50 podcast ideas
A podcast needs a reason to exist that fits in one sentence, plus a format you can repeat without burning out. These ideas give you both.
Before you start: Record two episodes before you publish the first, so you know what a normal week of work looks like.
All 50 ideas
Workload is a rough guide to the ongoing work: light is a few hours a week, medium is part-time, heavy is close to full-time.
A podcast of short stories from one small town
Neighbours tell one memory each, edited into ten-minute episodes.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast interviewing people who changed careers after 35
What they feared, what they did first and what they would do differently.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast for home bakers about one technique per episode
A guest, a technique and a listener question.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast with owners of local shops about their first year
Honest accounts of opening day, mistakes and the first regular customers.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast on the history of everyday objects
How the umbrella, the zip or the paperclip came about.
Heavy workload · close to full-timeBuild this planA podcast for people starting small nonprofits
Practical conversations on volunteers, funding and getting set up.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast that records the staffroom conversations teachers wish they had
Candid talks on classroom problems and what worked.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA weekly audio diary of a solo founder building in public
Decisions, numbers shared with permission and what changed.
Light workload · a few hours a weekBuild this planA podcast that explains city planning decisions to residents
One local decision per episode, with the people who made it.
Heavy workload · close to full-timeBuild this planA podcast interviewing independent board game designers
Origin stories, prototypes and what playtesting taught them.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA seasonal podcast for allotment gardeners
What to do this month, with a guest grower each time.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA bedtime podcast of short science stories for children
Calm ten-minute stories about animals, space and weather.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast of slow, simple stories for language learners
Graded episodes with a transcript and a vocabulary list.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast for people who sell at craft fairs
Booth setups, pricing talk and lessons from the busiest days.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planAn oral history podcast with elderly neighbours
Recorded conversations with consent, edited with care.
Heavy workload · close to full-timeBuild this planA podcast on making remote work sustainable
Conversations about routines, boundaries and good tools.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast on the business side of being an independent musician
Booking, merch and release plans from artists who do it.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA book club podcast that reads one chapter a week
Discussion, notes and listener questions for each chapter.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast of stories from restaurant kitchens
Cooks and servers share their best and worst nights.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast of honest conversations between parents of teenagers
Real situations, no expert pose, a practical takeaway each time.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA casual podcast that explains music theory with examples
One concept per episode with short audio clips.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast about wildlife in cities
Foxes, swifts and pigeons, with local experts.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast where designers critique everyday products
A ticket machine, a menu, an app screen: what works and why.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast where a guest teaches a skill in thirty minutes
Practical, with a short exercise to try after listening.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast following apprentices through their first year in a trade
Plumbers, electricians and joiners, with monthly check-ins.
Heavy workload · close to full-timeBuild this planA podcast about how authors actually write
Routines, drafts and edits, from first-timers and veterans.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast for people who repair and make things
Listener projects, tool tips and a repair of the week.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast on surviving the first year of freelancing
Clients, routines and the first slow month, from people who lasted.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA short community radio-style podcast for one neighbourhood
Local news, events and interviews in fifteen minutes.
Heavy workload · close to full-timeBuild this planA podcast that explains one new science paper in plain words
The authors help retell the finding without jargon.
Heavy workload · close to full-timeBuild this planA podcast with curators of small museums
The object they love and the story behind it.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast collecting grandparents' recipes
The dish, the story and a written recipe card for each.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast for first-time managers
One conversation per episode on feedback, delegation and difficult chats.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planAn actual-play podcast of a tabletop role-playing campaign
Edited sessions with music and a recap in each episode.
Heavy workload · close to full-timeBuild this planA podcast of cycling commute stories from one city
Riders, routes and the daily rituals around them.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast following adults learning an instrument
Progress, frustration and what helped, month by month.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast where people explain their unusual jobs
Conversations with a lighthouse keeper, a piano tuner or a bell ringer.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA short podcast on calm ways of getting things done
Five-minute episodes with one habit to try.
Light workload · a few hours a weekBuild this planA student-run podcast about life at one university
Interviews, tips and campus stories made by students.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast that helps clubs and societies tell their story
Short episodes about a club's people and projects.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast of stories from retail and shop-floor workers
Anonymous recollections, with a different theme each week.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast on forgotten places in your region
Abandoned buildings and disused lines, with archive research.
Heavy workload · close to full-timeBuild this planA podcast on planning slow, low-impact travel
Itineraries and practical tips from people who did them.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast for electronics hobbyists
Projects, parts and mishaps, with a guest builder.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast for first-generation students
Conversations about applications, culture and asking for help.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast about literary translation
Translators explain how one sentence became another.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA call-in style podcast where a tradesperson answers home questions
Listeners send photos and questions, with safety notes.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA podcast of small business endings and what came next
Founders tell the end of the story first.
Medium workload · part-timeBuild this planA short podcast of poems read aloud with context
One poem and three minutes of background per episode.
Light workload · a few hours a weekBuild this planA podcast on the volunteers who keep local sports clubs going
Coaches, referees and groundskeepers, one story each.
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