If you’re creating long-form podcast videos, you already have valuable content ready to reach new audiences—but only if you break it down into shorter, platform-friendly clips. That’s where AI comes in.
With tools like AI Studios’ Video Highlights, you can automatically scan your podcast recordings and extract the best moments—without spending hours reviewing footage or manually editing. The result? Highly shareable, attention-grabbing clips perfect for TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and beyond.
Here’s how to use AI to turn podcast episodes into snackable video content that grows your audience across platforms.
Why Short Clips Are Essential for Podcast Growth
Long-form podcast episodes are great for in-depth conversation—but not ideal for discovery. Short clips solve this by:
- Capturing attention within seconds
- Making your content easier to share and repost
- Reaching users on platforms built for quick, vertical videos
- Highlighting viral moments, quotes, and insights from your episode
- Creating more frequent, engaging content from a single source
You don’t need to change your podcast strategy. You just need to make your episodes work harder for you.
How AI Studios Makes Podcast Clipping Effortless
AI Studios’ Video Highlights feature is specifically designed to turn long-form content—like podcast videos—into curated short clips using AI. You don’t need to timestamp anything or know how to edit. Here’s how it works:
Step 1: Upload Your Podcast Video
After recording your podcast, upload the full video into AI Studios. You can use footage created in AI Studios or bring in external files from Zoom, Riverside, YouTube, or any other recording platform.
Step 2: Use the “Video Highlights” Tool
Go to the Video Highlights tool in the dashboard. Once your file is uploaded, the AI will analyze your video to detect key moments based on voice patterns, keywords, pauses, tone, and pace.
No need to select timestamps—the AI automatically pulls out segments that are likely to perform well as standalone clips.
Step 3: Review the Suggested Clips
Once the highlights are generated, you’ll see a list of short clips (usually 15–60 seconds long). These are moments the AI has identified as particularly engaging—like funny exchanges, bold statements, valuable insights, or emotional reactions.
You can preview each clip and make small edits if needed, or approve them as-is.
Step 4: Export for YouTube Shorts or TikTok
Choose your desired aspect ratio (portrait for TikTok and Reels, square or horizontal for YouTube), and export your clips. You’ll get high-quality, social-ready files you can publish immediately.
These clips are perfect for:
- Teasers before a full episode release
- Weekly highlights
- Cross-promotion across platforms
- Evergreen content for your backlog of episodes
Step 5: Repeat and Scale
Once you’ve done this for one episode, you can repeat the process weekly—or batch multiple podcasts at once. Use each clip to drive viewers back to the full episode or grow your social presence across platforms.
If you want to go even further, use AI Studios to:
- Translate and dub your clips in 80+ languages
- Add subtitles and captions automatically
- Include an AI avatar for podcast hosts who want to present without being on camera
- Turn your podcast summary or outline into a video script using ChatGPT built-in tools
AI makes it easier than ever to transform long podcast videos into short, engaging clips that expand your reach across YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Reels, and beyond. You don’t need editing skills, a production team, or hours of time—just your episode and AI Studios.
AI Studios’ Video Highlights feature gives podcasters a simple, scalable way to grow through repurposing. Upload your episode, extract the best moments, and start sharing clips that hook new listeners every week.
