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# particle_podcast_get_guest

> A guest's podcast-appearance profile — lifetime stats plus optional appearances, per-podcast rollup, and suitability exposure.

A guest's podcast-appearance profile: lifetime stats (appearances, distinct podcasts, first/last appearance) plus their most frequent podcasts. Guests are people — the same slug works with [`particle_person_get`](/mcp/tools/people/person-get) for the biographical profile.

Request optional sections via `include`: `appearances` for the most recent episode appearances (episode and podcast slugs included for follow-up calls), `podcasts` for the per-podcast rollup, `suitability` for brand-suitability exposure across the podcasts they appear on, `recommended_podcasts` for the five shows they could plausibly appear on next — shows related to the ones they have guested on, minus those, each with the venues that led there (the pitch list; the paged form is [`GET /v1/podcasts/guests/{id}/recommendations/podcasts`](/podcasts/guests#recommended-podcasts-for-a-guest)).

Returns `not_found` for people who exist but have never appeared on a podcast — use [`particle_person_get`](/mcp/tools/people/person-get) for those.

## Inputs

| Field        | Type           | Required | Default | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ------------ | -------------- | -------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `guest_slug` | string         | yes      | —       | Person slug (e.g. `"sam-altman"`) from `particle_podcast_list_guests`, `particle_person_resolve`, or `particle_entity_resolve`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `include`    | array of enums | no       | `[]`    | Optional response sections: `appearances` (most recent episode appearances with episode/podcast slugs), `podcasts` (per-podcast rollup of where they appear), `suitability` (brand-suitability exposure across the podcasts they appear on), `recommended_podcasts` (the five shows they could plausibly appear on next, with the venues behind each pick). Default response is the profile + lifetime stats. Unknown values are rejected with `invalid_parameter`. |

## Output

A markdown document with the guest's name as an H2, then a `**Slug:**` row, a `**Current role:**` row (`Title, Company`) when known, and a `**Stats:**` row (`N appearances across M podcasts, last YYYY-MM-DD`). A `### Top podcasts` section always lists their most frequent shows. The following H3 sections appear when the matching `include` value was requested:

* `### Podcasts` — the full per-podcast rollup, each `Podcast title (podcast-slug) — N appearances, last YYYY-MM-DD`.
* `### Recent appearances` — `Episode title (episode-slug) on Podcast title (podcast-slug) — YYYY-MM-DD`.
* `### Suitability exposure` — `Lifetime` and `Last 90 days` tier distributions (`SAFE N, LIMITED N, …`), plus a notes paragraph when present.
* `## Recommended podcasts for <name> (N)` — only when `include` contains `recommended_podcasts`. Numbered lines formatted `**Podcast title** (`podcast-slug`) — score 0.71, strong` followed by a `via: Show A, Show B` line naming the person's own shows that led to the pick; a single sentence instead when nothing can be recommended yet (no identified appearances, or the related sets behind their shows have not been computed). The JSON form carries the section as `recommended_podcasts` (`podcasts` plus a `note` when empty).

The `podcast-slug` and `episode-slug` values round-trip into the podcast tools.

Sample (`guest_slug="sam-altman", include=["podcasts"]`, truncated):

```markdown theme={"dark"}
## Sam Altman

**Slug:** sam-altman
**Current role:** CEO, OpenAI
**Stats:** 38 appearances across 22 podcasts, last 2026-05-28

### Top podcasts

- All-In (all-in) — 6 appearances, last 2026-05-28
- Lex Fridman Podcast (lex-fridman-podcast) — 3 appearances, last 2026-03-12

### Podcasts

- All-In (all-in) — 6 appearances, last 2026-05-28
- Lex Fridman Podcast (lex-fridman-podcast) — 3 appearances, last 2026-03-12
- Hard Fork (hard-fork) — 2 appearances, last 2026-01-09
```

## Example

```text theme={"dark"}
Agent calls: particle_podcast_get_guest {
  "guest_slug": "sam-altman",
  "include": ["appearances", "suitability"]
}
```

## Related

* REST equivalent: [`GET /v1/podcasts/guests/{id}`](/podcasts/guests).
* For the biographical profile (bio, external links, role history), use [`particle_person_get`](/mcp/tools/people/person-get) with the same slug.
* Discover guests with [`particle_podcast_list_guests`](/mcp/tools/podcast_guests/podcast-list-guests).
* The paged pitch list behind `include: ["recommended_podcasts"]` is [`GET /v1/podcasts/guests/{id}/recommendations/podcasts`](/podcasts/guests#recommended-podcasts-for-a-guest); the shows it names feed [`particle_podcast_resolve`](/mcp/tools/podcasts/podcast-resolve) and [`particle_podcast_list_related`](/mcp/tools/podcasts/podcast-list-related).