Case Study
A Fully Autonomous AI-Powered Podcast
28+ episodes produced with zero manual intervention — from script generation to multi-platform publishing.
28+
Episodes
0
Manual Steps
10+
Platforms
~10min
Per Episode
The Challenge
Can AI run an entire podcast?
Creating a podcast typically requires hours of scripting, recording, editing, and publishing per episode. I wanted to prove that AI could handle the entire pipeline — every step, autonomously, at broadcast quality.
The Pipeline
Six stages. Zero human input.
01
Script Generation
LLM creates unique callers with personalities, topics, and dialogue via OpenRouter.
02
Voice Synthesis
ElevenLabs TTS generates distinct voices for each caller character.
03
Audio Production
REAPER DAW with custom Lua scripts — automated silence removal, normalization, music bed trimming, ad/ident insertion, crossfades.
04
Publishing
Castopod (self-hosted) distributes to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, RSS.
05
Social
Postiz (self-hosted) auto-publishes to 10+ social networks.
06
Monitoring
Uptime Kuma tracks every service; custom stats dashboard on CDN.
Tech Stack
Built on open source and APIs.
The Results
Fully autonomous content production.
28+ episodes produced autonomously
Each episode takes ~10 minutes of compute
Entire pipeline runs on self-hosted infrastructure
Zero recurring platform fees beyond API costs
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