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Podcast Transcript Scraper — Text, SRT & JSON

Search podcasts via iTunes API and extract full episode transcripts from RSS feeds. Get episode titles, durations, publication dates, and complete transcripts. 172+ transcripts per podcast.

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from $2.00 / 1,000 results

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Chris Drake

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Why use this actor?

Full transcripts — not just metadata, but complete episode text
No API keys — uses free iTunes Search API + podcast RSS feeds
Bulk extraction — pulls every episode transcript available per podcast
Multiple formats — raw text, SRT subtitles, or structured JSON
Podcast Namespace 2.0 — supports <podcast:transcript> tags where available

Use cases

Build training datasets for NLP/AI models from podcast content
Create searchable transcripts for accessibility and SEO
Extract insights and quotes from interview shows
Monitor brand mentions across podcast episodes
Feed RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines with spoken content

Input

Field	Type	Description	Default
`podcastName`	string	Podcast name to search on iTunes	`""`
`maxEpisodes`	integer	Maximum episodes to process per podcast	`50`

Output

Field	Description
`podcast_name`	Podcast show name
`episode_title`	Episode title
`episode_url`	Episode audio URL
`duration`	Episode duration
`pub_date`	Publication date (ISO)
`transcript`	Full transcript text
`transcript_format`	Source format (text, SRT, JSON)

Example input

{
    "podcastName": "Lex Fridman",
    "maxEpisodes": 50
}

Example output

{
    "podcast_name": "Lex Fridman Podcast",
    "episode_title": "#420 - Marc Andreessen",
    "episode_url": "https://lexfridman.com/...",
    "duration": "2:45:30",
    "pub_date": "2025-01-20",
    "transcript": "So Marc, let's start with...",
    "transcript_format": "text"
}

Tips

Use the exact podcast name as it appears on Apple Podcasts for best results
Not all podcasts include transcripts in their RSS feeds — those without <podcast:transcript> tags will return metadata only
Set maxEpisodes high (100+) for prolific podcasters
Transcript text length ranges from 8K to 91K characters per episode

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