Published Mar 28, 2026 • Updated Apr 1, 2026
Roast collects onboarding fields because they map directly to product behavior.
- Comedy preferences (favorite comedian, comedy rating) calibrate humor and tone for episodes.
- Personal and work context help Roast tailor content to your life and career.
- Location and age range shape cultural references.
- Language and voice preferences drive the TTS output.
- Research consent lets Roast optionally search public web sources for a richer profile.
- Listening contexts and busy level inform episode length and cadence.
- Podcast player selection provides player-specific setup instructions for adding your feed.
- Policy acceptance records make consent explicit.
- Alias and feed handoff make the account operational.
The onboarding wizard walks you through these questions step by step. Your progress is saved automatically so you can resume where you left off. Roast does not ask for arbitrary profile theater. Each field is either operational or downstream personalization input.