diff --git a/surfsense_web/components/tool-ui/generate-podcast.tsx b/surfsense_web/components/tool-ui/generate-podcast.tsx
index e11273e41..459307cb6 100644
--- a/surfsense_web/components/tool-ui/generate-podcast.tsx
+++ b/surfsense_web/components/tool-ui/generate-podcast.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 	clearActivePodcastTaskId,
 	setActivePodcastTaskId,
 } from "@/lib/chat/podcast-state";
+import type { PodcastTranscriptEntry } from "@/contracts/types/podcast.types";
 
 /**
  * Type definitions for the generate_podcast tool
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ function PodcastGeneratingState({ title }: { title: string }) {
 						<MicIcon className="size-8 text-primary" />
 					</div>
 					{/* Animated rings */}
-					<div className="absolute inset-1.4 animate-ping rounded-full bg-primary/20" />
+					<div className="absolute inset-1 animate-ping rounded-full bg-primary/20" />
 				</div>
 				<div className="flex-1">
 					<h3 className="font-semibold text-foreground text-lg">{title}</h3>
@@ -112,14 +113,6 @@ function AudioLoadingState({ title }: { title: string }) {
 	);
 }
 
-/**
- * Transcript entry type from the database
- */
-interface TranscriptEntry {
-	speaker_id: number;
-	dialog: string;
-}
-
 /**
  * Podcast Player Component - Fetches audio and transcript with authentication
  */
@@ -135,7 +128,7 @@ function PodcastPlayer({
 	durationMs?: number;
 }) {
 	const [audioSrc, setAudioSrc] = useState<string | null>(null);
-	const [transcript, setTranscript] = useState<TranscriptEntry[] | null>(null);
+	const [transcript, setTranscript] = useState<PodcastTranscriptEntry[] | null>(null);
 	const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(true);
 	const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
 	const objectUrlRef = useRef<string | null>(null);
@@ -181,7 +174,7 @@ function PodcastPlayer({
 
 				// Set transcript from podcast details
 				if (podcastDetails?.podcast_transcript) {
-					setTranscript(podcastDetails.podcast_transcript as TranscriptEntry[]);
+					setTranscript(podcastDetails.podcast_transcript);
 				}
 			} finally {
 				clearTimeout(timeoutId);
diff --git a/surfsense_web/contracts/types/podcast.types.ts b/surfsense_web/contracts/types/podcast.types.ts
index 7bc5faece..dc7c35ba4 100644
--- a/surfsense_web/contracts/types/podcast.types.ts
+++ b/surfsense_web/contracts/types/podcast.types.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 import { z } from "zod";
 import { paginationQueryParams } from ".";
 
+export const podcastTranscriptEntry = z.object({
+	speaker_id: z.number(),
+	dialog: z.string(),
+});
+
 export const podcast = z.object({
 	id: z.number(),
 	title: z.string(),
 	created_at: z.string(),
 	file_location: z.string(),
-	podcast_transcript: z.array(z.any()),
+	podcast_transcript: z.array(podcastTranscriptEntry),
 	search_space_id: z.number(),
 	chat_state_version: z.number().nullable(),
 });
@@ -41,6 +46,7 @@ export const getPodcastsRequest = z.object({
 	queryParams: paginationQueryParams.nullish(),
 });
 
+export type PodcastTranscriptEntry = z.infer<typeof podcastTranscriptEntry>;
 export type GeneratePodcastRequest = z.infer<typeof generatePodcastRequest>;
 export type GetPodcastByChatIdRequest = z.infer<typeof getPodcastByChatIdRequest>;
 export type GetPodcastByChatIdResponse = z.infer<typeof getPodcastByChaIdResponse>;