners.
02 - Three lenses Shared, host-only, and guest-private -
Shared, host-only, and guest-private -
one doc, three layers.
Your producer sees stage directions. Your guest sees their prompts. Nobody sees what isn't theirs.
Shared
Everyone on the episode
Topics to cover
- • Why neural audio crossed the line in 2025.
- • The real reason indie podcasts beat networks.
- • AI hosts: where they help, where they fall apart.
Calls to action
- • Plug Wavefront, season 3.
Host-only
Hosts, producers, editors
Stage directions
- → Let her open uninterrupted for 4 minutes.
- → Pivot to AI hosts at ~18:00 - she'll push back.
Don't ask
- × The 2024 acquisition. NDA.
Guest cannot see this lens.
Private - Maya
This guest + host only
Sam's prep questions for you
- ? What's the one thing you wish more interviewers asked?
- ? A take you've changed your mind on this year?
Your bio, your words
- • Research lead at Sonic Labs. Host of Wavefront.
Other guests never see this.
One toggle to switch lens. Permissions are enforced at the block, not the page.
03 - Templates
Templates do the first draft. You read it.
Pick a template, generate the show notes, and walk into the recording with the structure already written.
- Template library
- Custom per show
- Magic tags
- Auto-fill from booking
Pick a template
For "The Future of Audio with Maya Chen"
Generated · 0.4s
Show notes · ready to edit
Long-form interview
- 1 Cold open - 30s tease, no preamble.
- 2 Guest bio - Auto-pulled from
{{guest.bio}} - 3 Topics - Fill in 3–5 bullets.
- 4 CTAs - Promo for
{{episode.promo_code}} - 5 Close - 60s, next ep tease.
Magic tags resolved from the booking record. You write the topics.
04 - In context
Lives inside the episode, not beside it.
Show notes are bound to the episode - same place as the recording, the booking, the guest, and the final edit.
- Episode-bound
- Linked to guests
- Per-show templates
- Survives post-record edits
Booking
Confirmed · Mar 14 · 10:00 PT
Show notes
Live · 3 editing now
Recording
Scheduled · Riverside room
Publish
Auto on Mar 18 · 06:00
Automation: when show notes are marked ready, publish RSS draft and email all editors.
05 - Switch in an afternoon
Bring your prep doc with you.
Paste a Notion page or Google Doc URL. We pull headings, prompts, and bullets into a real show.fm show notes doc - guest portal already wired up.
Import wizard · Step 2 of 3
- Episode title Matched by title similarity
- Headings → blocks 6 sections found
- Guest bio Sent to Maya for review
- Prep questions Imported · 4 questions
- Existing RSS Stays at rss.cdn.media
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"I went from a Sunday-night dread of show notes to a Tuesday-morning twenty minutes. That's a real day of my life back, every week."
"We replaced Calendly, Buzzsprout, three Notion templates, and a Zapier graveyard with one tab. Our producer cried, in the good way."
"Booking links are the polite version of stalking your guest's calendar. Mine has booked 41 episodes without a single email back-and-forth."
- Hosting included
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- 14-day money-back guarantee
- Cancel anytime
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- 30 episodes a month
- 3 staff seats, unlimited guests
- 25 booking links
- 50 automation rules, 5,000 actions a month
- 300 AI credits, about 5 hours of transcription
Or get three years of this for $399 once as a founder.
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Every show in your network, one roof
$ 119 /mo
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- 10 staff seats, client workspaces
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- White-label guest portal
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30+ shows, SSO, and a real contract
Let's talk
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Before you ask.
What if my guest doesn't want yet another login?
They don't make one. Booking a slot generates a magic link that drops them straight into their private prep doc. They write their bio, answer your questions, and close the tab.
Can my producer edit show notes without seeing host-only stage directions?
Yes. Lenses are enforced at the block level. Producers get Shared by default; you flip a per-person toggle to grant Host-only access. The guest never sees either of those layers.
What happens to show notes after the episode publishes?
They stay attached to the episode forever. Post-record edits sync to the published page on your site, and version history keeps every prior draft so you can roll back a stray edit without losing the surrounding work.
Can I bring in a prep doc I already have in Notion or Google Docs?
Paste the URL into the import wizard. Headings become blocks, bullets stay as bullets, and anything labelled like a guest bio or prep question gets sent down the right lens. Your existing RSS URL doesn't change.
Make a show. Skip the busywork.
Start on the free tier. Bring your existing feed, or start a new one.
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