> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://tinkeringwithideas.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Pull the Best Quotes from Podcasts Using AI - URL: https://tinkeringwithideas.io/podcast-quotes-ai/ - Published: 2025-04-09T15:15:32.000Z - Updated: 2026-03-13T10:05:09.000Z - Description: Repurpose your podcast content. - Author: Anna Burgess Yang - Tags: AI, ChatGPT, Zapier Do you host a podcast, or are you a frequent podcast guest? Podcasts are an absolute gold mine for additional content – like turning your witty comments or ideas into future social posts. I like to put quotes on an image in Canva. Or sometimes, I'll expand on the idea and create a text-based social post. Or sometimes, I'll just post the quote as-is on a social platform. Of course, mining through a podcast to *find* the interesting nuggets can be a chore. But AI is **really** good at that type of thing, and can complete the task in seconds. ## Start with a transcript of the podcast To get started, you'll need a podcast transcript. If you're the host and have access to the original audio, there's no shortage of tools you can use to generate a transcript. If you're the guest, you have a few options: - Ask the host for the original audio file (though some won't want to share this) - See if the host posts a transcript with the published episode - Create a transcript yourself To create a transcript yourself, you can use a tool like [Rev.com](https://www.rev.com/?ref=tinkeringwithideas.io). Rev has a free plan that will transcribe 300 minutes per month and can transcribe YouTube URLs (on top of other URLs). But *every once in a while,* Rev can't process the link. For example, if it's only on a podcast site and Rev doesn't recognize the URL as an audio file. In that case, I'll literally play the podcast through my computer speakers and use [Fireflies.ai](https://app.fireflies.ai/login?referralCode=c0Ux29gYtg&ref=tinkeringwithideas.io) (affiliate link - this is what I use for meeting transcripts) to get a transcript as it plays. I'll do something else and come back when it's done. This would work with any tool that can record and generate a transcript. Once you have your transcript, there are two ways to pull out quotes. One manual, and the other more automated. ## Method 1: Upload the transcript to ChatGPT You can manually upload your transcript to ChatGPT and prompt it to pull out the best quotes for you. In my case, I want **only** my quotes (as a guest). If you're the host, you might want your guest's quotes. Or if it's a solo podcast, you'll want quotes from the entire transcript. Here's an example prompt: > *In the chat, I will attach a transcript from a podcast. I want you to extract my best quotes from this podcast. The quotes will be used as social media posts, so should be punchy or attention-grabbing. You can combine a few sentences into a single quote.* > > *You will ONLY look at the parts where Anna Burgess Yang or Anna is the speaker. These will be noted as "Anna Burgess Yang:" or "Anna:" followed by Anna's speaking parts. You will return the quotes exactly as they are written in the transcript, but you can do small cleanup like removing "um" or repetition.* > > *Do not include quotation marks.* > *Separate each unique quote with a line.* This is a good use case for ChatGPT Projects, which are available on the paid version of ChatGPT. With a project, you can store instructions that are used with every chat – you don't need to copy/paste them each time. If you haven't set up a project in ChatGPT before, [here's how to do it](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/10169521-using-projects-in-chatgpt?ref=tinkeringwithideas.io). ![Screenshot of the instructions in a ChatGPT project](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/04/tinkering-with-ideas-ChatGPT-project.png) Once you add your instructions, you'll simply upload the new transcript into the chat. Prior transcripts/chats will be stored within the project. ![Screenshot of adding a transcript to a ChatGPT project](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/04/tinkering-with-ideas-podcast-quotes---Step-1.png) With this prompt, you'll get a bunch of quotes. If you want to limit the results, you could edit the prompt with something like "the 10 best quotes." But I prefer to get a long list and then choose the best myself. ![Screenshot of the ChatGPT output](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/04/tinkering-with-ideas-podcast-quotes---Step-2.png) These are not my exact quotes, since my prompt told ChatGPT to clean them up a bit. But they're pretty close to what I said during this podcast. I can easily edit them and use them as social posts. Once you've gotten the results from ChatGPT, you'll need to copy/paste them to a social media planning tool, Google Doc, or whatever you're using to store potential social media ideas. ## Method 2: Use ChatGPT and Zapier Method #1 works perfectly fine, but it involves a lot of