Notes on podcast clipping

Short and practical. What works in a vertical clip, what it costs, what to check before you post.

September 20, 2026

How I cut a podcast episode into clips (the boring, honest version)

No tricks. How we actually turn a 45-minute podcast episode into 8 to 12 vertical clips: what to pick, where to cut, how to frame two people, and the captions everyone gets wrong.

September 20, 2026

What podcast clipping actually costs (tools, freelancers, agencies, us)

Real 2026 prices for getting short clips from your podcast: AI clipping tools from $15 a month, freelancers per clip, agencies from $500 a month, and done-for-you per episode. What you get for each.

September 20, 2026

10 podcast clipping tools, tried on real episodes

Opus Clip, Descript, Riverside Magic Clips, Vizard, Submagic, Klap, Munch, CapCut, Veed and Premiere with AutoPod: what each is good at, what annoyed us, and what it costs in 2026.

September 20, 2026

20 kinds of podcast moments that work as clips (with real examples)

Stuck on what to clip from an episode? Twenty types of moments that hold up as 30 to 60 second vertical clips, each with an example from a real episode we've cut.