Search inside your favourite podcasts
Find the thought
in the thicket.
So many episodes. So much worth remembering.
Epfolium helps you find the right sections in long-form podcasts. Describe the topic you are looking for, find the relevant transcript passages, and return to the original recording at that moment. For something you half remember, a subject you want to explore, or a quotation you want to check. You read the speaker’s own words, with the conversation around them.
Episodes × folium
Folium: a leaf, or a page.
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Jordan Peterson
Lectures & conversations
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Modern Wisdom
Conversations with Chris Williamson
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The idea behind Epfolium
The archive
is larger than
memory.
You may remember an idea without remembering the episode. Where was it said, and what came before or after?
Search recorded conversations in ordinary language, read a source passage in context, and open the original recording at that moment.
Three steps to the source
Bring a question.
Describe what you remember. You don’t need the exact words or episode title.
Find the passage.
Read the relevant transcript text with the surrounding context.
Hear it again.
Open the original recording at the matching moment.
Transcripts can contain errors. The recording is the reference for wording, tone, and meaning.
For creators
Let older ideas
find new
listeners.
An archive grows with every conversation. Its useful content can remain relevant long after an episode leaves the front page.
Making that content easier to find gives listeners another way into your work, and gives you a way back through it.
An entrance through the subject
Someone may arrive with a question before they know your name. Relevant content can introduce them to a conversation they would otherwise have missed.
A reason to return
Existing listeners can rediscover a discussion, check what was said, and continue listening from that point. Older recordings become easier to revisit.
A working memory for your team
Before the next interview or episode, find where a subject came up, what a guest said, and which questions were left open, without replaying hours of recordings.
Built around
your work.
A creator version would carry your identity and index recordings you own or are authorised to use. Content would lead back to your original recordings, where listeners can hear the fuller conversation.
Context within reach
When content is quoted or discussed, the surrounding conversation is easier to find. Listeners can examine the wording, reasoning, and qualifications for themselves.
Questions worth noticing
An optional view of aggregate search themes could help you understand what people are trying to find, including subjects your archive does not yet address. Those patterns might inform future conversations; they would be clues, not a verdict on what your audience wants.
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