Free tool · For guests
Podcast Guest Bio Generator
Finish four sentences and get your bio in every length a host will ask for: the one-liner, the version they read aloud, the long one for your one-sheet, and a first-person line for your pitch. No sign-up, no AI, nothing stored.
A plain description, not a title. This line alone is your one-line bio.
Not the most impressive line on your résumé: the one that makes this show's listeners lean in.
Include the verb. A number, a result, a pattern you noticed.
Separate with commas. The first three are used, in the long bio.
Makes the conversation warmer. Long bio only.
It gets said out loud once. Your own domain beats a link-in-bio page.
Short, read-aloud
The host's on-air introduction and your booking confirmation
[Your name] is [what you do, in one line]. [Your name] has [the one credential that matters to this audience]. On this episode, [Your name] explains [what the listener walks away with]. Find [Your name] at [one short link].
39 words · about 16 seconds read aloud · aim for ≤ 60
One line
Your pitch email, social profiles, the episode title card
[Your name] is [what you do, in one line].
9 words · about 4 seconds read aloud · aim for ≤ 25
Long
Your one-sheet, the show notes, the host's episode page
[Your name] is [what you do, in one line]. [Your name] has [the one credential that matters to this audience]. [Your name] talks about [topic one], [topic two] and [topic three]. On this episode, [Your name] explains [what the listener walks away with]. Find [Your name] at [one short link].
50 words · about 20 seconds read aloud · aim for ≤ 150
First person
Inside a pitch email, in your own voice
A quick bit about me: I'm [what you do, in one line], and I have [the one credential that matters to this audience]. For your listeners, I'd cover [what the listener walks away with]. More at [one short link].
39 words · about 16 seconds read aloud
Nothing is sent or saved: this runs entirely in your browser. Read the short version out loud once before you send it.
Put this bio where hosts look
A free guest profile carries your bio and topics, so hosts searching your subject can find and invite you. Free while we’re in early access.
How it works
- 1
Finish four sentences
Each field completes a sentence the tool shows you: what you do, the credential that matters to this audience, what the listener walks away with, and one link.
- 2
Add the optional detail
One specific thing you did or found, and one human detail. They make the long bio read like a person rather than a résumé.
- 3
Copy the version you need
The one-liner for your pitch, the read-aloud bio for the host, the long bio for your one-sheet, or all four at once.
A podcast bio is heard, not read
A conference bio is skimmed on a page. A podcast bio is read aloud once, by somebody else, to listeners who cannot scroll back. That is why this tool times every version at a steady 150 words a minute, and why it asks you to finish sentences rather than list titles. Here is what the made-up example guest on this page comes to:
| Version | Words | Read aloud | Where it goes |
|---|---|---|---|
| One line | 10 | about 4 seconds | Your pitch email, social profiles, the episode title card |
| Short, read-aloud | 60 | about 24 seconds | The host's on-air introduction and your booking confirmation |
| Long | 89 | about 36 seconds | Your one-sheet, the show notes, the host's episode page |
The link at the end deserves the most care. Among the guest-booking shows whose feeds we read on September 16, 2026, 16% never published a single outbound link in a guest episode’s notes. For a listener of one of those shows, the address the host says out loud is the only way to find you afterwards, so the generator flags tracking strings, link shorteners and domains that have to be spelled out. The short version also fits the 500-character bio on a guest profile here, so the same text can go straight into your profile.
Where the structure comes from
Every sentence this tool writes follows our guide on how to write a podcast guest bio, which has six fill-in templates (including one for practitioners with no title or book) and two before-and-after rewrites. Nothing is written by a model. Once the bio is done, it goes into the free guest one-sheet builder and the one-liner goes into the pitch generator. For how the host will use it on the day, read how to introduce a podcast guest.
Frequently asked questions
How long should a podcast guest bio be?+
Keep three lengths ready: a one-line bio of about twenty words, a short read-aloud bio under sixty words, and a long bio of about a hundred and fifty. The short one matters most, because it is the one a host actually reads on air. At a steady 150 words a minute, a 60-word read-aloud bio takes about 24 seconds on air.
Should a podcast bio be in the first or third person?+
Third person, because somebody else reads it aloud: the host introduces you as “she”, “he” or “they”, never as “I”. The one exception is the line about yourself inside a pitch email, which is you speaking, so that one version is written in the first person.
What should the link at the end of a podcast bio be?+
One address a listener can remember after hearing it once: your own short domain, or a single profile handle. Not a link-in-bio page, not a tracking link, not a path three folders deep. It matters more than it looks: 16% of the guest-booking shows whose feeds we read (September 16, 2026) never published a single outbound link in a guest episode's notes, so the spoken link may be the only way a listener finds you.
What words should I leave out of my podcast bio?+
The ones a listener cannot check and a host cannot ask about: visionary, thought leader, passionate, world-class, award-winning, serial entrepreneur. Each one is a claim with no episode inside it. Swap it for the specific thing that earned it, a number, a result, a stretch of real work. The Let's Make A Podcast bio generator flags these as you type and leaves your words alone.
Is this bio generator free, and does it use AI?+
It is free with no sign-up, and it does not use a language model. It assembles your own words into the structure our bio guide publishes, in your browser: nothing you type is sent to a server or stored anywhere. Because nothing is invented, nothing in the result can be a claim you did not make.
Can I use the same bio on every podcast?+
Mostly. Keep the body fixed and change one line per show: the credential that matters to that audience. A founder show hears about the company you built, a parenting show hears about the three kids you built it around. In the bio generator, changing the credential field updates all four versions together.
