How to feature an external podcast feed on your site

Bring your podcast and newsletter together in one seamless experience. With beehiiv’s native podcast rss feed integration, you can automatically pull episodes from any RSS feed, showcase them beautifully on your site, and give your audience a central hub to read, listen, and explore your work.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to:

• Create a dedicated podcast page (video).
• Add a podcast feed to any page on your site.
• Understand what’s included on each podcast episode page.
• Review common FAQs.

1. Open the Website Builder and navigate to the page where you want to add your podcast feed — or create a new custom page specifically for the podcast.
    
2. Add the Podcast block. From the left-hand toolbar, click the + icon to open the elements menu, then scroll down to Integrations. 
   
   Select the Podcast RSS Feed element, and drag it to your desired spot on the page.
   
   
   
3. Find your podcast. The block will initially display beehiiv placeholder content. Go to the design panel on the right to replace it with another live podcast feed. 
   
   
   
   
   Under Settings, you can:

• Enter the podcast link: Add the desired podcast RSS URL directly to the field. 
• Search for the podcast by name: Use the search bar to find your podcast (easiest).
• Select the episodes: After selecting a show or adding an RSS URL, click Latest to choose which episodes to feature.

Or, under Podcast YouTube Channel, you can manually add a YouTube channel or playlist to be featured on the page. 

4. Customize the design. In the design panel, adjust the Layout, Card, Thumbnail, Title, and Date options to match your brand. You can enable horizontal scrolling, change thumbnail styles, or modify text and background colors for your feed cards.
   
   
   
5. Click Publish in the top-right corner of the builder. 
   Then select:

• ‘This page only’ to publish the new changes to your product page template.
• Or, if you’ve been making multiple site edits and are ready to publish, select All pages.
• Then click Publish to live site to finalize.   
  
  
  

Once published, each episode featured in your feed automatically generates its own podcast page on your site. These pages inherit your website theme’s default background, fonts, and color palette. (At this time, podcast pages are not independently customizable.)

Each podcast episode page includes:

• A native audio player to listen directly on your site.
• The episode title, cover art, and description.
• A full transcript and timestamps (if available).
• A ‘Listen on’ section linking to major platforms like Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
• A Recent Episodes section with links to previous episodes.

Your audience can either play episodes right on your site or open them in their preferred podcast app.

How does the rss podcast feature work?

You can easily create a dedicated, customizable page for your podcast show that automatically pulls in episodes from any RSS feed. Think of it as a polished home base — complete with artwork, descriptions, and individual episode pages — so listeners can explore your catalog and stay current without you manually updating anything.

Each episode offers flexible listening: fans can play directly on your podcast page with an embedded player, or jump out to their preferred app via links to platforms like Spotify and Apple Podcasts (plus any others you publish to).

Will new episodes update automatically?
Yes, after you add the RSS URL to the builder, beehiiv imports your show details and episodes. As you publish new episodes with your host, your page updates automatically — no manual uploads.
Can I embed a video podcast?
Yes. beehiiv supports embedding YouTube videos on your site. Or, if your podcast publishes episodes or trailers on YouTube, you can embed the channel or playlist for the show so viewers can watch directly on your site (see step 3 above).
Can I customize the look of my rss podcast page?

Yes, you can customize the look of your podcast page using the AI Chat or Design panels on the right side of the Website Builder.
You can control the design of your podcast feed and episode cards using:

• Layout: Number of items, number of columns, gaps, padding, horizontal scroll on/off, scroll style, and color.
• Cards: Card padding, card gaps, text spacing, border style, corner radius, background color.
• Thumbnails: Image radius, ratio (square, etc.), fit (contain), show/hide play button.
• Text: Header/body fonts, sizes, weights, colors, alignment, title line count, show/hide date.

All of this lets you match your podcast page to your brand without coding anything. Additionally, customizing the look of podcast pages is on our roadmap. 

Do I need to enable RSS in my account beforehand to use this feature?
No. The RSS settings in your publication are independent from any podcast RSS URLs you feature on your website.