Podcasting does not need to be complicated.

The most crucial aspect is that you enjoy doing it, and you don’t need to do any editing. 

Or very little.

This is a potential pipeline, you can create a production process tailored to your specific software, focusing on achieving the kind of podcast you want to make and find most enjoyable.

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1 - You can use OBS for both your guest and yourself.

https://obsproject.com/download

Before you start recording, do a sound check. If necessary:

You can ask your guest whether they should increase or decrease the volume on their microphone.

Try to have both your audio and your guest’s audio at around the same volume; 

it doesn’t need to be exact, just close enough.

Aim for overall above -40 and it can enter the yellow zone. It shouldn't hit red too much.

DON'T OBSESS OVER THIS. It just needs to be audible. If you can hear your guest, then it's loud enough. Trust your ears.

Have a conversation before starting recording.

Focus on creating a good environment to be in.

Your first priority should be ensuring this is a good experience for the guest.

Remember to listen, try not to interrupt.

Say when you have started recording.

When you press start, also start a stopwatch on your phone, only if the guest says something that ABSOLUTELY HAS be cut out, drama, guest takes a break, etc.

Then you press lap. That way you know at that specific time something has to be cut out.

2 - Drag and drop your video to Fre:ac

https://www.freac.org

- Selected Encoder: Windows Wave File Output

- Encode > "Start encoding" - It will be exported as .WAV

3 - Drag and drop your .WAV to Audacity.

https://www.audacityteam.org/download

A1 - Move to the lap time on your stopwatch. If you need to cut something out.

NOTE: You can also edit out long pauses.

** Zoom In -- Ctrl + 1

** Zoom Out -- Ctrl + 3

The Main Cut

- Move to all of the lapped times on your stopwatch, select and drag the parts you want to remove, and use Split Clip (Ctrl + I). If you use Delete, it will mess up the timestamps.

- Click "Split Clip" And delete the clip - Do this for all of the lapped times.

After you've done this with all the laps for sections you want to remove.

You can then drag all the clips together using your mouse.

Make sure to click and drag to select the sections, right-click, and choose "Join Clips"

(Ctrl + J) to combine the cuts with the track.

This way, when you make the fine cut, you won’t have to manually drag them back into place.

Fine Cut - This is good for taking out long pauses.

- Click and drag what you want to cut out.

- Press delete on your keyboard.

A2 - Double-click on your audio to select the entire track.

- Go to "Effect" > "Volume and Compression" and select "Normalize"

- Normalize peak amplitude to: -1.0 dB

- Apply

A3 - Go to "File" > "Export" > "Audio Format", then select "MP3 files"

- Set Channels to Mono, Quality to Medium, and Sample Rate to 44100 Hz.

- Export

4 - Upload to Newgrounds.

5 - Example

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Below is a template you will customize for your podcast. It's important to specify both your available times and when you're unavailable for recording sessions.

Click and drag over the text, then press (Ctrl + C) to copy and (Ctrl + V) to paste it into your text document.

Then change the text to suit your specific needs. You can reuse and modify it each time you send it to a guest for an invitation. It’s always good to make the message personally tailored to the individual.

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Subject: TITLE

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Hi NAME,

YOUR MESSAGE TO THE GUEST - THIS SHOULD BE TAILORED SPECIFICALLY TO THE PERSON YOU’RE SENDING IT TO.

DESCRIBE WHAT YOUR PODCAST ABOUT.

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1. We will talk on Discord -- yourusername

2. I record

3. After recording, I do production and publish the episode on:

DATE

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Example result: 

Link to your show / or what it's kind of going to be like.

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Please, tell me the available time frame; when we would be able to START a session.

A recording session would be 1 hour,

for example: from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

https://dateful.com/time-zone-converter?t=12pm&d=2025-05-26&tz2=EST-EDT-Eastern-Time

-- Timezone: EST (Eastern Standard Time)

Monday -- 12:00 PM 

Tuesday -- 3:00 AM -- 12:00 PM

Wednesday -- 12:00 PM

Thursday -- 3:00 AM -- 12:00 PM

Friday -- 12:00 PM

Saturday -- 3:00 AM -- 12:00 PM

Sunday -- 3:00 AM -- 12:00 PM

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I would be grateful to hear what you think!

Kind regards,

YOURNAME

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Another useful link is: https://hammertime.cyou/

When you're on Discord, you can use it to automatically calculate and display the scheduled time in both your time zone and the other person's time zone.

You'll learn more techniques and concepts that will help you, but you just have to get started, keep learning, and keep improving. Get comfortable with fucking shit up, because that’s going to happen a lot. You move forward and learn from it.

Listen to podcast and think about what you like and don't like.

Stay awesome!