How to Turn Any Article Into a Podcast
You found a great article. You don’t have time to read it. Here’s how to turn it into a podcast you can listen to on your commute.
The Options
1. audiclip — Daily AI Podcast From Your Saved Articles
audiclip takes a batch approach. Save articles throughout the day — from anywhere. Each morning, two AI hosts turn everything into one podcast briefing. You don’t convert articles one at a time. You collect them, and audiclip handles the rest.
Best for: People who save multiple articles daily and want a single podcast covering all of them.
How it works:
- Save article URLs to your audiclip station
- AI generates a podcast overnight
- Listen via RSS in any podcast app
Why two hosts? A single voice reading becomes background noise after a few minutes. With two hosts, one presents the ideas and the other asks the questions you’d ask — “what does that actually mean?” or “how is that different from…?” The vocal back-and-forth holds your attention the way a monologue can’t.
2. Google NotebookLM — One-Off Document-to-Podcast
NotebookLM lets you upload documents and generate a podcast-style discussion. You paste in text or upload PDFs, and two AI hosts discuss the content. Great for one-off deep dives into a single document.
Best for: Researchers who want to deeply understand one document at a time.
Limitation: Manual upload each time. No automation, no integration with read-later apps.
3. ElevenLabs GenFM — Best Voice Quality
ElevenLabs offers the most realistic AI voices available. Their GenFM feature creates podcast-style discussions from text. If audio quality is your top priority, this is the winner.
Best for: People who care about voice naturalness above everything else.
Limitation: It’s a voice platform first, podcast tool second. No daily automation.
4. Speechify
Speechify has evolved from a simple TTS reader into a voice AI platform. It now offers podcast-style audio formats (discussion, lecture, storytelling), article summarization, and voice Q&A alongside traditional text-to-speech. Available on every platform.
Best for: People who want flexibility — sometimes TTS, sometimes a podcast format, sometimes a summary.
Limitation: Broad tool, not specifically built around a daily reading-list workflow. No RSS feed or podcast app integration.
Which Should You Pick?
- “I save lots of articles and want to keep up” → audiclip
- “I have one PDF I need to deeply understand” → NotebookLM
- “I’m producing a podcast for an audience” → ElevenLabs or Wondercraft
- “I want flexible options — TTS, podcast format, or summary” → Speechify
Keep Reading
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- ElevenLabs vs audiclip: Best Voices vs Best Workflow
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- Best AI Podcast Generators (2026)
Stop saving articles you’ll never read. Turn them into a podcast.