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Podcast clip

A viral podcast-clip ad — two people at a mic'd table mid-conversation, one telling the product story as an authentic sit-down excerpt, captions-forward.

Two people at a mic'd table mid-conversation, one telling the product story as if it came up naturally. Captions-forward, cropped like a clipped podcast excerpt.

When to use it

For B2B, finance, health and founder-led brands, where a conversation reads as more credible than a pitch. It also gives you a way to make a longer argument without a talking head speaking to camera.

The thing to get right

It is a two-person, two-face format, so identity consistency across beats matters as much as it does in the couple format. The mic and the table are what sell the frame — without them it is just two people talking.

The format at a glance

  • Output — a video ad.
  • Structure — 4 beats, each one a separately planned shot.
  • Family — Creator & UGC video.
  • Recipe id — podcast_clip, which is what you name when you ask for it by hand or from an agent.

What makes it read as a podcast rather than two people talking?

The mics and the table. Without them the frame has no reason to be a podcast and the borrowed credibility goes with it. It is also a two-face format, so cast both people rather than letting the render pick.

Formats built around a person on camera — the talking-head, the unboxing, the try-on, the demo. These are the highest-volume paid-social formats on TikTok, Reels and Shorts, and the ones where realism matters more than polish.

  • UGC talking-head — a real creator reviewing/recommending the product straight to camera (TikTok/Reels)
  • UGC unboxing — a creator excitedly opening/unpacking the product
  • UGC tutorial / demo — a creator demonstrating how the product works, step by step
  • UGC try-on / haul — a creator receiving, trying on or using the product (fashion/beauty/lifestyle)
  • UGC product hero — UGC where the PRODUCT is the sole focal hero — close, tactile, hands-on (little/no creator face)
  • This gadget saved me — a creator framing the product as the thing that fixed a specific everyday frustration ("this literally saved me")

The full catalog is on the creative recipes index.

Hermoso plans and renders a podcast clip from your brand rather than from a prompt you write, composites every on-screen word after the render so the copy comes out exact, and exposes the same format to an AI agent over MCP. How Hermoso renders a format covers all three.

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