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It can be tough to learn Podcast Editing.

Endless YouTube rabbit holes. Confusing tech jargon. Feeling like you’ll never get the hang of it? We cut through the overwhelm and focus on the essential skills you actually need. Clear explanations, real-world examples, and expert support to guide you every step of the way. Become the confident, capable editor who produces podcasts people don’t want to turn off.

AI Can’t Replace Expertise

AI is changing the podcasting landscape, and some tools can streamline the editing process. It’s important to remember: these are tools, not a magic solution. Take text-based editing. While AI can help with basic cuts, you still need to understand what makes an edit sound natural and how to fix a bad edit. Or consider AI noise reduction – a bad cleanup job may improve some aspects of your recording while making others worse. Knowing what to listen for is essential.

Relying too heavily on AI tools can actually hinder your growth. Without developing your own skills, you’ll always be limited by the technology. Plus, your clients are relying on your expertise to deliver exceptional results. Think of AI tools as a way to enhance your skills, not as a shortcut. Master the fundamentals of podcast editing, then use technology to boost your efficiency and achieve the best possible results.

What You’ll Learn

Noise & Reverb reduction

Nothing screams amateur more than episodes with too much noise or reverb. Learn how to use tools like Izotope RX and Supertone Clear to easily clean up your recordings and improve your audience’s listening experience.

Mixing

Mixing is essential for a clean and enjoyable podcast. Knowing how to use compression, eq, and other common plugins produces a more consistent experience for your listener. This is one area where newer technology can simplify your post-production.

Editing Tips & Tricks

Good editing requires more than making clean cuts. It’s about your decision making and knowing how and when to make a cut, and more often, knowing when to leave something alone.

Pacing & Flow

Understanding the nuances of human speech goes a long way toward editing episodes that don’t sound edited. This is an area where many new editors and AI struggle.

Recording Tips

Great sound audio starts with great recordings. You can get good results in most situations with just a little know-how.

Save Time

Editing takes time, but is your process as efficient as it can be? Is your perfectionism slowing you down? Get help finding ways you can save time editing podcasts.

Podcast Editing School

With Podcast Editing School, you get education, coaching, personal feedback, and valuable advice from a professional podcast editor to help you transition from “I didn’t learn this on YouTube” to achieving your editing goals.

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Why Podcast Editing School?

Skill Development

Develop your podcast editing skills with practice audio and video demonstrations. Learn the essential tools and techniques to confidently produce polished, professional-sounding podcasts.

Podcast Editing: Level Up

Become a better, faster, and smarter podcast editor with our flagship course, Podcast Editing: Level Up. This is a community-powered course designed to ensure you have all the skills you need to become a better podcast editor.

Office Hours

Weekly Office Hours calls are provided for you to get your questions answered or talk about whatever challenges you’re facing. Can’t make the call? That’s OK. You can post your questions in the group and watch the replay.

Community

Don’t work in a silo. Our community-driven approach combines the best aspects of self-paced courses with live calls and shared knowledge from fellow learners. Get feedback on your work, and support when you need it most.

Video Library

Need help with a tricky edit? Curious about a specific tool? Our video library has your back. Get clear walkthroughs, troubleshooting tips, and the pro shortcuts that save you time.

Mentorship

Get the help you need to tackle any podcast editing challenge. Whether you’re stuck on a project, learning a new technique, or refining your workflow, you will receive personalized support, insightful advice, and the camaraderie of editors who understand the industry.

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For podcasters, podcast editors, and podcast managers

Tired of figuring things out on your own? Get the guidance and help you need to become a better, faster, and more confident podcast editor. Stop wasting time with tutorials and start learning from people who’ve been there. Whether you are new to editing or have hit a wall in your growth, you won’t find a better place to learn podcast editing. You receive access to:

  • Access to our exclusive community for podcast editors
  • Our comprehensive Podcast Editing: Level Up course
  • Weekly Office Hours calls with Jesse
  • Our editing library archive of original content
  • Access to our collection of curated third party content
  • The live-call archive
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Podcast Editing School

$200

per year

For podcasters, podcast editors, and podcast managers

Tired of figuring things out on your own? Get the guidance and help you need to become a better, faster, and more confident podcast editor. Stop wasting time with tutorials and start learning from people who’ve been there. Whether you are new to editing or have hit a wall in your growth, you won’t find a better place to learn podcast editing. You receive access to:

  • Access to our exclusive community for podcast editors
  • Our comprehensive Podcast Editing: Level Up course
  • Weekly Office Hours calls with Jesse
  • Our editing library archive of original content
  • Access to our collection of curated third party content
  • The live-call archive
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Who Is Podcast Editing School For?

Podcasters

Improve your podcast with better-sounding episodes. Learn how to clean up your audio, make invisible edits, and deliver a more engaging listening experience. Save time and frustration with feedback, guidance, and mentorship from a professional podcast editor.

Podcast Editors & Managers

Upgrade your editing skills. Learn new techniques, streamline your workflow, and build confidence in tackling client work. Connect with other editors, get feedback on your work, and find support in a space where podcast editing challenges are understood.

Content Creators

Does your audio quality match the quality of your content? Your audience appreciates good audio, and editing is the key to making it happen. Learn the techniques to quickly remove background noise, level out your volume, and deliver audio that enhances your content instead of detracting from it.

