particle_podcast_list_guests
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Browse podcast guests across the catalog, in two opinionated modes:
- directory (default): the guest directory ranked by lifetime appearances (guests with 2+ appearances).
- trends: who's making the rounds right now — guests with appearances on 2+ distinct podcasts in the last 30 days, which surfaces cross-show press tours rather than show regulars. The press-tour shape is enforced: every in-window appearance must be on a different podcast, each needs 5+ minutes of identified speaking time, mononymous catch-all people are excluded, and the in-window rate must be a 2x spike over the guest's lifetime baseline.
podcast_slug switches the directory to one show's roster: every guest who has appeared on that podcast, ranked by appearances on the show (one-off guests included). topic_slug narrows either corpus mode to guests appearing on episodes about that topic. Guest slugs ARE person slugs — feed them into particle_podcast_get_guest for the appearance profile or particle_person_get for the person profile.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| cursor | string | no | Opaque pagination cursor from a previous response. |
| limit | integer | no | Guests per page (1-50, default 20). |
| mode | string | no | What to return. 'directory' (default): the guest directory ranked by lifetime appearances. 'trends': guests trending right now — appearances on 2+ distinct podcasts in the last 30 days (cross-show press tours, not regulars). |
| output_format | string | no | Output serialization. 'markdown' (default) returns the LLM-facing rendering. 'json' returns the structured payload as JSON text — use only for programmatic chaining where exact field extraction matters; the JSON shape is larger and noisier for an LLM to read. |
| podcast_slug | string | no | Return one show's guest roster instead of the corpus directory: every guest who has appeared on this podcast, ranked by appearances on the show (no lifetime-appearance floor). Slug from particle_podcast_resolve. Only valid with the default directory mode. |
| topic_slug | string | no | Restrict to guests with appearances on episodes classified under this topic (slug from particle_topic_browse, e.g. 'technology/artificial-intelligence'). Ignored when podcast_slug is set. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"properties": {
"cursor": {
"description": "Opaque pagination cursor from a previous response.",
"type": "string"
},
"limit": {
"description": "Guests per page (1-50, default 20).",
"maximum": 50,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"mode": {
"description": "What to return. 'directory' (default): the guest directory ranked by lifetime appearances. 'trends': guests trending right now — appearances on 2+ distinct podcasts in the last 30 days (cross-show press tours, not regulars).",
"enum": [
"directory",
"trends"
],
"type": "string"
},
"output_format": {
"description": "Output serialization. 'markdown' (default) returns the LLM-facing rendering. 'json' returns the structured payload as JSON text — use only for programmatic chaining where exact field extraction matters; the JSON shape is larger and noisier for an LLM to read.",
"enum": [
"markdown",
"json"
],
"type": "string"
},
"podcast_slug": {
"description": "Return one show's guest roster instead of the corpus directory: every guest who has appeared on this podcast, ranked by appearances on the show (no lifetime-appearance floor). Slug from particle_podcast_resolve. Only valid with the default directory mode.",
"type": "string"
},
"topic_slug": {
"description": "Restrict to guests with appearances on episodes classified under this topic (slug from particle_topic_browse, e.g. 'technology/artificial-intelligence'). Ignored when podcast_slug is set.",
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
}