Why transcribe the Lex Fridman Podcast
The Lex Fridman Podcast is a long-form interview show — deep, unhurried conversations with scientists, engineers, founders, athletes, and public figures that routinely run past three hours. That depth is the appeal, and it's also why a transcript is so useful: nobody can re-listen to a three-hour episode to find one exchange.
With a transcript you can:
- Skim an entire episode in minutes and read only the segments you care about.
- Find the exact moment a topic or idea came up — full-text search instead of scrubbing the timeline.
- Quote accurately for an essay, article, or thread, with a timestamp for each quote.
- Study the ideas — dense technical conversations are far easier to absorb on the page.
- Read in your language — export a translation in any of 100+ languages.
How to get the transcript
Get the episode audio
Copy the episode's public audio link, or download the MP3 you have access to.
Paste or upload
Drop the link or file into Whipscribe. Preview it instantly with no signup; $0.99 opens your first transcript in full.
Read & export
Speaker-labeled, timestamped transcript in minutes. Export TXT, SRT, VTT, or DOCX.
Built for long, two-person conversations
Speaker labels mark each turn, so a three-hour dialogue reads cleanly — rename the labels to the host and the guest and you can pull exactly what each person said. Per-word timestamps mean every quote links back to the moment it was said, and files up to 10 hours are accepted: the multi-hour episodes are precisely the case this is built for.
Frequently asked
How do I get a transcript of an episode?
Copy the episode's audio link or download the MP3 you have access to, paste or upload it, and get speaker-labeled, timestamped, searchable text in minutes.
Can it label the host and guest separately?
Yes — speaker labels mark each turn; rename them to the host and the guest to pull exactly what each person said.
Does it handle three-hour episodes?
Yes — files up to 10 hours are accepted (over 3 hours needs credits). Your first transcript is free, at any length; after that, credit packs start at $8 for 1,000 minutes.
Is my upload private?
Yes — open-source Whisper on private infrastructure, never sent to a third-party transcription service, and we don't train on your uploads. Delete anytime.
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