Lucent
Podcast research tool

Find what was said.
Across every episode.

Search for any podcast, pick the episodes you care about, and Lucent returns timestamped excerpts and a cross-episode recap on any topic.

Search: “interest rates”
[00:12:34]...the Fed signaling that interest rates would stay elevated well into 2025, which sent markets...
[00:34:18]...talking about how interest rates at these levels are effectively a second mortgage on every startup...
[01:02:07]...historical context: the last time we saw interest rates this high was in the early 80s when Volcker...
↑ 3 of 12 mentions across 4 episodes

How it works

Four steps from search to insight

01

Search

Type a podcast name or topic. Lucent finds it in seconds.

02

Pick episodes

Browse the feed and check the episodes you want — no URLs to paste.

03

Transcribe

Whisper processes each episode and indexes every word with timestamps.

04

Search any topic

Type "AI regulation" — get timestamped clips + a cross-episode recap.

Built for serious podcast research

Timestamped excerpts

Every snippet shows the exact [hh:mm:ss] so you can jump straight to the relevant moment.

Cross-episode recap

Get a synthesized summary of what was said across all episodes on your topic — no transcript reading.

Transcript reuse

Already-transcribed episodes are never re-processed. Build new collections without extra cost.

Lucent— Personal podcast research tool
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