Podcast Audio Plan

Prerequisites

Required Tools

• Produciesta CLI at ~/Projects/Produciesta/produciesta-cli/
• Swift 6.2+ (for building Produciesta if needed)
• Xcode 16+ (macOS only)
• Apple TTS (built-in macOS) or ElevenLabs API key

Project Structure

Podcast Source Repository (Produciesta project):

~/podcast-daily-dao/
├── PROJECT.md              # Project configuration (Claude creates this)
├── episodes/               # Fountain screenplay files (source)
│   ├── chapter-01.fountain
│   ├── chapter-02.fountain
│   └── ...
├── audio/                  # Generated audio files (Git LFS)
│   ├── chapter-01.m4a
│   ├── chapter-02.m4a
│   └── ...
└── .gitattributes          # LFS configuration for *.m4a files

Website Repository (intrusive-memory.github.com):

~/Projects/intrusive-memory.github.com/podcasts/daily-dao/
├── index.html              # Podcast player page
├── feed.xml                # RSS feed
├── podcast-artwork.jpg     # Cover art (3000x3000)
├── favicon.ico
├── apple-touch-icon.png
├── episodes/               # Transcripts (copied from source)
│   ├── chapter-01.fountain
│   ├── chapter-02.fountain
│   └── ...
└── audio/                  # Placeholder or symlink (audio served from CDN)

Critical Separation:

• Source repo: Where audio is generated and stored (Git LFS)
• Website repo: Where podcast page lives and references CDN URLs
• CDN: Cloudflare R2 serves audio via https://pub-8e049ed02be340cbb18f921765fd24f3.r2.dev/

Voice Casting Workflow (Claude-Assisted)

IMPORTANT: Produciesta's --autocast feature is currently not working. Instead, use Claude to create the cast list manually.

Step 1: Discover Episodes and Extract Characters

# List all Fountain files
ls episodes/*.fountain

# Read a sample episode to understand characters
cat episodes/chapter-01.fountain

Claude will:

1. Read Fountain files to identify all CHARACTER names
2. Analyze dialogue to understand character traits (age, gender, personality)
3. Build a comprehensive character list

Step 2: Query Available Voices

For Apple TTS:

say -v '?'

For ElevenLabs:

# List available voices (if using ElevenLabs MCP)
# Or use: https://elevenlabs.io/docs/voices/voice-library

Claude will:

1. Parse available voices and their characteristics
2. Note voice IDs, names, languages, and qualities

Step 3: Match Characters to Voices

Claude will:

1. Consider character traits from dialogue analysis
2. Match each character to the most appropriate voice
3. Provide primary and fallback voice options
4. Explain the reasoning for each assignment

Step 4: Create or Update PROJECT.md

Claude will:

1. Create PROJECT.md with proper YAML front matter
2. Write the cast list with voice URIs
3. Include episode count and configuration
4. Add production notes for documentation

Example PROJECT.md:

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