The Void - Podcast Rankings and reviews

I’m hooked on the story—it’s super engaging. The voice acting is definitely dry, but that’s part of what makes it great. The flat delivery feels intentional and gives the characters a unique tone that really adds to the atmosphere of the show.

The Void is sooo close! The storyline is interesting enough to keep me coming back, despite weak spots in the storytelling; for example, the terrifying “monsters” in the void are familiar to anyone even mildly versed in the paranormal: our old friends Hat Man and Mothman! This is a horror podcast. You can make up any kind of creature you want! Hat Man and Mothman don’t hang out in the woods. It makes no sense that they would be there. (Also, Mothman should be pronounced as though it’s two words, not “Mothmin.”)

We’re also told about these terrific battles between the monsters and our heroes, as well as the new powers our leader, Sam, develops, but with precious few details.

I hate to be petty, but the real problem is the voice acting. It’s unprofessional (or untalented). With few exceptions, such as the Curator, it sounds like the show‘s creator had his buddies over for pizza, said “hey, wanna voice my podcast?,”and they just read their parts off with no preparation.
The participants all read (not act) too quickly and too flatly, with little variation or intonation.
The worst is Voice of Beth. She speeds through the text, running sentences together and rarely varying her tone.

It’s like listening to bright but nervous 9th-grade students reading aloud in front of the whole class, and that’s not really what one wants to hear in their limited free time.

I only point this stuff out because The Void has a lot going for it, and with some casting changes (or improvement on the parts of the participants) and being more careful and creative with the story, it could be very good indeed.
I will keep listening and hope it reaches its potential!

Love the story! The music and sound effects really pull you in. Something I listen to with my kids and we actually all can enjoy

This has to be one of my favorite podcasts ever, it’s in my top 3 with my other favorite fictional podcasts. It’s full of vivid descriptions and amazing sounds effects. I started listening and. Now I’ve gone through 10 episodes in one day😁

I was excited for this after reading the show description. Unfortunately, as with many podcasts, the narration and editing drag the whole thing down. The narrator drifts in and out of ads with the same tone, and in story, their character voice is different even though it’s supposed to be a first person narrative. The other voice actors frankly aren’t very good either. I’m sure everyone did their best, but this show just falls short.

This is nothing personal to the voice actors. They’re clearly not professionals, so they don’t have the skills or practice for this.

I’m sure the creators made this choice because there wasn’t a budget for professionals, which is understandable. However, in their desire to release this story, they lost sight of the fact that this an *audio* medium.

This means that how the content is presented is paramount. It seems to me that the creators settled for what they had rather than working to get believable voice acting.
Surely when they listened to this they could hear the flat, uninflected reading of a script/story?

I hope y’all stick with it and learn as you go. If you’re going to do a drama as you say in your description, then write the *script* from the story you have. Those are different.

If you do want to have the story delivered as you wrote it, that’s more like an audiobook. That also requires good voices, but not necessarily as the other. I encourage you to find someone that narrates well.

Your reach will be much further if you center the *listener* (your audience) and delivery mode in your production. :)

Keep writing because you have good stories to tell. 😉