{"toolsYoutubeToPodcast":{"heroBadge":"YouTube to podcast","heroTitle":"Turn Any YouTube Lecture Into a","heroTitleHighlight":"Study Podcast","heroDesc":"Paste a YouTube link and Scholarly turns the video into a cited, multi-speaker study podcast you can actually listen to, grounded in the transcript, with a synced text version and self-quiz prompts at the end. The long lecture you never had time to rewatch becomes a recap that fits in a commute.","heroCta":"Convert a video free","heroCtaSecondary":"See the podcast feature","heroNote":"Free to start · No credit card required","heroSocialProof":"Used by 200,000+ learners and professionals worldwide","trustStat1":"200,000+","trustStat1Label":"Learners and professionals worldwide","trustStat2":"70+","trustStat2Label":"Languages supported","trustStat3":"3","trustStat3Label":"Conversation styles","eyebrowAnswer":"Quick answer","answerTitle":"Can I turn a YouTube video into a podcast?","answerBody":"Yes. Paste a YouTube URL and Scholarly reads the video's transcript, then writes a cited, multi-speaker conversation that re-explains what the video taught: the core ideas, the worked examples, and how the pieces fit together. A 40-minute lecture typically becomes a 10-to-15-minute study podcast with a synced text version you can read along with. The episode's Sources tab lists the video it was built from. Unlike just speeding up the original at 2x, the episode reorganizes a rambling video into a clear, structured recap focused on understanding the concepts, not memorizing timestamps.","answerUpdated":"Updated October 20, 2026. Episode lengths, voices, and limits reflect the current version of Scholarly.","eyebrowHow":"How it works","howTitle":"From a YouTube link to a study podcast","howDesc":"Three steps, then audio you can take on a walk.","step1Title":"Paste the YouTube link","step1Desc":"Drop in any public YouTube URL — a lecture, a conference talk, a tutorial, or an explainer. Add a second video or your own notes if you want one episode to span a whole topic.","step2Title":"Scholarly scripts the recap","step2Desc":"Working from the video's transcript, a host, a producer, and a guest re-explain the material in order: they ask the questions you would and answer using what the video actually said. Pick Conversational, Exam Prep, or Deep Dive.","step3Title":"Listen, then self-test","step3Desc":"Stream with a tap-to-jump text version or download the MP3. When something sounds fuzzy, that is your signal: turn that section into flashcards before you move on.","eyebrowRitual":"The weekly ritual","ritualTitle":"A way to learn from the videos you save and never watch","ritualDesc":"Everyone has a Watch Later list full of long, useful lectures that never get opened. Turning them into audio, and anchoring it to a fixed slot, finally gets that backlog into your head.","ritual1When":"Friday afternoon","ritual1Title":"Round up the week's videos","ritual1Desc":"Pull the lecture recordings, talks, and explainers you bookmarked this week but never had a free 40 minutes to sit through.","ritual2When":"Friday, 5 minutes","ritual2Title":"Convert each one to audio","ritual2Desc":"Each video becomes its own study podcast in a couple of minutes. Three long lectures, three short episodes, queued for the weekend.","ritual3When":"Over the weekend","ritual3Title":"Listen during dead time","ritual3Desc":"Commute, gym, groceries, a walk. Hearing Tuesday's lecture re-explained on Saturday is spaced repetition you did not have to schedule.","ritual4When":"Sunday, 10 minutes","ritual4Title":"Capture what was fuzzy","ritual4Desc":"Anything you could not finish the hosts' sentence about goes into flashcards from the same video. Monday starts with the gaps already found.","ritualNote":"The point is not the podcast itself, it is that the videos piling up in Watch Later finally get into your head, without carving out an hour of screen time you do not have.","eyebrowNotes":"Input quality","notesTitle":"What videos work best","notesDesc":"The episode can only be as good as the video you feed it. Here is what separates a rich recap from a thin one.","notesGoodTitle":"Videos that make a strong episode","notesGood1":"A spoken lecture, talk, or explainer where someone teaches out loud","notesGood2":"Clear narration the AI can read — captions or auto-captions