No equipment. No studio. No experience.
Just a voice and something to say.
Your phone mic is enough to start right now.
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02 · What This Class Is
6 lessons. Record. Edit. Publish. AI workflow.
You find your format, record your first episode,
run it through Google AI Studio, and publish it — all free.
Live demos every week.
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03 · After This Class
Episode 1 published. Your AI workflow built.
A real episode live on Spotify. Show notes written by AI.
Your workflow ready to repeat.
Podcast Engineering is next.
// your progress
// YOUR PROGRESS — 0 OF 6 LESSONS COMPLETE
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Antony Ciccone · antcpu
Founder · antcpu EDU · Weekly live software demo · Day 1:00pm EST · Night 6:00pm EST
// UNIT 1 — YOUR VOICE, YOUR SHOW
01What Is a Podcast?Open
Lesson 01 — What Is a Podcast?
A podcast is a recorded audio show anyone can listen to, anywhere, anytime. No broadcast license. No studio. No gatekeepers. Just a voice, a topic, and an audience that wants to hear it.
// WHY PODCASTING NOW
Over 4 million podcasts exist — most stop after 3 episodes
The ones that survive are consistent, specific, and honest
Your phone mic is good enough to start — equipment comes later
AI tools have made editing, transcription, and distribution faster than ever
📡 LIVE DEMO — WEEKLY
Every week Antony runs a live walkthrough of the tools covered in that lesson. Check Discord for the schedule. Recordings archived here after each session.
// CHECKPOINT 01
What is one reason you want to start a podcast? One sentence — be specific.
✅ Nice. Next lesson unlocked.
02Finding Your Topic & FormatOpen
Lesson 02 — Topic & Format
The biggest mistake new podcasters make is being too broad. The more specific your topic, the easier it is to find your audience.
// PICKING YOUR TOPIC
What do you know? — expertise you already have
What do you want to learn? — document the journey
What conversation do you want to have? — interviews, debates, stories
// FORMAT OPTIONS
Solo — just you. Easiest to start. Hardest to sustain.
Interview — you and a guest. Great for networking. Needs prep.
Co-hosted — you and a partner. Natural chemistry. Needs scheduling.
Narrative — scripted storytelling. Highest production. Most powerful.
// THINK ABOUT IT
Write your show in one sentence: "A [format] podcast about [topic] for [audience]." That is your brief.
// CHECKPOINT 02
Write your show brief — format, topic, audience. One sentence.
Google AI Studio is a free tool that lets you work with AI models directly — no coding required for the basics. For podcasters it is a game changer.
// WHAT IT DOES FOR PODCASTERS
Transcription — upload audio, get a full transcript in seconds
Show notes — paste transcript, ask AI to write show notes
Episode titles — give it your topic, get 10 title options instantly
Cleanup — ask it to remove filler words from your transcript
Social clips — ask it to pull the 3 best quotes from your episode
🤖 GOOGLE AI STUDIO
Free at aistudio.google.com — sign in with any Google account. No credit card. No install. The advanced Podcast Engineering class goes deep into the coding side. This class covers the no-code workflow.
📡 LIVE DEMO — THIS LESSON
Antony opens Google AI Studio live — upload, transcribe, generate show notes — in real time. Check Discord for the session time.
// CHECKPOINT 04
Name two things Google AI Studio can do for a podcaster that would normally take an hour manually.
This is the complete pipeline from raw recording to published episode using free tools and Google AI Studio.
// THE WORKFLOW
Step 1 — Record on phone. Save as MP3 or M4A.
Step 2 — Upload to Google AI Studio. Get transcript.
Step 3 — Prompt: "Write show notes in 3 bullet points."
Step 4 — Prompt: "Give me 5 title options for this episode."
Step 5 — Prompt: "Pull the 3 most shareable quotes."
Step 6 — Upload to Spotify for Podcasters. Free.
Step 7 — Share quotes on social. Drive listeners to the episode.
🤖 PROMPT LIBRARY — COMING
A full library of tested AI Studio prompts for podcasters will be added here as the class develops. Each prompt tested live during demo sessions first.
// CHECKPOINT 05
Walk through the workflow in your own words. What happens between recording and publishing?
Publishing is not the finish line. It is the starting gun. Get episode 1 out. Then make the next one better.
// WHERE TO PUBLISH FREE
Spotify for Podcasters — free hosting, distributes to Spotify automatically
Anchor — same platform, different name. Free.
RSS.com — free tier, distributes everywhere
// WHAT COMES NEXT
Consistency beats quality in the beginning — publish on a schedule
Episode 3 is where most podcasts die — push through it
Share every episode in Discord — get feedback from the class
🤖 NEXT LEVEL — PODCAST ENGINEERING
The advanced class covers audio engineering, custom AI pipelines, dynamic ad insertion, and professional distribution. Pre-req: Intro to Google AI Studio. Waitlist opens after this class completes.
// FINAL ASSIGNMENT
Record and publish your first episode. Run it through the AI Studio workflow. Post the link in Discord with your show notes. You are done.
// CHECKPOINT 06 — FINAL
What is the name of your podcast and what is it about? One sentence. Make it count.
🎓 Class complete. You finished Podcast Basics. Publish your episode and post it in Discord.