My hypothetical podcast is a personal book review podcast about romance novels of all types. I am a quick and argumentative romance reader, and my coworkers at the library joke that I should have a podcast about the books I read, so it was easy to land on this idea even though I don’t listen to podcasts. Each episode would be between twenty and thirty-five minutes, and go through my impressions of a romance novel or two.
In this sample, I used my own narration combined with the sound of pages flipping, to introduce the book-based idea of the podcast; a quick burst of metal music, to jokingly emphasize that not all of my romance novel opinions are particularly nice; and the ambient sounds of an ice hockey rink, to play off of the book this podcast episode discusses. Transcript and credits below.
TRANSCRIPT: (pages riffling) Welcome back to Ripping Through Romance, where I lovingly and enthusiastically talk about romance novels. Unfortunately, in the proud tradition of regency romance readers everywhere, I may be kind of a stickler and occasionally even an edgelord. (guitar riff)
This episode, we’ll be thinking about Icebreaker, (background sounds of an ice rink) by R. A. Graziadei, a recent YA or perhaps new adult novel. It’s a rivalry romance between two college freshmen who are both projected to go at the top of the next NHL draft. To my enduring chagrin, I am in fact a hockey fan….
CREDITS:
Assorted color-filling book lot, by Robert Anasch; free under the Unsplash license.
Guitar Riff Heavy, by Mrthenoronha. CC BY-NC 4.0.
Pages Flipping, by lucaslara. Public domain/CC 0.
skating rink outdoor teenagers play hockey bang boards2 better skaters +people banging sticks at end, by kyles. Public domain/CC 0.
TBH I’d never heard of the term “edgelord” before, so I’ve learned a new word! Thanks for sharing your podcast idea. The tone of your voice is really soothing, you could be a narrator. The background sounds were subtle, but I was able to understand where you were going with it. I find the idea of the podcast interesting, I also read romance but I’m not partial to that genre. I can’t deny a good book review, though! The only thing I felt was missing was music.
Great job Victoria! I think you did a wonderful job of incorporation sound clips into your introduction. It really added a level of immersion and I think your voice and presentation went well together. It was kinda one of those “The voice matches” scenarios if that makes sense? I normally read research, tech, or digital media related content but If I was interested in the genre of romance, I could see this being something that captured an audiences attention.
Great job!