Behind The Pod

The AO3 collection is now revealed! We have 7 works for Behind the Pod 2026:

[podcast] The Weather Report - Behind the Scenes of Making the Gusu Summer Camp Dating Sim by numerous authors
- Join the creators of the Gusu Summer Camp Dating Sim to hear fun stories about how we created the game, the process of putting everything together, and what didn't make it into the game. We'll also answer listener questions, submitted by other fans.

(Audio Meta) The History of iHikago & Podficcing in the 2000s by daisydiversions

Podficcing Across Years by blackglass, klb, LittleRedRobinHood, reena_jenkins, vexbatch
- A discussion with klb, reena_jenkins, vexbatch, LittleRedRobinHood, secretsofluftnarp, aethel, and blackglass. We cover:
-When we started podficcing and how many years it's been
-How our relationship with podfic has changed since we started
-What it's like to podfic within a fandom versus between fandoms
-Times in our life that podficcing was hardest
-Times in our life that podficcing was best/the best things podficcing has brought us
-How to keep podficcing feeling fresh and exciting
-How podfic fandom has changed since we started
-Advice for other podficcers

In Conversation with fullofhope137 and happydaiz_pod by fullofhope137, happydaiz_pod
- Fullofhope137 and happydaiz_pod talk about their podficcing journeys, how podficcing brought them together, and how it has changed their lives.

[Podfic Meta] We've Cursed This Coin by chaisicle-podfics (chaisicle), itsyaboimothman
- A podfic meta freetalk for Behind The Pod, answering random questions from extremelynormalblog's "Get to know your podficcer" ask game

Running Commentary for "[Podfic of] Intentional Incursion" by R_J_Fox, wilfriede0815
- R_J_Fox interviews wilfriede0815 as we listen to "[Podfic of] Intentional Incursion". We add about an hour of commentary to the podfic: a behind-the-scenes look at the podfic creation process, especially sound effects and music, but also some meta discussion about the fic itself.

[Audio Commentary] La Meowpera: A Tragedy In Three Acts by AppleSapling, farkenshnoffingottom, minnapods (minnabird)
- Creator commentary and behind the scenes of the making of La Meowpera: A Tragedy in Three Acts

That's a wrap on BtP 2026! We hope you enjoy listening (we know we will) and get started on some ideas for 2027 next summer!

Reminder that there are just 2 weeks until the we close the Behind the Pod collection!

The submission deadline is on Sun 12th July 2026 and reveals are the following day, Monday 13th July. The full post is here for more info.

As always, if you have any questions at all, ask them in the replies of this post or email us on behindthepod at gmail dot com. Happy podding! 😊

That’s a wrap on Behind the Pod Series 5! Thank you to all of our creators, and to everyone who’s commented on episodes so far!

You can find all the Episodes of Series 5 on the Series 5 AO3 collection, and also here on this comm’s Podcast: Series 5 tag.

If you participated in Series 5 of BtP in any way, as a creator or as a listener, we'd be very grateful if you'd fill out this feedback form.

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If you have any questions about Series 5, or anything else, please let us know by commenting here or using one of the contact methods listed in our contact info post!

Series 5, Episode 2: Podficcers of Color Roundtable Discussion 5

In this episode, the panel introduces two new members, flowersforgraves and DrPanda99, and discusses how they feel being a person of color impacts their work as podficcers and how they experience podfic fandom. They also discuss podfic events centering characters of color, events that were born out of their discussion last episode, and their experiences in exchanges/events as participants and/or mods. Finally, they discuss what fandoms they've been enjoying lately, as well as podfic recs.

Duration - 02:26:05

Click here to see this post on AO3!

Your Behind the Pod Series 5 release schedule is here - time to get excited about all the great podfic meta coming to your ears every weekend between now and May!

Sun 16th April: Episode 1 - Notebook Fanfic to Reading Online: Our Podfic Journeys
Sun 23rd April: Episode 2 - Podficcers of Color Roundtable Discussion 5
Sun 30th April: Episode 3 - "Pod Together" Alone
Sun 21st May: Party Favours are posted

All Episodes will be posted to both the Series 5 Archive of Our Own collection and to this Dreamwidth journal, and you can subscribe in either place if you want to avoid missing Episode releases!

