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Podcast episode plan mind map template
A podcast episode plan mind map with the angle, guest research, segments, questions, intro and outro, recording setup and promotion, for one episode.
Who it is for
- A podcaster planning an interview episode before booking the guest.
- A solo host who wants a loose structure instead of a full script.
- A team producing a company podcast with several people involved.
How to use it
- Open the template and write the episode number and working title in the central topic.
- Write the one idea the listener should leave with, then shape the segments around it.
- Keep the questions branch open during recording, and fold or delete each question once it is covered.
The outline
Every topic in the template, as it opens in the editor.
Podcast episode
- Angle
- The one idea listeners leave with
- Why now
- Who this episode is for
- Guest
- Background and recent work
- Stories they have not told elsewhere
- Name pronunciation and links
- Segments
- Cold open: the best line from the episode
- Intro and why this guest
- Main conversation in three parts
- Quick-fire round
- Questions
- An opener that is easy to answer
- The question listeners would ask
- A follow-up for when they go deep
- Outro
- Where to find the guest
- What is on next week
- Recording
- Date, time and time zone
- Mics, headphones and quiet room
- Backup recording running
- Promotion
- Episode title and show notes
- Three short clips
- Guest tagged when it goes live
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