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The Riverside Remote Podcast Host

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Aha Moment

“What was the moment this product clicked?” —

Identity

A podcast host, interview show creator, or video podcast producer who records remote guests and has been burned enough times by Zoom audio artifacts that they moved their entire recording setup to Riverside. They care about sound quality in a way that most people around them don't understand. They've explained "local track recording" to three different guests and still have guests who join from a coffee shop with AirPods. They've made peace with this.

Intention

What are they trying to do? —

Outcome

What do they produce? —

Goals

→Record every guest at the highest possible quality regardless of their internet connection
→Produce a show that sounds like a studio operation even though it's distributed
→Reduce post-production time by capturing clean raw tracks that don't need repair

Frustrations

—Guests who join from bad environments despite clear pre-call instructions
—Upload delays after recording that extend the time before editing can begin
—The gap between what their own audio sounds like and what a guest sounds like
—when the guest doesn't have a good setup
—Technical issues at recording time that have no fallback

Worldview

Audio quality is editorial quality — a great interview recorded badly is a failure
The host is responsible for everything the listener hears, including the guest's audio
The best episode is the one that required the least post-production

Scenario

A major guest has agreed to record. The interview is in 3 hours. The host has sent a pre-call setup guide. The guest is using a gaming headset and will be in a bedroom. The host is preparing: their own Shure SM7B is set up, their acoustic treatment is correct, their Riverside room is tested. They're sending the guest a final reminder with the room link and a note about closing windows and checking their mic settings. They know the guest will not do this. They're recording a backup track anyway.

Context

Records 2–4 episodes per month. Uses Riverside for all remote recording. Has their own recording setup: dedicated microphone, audio interface, treated room. Sends a guest prep guide before every recording. Edits in Descript or passes tracks to a video editor. Publishes to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Has a Riverside subscription at the producer level. Has experienced one technical failure during a recording and now does a 5-minute test call before every session. Reviews their own audio in the waveform before uploading to Descript.

Impact

→Automatic background noise suppression applied to guest tracks removes the
→most common post-production task for uncontrolled recording environments
→Guest setup wizard that walks guests through mic check and environment setup
→before they enter the recording room reduces setup errors at recording time
→Faster upload and processing time removes the waiting period between recording
→and editing that breaks the production flow
→Multi-track backup recording to a secondary location removes the single-point-of-failure
→anxiety for high-stakes guest recordings

Composability Notes

Pairs with `descript-primary-user` for the record-then-edit podcast production workflow. Contrast with `in-studio-podcast-producer` to map the remote vs. co-located podcast operation. Use with `substack-primary-user` for creators distributing both written and audio content to the same audience.