I built a history podcast generator you can interrupt
History is something I’m passionate about and at work I do software development and LLMs. So I thought, how can I bring these together, and built something I would actually…
By Emma Clarke
History is something I’m passionate about and at work I do software development and LLMs. So I thought, how can I bring these together, and built something I would actually use. This is the result of many months of work! You type any topic, moment or person. About a minute later, two hosts are telling you the story with artwork that follows along. You can interrupt mid-episode with a question; they answer and pick the story back up. They remember what you’ve listened to before, and there’s an optional quiz at the end. A lot of emphasis went into the research. It searches the web and gathers notes, prioritizing reference-grade sources (encyclopedias, museums, archives, academic pages) over blogs, and also searches in the language of the place or person, so a story about Japan or Peru isn’t told only from English sources. When sources disagree, which in history is constantly, the hosts say…
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