AI Stack for Podcasters

Podcasting involves far more than just recording — the work before and after the microphone turns on is where most of the time goes. This stack addresses every phase of that workflow. Claude handles show preparation: researching guests, drafting interview questions, building episode outlines, and writing show notes after recording. Its large context window is particularly useful for feeding in transcripts and generating comprehensive show notes. ElevenLabs brings production polish with AI-generated intros, outros, and ad reads that sound professional without requiring a voice actor for every episode.

ChatGPT is the repurposing engine — feed it your episode transcript or show notes and it will generate blog post versions, social media threads, email newsletter content, and audiogram captions. This content multiplication is what turns a single recording session into a week's worth of social content. Midjourney rounds out the stack with visual assets: unique episode cover art, promotional graphics for social media, and imagery for audiograms.

The total assumes Claude Pro ($20), ElevenLabs Starter ($5), ChatGPT Plus ($20), and Midjourney Basic ($10). A minimal version using Claude and ChatGPT free tiers plus ElevenLabs reduces the cost to just $5/month, which covers the audio production piece that's hardest to do manually. For podcasters publishing weekly, the show prep and repurposing automation alone saves several hours per episode — time that compounds into dozens of hours per month.