Your publishing schedule, all in one place
Plan ahead with scheduled publishing and a calendar of your episodes. Choose a date, time, and timezone, and PodcastAI takes care of the release.
You can prepare an episode ahead of its release and choose when it goes live. Scheduled publishing lets you set the date, time, and time zone from the episode page. Once the schedule is saved, PodcastAI handles the release even when you are signed out.
The Publishing Calendar brings those dates together. It shows published and scheduled episodes across your shows, so you can check what has already gone out and what is coming next without opening each show separately.
Choose When to Publish
Open the episode you want to release and select Publish. The menu gives you two choices: Publish Now and Schedule. Choose Schedule to open the date and time controls. Opening this window does not publish the episode or save a release date.
Select a day on the calendar, then choose the hour and minute. The month arrows let you move forward to a later date, while Today brings you back to the current month. Dates and times that have already passed are unavailable when you are setting a future release.
Check the Time Zone
The Timezone field starts with your current time zone. You can choose another city or region if your release follows a different schedule. The selected zone is shown alongside its UTC offset, so you can check which time the date and hour refer to.
For example, if your show normally releases in the morning in Toronto, choose Toronto and enter that morning release time. You do not need to convert it manually into the time where you happen to be working. Check all three parts together: the day, the time, and the zone.
When everything is correct, select Schedule Episode. The episode page then shows that the episode is scheduled. You can close the page and return to other work. Keeping a browser tab open is not part of the publishing process.
See Your Publishing Calendar
On your dashboard, open Publishing Schedule to see the Publishing Calendar. If the widget is not on your dashboard, use Customize to add it. The widget gives you a quick look at upcoming releases, and the calendar provides the wider monthly view.
Use the arrows to browse earlier or later months. Select Today to return to the current month after looking ahead. Published episodes and future scheduled episodes appear on their dates, making it possible to review your recent releases alongside the ones you have planned.
Scheduled entries have a clock and a dashed outline to distinguish them from published episodes. Show colors help separate entries when you manage more than one show. Select an episode in the calendar to open its details and check the release you are looking at.
Change a Plan Before Release
If a future release needs to move, return to the episode and choose Publish, then Schedule. The scheduling window opens with the existing date and time zone, so you can adjust the plan and save the new schedule. Check the saved date before moving on.
If you want to remove the release date altogether, use Cancel Schedule on the episode page. The episode returns to unpublished, leaving you free to keep working on it and choose a new date later. Canceling a schedule does not delete the episode.
Before scheduling, review the episode itself: its audio or video, title, description, and artwork. The schedule controls when the episode is released; it is still worth checking that the content is ready for listeners. Then use the calendar to check how that release fits around your other episodes, whether you publish weekly, prepare several episodes ahead, or coordinate dates across multiple shows.
