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The Distill Blog
Research-backed writing on AI study tools, lecture transcription, spaced repetition, and how to actually remember what you learn.
Textbooks teach you to say hello. Native lectures teach you to think in the language. Here's how to use AI to turn any native-speaker recording into a structured immersion course.
Apr 9, 2026
Transcribing a podcast in 2026 costs either nothing or three cents a minute. Here's the exact toolchain — free and paid — plus which formats make the output actually usable.
Apr 8, 2026
Anki is the gold standard for spaced repetition. AI-generated flashcards are the most-hyped new tool in study tech. Which should you use — or do you use both?
Apr 7, 2026
AI isn't going to pass the bar for you. But used right, it compresses 400 hours of bar prep into 250 without sacrificing the pass rate. Here's how.
Apr 6, 2026
Med school = 8 hours of lecture a day. A battle-tested system for keeping up without burning out — built with M1s, M2s, and a lot of coffee.
Apr 5, 2026
The math behind spaced repetition, why it crushes cramming, and how AI-generated flashcards finally remove the last friction point in the workflow.
Apr 4, 2026
We tested 14 AI transcription apps on real lectures — STEM, humanities, non-native English speakers, noisy rooms. Here are the ones worth paying for in 2026.
Apr 3, 2026
A practical, no-hype guide to using AI for lecture notes in 2026. Whisper, GPT-5, Claude 4.5 — what works, what costs, what to trust, and what to avoid.
Apr 2, 2026
Passive listening is the worst way to learn from a lecture. Here's a research-backed system for turning 2-hour classes into durable long-term memory — with or without AI.
Apr 1, 2026