pitchguest

pitchguest

Book better guests. Without the guesswork.

Find anyone, score their reachability, and manage your whole booking pipeline. All in one place.

Free plan available · No credit card required

01

Discovery

Finding the Right Guest

Research anyone by name, surface AI-curated ideas, or scout guests from podcasts similar to yours. You'll also see exactly how hard each person is to book.

Daily suggestions

One featured guest every morning, scored for fit and explained in plain English: why they'd be great, how reachable they are, and what angle to pitch.

Today's pick

Guest

Priya Parker

9/10

Author, The Art of Gathering

Her framework for intentional conversations maps directly onto how you structure interviews. Rarely does podcasts. A genuine opportunity.

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Daniel Kahneman

Psychologist, Author

8/10

Research anyone

Enter any name and get a full guest profile: contact channels, booking difficulty scores, suggested questions, and a breakdown of why they fit your show.

Guest

Ira Glass

Radio Host · This American Life

Will reply?

likely responds direct

Effort to book

email PR directly

Record

Aug 12

Publish

Aug 19

ProfileEmailPrepRun Sheet

Why they'd be great

Ira's gift for long-form storytelling and his obsessive editorial eye would push your interview well past surface level. He knows how to find the real story inside a guest's answer.

Contact

Twitter@iraglass
Emailvia PR firm

Scout competing shows

Enter any podcast and see who they've had on, with photos and fit scores. Every guest is one click away from becoming a research target.

H

How I Built This

2.1M / ep

Major
Sara Blakely

Sara Blakely

Founder, Spanx

9/10
Reid Hoffman

Reid Hoffman

Co-founder, LinkedIn

8/10
Yvon Chouinard

Yvon Chouinard

Founder, Patagonia

7/10
M

Masters of Scale

410k / ep

Mid
Brian Chesky

Brian Chesky

CEO, Airbnb

9/10
Diane Greene

Diane Greene

Co-founder, VMware

7/10

Bookability scores

Every guest gets scored on reply likelihood and booking difficulty. Five-dot ratings with a plain-English quip so you know exactly what you're walking into.

Guest

Brené Brown

Author, Researcher

Confirmed

Will they respond?

Has public email · active on socials

Effort to book

Goes through speakers bureau

02

Outreach

Getting Them to Say Yes

Send personalised pitches that actually get read, then track every guest from wishlist to confirmed in one place.

Personalized outreach

Get a subject line and body written around your show's tone and the guest's specific background. Paste a sample email and it matches your writing style.

Email · Adam Grant

Organizational Psychologist

Writing styleActive ✓

Subject

The Hidden Cost of Always Being Right

Hi Adam,

The chapter on confident people being hardest to convince in Think Again hit close to home. That tension between conviction and curiosity is exactly what we dig into.

I run The Operator: 45 minutes, no deck, just a real conversation about how leaders think under pressure.

Open to it? Sarah

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Booking pipeline

Track every guest from wishlist to live. Set record and publish dates, manage status, and see upcoming recordings right on your dashboard.

Guest Pipeline

AllConfirmedLive
Brené Brown

Brené Brown

Author, Researcher

ConfirmedAug 12
Adam Grant

Adam Grant

Psychologist

Reached Out
Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell

Author

Wishlist
Aug12

Brené Brown

⏺ Recording · in 9 days

03

Preparation

Walking In Prepared

A full prep doc, timed run sheet, and post-show content. Generated in seconds from your research, refined until they're yours.

Episode prep doc

AI-generated prep for every episode: guest intro, story arc, talking points, deep questions, clip moments, and what to avoid. Edit and copy with one click.

Prep · Brené Brown

The Resilience Pod

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Guest Intro

Research professor turned cultural thought leader, best known for making vulnerability a boardroom topic. Has sold 5M+ books and given one of the top-5 most-watched TED talks ever.

Talking Points

1.Vulnerability as a leadership strategy, not a weakness
2.The gap between knowing and doing courage
3.Why perfectionism is armour, not a standard

Opening Questions

1.What's the moment you knew vulnerability was a strength, not a liability?
2.How has 20 years of this research changed how you personally show up?

Things to Avoid

Asking about the Oprah connection (she gets it every interview)
Generic "what is vulnerability" opener. Go deeper from the start.

Run sheet builder

Build a timed run sheet through a live AI chat. Adjust the arc, swap sections, and get a structured guide you can use the moment you hit record.

Run Sheet · Brené Brown

The Resilience Pod

60 min

Intro & framing

5 min
·Quick bio in your own words
·What you're most focused on right now

The core story

20 min
·How the research on shame started
·Biggest misconception about vulnerability

Practical tools

25 min
·What does courage look like in practice?
·The "daring greatly" framework unpacked

Close

10 min
·One thing listeners can do this week
·What's next for you?

Show notes & social

Paste your transcript and get show notes, timestamps, a Twitter thread, Instagram caption, and newsletter blurb. All in one shot.

Ep. 47: Brené Brown on Courage

Generated from transcript · 58 min

Show NotesTwitter ThreadInstagramNewsletterTimestamps

Brené Brown shares what 20 years of shame research taught her about the connection between vulnerability and real leadership, and why most executives have it backwards.

Timestamps

00:00Welcome & intro
04:30How shame research started
18:45The courage gap explained
39:20Tools for leaders
52:10What's next

How it works

Up and running in minutes.

01

Set up your show

Tell us your show name, tone, audience, and topics. Two minutes, done once.

02

Research or discover

Search any name for a full profile, or explore by topic to find untapped guests from competing shows.

03

Book and track

Add guests to your pipeline, draft personalized outreach, and manage everything through to air.

Pricing

Simple pricing. No surprises.

Free

$0

Try it out.

  • 3 guest research runs/mo
  • 5-guest pipeline
  • 3 outreach emails/mo

Podcaster

$9/mo

For indie hosts booking consistently.

  • 25 guest research runs/mo
  • Unlimited pipeline
  • Unlimited outreach emails
  • Daily guest suggestions
  • Email style settings

Pro

$19/mo

For shows going after bigger names.

  • Unlimited research runs
  • Unlimited everything
  • Multiple shows
  • Priority support

Your next guest is out there.

Stop waiting for them to raise their hand.