Most podcast clips don’t fail because the moment is boring. They fail because the first three seconds are “so, yeah” while the good line waits at second eight.

This free sampler gives you 25 hook templates for interview clips, five each from five categories: contrarian, mistake, story, curiosity gap and call-out. Every template has a worked example and a “best for” note, so you can hear how it sounds before you use it.

You also get the 10-point first-3-seconds checklist I run before exporting any clip. It covers the opening line, on-screen text, captions, audio and whether the clip keeps the hook’s promise.

7-page PDF. Free to use in your own content and in clips you make for clients.

It’s pulled from the HookCut Podcast-to-Shorts Hook Kit ($9), which has all 120 hooks, a clip-picking guide for transcripts, 30 caption and title formulas and a 30-day posting calendar.