# Podcast Guest Discovery – Contact Enrichment & Booking (`conceivable_extension/podcast-guest-discovery`) Actor

Finds podcast episodes by topic or guest name, extracts host contact details and booking links, scores episode reach, and exports structured leads for outreach — ideal for PR teams, authors, and speakers building a media presence.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/conceivable\_extension/podcast-guest-discovery.md
- **Developed by:** [joseph fadero](https://apify.com/conceivable_extension) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $8.00 / 1,000 host contact enricheds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Podcast Guest Discovery – Contact Enrichment & Booking

Find podcasts that cover your topic, extract host contact details and booking links, and export structured leads ready for outreach — built for PR teams, authors, speakers, and founders.

### Features

- **iTunes + Apple Podcasts search** — searches millions of podcasts by topic, keyword, or guest name
- **Website enrichment** — visits each podcast website to extract host email addresses and booking/pitch links
- **Booking link detection** — finds Calendly, Typeform, Airtable, and text-based guest application links
- **Reach scoring** — scores each podcast on a 0–100 scale (major / established / growing / niche)
- **Deduplication** — cross-run KV Store tracks seen podcast IDs to avoid duplicate outreach data

### Inputs

| Field | Default | Description |
|-------|---------|-------------|
| `topics` | required | Topics or keywords to search (e.g. "SaaS", "AI", "productivity") |
| `guestNames` | \[] | Specific guest names to look up across podcast databases |
| `language` | `en` | ISO 639-1 language code filter |
| `minReviewCount` | 10 | Minimum review count to include a podcast |
| `maxResults` | 50 | Max results per topic |
| `enrichContactDetails` | true | Scrape podcast website for host email |
| `detectGuestBookingLinks` | true | Detect guest application and booking links |

### Output fields

Each lead includes: `podcastTitle`, `hostName`, `feedUrl`, `websiteUrl`, `hostEmail`, `bookingUrl`, `socialLinks`, `reachScore`, `reachTier`, `reviewCount`, `averageRating`, `episodeCount`, `lastEpisodeDate`, `matchedTopic`, `scrapedAt`.

### Pricing (PPE)

- `podcast-scanned` — charged per podcast examined
- `new-lead` — charged per new podcast lead exported

### Related actors

- [Newsletter Intelligence](https://apify.com/conceivable_extension/newsletter-intelligence) — find Substack and Beehiiv newsletters covering the same topics as the podcasts you discover
- [Reddit Keyword Monitor](https://apify.com/conceivable_extension/reddit-keyword-monitor) — find the Reddit communities the podcast audiences are active in
- [LinkedIn Contact Enricher](https://apify.com/conceivable_extension/linkedin-contact-enricher) — enrich podcast host contact details for outreach

# Actor input Schema

## `topics` (type: `array`):

List of topics or keywords to search for in podcast directories (e.g. 'SaaS', 'productivity', 'AI').

## `guestNames` (type: `array`):

Optional list of specific guest names to search for across podcast databases.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Only return podcasts in this language. Use ISO 639-1 codes (e.g. 'en' for English, 'de' for German).

## `minReviewCount` (type: `integer`):

Only include podcasts with at least this many reviews. Higher values filter to well-established shows.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of podcast results to return per topic or guest name search.

## `enrichContactDetails` (type: `boolean`):

If enabled, visits each podcast website to extract host email addresses and booking/pitch links.

## `detectGuestBookingLinks` (type: `boolean`):

If enabled, scans podcast websites for guest application forms, Calendly links, or pitch submission pages.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "topics": [
    "SaaS",
    "entrepreneurship"
  ],
  "guestNames": [],
  "language": "en",
  "minReviewCount": 10,
  "maxResults": 50,
  "enrichContactDetails": true,
  "detectGuestBookingLinks": true
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "topics": [
        "SaaS",
        "entrepreneurship"
    ],
    "guestNames": []
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("conceivable_extension/podcast-guest-discovery").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "topics": [
        "SaaS",
        "entrepreneurship",
    ],
    "guestNames": [],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("conceivable_extension/podcast-guest-discovery").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "topics": [
    "SaaS",
    "entrepreneurship"
  ],
  "guestNames": []
}' |
apify call conceivable_extension/podcast-guest-discovery --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=conceivable_extension/podcast-guest-discovery",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/txwnOct5D5QzkSL6n/builds/sPCinZqx38qx9XkvZ/openapi.json