AI Web MakerPodcast Website Example: The Long Table Podcast
This podcast website belongs to The Long Table Podcast, a food show we invented to show what a podcast needs online. It leads with the newest episodes, explains how guests pitch and what happens next, lists sponsor packages with starting prices, and ends with one enquiry form that sorts listeners, guests and sponsors by topic.
The Long Table Podcast has never released an episode: its hosts, guests, listener reviews, sponsor prices and contact details are all invented.
A podcast has three audiences arriving at the same page, and each one wants something different from it. Listeners come to find the newest episode and decide whether the show is for them. Possible guests come to learn whether their story fits and how to put it forward. Sponsors come to check that the show can be trusted and to see what a mention costs. The sample serves the listener first, with six episode cards right under the opening view, because listeners are the reason guests and sponsors care at all. Putting the episodes first gives the other two audiences a reason to keep reading.
The rest of the page turns a show into something a guest or a sponsor can act on. A short section on recording at the guest's own table explains the style of the show better than any tagline could. Five steps then walk a guest from the first pitch to hearing the edit before release, which answers the worry most guests have about being misquoted. Sponsor packages carry prices and plain rules about editorial independence, so a business knows the terms before it writes. One enquiry form at the end sorts every message by topic, which keeps the inbox manageable for two hosts. Each of these parts works for a show on any subject, from gardening to local history.
The running order of the page, from episode 118 to the pitch form
The sample is a single page that scrolls from the newest episode down to the enquiry form. The rows below follow it in order, one part per row.
| Page | What it opens with | Its sections |
|---|---|---|
| Opening view | Food stories, recorded at the table where they happen | Hear the latest · Pitch a guest · Episode 118 now playing |
| Episodes | On the table this season | 118. The night baker · 117. Salt, smoke and a small boat · 116. Lunch for four hundred · Three more from season 9 |
| How it is recorded | Recorded where the food is made | Two hosts, one guest and no script · Guests hear the edit first |
| Topics | What we pull up a chair for | Twelve subjects · Suggest a guest |
| Guest pitches | From a guest pitch to a finished episode | Send the story · We read and reply · A call before the table · Recording day · You hear it first |
| Sponsorship | Sponsor an episode, a season or an evening | Episode mention from $350 · Season partner from $3,400 · Live table evening from $1,900 |
| Gallery | Tables we have sat at | Bakeries · Boats · Rooftops · Market stalls |
| Questions | Questions from listeners, guests and sponsors | Where to listen · Guest fees · Paid appearances · Travel · Clips · Recording day |
| Enquiry form | Pitch a guest or ask about sponsorship | Topic · Business, kitchen or farm · Name and email · Town and country · The story |
Episodes up front, guests in the pipeline, sponsors on clear terms
The newest episode where nobody has to hunt for it
Most visitors to a show's site want to hear something, so the newest episode belongs near the top of the page. Each card in the sample gives the number, a title with some flavour, one sentence about the guest and the running time. That is enough for a listener to choose without opening a separate page for every episode. Older episodes can sit further down or on their own page, as long as the newest ones stay easy to reach. A listener who finds something to play in the first few seconds is far more likely to come back next week.
A guest pitch path that promises an answer
Possible guests hesitate when they cannot tell whether anyone reads the pitches. The sample sets out five steps from the first message to release day and gives a firm reply time of three weeks. It also says that a reply can be a yes, a not yet or a polite no, which makes it easier for people to try. The promise that guests hear the edit before it goes out removes the biggest fear of appearing on a show. A clear path like this turns occasional pitches into a steady supply of good stories.
Sponsor packages with the rules written beside them
Businesses weighing a sponsorship want a starting price and an idea of what they get for it. Three packages with prices, read lengths and placement answer that, while a short note sets out what sponsors cannot do, such as hearing an episode early. Rules like these protect the trust listeners place in the hosts, which is what a sponsor is really paying for. Listener figures are better sent in a media kit than printed on the page, where they quickly go out of date. Stating the terms openly saves the hosts weeks of back and forth by email.
One form that sorts listeners, guests and sponsors
A podcast inbox fills with very different messages, and a single form with a topic menu keeps them apart from the start. The sample asks what the message is about, where the table is and the story in a few lines. Guests and sponsors answer the same short set of fields, so nobody faces a long questionnaire. Separate reply times for pitches and for sponsors are stated beside the form, which sets expectations honestly. An enquiry form on the site is what AI Web Maker provides for service trades, and a podcast website design fits that pattern well.
Can listeners searching by topic find The Long Table?
Listeners search for a food podcast, a podcast about bakers or a show about growers and cooks, often by subject rather than by name. Episode titles and notes that name the subject plainly give a podcast page more ways to be found.
Give your own show a home its listeners can find
Describe your show, its subject and who you want to hear from, and the builder drafts the episode cards, the guest pitch steps and a form for enquiries, all of which you can rewrite. Drafting and previewing are never charged. When the show's site goes public, its hosting is $119 per year or $19 per month, with the address registered separately.
Show hosts ask about guests, sponsors and the hosting bill
Who wrote The Long Table Podcast sample, and where do its photos come from?
It was written by hand, every episode title included, by the people behind AI Web Maker, for a show nobody has ever recorded. The bakery, boat and rooftop scenes came from the platform's image engine. A real show's site starts the other way round: a short description goes in, the builder drafts the pages, and the hosts rework them until they sound like themselves.
Can sponsors and possible guests reach a podcast through its site?
Yes. A podcast site on AI Web Maker has an enquiry form, and a topic menu like the one in this sample lets each message say whether it is a pitch, a sponsorship question or a note from a listener. Replies and terms are then settled directly between you and the sender.
Is it wise for a show to print its sponsorship rates?
Starting prices help a sponsor judge the fit before writing, and they filter out enquiries far outside the budget. Final terms usually depend on the season, the number of reads and any live events, so the sample shows prices that start from a figure and sends the full media kit by email.
What does it cost to keep a show's website on air?
Think of it as one line in the show's budget: $119 a year for hosting, or $19 a month, with the web address bought on its own from about 400 endings. Nothing is charged while you build and play back the preview, so the episode cards can all be in place before the first payment.
Updated 6 November 2026 · by AI Web Maker · More creative lifestyle website guides · All sample websites