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2026-04-15·6 min read
The research tax: why podcasters spend 4 hours prepping every show
We surveyed 217 independent podcast hosts. The median prep time is 3.8 hours per episode - and almost all of it is research that won't survive the recording.
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We write here about the strange in-between work of being a podcast host: research, prep, framing, and the choices that don't show up on the recording but shape every episode.
Written by Lero