Solo Host Episode Planner & Show Notes Template Pack

When you are the host, the researcher, the engineer, and the publicist, the plan cannot live in your head. It needs pages — the same pages, filled in the same way, every episode.

This pack is the planning system behind a real solo show: The Valor Standard: Off the Record, On the Mic — one host, biweekly, twenty to thirty minutes an episode, planned season by season and recorded from a short set of dictation prompts instead of a word-for-word script. Episode 1 is live on Spotify, and every template in this pack is a page from that working process, made generic so it fits any solo show on any topic.

Inside: a season arc planner and a 10-episode season map, an idea bank with a simple scoring worksheet (listener value, story strength, effort), a one-page planner for every episode, a stories-and-research page that forces the fact-check before recording, dictation prompt worksheets that turn talking points into something you can talk from, a recording session log, a two-part show notes template (title formulas, hook paragraph, chapters, key quotes, links, and a credits block with a music-credit line), a release-day checklist, a promotion tracker, and a simple metrics tracker that only asks for three numbers per episode.

Print the per-episode pages in small stacks. Fill them in. Let the routine carry the show.

Practical templates drawn from a working solo host's process. Not a guarantee of audience growth or any particular result, and not a substitute for your hosting platform's own guidance.

What's inside (16 pages)

• Cover
• How to Use This Pack — the whole workflow on one page, from season plan to metrics
• Season Arc Planner — the season's theme, audience, promise, cadence, and dates
• 10-Episode Season Map — one line per episode, with a status key that keeps you two episodes ahead
• Episode Idea Bank — Capture (one line per idea, never delete one)
• Episode Idea Bank — Score & Choose (listener value, story strength, effort, decision)
• Episode One-Pager — working title, one-sentence hook, the one takeaway, three to five talking points, one call to action, opening and closing lines
• Stories, Examples & Research — the stories that carry each point, and the fact-check list to clear before recording
• Dictation & Recording Prompts — turn talking points into five spoken prompts you can talk from, not read
• Recording Session Log — takes, best take, pickup lines still needed, file names, backup check
• Show Notes Template, Part 1 — three title formulas, hook paragraph, episode summary
• Show Notes Template, Part 2 — timestamps/chapters, key quotes, links & resources, credits block with a music-credit line example
• Release-Day Checklist — upload, description, artwork check, publish, first-minute listen, share
• Promotion Tracker — where every episode actually got posted, with dates
• Simple Metrics Tracker — downloads at day 1, day 7, and day 30, and what to repeat
• Closing — Keep the System Simple, with the companion Fix the Echo checklist

Format: Printable PDF (US Letter). Instant download after checkout — print the worksheets or fill them in on a tablet.