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The free Huxe app creates a custom podcast for you each morning.
It builds content from your calendar, email, and news interests.
You can easily tailor interests and skip stories.
After spending a week letting a free AI-generated podcast help me get ready for my day, I don't know why I didn't start sooner.
Huxe is an app created by former Google NotebookLM developers. It pulls information from your calendar and email, plus news stories related to your interests, and turns it all into a short podcast centered on your day. I've mostly been wary of giving much time to any sort of AI-generated content, but I quickly found that Huxe is worth my time.
Also: I used NotebookLM for an entire month - here's why it really is a game changer
I work from home, and my kids' school is less than 10 minutes away, so I have maybe 20 minutes of time in the car each morning. Usually, I'll spend the drive catching up on podcasts or letting my kids pick what they want to listen to, nothing too serious. For the past week, though, I've been giving my drive time to a daily Huxe roundup. My kids are less than thrilled, but for someone who struggles to stay organized, it's been a huge help.
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