Podcast templates
Interview & conversation
Formats built around more than one voice: interviews, co-hosted shows, panels, debates and call-ins. Each one gives you the running order and the questions to ask.
30 templates
Use this template freeAdvice
A listener-advice format that clarifies the question, explores perspectives, offers practical options, and creates a path for follow-up.
African Diaspora Stories
A ready-made african diaspora stories episode structure for African diaspora creators and cultural organizations. Follow the prompts, record each section and edit the finished episode in Hilite.
Asian American Stories
A ready-made asian american stories episode structure for Asian American creators and community organizations. Follow the prompts, record each section and edit the finished episode in Hilite.
Association
A ready-made association episode structure for professional associations. Follow the prompts, record each section and edit the finished episode in Hilite.
Audio Drama
A ready-made audio drama episode structure for fiction writers and audio storytellers. Follow the prompts, record each section and edit the finished episode in Hilite.
Branded Podcast
A brand-led episode structure that starts with a customer question, tells a useful story, brings in an expert voice, and closes with a practical takeaway instead of a sales pitch.
Call-in
A ready-made call-in episode structure for community hosts and advice creators. Follow the prompts, record each section and edit the finished episode in Hilite.
Chamber of Commerce
A ready-made chamber of commerce episode structure for chambers of commerce and local business groups. Follow the prompts, record each section and edit the finished episode in Hilite.
Co-hosted
A ready-made co-hosted episode structure for co-hosts and independent creators. Follow the prompts, record each section and edit the finished episode in Hilite.
Community Stories
A human-centered community story with a strong person or place, lived experience, wider context, shared meaning, and invitation.
Company Culture
A ready-made company culture episode structure for people teams and internal communications teams. Follow the prompts, record each section and edit the finished episode in Hilite.
Customer Interview
A ready-made customer interview episode structure for founders, researchers and customer marketers. Follow the prompts, record each section and edit the finished episode in Hilite.
Customer Success Story
A ready-made customer success story episode structure for customer marketers and founders. Follow the prompts, record each section and edit the finished episode in Hilite.
Debate
A ready-made debate episode structure for commentators, educators and co-hosts. Follow the prompts, record each section and edit the finished episode in Hilite.
Entrepreneur
A founder-story format covering the original problem, company origin, pivotal decision, hard lesson, and current challenge.
Family History
A ready-made family history episode structure for family historians, archives and heritage organizations. Follow the prompts, record each section and edit the finished episode in Hilite.
Fireside Chat
A warm, unstructured conversation between two hosts or guests.
Gaming
A repeatable gaming-show structure with news, a featured game, review or debate, community questions, and recommendations.
Internal Company Podcast
A private internal episode structure for leadership context, team updates, an employee voice, practical next steps, and one clear invitation for feedback.
Interview
A flexible guest interview structure with a focused introduction, origin story, central discussion, rapid questions, and useful takeaway.
Listener Mailbag
A ready-made listener mailbag episode structure for established hosts and community creators. Follow the prompts, record each section and edit the finished episode in Hilite.
Member Spotlight
A ready-made member spotlight episode structure for associations and membership organizations. Follow the prompts, record each section and edit the finished episode in Hilite.
Narrative Interview
A ready-made narrative interview episode structure for interviewers and documentary creators. Follow the prompts, record each section and edit the finished episode in Hilite.
Nonprofit
A practical nonprofit podcast structure for a mission update, community story, expert conversation, supporter action, and close.
Oral History
A ready-made oral history episode structure for community groups, historians and museums. Follow the prompts, record each section and edit the finished episode in Hilite.
Panel Discussion
A moderated panel structure with concise introductions, a shared question, distinct viewpoints, productive disagreement, and synthesis.
Podcast interview questions
A working bank of podcast interview questions arranged in the order a good conversation actually moves: warm-up, context, origin, substance, difficulty, lessons and close. Take what fits your guest and leave the rest.
Pop Culture
A weekly culture format with quick headlines, one main story, contrasting takes, recommendations, and a closing prediction.
Social Impact
A ready-made social impact episode structure for nonprofits, advocacy groups and social enterprises. Follow the prompts, record each section and edit the finished episode in Hilite.
Veteran Stories
A ready-made veteran stories episode structure for veteran organizations, historians and community creators. Follow the prompts, record each section and edit the finished episode in Hilite.