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Bandsplain Podcast Transcripts

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Bandsplain is a show where host Yasi Salek invites experts to explain cult bands and iconic artists—and why people love them.

Spoken has transcripts of 244 Bandsplain episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 8, 2026.

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archive.sh
curl -s -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://spoken.md/podcasts/1671021737/episodes \
  | jq -r '.episodes[] | "\(.id) \(.title)"' \
  | while IFS=' ' read -r id title; do
      slug=$(echo "$title" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -cs 'a-z0-9' '-' | sed 's/-*$//')
      [ -f "${id}-${slug}.md" ] && continue
      curl -sf -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" \
        -o "${id}-${slug}.md" \
        https://spoken.md/transcripts/$id || rm -f "${id}-${slug}.md"
      sleep 0.34
    done

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Latest Bandsplain transcripts

Interpol with Sarah Lewitinn

October 8, 2026

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

How do you want to split it?

Sarah Lewitinn (0:01)

Actually, dinner's on me.

SPEAKER_1 (0:02)

Okay, big money.

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