Should You Script Your Podcast?

Getting Heard: The Daily Pod Shot · Oct 5, 2026 · 4m

Should you script your podcast? If you've been writing your episodes out word for word because it feels safer, this one's for you.

I've edited enough scripted episodes over ten years to know exactly how they sound, and your listener can hear it too, even if they couldn't tell you what's changed.

In this Pod Shot I talk about what a script is really protecting you from, the thing about recording a podcast that I think a lot of people have got completely wrong, and exactly how I prepare every single Pod Shot instead. Plus a quick exercise for today that'll show you this is far simpler than you…