Podnews Weekly Review - Transcript Analysis
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This project analyzes transcripts from the Podnews Weekly Review podcast
(https://weekly.podnews.net) to extract insights about the podcasting industry.

This report is presented by The Podcast Setup (https://thepodcastsetup.com)
and is not affiliated with Podnews, James Cridland, or Sam Sethi.

What This Project Does
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- Downloads podcast episode transcripts from Buzzsprout
- Analyzes transcripts for mentions of:
  - Podcast hosting companies (Spotify, Acast, Megaphone, etc.)
  - Podcast listening apps (Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, etc.)
  - Industry people and executives
  - Companies and brands
  - Industry topics and trends
- Generates JSON reports with aggregated data and searchable citations
- Provides an HTML dashboard for exploring the data

Files
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analyze_transcripts.py    - Main analysis script that processes transcripts
download_transcripts.py   - Downloads transcripts from Buzzsprout RSS feed
extract_power_supporters.py - Extracts Power Supporters mentions

transcripts/              - SRT transcript files for each episode
podnews_2025_report.json  - Summary report with counts and top mentions
podnews_2025_report_search.json - Full searchable data with citations

index.html                - Main dashboard
citations.html            - Citation browser
trends.html               - Trend analysis charts
about.html                - About page
embed.html                - Embeddable widget

Requirements
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Python 3.8+
No external dependencies required (uses only standard library)

Usage
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1. Download transcripts:
   python download_transcripts.py

2. Run analysis:
   python analyze_transcripts.py

3. Open index.html in a browser to view the dashboard

Data Structure
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The analysis tracks:
- Episode metadata (title, date, URL)
- Segment-level text with timestamps
- Entity mentions with context snippets
- Mention counts aggregated by category

Categories tracked:
- hosting: Podcast hosting companies
- apps: Podcast listening applications
- people: Industry figures and executives
- brands: Companies and organizations
- topics: Industry themes and concepts

License
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This project is for educational and research purposes.
Podcast content belongs to Podnews Weekly Review.

Credits
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Report by: The Podcast Setup (https://thepodcastsetup.com)
Source podcast: Podnews Weekly Review (https://weekly.podnews.net)