Podcast or interview
Original research draft · October 2026
Working pattern
[Speaker/creator], [Episode title], [series], at [timestamp] ([date]), [URL].
Capture from the source
Episode; speakers; recording version; timestamp; transcript
Check before you use it
Attribute the statement to the actual speaker and verify transcript accuracy where material.
Common error: Episode descriptions are not necessarily the speaker's words.
Completed example
Podcast, participants, episode, transcript, recording, and timestamps are fictional. The .example URL is illustrative and no actual interview statement is attributed.
Omar Rowan, interview in Building a Search Register, Record Work, ep. 12, at 00:18:10–00:18:44 (Apr. 8, 2025), https://training.example/podcasts/record-work/12.
Read the supplied source facts
Fictional packet TRAIN-W76 supplies episode 12 of the podcast Record Work, titled Building a Search Register, released April 8, 2025. Host Lena Reed interviews archivist Omar Rowan. In the full 42-minute recording, Rowan describes a pilot limitation at 00:18:10–00:18:44. The episode description paraphrases that limitation more broadly, and an automated transcript incorrectly assigns one sentence to the host. A later promotional clip begins at a different point and has different elapsed timestamps. The assignment quotes Rowan's statement from the full recording after checking the sound and surrounding exchange.
Why this works
Attribute the statement to the actual speaker while identifying the episode and series that contain it. The time range refers to the full recording, so a reader should receive or reach that version. Do not treat the episode description as a verbatim statement by the interviewee or reproduce the transcript's incorrect speaker label. Record the host, guest, release date, recording version, and relevant context in the source card. If the claim depends on exact wording, compare the transcript with the audio and disclose material uncertainty rather than allowing a machine transcription error to become a quotation.
When the facts change
If the promotional clip is cited, use its own title or identifier and verified timestamps, noting any context lost in editing. If quoting the host's question, attribute it to Reed and identify the corresponding segment. If an episode is reissued with corrections or inserted advertisements that shift timestamps, inspect the new version or preserve the original recording used for the citation.
Apply the receiving court or publication’s requirements. These working forms do not establish citation permission, precedential weight, or support for a legal proposition.