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Where to read transcripts of AI podcast interviews in 2026
The short answer
Start with the show. Dwarkesh Patel posts the full transcript of his interviews, and Lex Fridman links one for many episodes. Real Alpha has the full transcript of every episode it cuts, free, with the best minutes marked. To search across shows, PodScripts is free to read; Podgist and Tapesearch search deeper but charge for it.
| Where | Best for | Who picks | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real Alpha | AI interviews, with the best minutes marked in the transcript | It picks, from 75 shows | Free |
| Dwarkesh Podcast | Dwarkesh Podcast, the show’s own transcript | The show | Free |
| Lex Fridman Podcast | Lex Fridman Podcast, the show’s own transcript | The show | Free |
| PodScripts | Reading any big show’s transcripts | It picks; you can ask for more | Free to read. Scholar $7/mo to transcribe more |
| Podgist | Searching and asking across many shows | It picks; you can pay for more | Previews free. $14.99/mo for all of it |
| Tapesearch | Research and alerts across the top shows | It picks | Pro $20/mo or $200/yr |
| Spoken | Transcripts for AI agents | You | $15 for 100 transcripts |
1. Real Alpha
Real Alpha is a podcast highlights site for AI. It cuts the minutes worth hearing out of long interviews with founders, CEOs and researchers, on shows like Dwarkesh, Lenny’s Podcast, No Priors and BG2, and plays each one from the second the answer starts, with the quote and the transcript. 3,029 moments so far, from 528 episodes of 75 shows, cut within hours of an episode coming out.
Web. Android and iPhone apps in testing · Free. Pro $7/mo or $49/yr
Pick it if
You want the transcript of an AI interview with the parts worth reading marked, each playing from its second.
Skip it if
The show isn’t one of the 75 we cut.
2. Dwarkesh Podcast
Dwarkesh Patel posts the full transcript of his interviews with each episode on his site.
Web · Free
Pick it if
You want the host’s own, edited transcript.
Skip it if
You want other shows.
3. Lex Fridman Podcast
Lex Fridman’s site links a transcript beside the video and audio for many of his episodes, though not all.
Web · Free
Pick it if
The episode you want has a Transcript link on his site.
Skip it if
It doesn’t. Not every episode has one.
4. PodScripts
A public library of timestamped transcripts, over a million episodes by its own count, with keyword search and transcription on request.
Web · Free to read. Scholar $7/mo to transcribe more
Pick it if
You want a free transcript of a show nobody else covers.
Skip it if
You want to search across shows; free search is one podcast at a time.
5. Podgist
A searchable library of 236,000+ transcribed episodes from about 8,000 shows, with answers cited to the minute. The full text needs a paid plan.
Web, API, MCP · Previews free. $14.99/mo for all of it
Pick it if
You research across shows and want answers cited to the minute.
Skip it if
You only want to read: the full text needs a paid plan.
6. Tapesearch
A transcript search of the most-rated shows on Apple Podcasts, with AI chat, alerts and downloads, made for researchers and journalists.
Web, API, MCP · Pro $20/mo or $200/yr
Pick it if
You track what’s said about a topic or company across podcasts.
Skip it if
You want one transcript for free.
7. Spoken
Sells the transcripts of shows that publish one as speaker-labeled Markdown for AI agents, through an API or MCP.
API, MCP · $15 for 100 transcripts
Pick it if
You’re building an agent that reads transcripts.
Skip it if
You want to read one yourself.
Questions
Do AI podcasts publish their own transcripts?
Some do. Dwarkesh Patel posts one with each interview, and Lex Fridman links one for many episodes. For the rest, Real Alpha has the transcripts of the AI interviews it cuts, and PodScripts has a large free library.
Where can I search what an AI leader said across podcasts?
Real Alpha’s free MCP server for AI assistants finds what a person said in the interviews it cuts, with the second it starts, and each person’s page lists their moments. Podgist and Tapesearch search across many more shows, for a price.