Generate podcasts (NotebookLM)
Turn a dense document into a listenable, two-host audio overview — then talk back to it.
A specialized flavor of audio output: hand Google's NotebookLM a source (a paper, a set of notes) and it generates an “Audio Overview” — a two-host podcast discussing it. Great for absorbing hard material passively. You can even jump in and ask the hosts questions. Karpathy generated a whole podcast, "Histories of Mysteries," this way.
He loads the same Evo 2 genomics paper into NotebookLM and generates an Audio Overview — two AI hosts talking through the paper conversationally.
Use it to learn passively — on a walk or commute — from something you'd struggle to read closely. It's the audio-output cousin of “read documents together”: same goal (absorb hard material), different channel.
The load-bearing points
- NotebookLM turns sources into a two-host “Audio Overview” podcast.
- You can interrupt and ask questions during it.
- Ideal for passive learning from dense material.
- Karpathy built a real podcast (“Histories of Mysteries”) this way.
Podcast a paper
Load a paper or a pile of your own notes into NotebookLM and generate an Audio Overview. Listen to five minutes.
Show the point
Pick something you've been avoiding reading — this is the low-effort way in.
Interrupt the hosts
Use the interactive mode to ask the AI hosts a clarifying question mid-episode.
Show the point
That's the feature that makes it a study tool, not just a listen — you steer it toward what you don't understand.
A two-host podcast-style discussion generated from sources you provide (papers, notes) — and you can interrupt to ask questions.