available","notesGood3":"Content that builds an argument, not a loop of background music","notesGood4":"Worked examples the speaker talks through, so the hosts can retell them","notesGood5":"A focused topic, or a few related videos batched into one episode","notesThinTitle":"Videos that make a thin episode","notesThin1":"Silent montages or music videos with almost no speech","notesThin2":"Videos where the learning is purely on-screen text the audio never says","notesThin3":"Private or unlisted videos with no available transcript","notesThin4":"Heavy visual demos where 'watch my screen' carries the meaning","notesNote":"Most teaching videos work well: if someone is explaining out loud, the hosts can rebuild it into a clean recap. What they cannot do is narrate what was only ever shown on screen and never spoken. If a video leans on visuals, add the slides or your notes as a second source and the episode fills in around the audio.","eyebrowOutline":"Example episode","outlineTitle":"A real study podcast outline","outlineDesc":"The shape of a study podcast generated from a 42-minute YouTube lecture on cellular respiration.","outlineEpisodeTitle":"From: 'Cellular Respiration, Explained' (42 min)","outlineMeta1":"12 min","outlineMeta2":"Host, producer, and guest","outlineMeta3":"From a 42-min video","outlineRow1Time":"0:00","outlineRow1Title":"What the video covers","outlineRow1Desc":"The three stages of respiration and why the lecturer framed them as an energy story.","outlineRow2Time":"1:40","outlineRow2Title":"Glycolysis, in plain terms","outlineRow2Desc":"The definitions exactly as the video gave them, then rephrased and connected.","outlineRow3Time":"4:20","outlineRow3Title":"The Krebs cycle walk-through","outlineRow3Desc":"A spoken version of the diagram the lecturer drew on screen at minute 18.","outlineRow4Time":"7:10","outlineRow4Title":"The example the lecturer stressed","outlineRow4Desc":"The ATP-yield calculation the speaker flagged as exam material, retold start to finish.","outlineRow5Time":"9:30","outlineRow5Title":"What the video assumed you knew","outlineRow5Desc":"Two terms used without explanation — flagged so you look them up before the test.","outlineRow6Time":"10:50","outlineRow6Title":"Recap and self-quiz","outlineRow6Desc":"A fast summary, then three questions built from the video to answer out loud.","eyebrowExpect":"Voices and length","expectTitle":"What to expect from a YouTube episode","expect1Title":"10 to 15 minutes per video","expect1Desc":"A typical 30-to-60-minute lecture becomes a recap in this range. Deep Dive expands the hardest topics.","expect2Title":"Three speakers, the video's material","expect2Desc":"A host-and-guest conversation grounded in the video's transcript, with natural voices in 70+ languages, not a robotic timestamp read.","expect3Title":"Three styles plus instructions","expect3Desc":"Conversational, Exam Prep, or Deep Dive, plus custom instructions like 'focus on the second half of the lecture'.","expect4Title":"Text version and MP3","expect4Desc":"Tap any line of the text version to jump to that moment, toggle captions, download the MP3, or share the episode with your study group.","eyebrowLimits":"Honest limits","limitsTitle":"What a YouTube podcast can and cannot do","limits1":"The episode is only as complete as the video's spoken content. It recaps what was said out loud — it does not read on-screen text the narrator skipped over or interpret a silent demo. That honesty is useful: when the recap feels thin on a topic, the video was light on words there too, and a second source will serve you better.","limits2Start":"If the video relied on visuals or you also attended in person,","limits2Link":"turn the lecture recording into a podcast","limits2End":"or add the slides as a second source so the episode covers what the YouTube audio missed.","limits3Start":"And like any audio, this is review and priming, not problem-solving. Listening tells you what you recognize; it cannot tell you what you can produce under exam conditions. After the recap, turn the same video into","limits3Link":"flashcards","limits3End":"and answer from memory.","eyebrowFaq":"FAQ","faqTitle":"YouTube to podcast, frequently asked","faq1Q":"How do I convert a YouTube video to a podcast?","faq1A":"Paste the video's URL into Scholarly, pick a style and language, and