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Radar by Particle

Searches transcribed podcast conversations through an API and MCP.

Product brief

What Radar by Particle does.

The web is searchable. Podcasts should be too. Today, Particle is introducing Radar, the podcast search engine. Podcasts hold some of the most thoughtful and timely conversations happening right now, but that knowledge is hard to find. Radar searches 130,000+ actively transcribed podcasts, with ~20,000 new episodes daily. Millions of hours and billions of lines, fully searchable. Radar is powered by Particle’s Podcast Intelligence API, which allows agents to search across podcasts via API/MCP.

Why we selected it

Makes a difficult-to-query research corpus accessible at scale, with API and MCP access that fits the current push toward agent-connected business tools.

Best for
Researchers building richer source discovery
Category
Audio and video
Daily picks
1
First selected
2026-08-31
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Capability scan

What it can help with.

Only capabilities supported by the product information we collected are listed here.

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Podcast search

Searches across actively transcribed podcasts to make podcast conversations discoverable.

02

Large transcribed-podcast corpus

The description states that Radar searches more than 130,000 actively transcribed podcasts.

03

Ongoing episode coverage

The stated corpus adds approximately 20,000 new episodes daily.

04

API and MCP access

Particle’s Podcast Intelligence API allows agents to search across podcasts through API and MCP.

Best-fit use cases

Find conversations about a research topic within transcribed podcasts.
Build source-discovery workflows that search podcast discussions.
Use the Podcast Intelligence API or MCP to let an agent search podcast content.
Search a corpus described as millions of hours and billions of lines of podcast material.

FAQ

Before you open it.

What is Radar by Particle?

Radar is a podcast search engine from Particle.

What does Radar search?

It searches actively transcribed podcasts; the description states coverage of more than 130,000 podcasts.

How often are new episodes added?

Particle states that approximately 20,000 new episodes are added daily.

Can agents use Radar?

Yes. The description says Particle’s Podcast Intelligence API lets agents search across podcasts via API and MCP.