Podcast Intro Script Examples and a Reusable Template ===================================================== Original fictional shows, people, and story details. Copy and adapt for your own episode. Replace names, roles, topic promises, and sequence details. Speaker labels and directions are not spoken copy. No listener-retention results are claimed. Solo practical episode ---------------------- One folder, six files called final. How do you know which one to send? This is Desk Notes, a podcast about the small decisions behind creative work. I'm Lena Ortiz. Today we'll build a simple file handoff: a name, a version, and a note that tells the next person what changed. Let's start with the filename. Editing note: The opening names a recognizable problem and a specific lesson. The show identity can remain in later episodes; the file-handoff setup should change with the topic. Do not promise a complete system for every creative workflow when the episode teaches only a small habit. The last sentence is a usable transition into the first segment. Interview with a relevant guest ------------------------------- When a repair bench fills up, which job gets attention first? On Bench Talk, we ask makers how they decide. I'm Noor Patel. Today, workshop owner Eren Shaw joins me to walk through a crowded Monday, from the first customer message to the last job on the bench. Eren, what do you check before picking up a tool? Editing note: This introduction gives the fictional guest a relevant role and moves directly into a question. Replace the role with a verified description approved by your actual guest. A long biography can wait until it becomes useful in the conversation. If the guest changes the topic during recording, update the introduction to match the finished interview rather than the original booking. Two co-hosts with different perspectives ---------------------------------------- MAYA: I named the folder final. SAM: I named mine final, version two. MAYA: So neither of us knows which one to send. Welcome to Two Desks. I'm Maya. SAM: And I'm Sam. Each week we compare the way a designer and an editor approach the same small problem. MAYA: Today, it's handing over unfinished work without handing over confusion. Sam, what's the first thing you need from me? Editing note: The exchange demonstrates the co-host relationship instead of saying the hosts have great chemistry. Give each voice a purpose: one presents the situation, the other introduces a different need. Speaker labels help production and are not part of the spoken text. Replace the fictional professions only if that contrast actually shapes your own show. Serial fiction with episode orientation --------------------------------------- The parcel arrived without an address. Inside was a key, a train ticket, and a note: come back before the clock stops. This is The Last Parcel, an audio mystery. I'm your narrator, Celia. You're listening to part three, The Station Room. If you're starting here, begin with part one. Last time, Ada found the name of the person who sent the key. Tonight, she finds the room it opens. Editing note: The narrative opening gives a new listener an orientation and a returning listener a specific continuation. Because the invented story is sequential, the start-at-part-one instruction has a purpose. Keep the recap limited to what this episode needs. Do not imply that fictional dialogue or a created sound clip is a documentary recording from a real event. Blank episode intro ------------------- [Specific episode question, problem, or story moment.] This is [show name], [ordinary-language subject]. I'm [host]. [Optional guest and one verified relevant role.] Today, [what the finished episode actually contains]. [First question, instruction, or scene transition.] Editing worksheet ----------------- Episode question: [ ] Recurring show identity: [ ] Relevant speaker context: [ ] Episode promise: [ ] First segment transition: [ ] Necessary sequence or content context: [ ] Separate production cues: [ ] Check the edited episode matches the promise: [ ] SCRIPT LENGTH ESTIMATES ======================= Whitespace-separated spoken words, excluding leading speaker labels. Assumed 150 words per minute. Not measured. Pauses, music, effects, turn changes, and visual action time excluded. Solo practical episode: 56 spoken words; 22.4 estimated seconds. Interview with a relevant guest: 58 spoken words; 23.2 estimated seconds. Two co-hosts with different perspectives: 64 spoken words; 25.6 estimated seconds. Serial fiction with episode orientation: 70 spoken words; 28.0 estimated seconds.