A podcast is more than just audio — it's show notes, episode descriptions, interview scripts, promotional copy, and distribution summaries, all of which need to be written, reviewed, and signed off before each episode goes live. StoryChief gives your team a shared space to produce all the written content around your podcast, so every episode is polished, on-brand, and approved before publishing.

Example: Your B2B company runs a weekly podcast called "The Growth Brief." Each week, a content writer drafts the episode script and show notes in StoryChief, the host reviews and annotates the talking points, and the marketing lead approves the episode description before it's uploaded to Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Step 1. From your dashboard, click "+ Create" and select "Podcast" from the dropdown.

Step 2. Enter a title for your episode — for example, "Episode 42: How to Build a Content Strategy with Limited Resources."

Step 3. Set the correct language at the top of the editor, between the title and the status indicator.

Step 4. Write your podcast content in the body area. Use this space for the episode script, interview questions, show notes, episode description, or transcript — whatever your production process requires.

Step 5. Open the Settings tab in the left sidebar and fill in any custom fields your workspace uses — such as episode number, guest name, podcast platform, or topic category.

Step 6. Use the Readability tool to review your script and show notes. Spoken content and listener-facing copy both benefit from short sentences and a conversational tone — apply suggestions where they help.

Step 7. Once the episode content is approved, click Export to download it as a PDF or Docx — useful for sharing the script with your host, guest, or audio editor.

The Updates tab allows users to follow updates on a piece of content, which will send out notifications for the piece.
Actual updates will also be shown, when someone adds content or when someone else replies, reviews etc.

Step 8. Open the AI chat panel in the right sidebar. Ask William to improve your episode hook, tighten your show notes, or rewrite the episode description for SEO. Review every suggestion before applying it — nothing changes without your action.

Step 9. Select any piece of text and click "Add comment". Type @ to mention a teammate. Inline comments are especially useful for flagging interview questions — for example, "@host: consider reordering questions 3 and 4 for better flow."

Step 10. Click "Ask for review" in the right sidebar. Enter a teammate's name or a guest's email address, and add a message — for example, "Please review the interview questions and flag anything you'd prefer not to discuss."

Step 11. Track sign-off status in the Reviews tab — each review shows as Pending, Approved, or Declined.

Step 12. Once your podcast episode content is approved, update the status using the status selector at the top of the editor:

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