particle_podcast_resolve
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Find a podcast by free-text title, exact slug, iTunes ID, or RSS feed URL. Returns slug, title, episode count, bias, and the top recurring speakers (with entity slugs). Use the slug as the agent-facing handle to feed into other podcast tools (particle_podcast_find_mentions, particle_podcast_list_episodes, particle_podcast_get_sponsors).
Free-text matching is forgiving — typos, missing or extra words, and pasted episode titles all work. Results are ordered best-match-first; text matches carry a match_quality field, and an empty list means the catalog has no plausible candidate.
With all identifiers omitted, returns the most recently updated podcasts — useful for browsing the catalog when you don't have a name in mind. Narrow free-text browsing with topic_slug (topic concentration, descendants included), suitability_tier, or min_popularity (global popularity percentile over charting podcasts).
Optional hydrations attach extra data to each result in the same call:
- include: ["external_links"]: third-party platform presences (directories, social profiles, video channels, publisher websites) with resolved URLs and audience metrics.
- include: ["suitability"]: per-category brand-suitability breakdown (12 categories with prevalence, treatment, derived risk level, reasoning, and evidence excerpts) — premium-grade data, requires a plan with premium endpoints. The high-level suitability_tier enum (SAFE / LIMITED / SENSITIVE / UNSAFE) is rendered on every result without opt-in.
- include: ["ratings_summary"]: listener-review aggregate (average stars, count, per-platform breakdown).
- include: ["bias"]: full political-bias analysis (the high-level bias enum is always rendered without opt-in).
- include: ["rankings"]: current chart positions across sources/countries/categories — premium-grade data, requires a plan with premium endpoints. For movers and history use particle_podcast_get_rankings.
- include: ["format"]: the show's format profile — how often episodes feature guests, detected production formats (interview, panel, call_in, solo_narrated), ad and video presence, episode-length distribution, publishing cadence, and the publish-day pattern.
- recent_episodes: N: inline this many of each result's most recent episodes (slug, title, published_at, duration) — skip the follow-up particle_podcast_list_episodes call when you only need the most recent tail.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| include | array | no | Optional non-parameterized hydrations to attach to each result. 'external_links' adds third-party platform presences (directories, social profiles, video channels, publisher websites). 'suitability' adds the per-category brand-suitability breakdown (premium-grade data — requires a plan with premium endpoints). 'ratings_summary' adds the listener-review aggregate. 'bias' adds the full political-bias analysis. 'rankings' adds current chart positions (premium-grade data — requires a plan with premium endpoints). 'format' adds the format profile (guest frequency, interview/panel/call-in/solo formats, ads, video, episode length, cadence, publish days). 'related' adds the five most related shows (slug, score, band) — for the full ranked list with the basis behind each pair call particle_podcast_list_related. 'recommended_guests' adds the five guests the show could book next — people who have guested on its related shows but never on it (person slug, score, band, and the related shows that booked them); the booking pipeline. 'recommended_sponsors' adds the five advertisers the show could pitch — sponsors that run on its related shows but not on it (sponsor, linked company, score, band, ads and most recent ad across those shows, and which shows); the prospecting list (premium-grade data — requires a plan with premium endpoints). The high-level suitability_tier and bias enums are always rendered without opt-in. Off by default; opt in only when needed. |
| itunes_id | string | no | Numeric Apple Podcasts / iTunes ID (e.g. '1502871393'). Resolves directly to the matching podcast. |
| limit | integer | no | Maximum candidates to return (1-25, default 5). |
| min_popularity | number | no | Restrict candidates to podcasts whose global popularity percentile is at least this value (0-1]. Popularity is a cume_dist ranking over currently-charting podcasts; non-charting podcasts are excluded when set. Omit or 0 to disable. |
| query | string | no | Free-text search across podcast titles and descriptions (case-insensitive partial match). Omit to fall back to the most recently updated podcasts. |
