You spend an hour recording a great episode. Then it gets one publish, a few hundred listens, and disappears into the feed. Meanwhile the clips that could have promoted it — the hot take, the story, the quotable moment — stay buried in the full recording.
The Astra Forge turns podcasts into shorts for US creators and brands: we find the moments worth clipping in every episode and cut them into captioned, hook-first shorts for Reels, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts. One episode becomes a week of content that drives listeners back to the full show.
$15 per short. 48 hours per video. Your back catalog is a content goldmine — let's mine it.
How we find the moments worth clipping
Not every minute of an episode deserves to be a short. We listen (with AI assistance, then human judgment) for the moments with standalone power: strong opinions, surprising stories, actionable advice, quotable lines, and genuine reactions. Each candidate has to pass one test — does it make sense and hook attention without the surrounding episode?
Then we cut for the format, not just trim the timeline. A great 40-second clip from a podcast usually needs restructuring: the hook moved to the front, context added in captions, dead air removed, pacing tightened. The result feels native to short-form, not like an excerpt.
Send us an episode link and we'll return a free sample clip — you'll hear exactly which moments we'd pull from your show. Coaches and educators: our industry page for coaches shows how this fits a full content engine.
What each clip includes
Every short gets the full treatment: hook-first restructuring, styled word-by-word captions (essential — most short-form viewers start muted), speaker framing optimized for 9:16, subtle zooms and cuts for retention, b-roll or visual emphasis where it helps, licensed music, and your show branding.
Audio-only podcast? No problem. We build audiogram-style clips with waveforms, animated captions, and your cover art — they perform because the moment is strong, not because there's video. Video podcast is even better: real faces, real reactions, cut for maximum impact.
One revision round per clip keeps your style dialed in. And because we work from your RSS feed or upload links, the workflow is hands-off after the first episode: new episode drops, clips come back within 48 hours per video.
A workflow built for weekly shows
Consistency is the whole game in podcast growth, and consistency dies in editing backlogs. Our repurposing workflow is designed for shows that publish weekly: episode goes live, we pull 3-5 clips per episode, shorts go out across the week driving traffic back to the full episode.
The math is friendly. At $15 per short, four clips per weekly episode costs $240/month — less than one sponsored post, for content that compounds. The Growth package at $499/mo covers 30 shorts monthly, which handles a weekly show with room for extra cuts from guest highlights or solo segments.
Talking-head podcasters also use our talking-head video editing for the full episodes themselves, and our short-form editing for non-podcast clips. One partner, whole content pipeline — see pricing.
Your back catalog is already content
Here's the part most podcasters miss: you don't need new episodes to start. Your existing catalog — 20, 50, 100 episodes — contains hundreds of clip-worthy moments that never got their short-form moment. We can mine your best episodes first, giving you weeks of content before your next recording.
This is the fastest win in podcast marketing: proven moments, zero new recording time, immediate short-form presence. Send us your three best episodes and we'll show you what's been sitting in your archive.
The Astra Forge is an AI video editing agency for US brands, founded February 2026, also serving the UK, Europe, Canada, and Australia. Get your free sample clip: one episode link in, one finished short back within 48 hours.
How it works
1. Send your footage
Episode links, RSS feed, or upload — audio-only or video, new episodes or back catalog.
2. We edit with AI
We find the clip-worthy moments and cut them into hook-first, captioned shorts with music and branding.
3. You review
Clips back within 48 hours per video, with one revision round to lock your show's style.
4. Scale
Weekly episodes become weekly clip batches — a hands-off pipeline from recording to published shorts.
Pricing
Short-form edits from $15, talking-head editing at $30/finished min, AI avatar videos at $50/finished min — or a monthly package from $199/mo. 24h rush delivery available (+25%). See full pricing →
Frequently asked questions
My podcast is audio-only. Can you still make shorts?
Yes. We create audiogram-style clips with animated waveforms, captions, and your cover art. Strong moments carry the format — video is a bonus, not a requirement.
How many clips do you get from one episode?
Typically 3-5 strong clips per hour-long episode, depending on content density. We'll tell you honestly how many your episode supports — we'd rather deliver 3 great clips than 6 weak ones.
How fast is turnaround?
48 hours per video as standard. Weekly shows run on a rolling schedule: episode drops, clips come back, shorts publish all week.
Do you need my video files or just links?
Links are fine — RSS feed, YouTube, Spotify, Drive, Dropbox. Whatever's easiest; we'll pull what we need.
What does it cost?
$15 per short, or bundle into monthly packages: Growth at $499/mo covers 30 shorts, plenty for a weekly show. First sample clip is free.