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Dz Podcast by dvcrn — Agent Skill

Name: Dz Podcast
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: dvcrn

Dz Podcast

Generate and publish a dual-host daily podcast. Fetches news, generates a conversational script between two hosts, synthesizes audio via Fish Audio or Edge TTS, publishes to S3 with RSS feed for Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. Fully automated with cron support.

dvcrn Updated Sep 8, 2026 32 repo stars

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Dual-Host Daily Podcast Generator

Automated daily podcast with two AI hosts. Generates text brief + dual-voice audio, publishes to RSS, delivers via messaging.

Concept

Format: Two hosts — one explains/analyzes, the other asks and transitions
Duration: Configurable, default ~7 minutes
Style: Casual, opinionated, conversational — like two friends chatting about the news
Topics: Customizable (default: AI/Tech, Stocks, Macro, Crypto)

Architecture

Fetch News → Text Brief → Dual-Voice Script → TTS Audio → S3 Upload → RSS Update → Deliver

Configuration

Set these in your environment:

Variable	Description
`S3_BUCKET`	S3 bucket name
`PODCAST_DOMAIN`	Custom domain or S3 URL
`FISH_API_KEY`	Fish Audio API key (https://fish.audio)
`FISH_VOICE_A`	Fish Audio voice ID for Host A
`FISH_VOICE_B`	Fish Audio voice ID for Host B

Step 1: Fetch News

Use web_fetch to scrape sources in parallel. Default sources:

https://news.ycombinator.com/ — Tech
https://www.coindesk.com/ — Crypto
https://techcrunch.com/category/artificial-intelligence/ — AI
https://finance.yahoo.com/ — Markets

Customize sources to match your podcast topic.

Step 2: Generate Text Brief

Organize news into sections with emoji headers:

☀️ Daily Brief | Mar 3, 2026

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

🤖 Tech / AI

① Headline
→ One-line take

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

📈 Markets

① Headline
→ One-line take

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

🎯 Key Takeaway
Summary paragraph

Step 3: Generate Dual-Voice Script

Rewrite the brief as a dialogue. Prefix each line with speaker tag:

HostA: Welcome to today's episode...
HostB: Some big stories today...
HostA: Right, let's start with...

Guidelines:

Host A: Explains and analyzes, knowledgeable but casual
Host B: Asks, transitions, reacts
Substantial turns, not one-liners
Include analysis and discussion, not just headlines
End with a lighter topic + sign-off

Step 4: Generate Audio

Fish Audio (recommended — natural, multi-voice):

python3 scripts/fish_dual_tts.py <script.txt> <output.mp3>

Parses speaker tags, sends each segment to Fish Audio, concatenates into final MP3.

Edge TTS (free fallback, single voice):

edge-tts --voice en-US-GuyNeural --rate "+5%" --file script.txt --write-media output.mp3

Step 5: Publish

bash scripts/generate_episode.sh <date> <EP-number> <title> <description> <mp3-file>

What it does:

Upload MP3 to S3
Get actual duration via ffprobe
Insert <item> into RSS feed (newest first)
Update <lastBuildDate>

Step 6: Deliver

Send text brief + audio via your preferred channel (Telegram, Discord, Slack, etc.)

RSS Feed

See references/rss-format.md for XML template.

Key rules:

<itunes:duration> = actual duration from ffprobe (never hardcode)
<enclosure length> = actual file size in bytes
<itunes:owner> with email for Apple/Spotify verification
Cover: 3000x3000 JPEG minimum

Hosting Options

Option	Notes
S3 + Cloudflare Worker	Free HTTPS, recommended
S3 + CloudFront	Native AWS
Any static host	Just serve MP3 + feed.xml

Cron (OpenClaw)

openclaw cron add --task "Generate daily podcast" --cron "0 8 * * *" --tz "Your/Timezone"

Dependencies

python3 + requests — Fish Audio TTS
ffmpeg / ffprobe — Audio processing
aws CLI — S3 upload
edge-tts (optional) — Free fallback TTS

