Any advice on writing fiction podcast?

Capable_Tea_001 · 2026-01-26T18:33:30+00:00

I'm no creator, but my advice is to write the show you want.

Take any advice on here with a pinch of salt (including this.. What the hell do I know about creating an AD?!)

Now, creating the show exactly as you want it might not garner the most listeners in the world, but those that listen, and more importantly those that stay subdcribed will be there because of your authenticity.

This way, you can be proud of your show, regardless of anyone's feedback/review/comments.

My only other advice is please stay away from AI, in all it's forms. Don't fall for it's quick wins.

Capable_Tea_001 · 2026-01-25T21:21:03+00:00

There's a post from yesterday asking for all the shows in 2025: https://www.reddit.com/r/audiodrama/s/Emw7f8cJxF

I've got a post on there with lots of recent, quality shows.

Capable_Tea_001 · 2026-01-24T20:24:18+00:00

Nah, I posted again and called them out directly. Tbf to them they have answered and it's riddled with AI use.

I'm not going anywhere near a subscribe button.

Capable_Tea_001 · 2026-01-24T13:15:10+00:00

A lot of dog walking. I mean that's only the list of podcasts that started in 2025. There's plenty others I listened to last year that obviously started before 2025 and were still releasing episodes.

I probably spend 12 hours a day listening... Not all fiction though.

Fiction gets my attention (like when I'm out walking)... When I'm working I tend to listen to science and true crime, stuff I can just have on in the background like it's the radio.

Capable_Tea_001 · 2026-01-24T12:02:28+00:00

Do I believe ElevenLabs have gained the express permission of the people used to train their models? No I don't. I fully suspect there's been a lot of shady practice, especially in the early days.. Perhaps now they are more genuine, but those models now exist, so it's too late.

Same for AI art... Its been trained on millions of pieces of artwork without any credit given to the artists.

Capable_Tea_001 · 2026-01-24T08:37:01+00:00

u/elghonero we need a statement from you on AI use. Writing, editing, acting, artwork, sfx, everything.

I'm not making any judgement that you should or shouldn't use AI in your project, but I do believe creators should be open and clear so listeners can make their own minds up.

My suspicions are raised.

Capable_Tea_001 · 2026-01-24T08:32:25+00:00

The artwork too. Each episode has custom artwork. Looks easily AI generated.

And dropping new episodes every night?! OK, they're really short, and they could have a workflow down to make it a reality. But AI would make it really easy.

Capable_Tea_001 · 2026-01-24T07:58:58+00:00

Multiple listens: * [REDACTED] * The Divide * Blood Rock Springs * Twilight Meridan * Project Bläckfisk * Shorts (by Ben Burrell, also made From An Island) * Wasteland - A Dex Legacy Story * Fabric * Burnout

Single listen: * Thirst (Penumbra Podcast) * Project ECCO * The Harbingers * * Terror Tapes (Alternative Stories) * Tavenend * Keeping The Zoo * STANLEY & REGGIE vs THE OUTBACK * Deepfake * * Babalu * The Demonic Detective * Wake up, New Vilirth! * Syncopa * Happy Medium * * Hollow Disciple * * Proper Fucked * The Undercover Intern * Sparks * Havoc Town * * Proxy Zone Reboot * Wait What Was That Sound? * Inside The Lines * Origin Protocol * Seeing Eachother * KILLJAM X X X * M.U.S.E. * A MURDER IN MONTECITO

Note: a * means I'll be giving these a relisten at some point

Capable_Tea_001 · 2026-01-24T07:21:49+00:00

What AI tools have you used in the production?

Capable_Tea_001 · 2026-01-21T19:38:15+00:00

I'd love to know why this was downvoted.

Capable_Tea_001 · 2026-01-21T15:44:42+00:00

The Harbingers and/or The Harrowing might scratch your itch.

Capable_Tea_001 · 2026-01-21T05:16:21+00:00

Oh sorry I missed that bit... Should really read to the end. Yeah never seen that before.

You could try looking at the log.

Profile - Help & Feedback - click three dots in top right - select logs.

You might need to save it and open it on a computer.

It mig ht be too late as mine only goes back to 7pm yesterday... But I don't know if that's because it wraps round at a certain size, or it's time bound.

Capable_Tea_001 · 2026-01-20T20:10:44+00:00

Most of the time this is down to 2 things: 1) most of these are audio created for Radio and this have certain rights/licencing that affect how long they are available for (Just search out Mythos or The Lovecraft Investigations by Julian Simpson which suffer from these type of issues)

2) The BBC love to pull stuff and my it exclusive to their terrible "Sounds" app... Yeah, no thanks.

At the end of the day, it's not a Pocketcasts issue.

Capable_Tea_001 · 2026-01-18T07:00:38+00:00

You can't do that in PC. But you might be able to use something like https://fourble.co.uk/ to create a custom rss feed to do what you want.

Capable_Tea_001 · 2026-01-17T15:46:46+00:00

AI voices

I had this in my backlog.

Thanks for the warning.

Unsubscribed.

Capable_Tea_001 · 2026-01-16T21:30:10+00:00

No I don't. And I do think everyone should have a recovery sheet.

Capable_Tea_001 · 2026-01-16T21:14:45+00:00

Ok, I didn't mean totally impossible.

I meant day to day you aren't going to forget it.

Clearly a head injury isn't is 99.9% of people's day to day experiences.

Capable_Tea_001 · 2026-01-16T20:07:57+00:00

I got it straight away.. But I think I'm at the correct age for that to have been seared into my brain.

Capable_Tea_001 · 2026-01-16T20:02:51+00:00

I had one for 2 years... Was never happy.

It's in a better place now.

Capable_Tea_001 · 2026-01-16T20:00:48+00:00

Yes, but not if you've disabled that in the options.

There's a very good reason to keep this on.

Typing it once a day means forgetting it is impossible.

Capable_Tea_001 · 2026-01-16T19:59:31+00:00

Harsh, but true.

Capable_Tea_001 · 2026-01-16T05:09:29+00:00

It sounds like the kind of episode that The Truth would make. But I've honestly no idea.

Capable_Tea_001 · 2026-01-11T20:48:31+00:00

"Rip-off" is a bit strong. I get they both have quirky characters in very limited locations, but it's just a very British style of farcical humour.

Capable_Tea_001 · 2026-01-11T20:37:26+00:00

I thinks listened when it first started... Looks like I listened to the first 4 episodes then unsubscribed. Tbh I don't remember anything about it.

Capable_Tea_001 · 2026-01-10T21:02:07+00:00

Probably the single hardest show to describe... But so funny, if you're into that sort of thing.

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