Turn pasted text into audio. These templates help your AI tool write clear prose for listening. Copy one, add your topic, run it in your preferred AI tool, then paste the result into PodQuik.
When you want a well-researched briefing without opening twelve tabs.
Research this topic in depth: [YOUR TOPIC].
Take the position of a careful analyst writing a briefing I will listen to once, while walking. Cover what is actually known, what changed recently, where the genuine uncertainties are, and what the best-informed people disagree about. Prefer specifics over generalities — named studies, real numbers said plainly, concrete events — and tell me when the evidence is thin rather than papering over it. End with the two or three points most worth remembering.
Format the result for listening, not reading. Use complete sentences and flowing paragraphs. Do not use headings, bullets, numbered lists, tables, raw URLs, or bracketed citations; name sources naturally in the prose. Write numbers and abbreviations as they should be spoken. Remove computer instructions and calls to action such as "subscribe" or "follow us". Aim for about ten minutes, or roughly fifteen hundred words. Return only the finished piece, ready to read aloud.
Steelman both sides
When you suspect your own view of a debate is the lazy version.
Take this question and argue it properly from both sides: [YOUR QUESTION].
First, present the strongest honest case one side could make — the version its smartest advocate would give, not the version its critics quote. Then do the same for the other side, with equal effort. Point out where the two actually disagree about facts versus where they disagree about values, because those are different arguments. Close by saying what evidence would genuinely change each side's mind.
Format the result for listening, not reading. Use complete sentences and flowing paragraphs. Do not use headings, bullets, numbered lists, tables, raw URLs, or bracketed citations; name sources naturally in the prose. Write numbers and abbreviations as they should be spoken. Remove computer instructions and calls to action such as "subscribe" or "follow us". Aim for about ten minutes, or roughly fifteen hundred words. Return only the finished piece, ready to read aloud.
Explain it like I’m busy
When a topic deserves twenty minutes of your attention but only gets ten.
Explain [YOUR TOPIC] to someone sharp but short on time.
Assume I am smart and distracted: no throat-clearing, no history lesson unless it changes the conclusion, and no defining words I already know. Start with why this matters right now, then how it actually works, then what most people get wrong about it. If there is a number or comparison that makes it click, use it. Treat my attention as expensive.
Format the result for listening, not reading. Use complete sentences and flowing paragraphs. Do not use headings, bullets, numbered lists, tables, raw URLs, or bracketed citations; name sources naturally in the prose. Write numbers and abbreviations as they should be spoken. Remove computer instructions and calls to action such as "subscribe" or "follow us". Aim for about ten minutes, or roughly fifteen hundred words. Return only the finished piece, ready to read aloud.
Interview an expert
When you would rather hear a conversation than a lecture.
Write an interview between a curious host and a deeply knowledgeable expert on [YOUR TOPIC].
The host asks the questions an intelligent outsider would actually ask, including the slightly rude ones. The expert answers like a person, not a press release — concrete stories, honest hedges, the occasional "we simply don't know". Let the conversation build: each question should follow from the last answer. Write it as spoken dialogue with the speakers' names woven into the prose, like "the host asked" and "she replied", so it reads aloud naturally.
Format the result for listening, not reading. Use complete sentences and flowing paragraphs. Do not use headings, bullets, numbered lists, tables, raw URLs, or bracketed citations; name sources naturally in the prose. Write numbers and abbreviations as they should be spoken. Remove computer instructions and calls to action such as "subscribe" or "follow us". Aim for about ten minutes, or roughly fifteen hundred words. Return only the finished piece, ready to read aloud.
Why these formatting instructions?
PodQuik turns text into speech. Flowing paragraphs sound natural; headings, lists, raw URLs, and website clutter do not. Computer instructions or promotional boilerplate may also cause PodQuik to pause the script for review. These templates steer your AI tool toward a clean draft for listening that usually needs little editing.
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