| recent_episodes | integer | no | Inline this many of each result's most recent episodes (slug, title, published_at, duration). 0 (default) means none — call particle_podcast_list_episodes if you need more than the inline tail. Capped at 25. |
| rss_url | string | no | Canonical RSS feed URL. Resolves directly to the matching podcast. |
| slug | string | no | Exact slug match for a known handle (e.g. 'all-in'). |
| suitability_tier | string | no | Filter candidates by brand-suitability tier. Podcasts without a suitability analysis are excluded when set. |
| topic_slug | string | no | Filter candidates by topic (slug from particle_topic_browse, e.g. 'technology/artificial-intelligence'). Matches podcasts where the topic — or any of its descendants — accounts for a meaningful share of episodes, ranked by concentration. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"properties": {
"include": {
"description": "Optional non-parameterized hydrations to attach to each result. 'external_links' adds third-party platform presences (directories, social profiles, video channels, publisher websites). 'suitability' adds the per-category brand-suitability breakdown (premium-grade data — requires a plan with premium endpoints). 'ratings_summary' adds the listener-review aggregate. 'bias' adds the full political-bias analysis. 'rankings' adds current chart positions (premium-grade data — requires a plan with premium endpoints). 'format' adds the format profile (guest frequency, interview/panel/call-in/solo formats, ads, video, episode length, cadence, publish days). 'related' adds the five most related shows (slug, score, band) — for the full ranked list with the basis behind each pair call particle_podcast_list_related. 'recommended_guests' adds the five guests the show could book next — people who have guested on its related shows but never on it (person slug, score, band, and the related shows that booked them); the booking pipeline. 'recommended_sponsors' adds the five advertisers the show could pitch — sponsors that run on its related shows but not on it (sponsor, linked company, score, band, ads and most recent ad across those shows, and which shows); the prospecting list (premium-grade data — requires a plan with premium endpoints). The high-level suitability_tier and bias enums are always rendered without opt-in. Off by default; opt in only when needed.",
"items": {
"enum": [
"external_links",
"suitability",
"ratings_summary",
"bias",
"rankings",
"format",
"related",
"recommended_guests",
"recommended_sponsors"
],
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array"
},
"itunes_id": {
"description": "Numeric Apple Podcasts / iTunes ID (e.g. '1502871393'). Resolves directly to the matching podcast.",
"type": "string"
},
"limit": {
"description": "Maximum candidates to return (1-25, default 5).",
"maximum": 25,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"min_popularity": {
"description": "Restrict candidates to podcasts whose global popularity percentile is at least this value (0-1]. Popularity is a cume_dist ranking over currently-charting podcasts; non-charting podcasts are excluded when set. Omit or 0 to disable.",
"maximum": 1,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "number"
},
"query": {
"description": "Free-text search across podcast titles and descriptions (case-insensitive partial match). Omit to fall back to the most recently updated podcasts.",
"type": "string"
},
"recent_episodes": {
"description": "Inline this many of each result's most recent episodes (slug, title, published_at, duration). 0 (default) means none — call particle_podcast_list_episodes if you need more than the inline tail. Capped at 25.",
"maximum": 25,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer"
},
"rss_url": {
"description": "Canonical RSS feed URL. Resolves directly to the matching podcast.",
"type": "string"
},
"slug": {
"description": "Exact slug match for a known handle (e.g. 'all-in').",
"type": "string"
},
"suitability_tier": {
"description": "Filter candidates by brand-suitability tier. Podcasts without a suitability analysis are excluded when set.",
"enum": [
"SAFE",
"LIMITED",
"SENSITIVE",
"UNSAFE"
],
"type": "string"
},
"topic_slug": {
"description": "Filter candidates by topic (slug from particle_topic_browse, e.g. 'technology/artificial-intelligence'). Matches podcasts where the topic — or any of its descendants — accounts for a meaningful share of episodes, ranked by concentration.",
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
}