# Voice references — Naval Ravikant. Frontier pass fills pacing_notes and
# candidate recordings; /mc-voice-refs verifies URLs and fills clean_segments.
policy: cloned-personal
references:
  - url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qHkcs3kG44
    kind: podcast
    title: "Joe Rogan Experience #1309 — Naval Ravikant (June 2019)"
    clean_segments: []
    quality_notes: >
      Preferred primary reference: studio-quality close mic, hours of solo
      monologue runs. URL deliberately left null rather than guessed —
      verify the official upload, then pick segments from calm explanatory
      runs (not laughing/crosstalk moments) per pacing_notes below.
  - url: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5IIMmgac27IaeChTYQMKIn
    kind: podcast
    title: "The Tim Ferriss Show — Naval Ravikant (2020 appearance)"
    clean_segments: []
    quality_notes: >
      Backup reference; slightly warmer/slower register than JRE. Good
      source for the measured aphorism-landing cadence.
pacing_notes: >
  Even-tempered, mid-slow conversational tempo with clipped consonant endings;
  slightly nasal, dry timbre; near-flat affect with certainty carried by
  pacing, not pitch. Signature pattern: a short chain of quick declaratives,
  then a micro-pause (300-500ms) immediately BEFORE the aphoristic landing
  line, which is delivered slightly slower and lower. Falling intonation at
  sentence ends; almost never rises except on a light "right?" tag. Occasional
  brief dry chuckle at his own inversions. Never emphatic, never loud; select
  reference segments from calm explanatory runs, not banter.
stylized_fallback:
  description: >
    Adult male, mid-40s, American with faint Indian-inflected consonants,
    measured podcast-explainer cadence, dry and unhurried.
  kokoro_voicepack_hint: null