manual copying and pasting between apps. You can make this process more automated if you use a tool like [Zapier](https://try.zapier.com/annabyang?ref=tinkeringwithideas.io) *\[affiliate link\]*. ![Screenshot of the Zapier setup with ChatGPT and Trello](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/04/tinkering-with-ideas-zapier-image.png) ⚙️ If you're not familiar with setting up automation in Zapier, start with [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpoGs5--y6o&ref=tinkeringwithideas.io). ### Step 1: Upload your transcript to a folder on your Google Drive In this automation, the only manual step is to upload your transcript to a folder on your Google Drive. ![Screenshot of uploading a file to Google Drive](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/04/tinkering-with-ideas-podcast-quotes---Step-3.png) Since this folder will kick off the automation, you'll want it to be a folder dedicated to your podcast transcripts. Otherwise, the automation might run when you don't need it to run. 💡 ****Tip:** If a Google folder is part of an automation, I name it "ZAPIER - \[name\]" in my Google Drive. That way, I'm really careful about what I put in that folder, knowing that it's tied to Zapier. Even though this step in the process is manual, it doesn't bother me. I want to have copies of my podcast transcripts stored in my Google Drive anyway, so I would be doing this whether Zapier was running in the background or not. ### Step 2: Set up a trigger Your app in Zapier will be **Google Docs** and the trigger event is "New Document in Folder." ![Screenshot of adding Google Docs as a trigger in Zapier](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/04/tinkering-with-ideas-podcast-quotes---Step-4-1.png) In the configuration, you'll select the specific folder from your Google Drive. ![Screenshot of selecting a Google Docs folder in Zaper](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/04/tinkering-with-ideas-podcast-quotes---Step-6-1.png) ### Step 3: Run your transcript through ChatGPT Next, you'll add an Action Step with **ChatGPT** as your app and "Conversation With Assistant" as your action event. ![Screenshot of setting up OpenAI in Zapier](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/04/tinkering-with-ideas-podcast-quotes---Step-7-2.png) In the configuration, you'll paste your prompt. At the bottom of the prompt, you'll add the text from your Google Doc. Click on the (+) button in the upper right corner of the Message field. Then select the "File Raw Plaintext Content" from your first step. ![Screenshot of setting up a ChatGPT prompt in Zapier](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/04/tinkering-with-ideas-podcast-quotes---Step-8-1.png) Once you've done this, you'll see the from your Google Doc added to the bottom of the prompt, like this. ![Screenshot of adding the Conversation with Assistant in Zapier](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/04/tinkering-with-ideas-podcast-quotes---Step-9.png) The only other thing you have to select in the ChatGPT configuration is the Model you want to use (I use gpt-4o). ![Screenshot of adding the GPT model in Zapier](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/04/tinkering-with-ideas-podcast-quotes---Step-10-1.png) ### Step 3: Send the output to another tool or document In the last step, you'll output the response from ChatGPT to your app of choice. I use Trello to plan my social media content, so I want the quotes to go to Trello. That way, I can review them later. But you can use any app — Notion, another project management tool, or even a Google Doc. You could even email the results to yourself. The only thing you need to do is add the text from Step 2 into your app. In Trello, this is the Description field. You'll use the (+) again and add the Full Response from your ChatGPT step. ![Screenshot of adding the ChatGPT output to Trello](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/04/tinkering-with-ideas-podcast-quotes---Step-11.png) That's it! Every time you add a transcript to your Google Drive, ChatGPT will automatically pull out your best quotes and add them to whatever tool you want. ## Additional resources: - How to [Manage Your Time + Content Across Multiple Platforms](https://products.annabyang.com/l/ebook-manage-time-content?ref=tinkeringwithideas.io) - More ways to [Repurpose Podcast Content as Social Media Posts](https://blog.annabyang.com/repurpose-podcast-content/?ref=tinkeringwithideas.io) - Is [AI coming for all the jobs](https://www.workbetter.media/p/ai-replace-jobs?ref=tinkeringwithideas.io)? (Hint: no) --- *I created the screenshots in this tutorial using Scribe – it's one of my favorite tools. You can check out Scribe* [*here*](https://get.scribehow.com/lp-1/?via=anna-burgess-yang&ref=tinkeringwithideas.io) *\[affiliate link\].* [Use AI to Summarize Articles and Create Social PostsYou’ve already done the hard work. 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