Research, verification, and SEO at source.
The research layer
most podcast workflows
leave until later.

Not while they are talking, and I will not pretend otherwise. What I do instead runs on both sides of the recording. Before you record, guest research goes through what they have already said publicly: prior interviews, published claims, who funds the evidence they cite, and where their public version and the documented record do not quite match. That becomes a question list, so you know where to ask for a citation while the mic is still on. After you record, the transcript fact-check goes through what was actually said, attributed per speaker, and flags anything unsupported before it reaches your show notes, your descriptions and your clips. It cannot un-say a sentence. It stops one loose sentence from ending up in twenty places.

Yes, that is a separate service and it runs in two steps. The review is $297 for a block of ten episodes, and you choose which ten — either pick the ones you most want working, or say the last ten. Worth thinking about before you answer: if your strongest evergreen material sits further back and your recent run is time-pegged, the last ten may be the least valuable ten you own. For each episode you get a verdict on the four things that decide whether it is findable: whether the title matches how people actually search, whether the description names the mechanisms, studies and tools discussed or is just filler, whether timestamps and chapters exist, and what search demand the episode misses. You also get the priority order, which episodes are already fine and should be left alone, and one episode fully rewritten as a worked example. Larger archives run in further blocks of ten at $197 each. Then the rewrite is $47 for each episode you decide to fix, and the review fee credits in full against it. Episodes I tell you to leave alone are not billed. Everything the review finds is stated plainly whether or not you buy the rewrite — you are paying for the hours and the craft, not for access to the findings. Two honest limits: it cannot change what is in the episodes, and indexing on edited metadata takes weeks rather than days. Back-catalogue gains compound, they do not spike.

No. THE INSIGHT SOURCE works before the transcript exists. You provide the episode topic. I deliver a research brief, verified claims, and SEO architecture before you record. Tiers 3 and 4 add post-production deliverables — those require the audio or transcript after you record.

Because every brief gets first-hand research and a human fact-check, I take on a limited number of episodes each month — you book a slot rather than drop into an anonymous queue. Once your slot opens the turnaround is fast: Tier 1 and 2 in 2–3 business days, Tier 3 in 4–7, Tier 4 in 5–9. Express turnaround — about 50% faster — is available as an add-on to jump ahead. You always know your delivery window before you commit, so a busy week never turns into a missed promise.

Because the whole value is first-hand research and a real human fact-check on every claim — and that doesn't scale to an anonymous queue. Taking a set number of episodes a month is what keeps the quality real instead of becoming a content mill. For you it means a delivery window you can count on, booked before you commit. A boutique with a short waitlist beats an agency that overpromises and slips.

Most content teams work from the transcript — which means they start after the research gap already exists. THE INSIGHT SOURCE fills that gap before recording: the research brief, the fact-check pass, and the SEO keyword architecture that tells your team exactly what to build from. It makes every downstream deliverable stronger.

Yes — and specifically so. Every factual claim in your episode brief is traced to a verifiable source before you record. The Credibility Shield means you go into every recording with documented backing for what you say. Not a problem to fix after the fact. Before the microphone is on.

You share one published episode and a topic you are planning to record next. I assess the research gap, the SEO opportunity, and what pre-recording production would have changed. No commitment. No sales pitch. A direct, honest assessment of what is there and what is missing.

It's AI-assisted and human-reviewed. I say so plainly — the source-checking runs deeper and faster because of it. Advanced research tools do the source-checking across multiple layers at a depth and speed no solo researcher matches; a human reviews every flag before it reaches you. The proof is that you get the source tracker with every brief: each claim, its source, and how strong the evidence is. You can audit it. That's more transparent than "we fact-checked it" — and far more than the transcript-first workflows that make verification secondary.

Yes. Every tier is available per episode. There is no minimum commitment. Retainer pricing is available for consistent publishers — but the first engagement can always be a single episode, and there is no obligation to continue.