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The whole episode, in five minutes.

An overview, chapter by chapter, with the key Q&A, keywords and highlights — enough to decide whether to listen, and enough to remember what you heard.

Overview

The argument of the episode in a few paragraphs

Chapters

Every turn of the conversation, with timestamps

Key Q&A

The questions the episode answers, and its answers

Highlights

The lines worth keeping, ready to quote

One episode, five answers

The overview, chapters, key questions, keywords and highlights Podwise makes from a single episode.

An example summary. Content from Podwise's summary of “Doktoro Esperanto”, 99% Invisible.

How it works

From an episode to Summaries, in three steps.

  1. 1

    Process an episode

    Follow a show, or add an episode, a YouTube video or your own audio file.

  2. 2

    Read the overview

    Open the summary to see the shape of the episode before you spend an hour on it.

  3. 3

    Jump to a chapter

    Each chapter and key question links back to its place in the audio and the transcript.

What you get

Everything comes from the episode you already processed.

  • OverviewA plain-language summary of the episode, not a transcript with the pauses removed.
  • ChaptersThe conversation broken into named sections, with timestamps.
  • Key Q&AThe questions the episode answers, so you can find the part you need.
  • KeywordsThe names, companies and ideas worth remembering, ready to search.
  • HighlightsThe sentences worth quoting, collected in one place.
  • TranslationsThe summary and its sections in any of the 13 supported languages.

More features

Every one works on the same episode, so nothing has to be processed twice.

Summaries questions

What is in a Podwise summary?

An overview, chapters with timestamps, key Q&A, keywords and highlights. The mind map and the full transcript sit alongside it, on the same page.

Can I read the summary instead of listening?

You can, and many people do for episodes they only need the gist of. The chapters and timestamps are there when you want to hear the argument in the guest's own words.

How accurate is it?

Summaries are generated from the transcript by AI, so a name or a technical term can slip. The episode, the timestamp and the transcript are always one click away, so a claim is easy to check.

Can I get it in another language?

Yes. Translate the episode into one of 13 languages and read the summary in it, on its own or next to the original.

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