Podcast Name Generator

Generate podcast name ideas you can actually evaluate

A good starting list should reflect the subject and be easy to say aloud. Enter a specific niche, then choose the format and naming style. The generator creates ideas locally without claiming that a domain, social handle or trademark is available.

How to choose a podcast name

1. Say each name aloud as part of an episode introduction.
2. Make sure a new listener can spell it after hearing it once.
3. Search Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other directories for similar shows.
4. Check the matching domain and social handles.
5. Review trademarks in the markets where you plan to publish.
6. Use the podcast script template to plan the first episode.

Turn your notes into a podcast

Most episodes start as notes rather than a script — a list of points, a few links, a couple of quotes. Turning notes into a podcast is mainly a question of giving them an order and a spoken shape.

1. Group the notes into three or four themes. Anything that fits nowhere is usually the next episode.
2. Give each theme one sentence that states the point out loud. Those sentences become your spine.
3. Write the open and the close properly. These are the two places where improvising costs you listeners.
4. Leave the middle loose if you want it conversational — the spine keeps you on track without making you read.

The script generator turns a rough outline into a first draft you can talk over.

Writing a podcast script that still sounds unscripted

A podcast script has to survive being read aloud, which rules out most written prose. Short sentences. One idea each. Contractions where you would use them naturally.

Read the draft out loud once before recording. Every sentence you stumble on is a sentence written for the eye rather than the ear, and rewriting it takes seconds. Use the script timer to check the episode lands near the length you promised.

What makes a podcast name work

A name has two jobs: being findable in a search, and being repeatable by a listener recommending you to someone else.

• Say it out loud before committing. If it needs spelling, it will cost you listeners.
• Check it is free on the podcast directories and as a handle.
• Leave room to grow. A name pinned to one narrow topic becomes a cage by episode fifty.

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