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The free tool below runs entirely in this browser — no account, nothing stored or transmitted. Redact anything you would not want kept before you type it.
Open the companion tool →Why the episode is the only source that settles it
A clip is an edit. It can cut a sentence in half, drop the qualifier, or splice together two unrelated moments — and modern voice synthesis means an audio clip no longer guarantees even that a person said the words in that order.
The episode itself is the source of record. If a line is real, it appears in the published episode at a timestamp and in the show's own transcript or notes. If the show has no such episode, that is the finding.
The protocol
- Write down the exact claim the clip makes and who it attributes it to. Vague memory of a clip is how misquotes travel.
- Find the episode in the show's own index by title, date, or guest. Do not use a re-upload or a reposted clip as the index.
- Listen at the timestamp if a timestamp is given, or search the episode's transcript for the distinctive words. Check what comes immediately before and after.
- Look for a second independent source: another outlet's transcript, the show's notes, or coverage that quotes the same passage with context.
- If the quote cannot be found in the source, do not share it — with the exception of noting that it is unverified, which is a different statement.
What the tool does
Paste the clip's words and get a context reading: what must exist in the source for the quote to be usable, and which checks to run in the episode itself. It runs in this browser; nothing is sent or stored.
Limit first: This is a context-checking aid, not a forensic audio tool. It cannot determine whether audio is synthetic, and it cannot verify a quote for you — it tells you where the check is.
Open the companion tool →One human next step
If a quote attributed to you is circulating and it is fabricated, contact the platform where it is hosted with the timestamp of the original, and keep a copy of the episode. For defamatory fakes, a lawyer who handles online defamation can say what is actionable in your jurisdiction.
Research log and safety checks
AI-assist path: not used for a verdict. Audio authenticity gets the same treatment as §1.2 UIC-10 requires: the reading describes what is checkable in the source, never a claim that a voice is or is not synthetic. §6.10: not a frontier-pace topic.
§0.5 protection result: category is deepfake-media-verification; crisis-adjacent: no; fear/urgency/scarcity toolkit used: no. The protective function is free and the paid feature is convenience only.