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PrepCast is an AI research engine for podcasters. Connect your show once. Every week we deliver a ready-to-record brief - trending angles, hooks, talking points, contrarian questions, all source-backed.

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The brief

One document.
One hour saved.
Every episode.

Three to five topic cards. Each with a hook, structured talking points, a contrarian audience question, and live source links. No more 12 open tabs and a half-finished doc.

brief · week of apr 27
The Long Game
Topic 01

The quiet death of the 'AI wrapper' narrative

Six months ago every indie hacker was building a GPT wrapper. Now the survivors are doing something different - and it's not what Twitter says.

  • Median MRR plateaued in Q1 2026 across 30+ wrappers- indiehackers.com
  • Survivors replaced one specific 60-min workflow, not 'general productivity'- teardown report
Topic 02

Why 'boring' SaaS is suddenly hot again

How it works

Three steps. The rest is just recording.

01

Connect your show

Tell PrepCast your niche, audience, voice, and recent episodes. Takes 4 minutes.

02

We scan the signal

Live data from Reddit, X, Google Trends, and news - filtered through your show's lens.

03

Open the brief

A ready-to-record document lands in your dashboard each week. Print, export, or open on your phone.

What you get

Built for hosts who already know their show.

Not a generic AI assistant. PrepCast is opinionated about what makes a podcast brief actually useful.

Trend Scanning

Live signal from Reddit, X, Google Trends, and the long tail of niche newsletters. Re-ranked weekly.

Show-Aware Research

Briefs are filtered through your audience, voice, and recent episodes - not a generic feed.

Ready-to-Record Briefs

3-5 topic cards with hooks, structured bullets, and a contrarian question. Built for skim-reading at the mic.

Source-Backed Bullets

Every claim links back to a source with title and URL. Cite confidently on air.

I hosted a weekly show for two years. Every Tuesday I lost an evening juggling ChatGPT, Perplexity and 14 browser tabs trying to find one good angle. PrepCast is the tool I wished existed - opinionated, show-aware, and ruthless about what doesn't make the brief.

Lero
Founder, PrepCast · with co-founder Kostandin

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