Adam Levy built a podcast pipeline in a weekend using AI.
The result? The Epstein Files – a daily, self-updating documentary podcast analyzing 3.5 million pages of released Epstein documents.
121 episodes in six weeks. Nearly 2 million downloads in the first month. #1 on the UK podcast charts 🤯
Multiple LLMs stitch together names, places, and timelines across the documents. Every claim links back to original DOJ filings.
📝 Levy writes…
I set the editorial direction, what topics to cover, what sources to trust, what tone to strike… One person can now do what a newsroom did.
The whole thing runs on a Mac Mini. No studio, no production team, no audio skills needed 👀
Levy has since launched a Spanish version and a second show called “War Desk” covering the war in Iran.
No ads or sponsors yet – but at standard podcast CPM rates, 2M monthly downloads could generate $10–30K/month from ads 🤑
Not everyone’s a fan though. Some listeners have questioned the reliability of AI-generated analysis. Still – the barrier to entry for podcast creation just collapsed.
Pick a niche with a ton of public documents – local politics, court cases, industry reports, etc. – and let AI do the heavy lifting 🤖