Transistor + Ghost

Connect Ghost with Transistor.fm to give your members automatic access to private podcasts

Ghost and Transistor.fm have partnered to build an official integration that connects the two platforms directly — with full member sync, flexible access controls, and built-in tools to help your members subscribe to their private feeds without any custom code or theme changes.

Activate the integration in Ghost

Head to Settings → Integrations in Ghost Admin and activate the Transistor.fm integration.

Configure your podcasts in Transistor

In your Transistor dashboard, add the API keys from your Ghost integration to each podcast you’d like to sync.

Once connected, Ghost and Transistor automatically sync your members. When someone signs up, upgrades, downgrades, or cancels — their podcast access updates accordingly. There’s nothing to manage manually.

For each podcast, select the audience that should have access:

• All members — Anyone with a free or paid membership
• Paid members only — Only members with an active paid subscription
• Specific tiers — Choose exactly which membership tiers have access

This is configured on a per-podcast basis, so if you’re running multiple shows, each one can have its own access rules.

Give your members access to their unique podcast feed

Once connected, every member with podcast access gets a unique private feed — specific to them — that they use to subscribe in their podcast app of choice. To make that process smooth, there are a few places where members can get access out of the box:

Portal

If a member has access to a private podcast, their account settings in Portal will now include a dedicated podcasts section, linking directly to your branded Transistor landing page where they can subscribe to their unique feed in their player of choice.

Editor card

Once activated, the Ghost editor will include a new Transistor card that gives you flexible ways to surface podcast access directly on your site and in your newsletters.

You can use the Transistor card on any post or page to drop in an embed that gives members direct access to their unique private feeds, right there on your site. For example, a Welcome Page that your members land on immediately after sign up 👇

For posts sent as a newsletter, the card renders in the email as a direct link to the member’s personalized Transistor landing page — making access as seamless as possible.

Themes

If you’d like more control over how private podcasts appear on your site, you can also use the Transistor embed directly in your Ghost theme by using the {{#if @member}} helper to ensure a member is present:

{{#if @member}}
<section class="private-podcasts">
    <p>Access your exclusive member-only podcast feed below:</p>
    <iframe
        width="100%"
        height="400"
        frameborder="no"
        scrolling="no"
        seamless
        src="https://partner.transistor.fm/ghost/embed/{{@member.uuid}}"
    ></iframe>
</section>
{{/if}}

This renders the personalized Transistor embed for each logged-in member using their unique {{@member.uuid}}, and is hidden entirely for non-members.