Or (MP3, M4A, WAV or MP4). Up to 90 minutes and 600MB. Spotify links can’t be read, so type the show’s name instead.
How do I find the best clips in a business podcast?
Business clips work when they give the viewer something to take away in under a minute: a figure they didn’t know, a clear argument, or a practical point. Context-heavy discussion rarely survives being cut short.
Slice’s podcast clip finder is a free web tool that finds the best moments to clip in a podcast episode. Paste an Apple Podcasts link, an RSS feed or the show’s name, pick an episode, and it transcribes the whole episode and picks its 3 best moments of 30 to 90 seconds, each with its start time, length, opening line in the speaker’s own words, and one sentence on why it works. You can play each moment from the episode itself and see the top one as a finished audio clip with the show’s cover art, captions and a waveform. It is free with an email address and no account: 3 episodes a month per person, each up to 90 minutes. It does not take YouTube links. It is made for podcasters, including audio-only shows, and for churches that publish sermons as a podcast.
- Price
- Free: 3 episodes a month per person (shared with Slice’s free transcription tool). Making the clips in Shorts by Slice: the first 3 exports free, then $14.99 a month or $149 a year.
- Input
- An Apple Podcasts link, an RSS feed, the show’s name (found in Apple’s podcast directory), or an uploaded MP3, M4A, WAV or MP4. Not YouTube links. Spotify links can’t be read because Spotify doesn’t share feeds; type the show’s name instead.
- Length
- Episodes up to 90 minutes.
- Output
- 3 moments of 30 to 90 seconds, each with a title, start time, length, opening line and why it works; playable from the episode; the top one previewed as a finished audio clip. The full transcript by email.
- Account
- None needed to see the moments; an email address is. A free Slice account to make the clips (Google sign-in works).
- Kept
- Your moments for 30 days behind a private link, then deleted unless you made them into clips.
What makes a good clip from a business podcast
- A concrete number with what it means, said in one breath.
- A single argument made start to finish, without “as we said earlier”.
- A practical takeaway the viewer could act on today.
- Not the market round-up, the housekeeping or the sponsor read.
A real example: The Indicator from Planet Money
We ran the finder on “SNAP strains, youth baseball's class divide, and Meta's bug bounty” from The Indicator from Planet Money (11 minutes, public RSS feed) on . These are the three moments it picked, unedited, in the order it ranked them. The quotes are the speakers’ own words, shortened.
Youth baseball now costs $10,000 a year
“So my indicator is $10,000 a year.”
Why it works: Reveals how private equity has priced out lower-income families from America's pastime with concrete numbers.
States losing billions in food assistance funding
“The federal government is drastically scaling back how much of the administrative costs it will cover for states. The feds…”
Why it works: Explains a major policy shift affecting millions of people receiving SNAP benefits and state budgets.
Meta's AI agent had serious security holes
“Meta didn't spot this. It was a cybersecurity researcher named Patrick Wardle who noticed and warned his followers on social…”
Why it works: Shows how a major tech company released an AI product with critical vulnerabilities that could expose user data.
Excerpts from The Indicator from Planet Money, quoted to show how the tool works; listen to the full episode. Not an endorsement by the show. Finding these moments cost us $0.03 in transcription and AI.
How it works
1. Paste your show
Your Apple Podcasts link, your RSS feed, or just the show’s name. The latest episodes appear, newest already picked.
2. Let it listen
It transcribes the whole episode and reads it for moments that stand on their own. A 15-minute episode took under a minute in our test.
3. Hear your 3 moments
Each with its time, opening line and why it works. Play them from the episode, see the top one as a finished clip, then make all three.
Tips for business podcasts clips
- Put the number in the first caption: it is the hook.
- LinkedIn takes the same vertical clip; add a one-line takeaway in the post.
- Name the speaker and their role so the clip carries authority on its own.
- Short episodes work well: a 9-minute episode gave three clips in our test.
Questions
Does it work on short daily episodes?
Can I post the clips on LinkedIn?
Does it skip ads?
Is my episode kept?
Can I paste a Spotify link?
What happens when I press Make these 3 clips?
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Upload an episode and get back the moments worth posting, cut and captioned.
- Reads the whole episode, then picks the excerpts worth posting
- Captions burned in and framed vertical, ready to post
- Your first video and first 3 clips are free, no card