generate. Scholarly reads the video's transcript and scripts a multi-speaker study podcast that re-explains what the video taught, then returns an episode with a synced text version and self-quiz prompts you can listen to anywhere. Free episodes are about 2 minutes; paid plans set a target length up to 60 minutes.","faq2Q":"Does it download the actual video or audio file?","faq2A":"No. Scholarly works from the video's transcript to write an original study podcast in your chosen style — it does not rip, re-upload, or redistribute the source video. You get a new episode that recaps and re-explains the material, not a copy of the original audio.","faq3Q":"What kinds of YouTube videos work best?","faq3A":"Spoken teaching videos work best: lectures, conference talks, tutorials, and explainers where someone teaches out loud. Silent montages, music videos, and demos where the meaning is only on screen make thin episodes, because the hosts can only re-explain what was actually said.","faq4Q":"Can I combine several videos into one episode?","faq4A":"Yes. Add a few related videos, or mix a video with your own notes or the lecture slides, so one episode spans a whole topic instead of a single recording. This is the recommended way to build a study podcast for an exam unit.","faq5Q":"How long is a YouTube study podcast?","faq5A":"A 30-to-60-minute lecture typically becomes a 10-to-15-minute recap, depending on how dense the video is and which style you pick. Deep Dive runs longer on the hardest topics.","faq6Q":"Is there a transcript or text version?","faq6A":"Yes. Every episode has a synced text version — tap any line to jump to that point in the audio — plus toggleable captions, and you can download both the MP3 and the text.","faq7Q":"What languages does it support?","faq7A":"Scholarly generates study podcasts in 70+ languages, and you can convert a video in one language into an episode in another — for example, turn an English lecture into a Spanish recap to study in your stronger language.","faq8Q":"Is YouTube to podcast free?","faq8A":"Yes. Every account includes free AI Creation Credits you can use for podcast episodes, no credit card required. Paid plans raise the limits if you convert videos for several courses every week.","faq9Q":"Can I really listen to a YouTube video as a podcast?","faq9A":"Yes — that is the point of YouTube to podcast. Instead of watching a long lecture on screen, you get a structured multi-speaker study podcast you can play in the background on a commute, at the gym, or on a walk, with a synced text version to skim afterward. It turns passive watch-later videos into a recap you can fit into the gaps in your day.","faq10Q":"Are Scholarly podcasts cited?","faq10A":"Yes. Scholarly podcasts are cited: each episode lists the sources it was built from in its Sources tab. For a YouTube episode that is the video you linked, plus any slides or notes you combined with it, so you can go back to the original and check anything that sounds off.","relatedHeading":"More podcast workflows","relatedSubheading":"Turn any source — videos, PDFs, lectures, or text — into audio you can study.","related1Title":"AI Podcast Generator","related1Desc":"The full podcast tool: any source, any style, 70+ languages.","related2Title":"Podcast Feature Overview","related2Desc":"Everything Scholarly podcasts include, with examples.","related3Title":"PDF to Podcast","related3Desc":"Textbook chapters and papers as multi-speaker audio episodes.","related4Title":"Study Podcast Generator","related4Desc":"Build a podcast series per course from mixed sources.","related5Title":"Lecture to Podcast","related5Desc":"Recorded lectures turned into a clean audio recap.","related6Title":"Text to Podcast","related6Desc":"Paste any text and hear it as a multi-speaker episode.","eyebrowPricing":"Get started","bottomTitle":"Listen to that lecture instead of rewatching it","bottomDesc":"Free to start. Paste a YouTube link, generate a study podcast, and learn it on your next walk.","bottomCtaSecondary":"Explore the AI podcast generator","seoTitle":"YouTube to Podcast — Turn Any Video Into a Study Podcast","seoDescription":"Convert a YouTube video into a cited study podcast: a multi-speaker recap grounded in the transcript, with a synced text version. 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