How we work

A production workflow built around review gates.

Podkick designs the approval path before recording begins, so each episode moves from idea to publish with fewer surprises. We reduce production drag by making responsibilities, risk points, and approval timing visible from the start.

01Intake and constraints

We document the business goal, audience, regulatory environment, review owners, forbidden claims, guest rules, file requirements, and what the show must never accidentally imply.

02Editorial plan

Each episode starts with a controlled brief: angle, guest fit, source notes, disclosure needs, likely review risks, and the practical reason the audience should care.

03Recording prep

Hosts and guests get preparation that improves the conversation without scripting the life out of it. The goal is confident, natural authority inside known boundaries.

04Production edit

The edit removes friction, not meaning. We protect qualified language, context, disclaimers, and caveats that can matter in legal, compliance, or executive review.

05Compliance review

Reviewers receive the files, notes, and context they need to make decisions quickly. Comments are tracked so the production team knows what to change and why.

06Executive approval

Final stakeholders see a finished asset, not a messy production thread. We keep the decision focused on brand, accuracy, and readiness to publish.

07Publishing

Approved episodes are released with platform metadata, show notes, artwork, links, and distribution checks that support discoverability and consistency.

08Archive and retention

We preserve the approved assets, source files, notes, and release context so the program has institutional memory instead of tribal knowledge.

AI-assisted, human-reviewed, compliance-safe.

We use AI where it reduces production drag, but final editorial choices stay with accountable humans. In regulated work, fully automated editing can remove pauses, qualifications, and caveats that matter. The review model is the product.

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