Lenny's Podcast Transcripts Archive

A comprehensive archive of transcripts from Lenny's Podcast, organized for easy use with AI coding assistants and language models.

About Lenny's Podcast

Lenny's Podcast features interviews with world-class product leaders and growth experts, providing concrete, actionable, and tactical advice to help you build, launch, and grow your own product.

Quick Start

Browse by topic: Start with index/README.md to explore episodes by topic.

Search transcripts:

grep -r "product-market fit" episodes/

Repository Structure

├── episodes/                    # 269 episode transcripts
│   └── {guest-name}/
│       └── transcript.md
├── index/                       # AI-generated topic index
│   ├── README.md                # Main entry point
│   ├── product-management.md    # Episodes about product management
│   ├── leadership.md            # Episodes about leadership
│   └── ...                      # 50+ topic files
└── scripts/
    └── build-index.sh           # Script to regenerate index

Episode Format

Each episode has its own folder named after the guest(s), containing a transcript.md file with:

1. YAML Frontmatter - Structured metadata including:

   • guest: Name of the guest(s)
   • title: Full episode title
   • youtube_url: Link to the YouTube video
   • video_id: YouTube video ID
   • description: Episode description
   • duration_seconds: Episode length in seconds
   • duration: Human-readable duration
   • view_count: Number of views at time of archival
   • channel: Channel name

2. Transcript Content - Full text transcript of the episode

Topic Index

The index/ folder contains AI-generated keyword tags for each episode, organized by topic:

Topic	Description
Product Management	57+ episodes on PM skills and practices
Leadership	Episodes on management and leadership
Growth Strategy	Growth tactics and frameworks
Product-Market Fit	Finding and measuring PMF

See index/README.md for the complete list of 50 topics.

Rebuilding the Index

The index is generated using Claude CLI. To regenerate:

./scripts/build-index.sh

This processes transcripts through Claude to generate keyword tags. The script is idempotent - it skips episodes already present in keyword files, so it can be run multiple times safely.

Usage with AI

Loading Transcripts

Each transcript is a standalone markdown file that can be easily parsed by AI systems. The YAML frontmatter provides structured metadata that can be extracted programmatically.

Example: Reading a Transcript

import yaml

def read_transcript(filepath):
    with open(filepath, 'r') as f:
        content = f.read()

    # Split frontmatter and content
    parts = content.split('---')
    if len(parts) >= 3:
        frontmatter = yaml.safe_load(parts[1])
        transcript = '---'.join(parts[2:])
        return frontmatter, transcript
    return None, content

# Example usage
metadata, transcript = read_transcript('episodes/brian-chesky/transcript.md')
print(f"Guest: {metadata['guest']}")
print(f"Title: {metadata['title']}")

Episode Count

This archive contains 269 transcripts from Lenny's Podcast episodes.

Data Sources

• Transcripts: Sourced from the Lenny's Podcast Transcripts Archive
• Metadata: Extracted from the Lenny's Podcast YouTube channel

Contributing

If you notice any issues with the transcripts or metadata, please open an issue or submit a pull request.

Disclaimer

This archive is for educational and research purposes. All content belongs to Lenny's Podcast and the respective guests. Please visit the official YouTube channel to support the creators.

License

The transcripts are provided for personal and educational use. Please respect the original content creators' rights.