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Podcast Production Desk / Notion import + kit

Podcast production checklist & episode templates

Plan the guest interview, recording, edit, transcript, and episode release.

Made for independent hosts producing interview podcasts.

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Catalog price: $24 USD

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FilesZIP with five editable Markdown documents, an offline HTML workbook, a reading edition, and optional Notion import files (not a configured workspace). A five-document worked case follows one fictional project.
To useExtract the ZIP. Open the workbook in a current desktop browser; edit Markdown in a text editor. No account needed for the workbook or Markdown files. A Notion account is needed only for the optional import; set database properties and relations yourself.
LicenseUse for your own or client work; do not redistribute the original templates or tools. Full terms.
SupportProduct questions and corrections by email; no custom implementation or professional review. 14-day refund policy.

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The task

What you'll make

An episode pack with checked audio, notes, transcript, and guest facts.

Gather before you start

Guest brief
Recording setup
Publishing requirements

Mark missing information so you can check it before using your work.

When to skip this kit

You need a native Excel, Canva, or Word template. This download contains Markdown documents and an offline HTML workbook, plus Notion import files you configure yourself.
You need autosave or cloud sync. Export Markdown or save a backup before closing the offline workbook.
You need someone to complete the work. These are worksheets to fill in yourself.

Read the first worksheet below to see whether its questions help with your task.

Included files

What's inside

01Guest invitation and brief
02Interview run of show
03Recording day checklist
04Edit and quality checklist
05Episode publishing pack

Each document has instructions, questions, and space for your answers. The final document includes a common mistake to check for before using your work.

The worked case contains five completed documents, one for each worksheet. Follow the evidence, decisions, and corrections across the same fictional project. The case is included in the workbook, reading edition, Markdown example, and optional Notion import.

Your completion check

Confirm the actual permission scope and recorded sources, preserve claim qualifications, review the entire encoded export, and match chapters/transcript/hosted playback to the final artifact.

Before you finish

Check this before you use it

Timestamps are copied from audio that changes during editing.

Verify timestamps and quotations against the final exported recording.

Use the final worksheet to record what needs fixing and what you still need to check.

Free worksheet

Start with worksheet one

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Guest invitation and brief

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{{project}} / host {{business}} / guest {{contact}} / proposed {{deadline}}

Purpose: agree on the episode's task and recording/publication arrangements before recording. This draft sends nothing and is not a release agreement. Listener and starting knowledge [ ]; editorial question [ ]; why this guest's verified experience fits [ ]; sources and date checked [ ]. Invite draft: Hello {{contact}}, I host [show] for [audience]. Would you consider a [duration] conversation about [specific question]? We would discuss [three themes] and prepare [audio/video/excerpts actually planned] for [actual channels]. Compensation is [accurate arrangement]. If interested, I will share the recording details and our approved permission/release process. There is no expectation of extra promotion unless separately agreed. {{business}}

Brief after acceptance Date/time/timezone [ ]; meeting/contact route [ ]; total appointment versus recorded time [ ]; host/producer [ ]; access or participation needs [ ]. Name/pronunciation [ ]; current role/bio and guest-approved public link [ ]; factual topics [ ]; private or out-of-scope material [ ]; backup contact route [ ]. Recording, editing, publication, excerpt, and image permissions: [approved process/reference and scope]. Verify before recording; interview agreement alone does not provide every intended use right. Explain actual factual-correction and editorial policies; do not promise a veto, anonymous publication, or a review right the business does not offer. Send equipment/setup suggestions suitable for the actual method, a technical-test plan, and the recovery route if the call fails. Do not put private meeting credentials or unpublished sensitive details in the public brief. Claim check: which guest statements need evidence or attribution [ ]; where uncertainty should remain [ ]; fact-check owner/date [ ]. Ready when the guest, producer, permissions, access arrangements, and editorial boundaries agree. Hold recording if an essential permission or usable setup is unresolved.

Your decision

Has the guest confirmed topic, name, and recording arrangements? My answer: [ ] Source and date: [ ] Still to check: [ ] Next action, owner, and due date: [ ]

Before you start

Guest brief: [Source or notes]
Recording setup: [Source or notes]
Publishing requirements: [Source or notes]

What you will make

An episode pack with checked audio, notes, transcript, and guest facts.

