Questions solo podcasters ask before they switch producers.
How Strandcast differs from a guest-matching service or a traditional host, what the agent actually does, and what stays in your hands. Edit the array at the top of this file to update both the page and the structured data.
How is Strandcast different from a guest-matching service?
Guest-matching services sell you a list of contacts and leave the rest of the production to you. Strandcast is an end-to-end producer: it monitors your niche, drafts a non-templated pitch grounded in the guest’s last three pieces, books the recording slot, ships the edit, and reports back. The matching is a side effect of having a producer agent — not the product.
How is it different from a traditional podcast host?
A hosting platform stores your audio files and pushes an RSS feed to directories. Strandcast produces the episode that ends up in that feed. You still distribute wherever you want — but you arrive there with a clean transcript, vertical clips, and a report, not a raw WAV upload.
How do you keep guest outreach from turning into cold spam?
Every pitch is drafted from the guest’s last three published pieces — opening hooks cite a specific argument they made, not a generic “loved your recent work” line. The agent pauses for your sign-off before a single message sends, and the calendar link is yours, so guests who click it book into your real availability instead of a black-box scheduler.
What is included on each tier?
Solo ($24/month) covers one hosted show with a trend monitor, outreach drafting, scheduling, and newsletter distribution. Pro ($89/month) adds the full trend-to-publish pipeline: guest booking, edit notes, and publish-ready show notes. Network ($249/month) covers 10+ shows on one billing line with a shared template library and a centralised guest + topic pipeline.
What does the agent generate vs. what do I still control?
The agent drafts briefings, outreach emails, edit notes, show notes, vertical clips, social threads, and a post-publish report. You approve every draft before it sends: outreach sits in your inbox until you sign off, clips wait for a pass through your preferences, and the report lands in your dashboard as a draft. Editorial voice and final call are always yours.
How does finished audio get to listeners?
Once you publish, the agent ships a clean RSS-ready package to every major directory (Apple, Spotify, YouTube, Overcast, Pocket Casts, and the long tail). Vertical clips are queued for Shorts, Reels, and TikTok, and your newsletter goes out the same hour. The post-publish report tells you what got shipped and where, so you’re never guessing about distribution.
How does approval work?
Approval pauses on every external send. Outreach drafts sit in your inbox with a “reply-rating” indicator and a one-click approve. Briefing docs and edit notes drop into your dashboard as drafts and never go live without a pass. The agent constantly normalises a single rule: nothing leaves your show without you clicking send.
What happens to my data if I cancel?
You keep a clean export of every show, transcript, briefing, outreach thread, and clip. Nothing is held hostage; nothing is used to train anyone else’s model. Stripe cancels at the end of the current month — no retention call, no email tennis — and the export stays available for 30 days after the cancel date.