# Turn your hobby into a listening course in a new language

> Three short podcasts about golf, all in German, and the same 30 key words keep coming back.

Add a few articles about your hobby to Gemini Notebook and make short podcasts about them in the language you're learning. The same key words come back in every episode, so they stick.

- Page: https://thesolocreators.com/prompts/hobby-podcasts-in-your-new-language/
- Category: Learn anything faster
- Made for: Everyone
- Works in: Gemini Notebook
- Time: About 15 minutes to set up
- Effort: A few steps
- Note: Gemini Notebook makes Audio Overviews in 80+ languages. Free plans limit how many you can make each day.

## The prompt

Fill in the parts in [square brackets], or leave them and the AI will ask you for them.

```text
I'm learning [TARGET LANGUAGE, e.g. German] at a [YOUR LEVEL, e.g. lower intermediate] level, and these sources are about [YOUR HOBBY, e.g. golf]. Using only these sources, make me a list of the 30 most important words and phrases I'll hear in a podcast about them. For each one, give the word in my target language, its meaning in English and a short example sentence about the topic. Order them from most to least common. Then write five easy questions in my target language that I can answer out loud after I listen, to check that I understood.
```

## Step by step

1. Create a notebook in Gemini Notebook and add 3 to 5 articles or videos about your hobby.
2. Paste the prompt below into the notebook chat to get a word list to study first.
3. Click Audio Overview, choose your target language and pick The Brief.
4. Make a Deep Dive and a Debate from the same sources, and listen to each a few times.

## What you'll get

A set of short podcasts about your hobby in your target language, plus a 30-word study list and five check questions.

## Good to know

**Which AI tools does this work in?** It works in Gemini Notebook. On this page, one tap copies the prompt and opens the app, so you just paste. Gemini Notebook makes Audio Overviews in 80+ languages. Free plans limit how many you can make each day.

**How long does it take?** About 15 minutes to set up. It's rated "A few steps". There are 4 steps, listed above.

**What do I need before I start?** Just your details for 3 blanks: target language, your level and your hobby. You can skip any, and your AI will ask for them.

**What will I get back?** A set of short podcasts about your hobby in your target language, plus a 30-word study list and five check questions.

Idea spotted on the web, shared by Mathias Barra: https://mathiasbarra.substack.com/p/guide-how-to-use-notebooklm-language-learner. The prompt is The Solo Creators' own version.

## Go further

Ready-made skills in the Solo Creators AI Studio (https://thesolocreators.com/studio/) that fit this: Watch It For Me (Drop any video link and get the step-by-step playbook, the full timestamped transcript, and the best quotes. Without watching it); TLDR (Your AI stops writing walls of text: every reply leads with the next action, numbered and skimmable).

From AI Use Cases and Prompts by The Solo Creators: https://thesolocreators.com/prompts/. Free to use; please link back to the page when you share it.