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How do I add a guest to my podcast?

Guests only apply to open conversation podcasts — a solo voice podcast is just you. Depending on the studio format you've chosen, you can have up to two guests alongside you.

Two kinds of guest​

  • An AI character — if you started your podcast from an existing chat with a character (see What is Podcast Studio?), that character is already your guest. Nothing more to do.
  • A real guest — someone you add yourself, by name and photo, to speak alongside you.

Adding a real guest​

If you're building an open conversation from scratch (no AI character already attached), you'll see a "Real Guest (optional)" panel below your own avatar:

  1. Enter the guest's name.
  2. Click Photo and choose a picture of them.
  3. Click Add.
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Unlike your own avatar, adding a guest here doesn't build or bake anything right away — it's a quick step where you just supply a name and photo. AwakeVerse composes their full avatar and bakes it into the studio automatically when your podcast renders, so there's no wait here.

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Real guests are added by photo only — there's no generate-from-description option for guests the way there is for your own avatar.

Adding a second guest — Panel · 3 format​

Switch your studio format to Panel · 3 (see How do I choose a studio environment for my podcast?) and the panel becomes "Real Guests (optional)", with two side-by-side slots — Guest 1 and Guest 2. Add each the same way: name, photo, Add.

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Switching back down to the 1–2 Guests format automatically trims you back to one guest if you'd added two — the second guest is removed, since a two-chair setting only has room for one.

Changing or removing a guest​

Once a guest is added, click the ✕ next to their name to remove them and add someone else in that slot.

What AwakeVerse handles for you​

  • Full avatar composition at render time — a guest's finished, on-screen avatar is generated and baked automatically when your podcast renders, from just the photo you provided.
  • Automatic slot trimming — switching from a two-guest format back to a one-guest format removes the extra guest for you, so you're never left with more speakers than your studio setting supports.
  • A default voice for each guest, ready to use or change before you render — see the Generate tab's voice confirmation step.

When it's done​

Your guest (or guests) appear in your speaker list alongside you, ready for the script — write or edit their lines the same way you would your own.

What is Podcast Studio? · How do I choose a studio environment for my podcast? · How do I build my avatar — from a photo or by generating one?