skimhop

Podcast summarizer

Two hours of conversation, condensed into the handful of ideas worth your time — with the timestamp for each, so you can listen to just those bits.

Example output

this is what you get back

Why Distribution Is Becoming the New Moat

The Long Game · Ep. 214

1:47:32

The gist

Building software got cheap, so the advantage moved to whoever owns the channel and the workflow. Pricing should follow usage before it follows seats.

Key points

  1. 01The supply of software is about to increase by an order of magnitude.04:12
  2. 02Distribution compounds faster than product quality ever did.22:40
  3. 03Workflow depth is the one moat that survives cheap building.51:08
  4. 04Start usage-based, then add a platform fee once you're embedded.1:22:18

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01

Built for the long ones

Podcasts are the worst offenders: three hours of conversation with twenty minutes of substance scattered through it. This is the format SkimHop was made for.

02

Find the guest's actual argument

Points are grouped by idea rather than in the order they were said, so a thread picked up an hour later reads as one thought.

03

Listen to just the good part

Every point links to its timestamp, so you can play eight minutes instead of a hundred and eight.

Questions people actually ask

Which podcast players work?

Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Overcast, Pocket Casts and any public RSS feed. The extension covers the rest.

Does it separate the host and the guest?

Yes. Speaker changes are marked, and you can ask what a specific person said.

How long can an episode be?

Up to about four hours, which covers nearly everything.

Can I get chapter markers?

Yes. SkimHop generates chapters with timestamps even when the show doesn't publish them.

Does it work on audio-only shows?

Yes. SkimHop works from speech, so video is never required.

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