Podcast Transcript Pipeline

Full production pipeline for turning raw podcast transcripts into publication-ready text. Built from the workflow that produces the Naval Ravikant podcast — adapted so any podcast can reach that standard.

The pipeline has 7 phases. Run them in order. Each phase has a defined input, output, and quality bar. Skip phases you don't need, but don't reorder them.

Before You Start

You need three things:

1. A raw transcript. Exported from Descript, Whisper, or any transcription tool. Speaker labels help but aren't required.
2. A proper noun list. Names, products, companies, and technical terms that appear in this podcast. The pipeline uses this to catch mistranscriptions.
3. A voice/style reference (optional). If the host has a distinctive voice that should be preserved, note any stylistic preferences — do they use contractions? Sentence fragments? Specific catchphrases?

Phase 1: Mechanical Cleanup