# Join your own study podcast and ask the hosts anything

> The hosts stop, answer your question from your own sources, then pick the episode back up.

Turn your notes or a long PDF into a two-host Audio Overview in Gemini Notebook, switch on Interactive mode, and tap Join to ask the hosts your own question out loud.

- Page: https://thesolocreators.com/prompts/notebook-podcast-ask-the-hosts/
- Category: Hidden AI superpowers
- Made for: Everyone, Coaches, Creators
- Works in: Gemini Notebook
- Time: About 10 minutes to set up
- Effort: A few steps
- Note: Interactive mode works in English on newly made overviews. People opening a shared link can't join in.

## The prompt

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

```text
Make this episode for a busy beginner who learns best by listening. Focus on [TOPIC TO MASTER, e.g. the new tax rules for my business] and skip anything that doesn't help me act on it. Start with the three ideas that matter most, explain each one with a simple everyday example, and pause after each idea to sum it up in one sentence. Point out the two places where people most often get confused and explain why. Use plain words, define any jargon the first time it comes up, and keep the tone warm and practical. End with a short checklist of what I should do first.
```

## Step by step

1. Open Gemini Notebook, create a notebook and add your PDF, notes or links as sources.
2. In the right-hand panel, select Audio Overview and paste the prompt below into the prompt box.
3. Open the new overview, select Interactive mode and press play.
4. Tap Join when you have a question, then ask it out loud when the hosts call on you.

## What you'll get

A podcast-style lesson built from your own material, plus live answers to the questions you ask while it plays.

## 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. Interactive mode works in English on newly made overviews. People opening a shared link can't join in.

**How long does it take?** About 10 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 one blank: topic to master. You can skip any, and your AI will ask for them.

**What will I get back?** A podcast-style lesson built from your own material, plus live answers to the questions you ask while it plays.

Idea spotted on the official docs, shared by Gemini Notebook Help (Google): https://support.google.com/notebooklm/answer/16212820. 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: No AI Slop (A sharp editor that cuts the AI tells from any draft. Your point and your voice stay); 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.