Don’t forget to submit your Party Favour before Sun 14th May, if you have plans to participate!

If you have any questions about the release schedule, or anything else, please let us know by commenting here or using one of the contact methods listed in our contact info post!

Important links: intro & rules - FAQ & questions - content moderation - sign-up & submissions - party favour rules - contact

It’s check-in time!

If you are signed up to make an Episode, you’ll have received an email from us. Please respond before Saturday 18th March if you are still participating in BtP. Groups who don’t reply will be moved to the Party Favour schedule (see the Party Favour rules for more details).

Now, on to the discussion! You can check in less formally here with us mods about any concerns you might have, talk ideas or issues through with other BtP participants, or share your excitement!

Here are a few questions for you to consider. No problem if you don’t have answers, or if they don’t apply to you! These discussion posts are also a prompt for you to think about things you may not have got around to:

• Have you settled on a topic for your Episode? Has the theme changed or developed?
• Have you recorded? How did you record, or how are you planning to?
• If you have recorded, how much of your episode was improvised and how much was from prepared material? Are the results different to what you expected?
• If you have recorded, who is editing? How is the editing going?
• If you have edited, how is your finished different from your initial concept or idea?
• If you’re part of a group, how have you been distributing the work between your group members?
• What difficulties/hurdles are you foreseeing? What difficulties/hurdles have you met or managed so far?
• Is there anything we can do to help, or anything you'd like us to know?

In the comments you can let us know how you're getting on, ask us questions, squee about your ideas, get cheerleading support from other participants, or anything else!

Important links: intro & rules - FAQ & questions - content moderation - sign-up & submissions - party favour rules - contact

Some FAQs, but also your questions - please feel free to ask any questions you have about this challenge here, and we mods will do our best to answer! (If you think you have the answer to a question you see in the replies, then please do jump in and respond!)

( What is podfic meta? )

( Hasn’t it already been said? )

( Who does what? )

( What if I can’t make a deadline? )

Important links: intro & rules post - sign-up & submission post - content moderation post - party favour rules - contact post

Liked the idea of Behind the Pod but didn’t feel up to the full timeline? Have an idea but didn’t get around to making it happen? Missed an episode check-in or deadline? Want a low-commitment option? Party Favours might be for you!

There's no need to sign up - Party Favours will have no check-ins, and no mod interaction until submission unless you want it. We’ll give you everything you need to make a Party Favour right here, a submission deadline, and then it’s all yours! The Resources & Templates folder (where you can find Audacity screenshots, metadata, cover images, intro & outro WAV files, and everything else) is here:
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Submission of Party Favours closes on 14th May.
All Party Favours will be published after all episodes have been published.

Complete Party Favour rules and information below the cut: ( Read more... )

Important links: intro/rules post - FAQ/questions post - content moderation post - sign-up & submission post - contact post

That’s a wrap on Behind the Pod Series 4! Thank you to all of our creators, and to everyone who's commented on episodes so far!

You can find all the Episodes of Series 4 on the Series 4 AO3 collection, and also here on this comm's Podcast: Series 4 tag.

If you participated in Series 4 of BtP in any way, as a creator or as a listener, we'd be very grateful if you'd fill out this feedback form.

Join or subscribe to this journal's notifications for updates about Series 5, and other Behind the Pod info!

As always, if an Episode or Party Favour violates our content moderation policy, or you have another issue, you can let us know using the Content Moderation reporting form, and we'll look into it.

If you have any questions about Series 4, or anything else, please let us know by commenting here or using one of the contact methods listed in our contact info post!

Series 4, Party Favour: Long Pod

hullomoon invites Amanita_Fierce, N0Connections, RattleandHum, and HowOldAreWe to discuss the joys and tribulations of long pods both as creators and listeners.

Duration - 01:10:41

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