Turn an Episode Into a Newsletter Draft
Paste the episode link or upload the audio, and it transcribes the whole thing and hands back a newsletter draft: a short intro, the main points as a scannable list, the two or three quotable lines worth pulling, and timestamps so readers can jump to a moment. You edit it into your voice and send.
The reason to do this is simple. You already recorded an hour of good material. Writing the email that gets people to listen usually gets skipped because it feels like starting over. This turns “start over” into “edit a draft,” which is the difference between the newsletter going out Tuesday and not going out at all.
What You Get Back
Not a wall of transcript. The draft is shaped like an actual email: a hook line at the top, a couple of sentences on what the episode was about, then the substance as a list a reader can skim in ten seconds. The quotable lines are pulled verbatim from what was said, with the speaker noted, so you are not paraphrasing someone into words they did not use.
Timestamps come attached to the key points, which matters more than it sounds. A newsletter that says “she explains the pricing mistake at 24:10” gets more plays than one that just summarizes it, because it tells the reader exactly where the good part is.
Say This Plainly: It Drafts, You Write
A tool cannot write your newsletter, and you should not want it to. The draft gets the facts, the structure, and the quotes right, which is the tedious 80 percent. The last 20 percent, your take on the episode, the one line only you would write, the reason your list should care this week, is the part that makes it yours, and that part is on you.
So treat the output as a strong first pass, not a finished send. The people who get value from this are the ones who were going to write the email anyway and want an hour back. If you paste it straight into your ESP and hit send unedited, it will read like every other AI recap, and your readers can tell.
The Reverse Also Exists
Worth knowing both directions are here. This turns a podcast into a newsletter. If you want the opposite, turning a written newsletter into a listenable audio episode, that is the newsletter to podcast tool. Some creators run both: record the episode, draft the newsletter from it here, and later voice a short written piece back into audio.
Beyond the Draft
If you only need the gist rather than a full email, the AI podcast summarizer gives you the summary alone. For the raw transcript to quote from or archive, the podcast transcript generator produces it with speaker labels. And to pull short audio or video clips to embed in the newsletter, the podcast clip generator finds the moments worth sharing.
FAQ
How does the podcast to newsletter tool work?
Paste the episode’s link or upload the audio file. It transcribes the episode, then drafts a newsletter from the transcript: an intro, the key points as a list, a few verbatim quotes with speakers, and timestamps. You copy the draft into your email tool, edit it, and send.
Is it free?
The first draft is free to try. After that it runs on ScreenApp’s plan, which is Growth at $19 a month billed annually, with no card needed to start. Transcribing and drafting a full episode is the work that sits behind that.
Will it sound like me?
Out of the box, no, and that is the honest answer. It gets the structure, the facts, and the quotes right, but the voice and the point of view are yours to add in editing. Think of it as the draft that saves you the setup, not a finished newsletter.
What can I feed it?
A public podcast link (an episode URL), a YouTube link if the show is on video, or a direct upload of the audio or video file. Longer, talk-heavy episodes give it the most to work with.
Are the quotes real, or paraphrased?
Real. The quotable lines are pulled word-for-word from the transcript with the speaker noted, so you are not attributing invented phrasing to a guest. Always give a quote a quick check against the audio before publishing, transcription is strong but not perfect on names and technical terms.
Can I turn one episode into different formats?
Yes. Draft the newsletter here, get the plain summary from the AI podcast summarizer, and pull shareable clips with the podcast clip generator. It is the same episode repurposed for email, social, and show notes.