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{{project}} / host {{business}} / guest {{contact}} / proposed {{deadline}}

Purpose: agree on the episode's task and recording/publication arrangements before recording. This draft sends nothing and is not a release agreement.
Listener and starting knowledge [ ]; editorial question [ ]; why this guest's verified experience fits [ ]; sources and date checked [ ].
Invite draft:
Hello {{contact}}, I host [show] for [audience]. Would you consider a [duration] conversation about [specific question]? We would discuss [three themes] and prepare [audio/video/excerpts actually planned] for [actual channels]. Compensation is [accurate arrangement]. If interested, I will share the recording details and our approved permission/release process. There is no expectation of extra promotion unless separately agreed. {{business}}

Brief after acceptance
Date/time/timezone [ ]; meeting/contact route [ ]; total appointment versus recorded time [ ]; host/producer [ ]; access or participation needs [ ].
Name/pronunciation [ ]; current role/bio and guest-approved public link [ ]; factual topics [ ]; private or out-of-scope material [ ]; backup contact route [ ].
Recording, editing, publication, excerpt, and image permissions: [approved process/reference and scope]. Verify before recording; interview agreement alone does not provide every intended use right. Explain actual factual-correction and editorial policies; do not promise a veto, anonymous publication, or a review right the business does not offer.
Send equipment/setup suggestions suitable for the actual method, a technical-test plan, and the recovery route if the call fails. Do not put private meeting credentials or unpublished sensitive details in the public brief.
Claim check: which guest statements need evidence or attribution [ ]; where uncertainty should remain [ ]; fact-check owner/date [ ].
Ready when the guest, producer, permissions, access arrangements, and editorial boundaries agree. Hold recording if an essential permission or usable setup is unresolved.

Your decision
Has the guest confirmed topic, name, and recording arrangements?
My answer: [ ]
Source and date: [ ]
Still to check: [ ]
Next action, owner, and due date: [ ]

Before you start
- Guest brief: [Source or notes]
- Recording setup: [Source or notes]
- Publishing requirements: [Source or notes]

What you will make
An episode pack with checked audio, notes, transcript, and guest facts.

This is the complete first worksheet from the current edition. The full kit adds the remaining four documents, a worked scenario, and the offline editing workbook, plus an optional Notion import ZIP with Markdown pages and CSV databases.

Worked example

See the worked-case summary

Fictional example included in edition 2.49.1.

Fictional case: The Small Shift records a 24-minute interview and prepares an eight-minute episode about order-note handoffs. The producer removes an accidental customer name, preserves a qualification about a small sample, and rejects an export with a repeated question. Five completed documents connect the guest brief, interview plan, recording evidence, final-export review, finished show notes, and a text-only teaching transcript. All times, measurements, permissions, and outcomes are fictional; no playable episode is supplied.

Before you choose

What should I have ready for this kit?

Bring guest brief, recording setup, publishing requirements. Mark anything you still need to check.

How do I know the work is finished?

An episode pack with checked audio, notes, transcript, and guest facts. Check your answers against the original records and note anything unresolved before sharing your work.

What is in the Notion import pack?

The download includes an optional NOTION-IMPORT.zip with authored Markdown page templates and sample-filled CSV databases. Import the files in Notion, then set field types and any database relations yourself. Alongside those files, you receive editable Markdown documents and an offline HTML workbook. Set up the imported pages and tables yourself. These are not native Excel, Canva, or Word templates. Extract the whole ZIP before opening the HTML files. Mobile file managers may not run local scripts; the text files and reading edition remain available.

Will this do the work for me?

The kit supplies structure, questions, and examples. You provide the facts, make the decisions, and adapt the finished output. You are responsible for checking the finished work. Custom implementation and professional review are not included.

Included Notion import files · fictional preview data

Podcast Production Desk

7 Notion page templates, 1 completed worked-case page and 3 sample-filled CSV databases. Extract the product download, then import NOTION-IMPORT.zip in Notion desktop or web.

04-Guest-prep.md

# Guest brief
- Episode premise and why this guest: [ ]
- Audience and listener benefit: [ ]
- Expected length and format: [ ]
- Topics included: [ ]
- Topics excluded or off record: [agree clearly before recording]
- Recording date, time zone, platform, and backup contact: [ ]
- Microphone and connection test: [ ]
- Consent / release location in approved storage: [ ]
- Name, title, pronunciation, and link verified by guest: [ ]
- Review boundaries and publication date: [follow the agreed release]

## Run of show
1. Welcome and consent reminder
2. Context and first example
3. Method, trade-off, and evidence
4. What did not work and why
5. One useful next step for listeners
6. Confirm any follow-up promises and thank the guest

01-Episodes · sample database

Episode	Working title	Host	Guest or contributor	Recording date	Release date	Stage	Editor	Audio approved	Transcript reviewed	Rights check
Sample episode 01	Making a process easier to explain	Host	Guest example	10/10/2026	10/24/2026	Pre-production	Editor	Pending	Pending	Pending

Example rows are fictional. The import creates pages and databases; set property types and any relations inside Notion. You configure the tables after import.

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