Podcasts
Search 3M podcast episodes and their shows. Every episode page carries the complete transcript, labeled by speaker with timestamps.
Alex Shartsis · 00:00–00:24
So this is my biggest thing with founders is almost all of them under charge…
Melissa Aarskaug · 00:24–01:27
Most startups don't fail because the product is bad. They fail because the company never figured out how to sell it…
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What's in the dataset
Show pages
Description, hosts, publisher, and RSS and platform links.
Recent episodes
The 30 most recent episodes for each show.
Episode details
Publish date, duration, language, hosts and guests.
Transcript
The full transcript, with speaker names and timestamps.
Search by what matters
Describe what was discussed, or who said it. To keep results to podcast pages, add includeDomains: ["exa.ai/library/podcast"].
Read the docs →# Same endpoint and API key as web search
curl https://api.exa.ai/search \
-H "x-api-key: $EXA_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"query": "podcast episodes where founders discuss pricing mistakes",
"includeDomains": ["exa.ai/library/podcast"],
"contents": { "text": true }
}'What teams build with it
Research agents
Find what experts said on a topic, with the exact quote.
Media monitoring
Track when a company or person comes up on podcasts.
Podcast RAG
Ground answers in the full transcript, not a summary.
Searchable alongside the general web index
Podcasts live in the same index as the open web. There's no separate API or integration: use the same /search endpoint and API key you already use.
Query podcasts on their own, or mix them with web results in a single call.
Common questions
How many podcast episodes does Exa have?
About 3M episodes.
Are full transcripts included?
Yes. Every episode page carries the complete transcript, labeled by speaker with timestamps.
Can I find what a specific guest said?
Yes. Transcripts are labeled by speaker, so you can search for a guest and a topic together.
Is there a podcast transcript API?
Yes. Podcasts are searchable through the same Exa /search endpoint and API key you use for web search, so there's no separate API to set up.
How do I search only podcasts?
Pass includeDomains: ["exa.ai/library/podcast"] to the /search endpoint.
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