Podcasting can be a lot — planning, recording, editing, and producing all eat up hours. But AI tools like Microsoft Copilot (and others we’ll spotlight below) are changing the game

Here’s how to actually use them:

Start with Microsoft Copilot:

Think of Copilot as a co-producer in your corner. Feed it a prompt like: 

 "Create a podcast episode about AI trends in 2025"  …and it can generate a full episode in minutes.

You can interact as it plays, tweak content, adjust flow, or add your own commentary. It’s perfect for: Scripting ideas, ideation or even producing a full first draft. Here’s a step-by- step breakdown.

There’s also Descript as a powerful alternative:

If you want more control over editing and production, Descript is a must-have. You can:

  • Transcribe recordings with OpenAI’s Whisper

  • Clean up audio with Studio Sound

  • Remove filler words, silence, and noise

  • Correct or regenerate your voice with Overdub

  • Edit your recording like a text document

  • Make clips to promote your show on social media

  • Keep only the best takes when recording multiple versions

  • Arrange multi-camera video podcasts so the talking person is on camera.

Basically, you can polish your podcast without hiring a full editing team.

Other Handy Tools Includes:

  • Sunogenerates custom background music, intros, and outros.

  • Auphonicoffers audio leveling, silence trimming, and noise reduction.

  • NotebookLMsummarizes research-heavy material into conversational scripts

  • Otter.ai / Cleanvoice AIoffers Live transcription or quick cleanup of filler words and background noise.

💡 Pro Tip: The ultimate workflow is having a single tool that can do it all—editing, transcription, sound cleanup, and music— so you’re not juggling multiple subscriptions 

But if you’re a creator who wants maximum polish, using a combo of specialized tools can work wonders.

Prompts to try:

Go try out the apps! 

Oh, and don’t miss our video tutorial.

P.S. This isn’t sponsored, we don’t get paid for these reviews. We just love shining the light on tools that would actually help people work smarter.

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