# Turn NotebookLM Audio into a Podcast


A Kortex podcast is a private show made from your Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) Audio Overviews. You can play it in the dashboard, or follow it in any podcast app on your phone with its RSS feed.

**This needs Kortex Pro.** See [pricing](https://www.kortex-notebooklm.com/#pricing).

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-dashboard-podcasts.webp" alt="The Podcasts page with three podcasts" width="720" />

## Read this first: who makes the audio?

Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) makes the audio. Kortex does not. Kortex takes an Audio Overview that already exists and puts it into your podcast, so you can hear it in a podcast app.

Kortex does not check which Gemini Notebook plan you have. Google sets the daily limit for making audio.

## Why make a podcast?

You make an audio talk about your reading, then listen to it while you cook or walk.

## How to make a podcast

1. Click **Podcasts** in the sidebar.
1. Click **New Podcast**. Type a name.
1. The podcast appears as a card.

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-dashboard-new-podcast.webp" alt="The New podcast window" width="560" />

## How to add an Audio Overview

A podcast is filled one Audio Overview at a time. Each one becomes an episode.

1. Make an Audio Overview in a notebook. See [Notebook Detail](/docs/notebook-detail).
1. In the Notebooks table, find its Audio Overview column and click **Add to podcast**.
1. Pick the podcast.

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-dashboard-podcast-picker-modal.webp" alt="Choosing which podcast gets the Audio Overview" width="560" />

You can also click **Upload Audio** on a podcast to add your own audio file.

## A podcast's episodes

Click a podcast to open it. Its episodes are listed in order, with a player and a feed link. A podcast can have a cover picture and a category, and you can download it as a ZIP.

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-dashboard-podcast-episodes.webp" alt="A podcast with its episodes" width="720" />

## The audio player

When you play an episode, a bar opens along the bottom of the dashboard. It has skip buttons, a speed control and a button to tuck it away. Tucked away, it leaves a small tab at the edge. Click the tab to bring it back.

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-dashboard-audio-player.webp" alt="The audio player along the bottom of the dashboard" width="720" />

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-dashboard-audio-player-minimized.webp" alt="The player tucked away at the edge" width="720" />

## Listen in a podcast app

1. Open the podcast.
1. Click **Podcast RSS**. The feed address is copied.
1. In your podcast app, choose to add a show by its address and paste it.

New episodes show up in the feed in about 10 minutes. See [What is RSS](/docs/RSS).

## Podcast minutes

Kortex keeps each episode's audio for the feed. Its length, in whole minutes, comes out of your podcast minutes. The **min left** pill at the top of the page shows what is left. **Buy Minutes** adds more. Pro starts you with 1,000 minutes, once. Removing an episode gives its minutes back. Listening never costs minutes.

:::warning Treat the feed link as private

The link has a secret code in it. Anyone who has it can listen. It also holds your account email. Share it only with people you trust.

:::

## What if something goes wrong?

- If a podcast is empty, add an Audio Overview first.
- If an episode is missing in your app, first check that it is in Kortex. Apps refresh on their own timing, often within a few hours. Pull down to refresh.
- If you run out of minutes, an episode that is too long is removed from the podcast. Free up minutes or buy more.

## Related pages

- [What is RSS](/docs/RSS)
- [Notebook Detail](/docs/notebook-detail)
- [Podcast Curator](/docs/automation-podcast-curator)