# Podcast Guest Prospect Miner (`seeb/podcast-guest-prospect-miner`) Actor

Mine podcast episode pages and show notes for guest prospects, expertise themes, companies, and booking outreach hooks.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/seeb/podcast-guest-prospect-miner.md
- **Developed by:** [Techionik](https://apify.com/seeb) (community)
- **Categories:** Marketing, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$20.00 / 1,000 podcast guest prospects

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

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If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Podcast Guest Prospect Miner

Mine podcast episode pages and show notes for guest prospects, expertise themes, companies, and booking outreach hooks.

Podcast Guest Prospect Miner is built for one focused job: turning public source pages or pasted research snippets into usable podcast guest prospect records. It does not try to be a generic webpage scraper. The parser, fields, examples, and dataset schema are shaped around this actor's specific business question.

Use it when you already have public pages, listings, announcements, reviews, directories, or copied snippets and want a repeatable way to extract the information that matters without manually filling a spreadsheet.

### Who Uses It

Podcast booking agencies, founder-led sales teams, PR teams, content marketers, and expert-roundup researchers.

### What It Finds

The actor looks for signals connected to mine podcast episode pages and show notes for guest prospects, expertise themes, companies, and booking outreach hooks. It keeps the output focused on fields a buyer can review, filter, enrich, or send into a CRM, spreadsheet, product backlog, procurement workflow, or research database.

The extraction method is specific to this actor:

Podcast/show-name detection, interview-pattern parsing, guest/company extraction, expertise classification, and booking-hook summarization.

### How It Works

1. The actor accepts public URLs or pasted snippets in `episodeSources`.
2. Public URLs are fetched when possible and converted into visible text.
3. Pasted snippets are processed directly, which is useful for pages that block automated fetching or require manual browsing.
4. Actor-specific parsing logic extracts only the fields listed below.
5. Empty or low-information inputs are skipped safely, with clean logs instead of noisy failed rows.

### Input

Use `episodeSources` for the sources you want to process. Each item can be a public URL or a focused text snippet.

```json
{
    "episodeSources": [
        "The Revenue Lab podcast episode interviews Dana Wright, Founder of ScaleDesk, on outbound operations and AI prospecting.",
        "SaaS Security Weekly features Priya Nair from VaultGrid discussing SOC 2 readiness, vendor risk, and audit workflows.",
        "Commerce Builders podcast with Leo Martins, CMO at CartPilot, about retention marketing and checkout optimization."
    ],
    "maxResults": 3
}
````

### Output Fields

- `podcastName` - Podcast or show where the guest appeared.
- `episodeTitle` - Episode headline or interview topic.
- `episodeDate` - Episode date when visible.
- `guestName` - Guest name found in the episode text.
- `guestRole` - Guest title, founder role, or executive function.
- `guestCompany` - Company connected to the guest.
- `expertiseTheme` - Main expertise area the guest discusses.
- `outreachHook` - Specific angle to reference in outreach.
- `bookingReason` - Why this person looks like a strong guest prospect.
- `episodeUrl` - Podcast episode or show-notes URL.

### Example Output

```json
{
    "podcastName": "The Revenue Lab podcast",
    "episodeTitle": "Dana Wright on outbound operations",
    "episodeDate": "July 22, 2026",
    "guestName": "Dana Wright",
    "guestRole": "Founder",
    "guestCompany": "ScaleDesk",
    "expertiseTheme": "sales and outbound operations",
    "outreachHook": "outbound operations and AI prospecting",
    "bookingReason": "Already speaks publicly about sales and outbound operations",
    "episodeUrl": "https://example.com/episode"
}
```

### Best Use Cases

- Build a focused spreadsheet from repeated source pages.
- Review public signals before sales, partnership, product, procurement, or market research work.
- Monitor a category over time using the same output fields.
- Turn copied notes from newsletters, communities, directories, review pages, or search results into a structured dataset.

### Tips For Better Results

- Use source pages that visibly contain the signal you want this actor to extract.
- For hard-to-fetch sites, paste the relevant public text snippet directly into the input.
- Keep each input item focused on one page, listing, announcement, review, or profile.
- Review extracted rows before making high-stakes business, legal, procurement, or security decisions.

### Limitations

- The actor does not bypass logins, paywalls, private systems, CAPTCHA, or anti-bot walls.
- The actor extracts from visible text and may miss information hidden behind scripts or user interactions.
- Some fields may be empty when the source does not contain that information.
- Output quality depends on source quality, so focused source text produces the strongest rows.

# Actor input Schema

## `episodeSources` (type: `array`):

Add public URLs or paste focused text snippets. Use one source per row. The actor extracts only signals that match its specific purpose.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of useful dataset rows to save.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "episodeSources": [
    "The Revenue Lab podcast episode interviews Dana Wright, Founder of ScaleDesk, on outbound operations and AI prospecting.",
    "SaaS Security Weekly features Priya Nair from VaultGrid discussing SOC 2 readiness, vendor risk, and audit workflows.",
    "Commerce Builders podcast with Leo Martins, CMO at CartPilot, about retention marketing and checkout optimization."
  ],
  "maxResults": 25
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("seeb/podcast-guest-prospect-miner").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("seeb/podcast-guest-prospect-miner").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call seeb/podcast-guest-prospect-miner --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=seeb/podcast-guest-prospect-miner",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Podcast Guest Prospect Miner",
        "description": "Mine podcast episode pages and show notes for guest prospects, expertise themes, companies, and booking outreach hooks.",
        "version": "1.0",
        "x-build-id": "MzkAniUJ8axw4nRLo"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/seeb~podcast-guest-prospect-miner/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-seeb-podcast-guest-prospect-miner",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/seeb~podcast-guest-prospect-miner/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-seeb-podcast-guest-prospect-miner",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
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                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
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                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
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                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/seeb~podcast-guest-prospect-miner/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-seeb-podcast-guest-prospect-miner",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "episodeSources"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "episodeSources": {
                        "title": "Podcast episode pages, show notes, or guest snippets",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Add public URLs or paste focused text snippets. Use one source per row. The actor extracts only signals that match its specific purpose.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "default": [
                            "The Revenue Lab podcast episode interviews Dana Wright, Founder of ScaleDesk, on outbound operations and AI prospecting.",
                            "SaaS Security Weekly features Priya Nair from VaultGrid discussing SOC 2 readiness, vendor risk, and audit workflows.",
                            "Commerce Builders podcast with Leo Martins, CMO at CartPilot, about retention marketing and checkout optimization."
                        ]
                    },
                    "maxResults": {
                        "title": "Maximum results",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 100,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of useful dataset rows to save.",
                        "default": 25
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
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                                "type": "string"
                            },
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                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
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                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
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                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
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                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
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                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
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                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
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                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
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                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
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                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
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                                "type": "string"
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                                "type": "string"
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                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
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                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
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                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
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                                    }
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                            "usageTotalUsd": {
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                            },
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                                        "type": "integer",
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            }
        }
    }
}
```