What They Say About Podcast Editing School

I have enjoyed this course so much


I just completed the final section of your Level Up course. I have to say I have a tear in my eye because I have enjoyed this course so much. I was looking for a process. I was looking for an A to Z workflow for editing audio podcasts that are created and recorded by others that need to be edited. I wanted to be able to produce a final product that the client could publish with pride. I got that and more.  
Joseph Freeman
Aspiring Podcast Editor

It’s like having a podcast mastermind in your back pocket

The demos by Jesse were by far my favorite part of Tansy Aster Academy. Watching Jesse work on audio was not only educational but also inspiring. I gained a whole new understanding of different problems with audio and how to correct them. Jesse is a patient, kind, and humble teacher. I really appreciate his style of explaining things. He’s clearly a pro but at the same time so approachable. 
Chrissy ODonnell
Podcast Manager & Blogger | Christina ODonnell, LLC

Like having a portal into your mind


Podcast Editing School is like having a portal into your mind. And, I mean this so sincerely, I feel that I can trust what is being offered.  I think I gave up waiting for there to be a resource that I could trust that really had an on-the-ground approach.

I’ve taken some podcast editor trainings and, I feel like a lot of them have kind of missed. You know, they might be coming from someone who is more of a music producer or somebody who doesn’t seem focused on the day-to-day reality of the step by step work that it takes to produce a single episode.
Tatiana Irvine
Podcast Editor & Owner | Seedpod Sound

I would totally recommend this course


Jesse’s course on audio repair explains every aspect in detail with examples to listen to which helps narrow down what area to hone in on. Jesse was also super helpful when I couldn’t work out how to repair some bad audio and actually took the time to record a short video to explain what steps to take. I would totally recommend this course if you want to take that next step in improving your skills and providing your clients with a higher level end product.
Lynda Stevenson
Podcast Manager, LJS Creative Services

An elite podcast producer 

Jesse’s style and quality of audio production is top notch. He is an elite podcast producer due to his experience, talent, knowledge, production tools and personal skills.
Chris Curran
Founder of Podcast Engineering School & Host of Podcast Engineering Show

I spent way too much time editing and wanted to improve my sound and knowledge.

I developed a system over nearly seven years of podcasting…but I wasn’t satisfied. Jesse analyzed my flow and sound quality and then provided a different approach. I incorporated Jesse’s approach to my podcast and the results are:
1. I regained time by editing more efficiently
2. My sound improved,
3. I have a better understanding of post production work.
Scott Davidson
Host, Living Adaptive & This Is A True Story

Podcast Editing School FAQ

Podcast Editing School is what you want it to be. There’s an on-demand course that teaches skills and techniques to become a good podcast editor. Combine that with our online community and video archive, you have the most complete learning environment for learning how to edit podcasts. Whether you edit for yourself or others, we have you covered.

It’s the mentor and mastermind you’ve been looking for. There’s no shortcut for experience, but coaching and guidance are the next best thing. That’s why we encourage our members to take advantage of the community and live calls. Where else can you get help on everything from equipment choices and engineering to finding the best way to remove that annoying noise?

We focus on skills and techniques that you can apply in any editing program. There are too many editing programs for me to teach you how to use each one, so you’ll need to know the basics of using your editing program. This means how to load audio, make cuts, crossfades, and load plugins, if you’re using a program that hosts plugins.

Podcast Editing: Level Up is our on-demand course that takes you through the editing process from start to finish. You’ll learn how to use tools like Izotope RX, compression, EQ, de-essing, and more to clean up, mix, and master podcast episodes. The course also includes tips and tricks for making your edits sound natural and invisible to the listener. The course is community-powered, which means you’ll have access to video demonstrations, live calls, and a community of fellow podcast editors to ask questions and get feedback from.

The focus is on skills and techniques that you can apply in any editing program. There are too many editing programs for me to teach you how to use each one, so you’ll need to know the basics of using your editing program. This means how to load audio, make cuts, crossfades, and load plugins if you’re using a program that hosts plugins.

There’s an entire section devoted to using Izotope RX which has become almost a video manual for using the modules most commonly used for cleaning up dialog for audio and video. As is common when a course is a couple of years old, technology has changed, and Izotope RX isn’t used as heavily in my workflow. While I still find RX to be useful when you’re editing for others, it might not be as necessary as it once was.

Most of the editing videos are made using Hindenburg, but the concepts can be applied to any DAW or editing program.

The only thing you need to know before enrolling is how to use your editing program. I take a DAW agnostic approach to teach skills and concepts that can be applied to whichever editing program you choose to use. I do this because there are too many choices out there for me to teach how to use each one.

In the course, I demonstrate while using Hindenburg and Izotope RX. RX isn’t needed as much these days, but there are still a few tricks it does that nothing else can, like cleaning up Mouth Noise and removing plosives.

You don’t need a lot. At a minimum, you’ll need something to edit your audio with. This could be anything from Descript or Riverside to a DAW like Audacity, Audition, Hindenburg, Reaper, or any of the others. In many cases, this will be more than enough to get started. Most DAWs will include an EQ and compressor, but many will not include noise and reverb reduction tools. Below are some additional tools in case you need or want additional options.

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