Podcast Citation Generator

How to Use the Podcast Citation Generator

1. 1. Find the details. On the show's page or in your podcast app, note the episode title, the host, the show's name, the publisher or network, and the release date.
2. 2. Enter them. Put the episode title in Title, the host in Author(s), the show in Journal / Publication and the publisher in Publisher / Site. Type the date as year-month-day and paste the episode's URL.
3. 3. Set the descriptor. Type Audio podcast episode in Format / medium for APA. Leave it empty for MLA and Chicago.
4. 4. Pick a style. Choose APA, MLA, Chicago or any of the 10,834 styles.
5. 5. Copy and add the extras. Add the host's role and the season and episode numbers by hand.

Episode or Whole Podcast?

Cite an episode when you quote or paraphrase it. Cite the series when you discuss the podcast as a whole. The episode is the part and the show is the container, as with an article and a journal.

APA 7 (§10.13) names the host as the author with (Host) after the name, puts the date in full, adds the season and episode in parentheses and a bracketed descriptor, and then names the podcast in italics after In. MLA 9 also lists the host as the author with the role, copies the episode title in quotation marks, and gives the podcast as the container, followed by the season and episode, the publisher, the date and the URL. If you listened in an app, name the app after the show. Chicago 18 puts the show first in a note, then the season and episode, the episode title in quotation marks, the publisher, the date, the running time and the URL.

Podcast Citation Examples

Season 1, episode 2 of The Loudest Girl in the World, which the Chicago Quick Guide uses as its podcast sample. The APA and MLA lines apply their patterns to the same episode.

What the Generator Gives You

With those details, the generator returns the APA reference as above, but without (Host) and (Season 1, Episode 2); it prints Ober, L. (2022, September 13). Add both. In MLA it leaves out host and the season and episode, and it prints September as Sep., where MLA 9 writes Sept.. In Chicago it puts the episode title before the show and omits the running time. Leave the Volume and Issue boxes empty: MLA would print them as vol. and no..

Which Tool Do You Need?

• A podcast episode or series — this page.
• A radio program broadcast over the air or online by a station — the Radio Broadcast Citation Generator.
• A song or album track — the Song Citation Generator.
• A video podcast on YouTube — the YouTube Citation Generator.
• An interview recorded for a podcast — the Interview Citation Generator.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I cite a podcast in APA 7?

Give the host with (Host), the full date, the episode title, the season and episode in parentheses, [Audio podcast episode], then In and the podcast title in italics, the publisher and the URL. In text: (Ober, 2022). A whole podcast ends with [Audio podcast] after its title.

How do I cite a podcast in MLA 9?

List the host as the author, copy the episode title in quotation marks, then the podcast in italics, the season and episode, the publisher, the date and the URL: Ober, Lauren, host. “Goodbye, Routine; Hello, Meltdown!” The Loudest Girl in the World, season 1, episode 2, Pushkin Industries, 13 Sept. 2022, URL.

How do I cite a podcast in Chicago style?

In a note, name the host, the show in italics, the season and episode, the episode title in quotation marks, the publisher, the date, the running time and the URL. The bibliography entry starts with Ober, Lauren, host, and ends with the word Podcast and the running time.

Who is the author of a podcast episode?

The host, in all three styles. If a guest speaks, you can name the guest in your sentence. For a podcast with no named host, start with the title of the episode, or use the production company as a group author.

What if there is no episode number or date?

Leave out what is missing. APA uses n.d. for a missing date and still gives the title, the show and the publisher. MLA gives the copyright date of the website if the episode shows none.

How do I cite a podcast I heard on Spotify or Apple Podcasts?

Cite the episode and its publisher as above. APA does not name the app. MLA names the app after the show as the version if you want to show where you heard it; the URL of the show's own page is the better link.

Which citation styles does the podcast generator support?

All 10,834 styles in the library, including APA 7, MLA 9 and Chicago 18.