Inspired by this discussion, I had NotebookLM make three podcasts based on very minimal input: a one-line proverb, pi to 15 digits, and a short list of the most common words in English (βthe of and to a in for is on that ...β). Here are the results:
From what I can gather there are three virtual speakers in the one about Pi: the man, the woman, and a third voice whose only role is to say "yeah" once. If they were real people, that third guy would definitely feel left out.
But the one about common words almost gave me anxiety: listening to two people discuss nothing as if they had spent hours of research and had something important to tell is very depressing.
Cool voices, although I'm getting the same vibe I get when listening to radio announcers from the 1920s [1]. If this were a human I'd be convinced that they're parodying the genre.
https://www.gally.net/temp/20240930notebooklmpodcasts/index....