An AI co-host for your podcast
Solo shows are hard to keep lively. Bert is a second voice who listens, pushes back, checks your facts and handles the packaging after you stop recording.
What an AI podcast co-host does, and doesn’t
Bert is a co-host, not a replacement host. He answers questions, adds a fact or a counterpoint, reads out a listener question, and notices when a number you said doesn’t add up. He doesn’t run the show: you pick the topic, steer the conversation and decide what makes the edit. He can be wrong, so he shows his sources.
A co-host who prepares
Tell Bert about your show and what today’s episode covers. The researcher briefs him with sources before you hit record, so his questions and answers are about your topic, not small talk.
Formats that work
- Solo explainer. You walk through a topic; Bert asks the question a listener would ask and checks your numbers.
- News roundup. You bring the stories; Bert looks up the background and the dates while you talk.
- Interview with a guest. Bert stays quiet until called, then fills in a fact or a definition so you don’t lose the thread.
- Listener Q&A. Read the questions out and talk them through together, or go live and let Bert pick questions from the chat.
During the recording
- Conversation, not commands. Talk to Bert like a co-host. He answers out loud in a few seconds.
- Facts checked as you go. A wrong date or number gets flagged with its source and marked for the edit, so it doesn’t go out with the episode.
- He knows when to stay quiet. Choose always listening, only when you say “Hey Bert”, or push to talk.
- On screen, in your style. Bert appears as an animated face next to you. Change his name, look, voice and language on Creator and Pro, or design your own character on Pro.
An example episode
A solo episode on why sleep matters for memory. A few minutes in:
You: “Bert, what actually happens to memories while we sleep?”
Bert: “During deep sleep the brain replays what you learned that day, and that helps move it into long-term memory. Want me to pull up the studies?”
You: “And most adults need about five hours, right?”
Bert (flag, marked for the edit): “Health agencies recommend at least seven hours for adults. Source linked.”
When you stop recording, the packager drafts something like:
- Title: Why your brain needs sleep to remember anything
- Chapters: 0:00 Intro · 3:20 What sleep does to memory · 14:45 How much sleep adults need · 26:10 Habits that help
This is an illustration of the format; your episode’s wording will differ.
After the episode: edit, caption and cut Shorts
The recording is saved in your library, on every plan (1 GB on Free, 25 GB on Creator). Open it in the browser video editor and edit the transcript instead of the timeline: delete the flagged sentence, remove pauses and filler words in one click, and cut the false starts. On Creator and Pro, the AI finds retakes and rambling for you, adds captions, levels the audio, and writes the title, description and chapters. Then let it find the moments for Shorts, cropped to vertical on your face, and publish to YouTube.
Good to know
- Bert is made for video podcasts and talk shows recorded in the Studio, in Chrome, Edge or Safari.
- He speaks English on the Free plan and 9 languages on Creator and Pro.
- He’s an AI and can be wrong. He shows his sources so you can check.
Questions
Should I tell listeners the co-host is an AI?
Yes. Bert appears on screen as an animated particle face with his own name, so viewers can see he isn’t a person, and we suggest saying so in the intro and the episode description too.
Can Bert co-host with a human guest in the room?
Yes. He hears whatever your microphone picks up. With two people talking, “Hey Bert” or push to talk works best, so he answers when one of you asks him and stays out of the conversation otherwise.
Does the episode work as audio only?
The Studio records video, with Bert on screen. Bert speaks out loud, so his voice is in the recording. Download the file and take the audio into your podcast host if you publish audio feeds too.
What does an episode cost?
Talking with Bert costs 1.5 credits a minute with a standard voice or 2 with a premium voice, and recording itself is free. On always listening, every minute you talk counts; with push to talk or “Hey Bert”, you only pay for the questions you ask and his answers. Titles and chapters cost 2 credits, a transcript for editing 1 credit a minute.
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