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Create a private episode job
Provide exactly one public article or newsletter URL, or paste up to 12,000 characters of text.
LazyListen + Zapier
Turn articles and newsletters into private podcast episodes.
Send LazyListen a public URL or pasted text from any Zap. LazyListen queues a private episode, lets your workflow check its progress, and returns the finished episode when it is ready.
PRIVATE BETA
A real end-to-end workflow
From something worth reading to something you can hear.
The integration exposes one action and two lookups so a Zap can create, monitor, and retrieve a private episode without making the audio public.
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Check generation status
Use the returned job ID to see whether the episode is pending, processing, ready, or failed.
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Retrieve the finished episode
When the job is ready, retrieve its title, transcript excerpt, private episode link, and authenticated audio link.
Private by default
Your automation does not make your episode public.
Zapier receives access only to the connected LazyListen account. Job and episode reads are owner-scoped, and completed episodes remain private unless you deliberately publish them elsewhere.
Scoped OAuth accessOwner-only readsRotating refresh tokensOne-hour access tokens
Built for useful automation
Good source in. Listen-ready episode out.
Use it for newsletters, saved reading, research links, RSS items, or approved internal text. Private jobs are rate-limited and reject private-network URLs.
See the format in action
The Daily Rip Podcast
Browse LazyListen's audio edition of Stocktwits' Daily Rip and see how market newsletters become listenable episodes.