---name: dz-podcastdescription: Generate and publish a dual-host daily podcast. Fetches news, generates a conversational script between two hosts, synthesizes audio via Fish Audio or Edge TTS, publishes to S3 with RSS feed for Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. Fully automated with cron support.---# Dual-Host Daily Podcast GeneratorAutomated daily podcast with two AI hosts. Generates text brief + dual-voice audio, publishes to RSS, delivers via messaging.## Concept- **Format**: Two hosts — one explains/analyzes, the other asks and transitions- **Duration**: Configurable, default ~7 minutes- **Style**: Casual, opinionated, conversational — like two friends chatting about the news- **Topics**: Customizable (default: AI/Tech, Stocks, Macro, Crypto)## Architecture```Fetch News → Text Brief → Dual-Voice Script → TTS Audio → S3 Upload → RSS Update → Deliver```## ConfigurationSet these in your environment:| Variable | Description ||----------|-------------|| `S3_BUCKET` | S3 bucket name || `PODCAST_DOMAIN` | Custom domain or S3 URL || `FISH_API_KEY` | Fish Audio API key (https://fish.audio) || `FISH_VOICE_A` | Fish Audio voice ID for Host A || `FISH_VOICE_B` | Fish Audio voice ID for Host B |## Step 1: Fetch NewsUse `web_fetch` to scrape sources in parallel. Default sources:1. `https://news.ycombinator.com/` — Tech2. `https://www.coindesk.com/` — Crypto3. `https://techcrunch.com/category/artificial-intelligence/` — AI4. `https://finance.yahoo.com/` — MarketsCustomize sources to match your podcast topic.## Step 2: Generate Text BriefOrganize news into sections with emoji headers:```☀️ Daily Brief | Mar 3, 2026━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🤖 Tech / AI① Headline→ One-line take━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📈 Markets① Headline→ One-line take━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎯 Key TakeawaySummary paragraph```## Step 3: Generate Dual-Voice ScriptRewrite the brief as a dialogue. Prefix each line with speaker tag:```HostA: Welcome to today's episode...HostB: Some big stories today...HostA: Right, let's start with...```**Guidelines:**- Host A: Explains and analyzes, knowledgeable but casual- Host B: Asks, transitions, reacts- Substantial turns, not one-liners- Include analysis and discussion, not just headlines- End with a lighter topic + sign-off## Step 4: Generate Audio**Fish Audio (recommended — natural, multi-voice):**```bashpython3 scripts/fish_dual_tts.py <script.txt> <output.mp3>```Parses speaker tags, sends each segment to Fish Audio, concatenates into final MP3.**Edge TTS (free fallback, single voice):**```bashedge-tts --voice en-US-GuyNeural --rate "+5%" --file script.txt --write-media output.mp3```## Step 5: Publish```bashbash scripts/generate_episode.sh <date> <EP-number> <title> <description> <mp3-file>```What it does:1. Upload MP3 to S32. Get **actual duration** via ffprobe3. Insert `<item>` into RSS feed (newest first)4. Update `<lastBuildDate>`## Step 6: DeliverSend text brief + audio via your preferred channel (Telegram, Discord, Slack, etc.)## RSS FeedSee `references/rss-format.md` for XML template.Key rules:- `<itunes:duration>` = actual duration from ffprobe (never hardcode)- `<enclosure length>` = actual file size in bytes- `<itunes:owner>` with email for Apple/Spotify verification- Cover: 3000x3000 JPEG minimum## Hosting Options| Option | Notes ||--------|-------|| S3 + Cloudflare Worker | Free HTTPS, recommended || S3 + CloudFront | Native AWS || Any static host | Just serve MP3 + feed.xml |## Cron (OpenClaw)```bashopenclaw cron add --task "Generate daily podcast" --cron "0 8 * * *" --tz "Your/Timezone"```## Dependencies- `python3` + `requests` — Fish Audio TTS- `ffmpeg` / `ffprobe` — Audio processing- `aws` CLI — S3 upload- `edge-tts` (optional) — Free fallback TTS

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