NotebookLM's Podcast Feature: One Year Later

By C.W. Jameson · Published 25 October 2025 · Last reviewed 25 October 2025

The feature still works exactly as advertised. The content is still shallow. For onboarding to a new domain, it remains genuinely useful.

An assessment of NotebookLM's audio summary feature one year after its viral moment: what it does well and what its limits are.