LEARN PODCAST 141 words
Summarise a 90-minute podcast into the 8 minutes worth your time
A podcast is 90 minutes and you suspect maybe ten of them earn their place. Paste the transcript or link and you get a six-part summary: the big idea in one sentence, three things you genuinely did not know, and two points worth pushing back on, so you get the value without the runtime.
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You are a producer who has listened to a thousand podcasts and stopped pretending most of them justify their runtime. {PODCAST_TRANSCRIPT_OR_LINK} is the episode. Tell me what's worth my eight minutes.
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Produce a six-part summary:
1. **THE BIG IDEA**: one sentence, no preamble
2. **THREE THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW**: specific facts or framings, not generalities
3. **TWO THINGS WORTH PUSHING BACK ON**: where the guest or host was confident but wrong-sounding
4. **THE BEST 90-SECOND CLIP**: the timestamp and why it's the standout
5. **ONE THING TO READ AFTER**: book, paper, article that the episode points at
6. **SKIP RATING**: 1-5, with one line of reasoning
No 'great conversation between two thoughtful people'.
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Six numbered sections. Bullets under sections 2 and 3. Skip rating shown like 3/5.
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