Smash Notes
Show notes generator for any podcast episode
Paste an episode link, or type the show and guest. If Smash Notes already has it, you go straight to the notes. If not, we write public, timestamped notes, with the speaker named, and email you the link.
Free requests open soon. Episodes we already cover open right away.
How it works
- Paste a link or describe it. An Apple Podcasts or RSS link, or something like “Lex Fridman with Jensen Huang”. Pick the right episode from the matches.
- Confirm your email. Your request joins the free queue, oldest first.
- Get the notes. We email you the note page when it passes our quality checks.
What a note looks like
Real notes from popular episodes. Each one answers a question, names who said it, and links to the moment.
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What Is Rahul Vohra's Email Product Superhuman?
On Acquired, Superhuman CEO Rahul Vohra called the product the fastest email experience ever built. Users get through an inbox about twice as fast as in Gmail, reply sooner to the mail that matters, and many hit inbox…
▶ 20:02 Acquired Superhuman Ceo Rahul Vohra
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Why Does Lost Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Magnify Small Stuff?
Andrew Huberman says depriving people of rapid eye movement sleep makes them selectively bad at uncoupling emotion from things that happened in the previous days. Little things start to seem like big things. People…
▶ 47:39 Lex Fridman Podcast #164 – Andrew Huberman: Sleep, Dreams, Creativity & the Limits of the Human Mind
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Why Did Andrew Huberman Go Back Into a Shark Cage?
Andrew Huberman's safety tanks were empty inside a shark cage, and he calls it the biggest nightmare. One thought hit him: he was going to go home alive. Sharks were everywhere, he had a weight vest on, and he was…
▶ 1:44:06 The Tim Ferriss Show #521: Dr. Andrew Huberman — a Neurobiologist on Optimizing Sleep, Performance, and Testosterone
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Why Does the Interstate Go Straight Through Mountains?
Neil deGrasse Tyson says the interstate was framed as a security problem and a military design. It goes through mountains instead of over them, has long straight stretches so an airplane can land, and is built above…
▶ 1:22:00 The Joe Rogan Experience #1347 - Neil deGrasse Tyson
Questions
- Is the show notes generator free?
- Yes. We write a few free episodes a day. When today's free slots are gone, the page says so and you can try again tomorrow.
- Which links work?
- An Apple Podcasts episode or show link, or the show's RSS feed. A show link means its latest episode. Spotify and YouTube links are not supported yet.
- What do the show notes look like?
- Each note is one question a listener would ask and the answer from the episode, with the speaker named and the minute it was said.
- What if Smash Notes already has the episode?
- You go straight to its notes. Nothing is queued.
- Why do you need my email?
- To confirm the request and to send you the link when the notes are live. We only email you about that request.
- Are there limits?
- Episodes up to three hours. Up to three open requests and five a day per email address.
- Will every request be published?
- Only if the notes pass the same quality checks as every other page on Smash Notes. If they don't, we email you and publish nothing.