How to Start a Podcast in 2025 (1+ Hour Course)

In this 1+ hour course, the host walks viewers through every step of launching a podcast—from picking a niche and crafting compelling show art to setting up gear, recording, editing, and publishing. Beginning with an introduction at 00:00, the video covers choosing a topic at 00:01:39, checking competition at 00:03:46, narrowing your niche at 00:05:39, and designing show art at 00:07:45. It then dives into format, cadence, episode length, and pre‑recording at 00:09:40–00:15:31, followed by gear and setup instructions, including microphones, stands, interfaces, and whether to add video at 00:19:02–00:20:28. The host demonstrates using Riverside, remote guests, screen share, and live streaming from 00:27:13 to 00:34:42, and shows how to record with a phone or camera at 00:20:28–00:25:12. Editing is tackled from 00:38:07 onward, with AI tools, EQ, chapter markers, and B‑roll at 00:38:45–00:44:43, and exporting at 00:47:53. Publishing steps—hosting, submitting to Spotify and Apple, adding video, uploading to YouTube—are covered at 00:51:10–00:57:07. Finally, promotion strategies, AI‑generated vertical clips, social media, email marketing, paid ads, and monetization are explored from 01:00:38 to 01:11:54.