The AI Podcast Generator Built for Studying

Three things: it should work from your actual course material rather than a generic topic summary, it should cite the sources it was built from so you can check them, and it should connect to self-testing. Scholarly does all three: episodes are scripted from your uploads, each episode lists them in its Sources tab, and the same source generates flashcards and quizzes.

Yes. Scholarly podcasts are cited: each episode lists the sources it was built from in its Sources tab. When one episode combines this week's slides, a textbook chapter, and your notes, each file is listed, so you can go back to the original before an exam.

Yes. A common setup is the week's lecture slides plus the matching textbook chapter plus your own notes in a single episode. The hosts merge them into one narrative, and the episode's Sources tab lists each file it was built from.

Use folders: one per course, holding that course's sources, episodes, flashcards, and quizzes together. Before an exam, the folder works like a playlist - play the episodes in order, most recent unit first.

Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) is an excellent general-purpose research notebook and popularised AI audio overviews. Scholarly is built for students: three conversation styles including Exam Prep, 70+ languages, and a study loop where the same source becomes flashcards, quizzes, and a cited AI chat. Scholarly episodes are cited too: each one lists the sources it was built from in its Sources tab. If you only want audio from documents, both work; if listening is one step in exam prep, that loop is the difference.

70+ languages, including Spanish, French, German, Hindi, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, and Portuguese. The source and the episode do not have to match - you can podcast an English textbook chapter in your native language.

Every plan can stream an episode and share a public link. Paid plans can download MP3s for offline listening.

As one layer, yes; alone, no. Listening builds familiarity and is dramatically better than nothing during a commute, but exams reward retrieval. The honest workflow: listen once or twice, then test yourself with flashcards or a quiz from the same source. The podcast finds your gaps cheaply; retrieval closes them.

Yes. The Free plan includes one AI Creation Credit shared across Scholarly for the life of the account. It does not reset, and you can use it for a podcast. Premium includes 15 AI Creation Credits each week. No credit card is required.

Yes. The Free plan includes one AI Creation Credit shared across Scholarly for the life of the account. Use it to turn a PDF, slides, a lecture, or notes into a cited, three-speaker episode with chapters and a transcript. Premium includes 15 AI Creation Credits each week and longer documents. No credit card is required.