A one-hour episode is a content goldmine most podcasters mine badly. Here is the system behind our podcast editing work.
Mark every moment with: a strong claim, a story beat, a disagreement, or a number. A good hour yields 12–20 candidates; publish the best 8–10.
Cut into the sentence (never at its start), add speaker-aware captions, punch-in alternation between speakers, and a text hook in frame one.
From one episode: 8 vertical clips, 1 highlights reel, 2 audiograms, 3 quote graphics, plus a newsletter section — 15 assets from one recording session.
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