Lesson 6

In planning the episode, you determine the order of questions, conversation, and promotional messages. In your show notes, you can add reminders to make verbal promotions at specific points in the episode. For example, there might be an ideal moment to follow a specific question and answer with a specific mention.

When summarizing the interview, you remind your listeners who the guest is. You may add one or two points of what you discussed with the guest. And, as all good hosts do, you thank your guest.

Click the play button to hear how Josephine Reed summarizes the interview with John Kevin Jones (National Endowment for the Arts, 2019).

When writing an outro message, you thank your listeners and connect the episode to your show's mission, vision, and purpose.

Click the play button to hear how Josephine Reed finishes the episode (National Endowment for the Arts, 2019).

Time to put a bow on this episode! In completing the episode information, you note the interview date and time, give it an episode number, and write an episode title and description. We recommend limiting the title to 100 characters and keeping the description between 100 and 150 words. By following these limits, you can use the title and description for a website that will eventually host the episode.