podcast

plural podcasts

1. A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.First known use early 21st c.

   You know, they’re all just a bunch of libtards anyways. I know what’s up. I listen to podcasts.

   2025 October 15, “Twisted Christian”, in South Park, season 28, episode 1, spoken by Peggy Rockbottom

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   There's no restriction for what a podcast should and should not be. Of course, if you cover all these topics and more, you may find it harder to find an audience than if you focus on a narrower range and cover it well. Finding listeners is simpler if your podcast can be summarized in a sentence. More people will sample your show if it fits in a category in a podcast directory—like that found in the iTunes Store—than if it ends up lumped in a generic catch-all list.

   2007, Andy [J. Williams] Affleck, “Plan Your Podcast”, in Take Control of Podcasting on the Mac, Berkeley, Calif.: Peachpit Press, →ISBN; republished in “Plan Your Podcast”, in Take Control of Podcasting (1.0), San Diego, Calif.: Alt Concepts, 2020, →ISBN

   Try listening to a mix of well-known podcasts. You'll soon find that the best always feature hosts that have their own unique voice.

   2016, Matthew Anniss, Create Your Own Podcast, Capstone, →ISBN, page 20

   Yet some Monday-morning quarterbacks also noted that, just as 1960 was the first TV election and 2016 was the first social-media election, the 2024 Presidential campaign was the first to be conducted largely on live streams and long-form podcasts, media that happen to be thoroughly dominated by MAGA bros.

   2025 March 17, Andrew Marantz, “The Battle for the Bros”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN

   Indeed, when I interviewed Ken Skates, the Welsh Cabinet Member for Transport and North Wales, for my Calling All Stations podcast, he suggested (rightly) that the electrification of 170km (106 miles) of Valleys line ^([sic]) "was no mean feat in less than ten years". Given the stalled electrification of England's railways, notably the Midland Main Line, he has a point.

   2026 March 18, Christian Wolmar, “Wales sets example with long-term rail strategy”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 42

   Synonyms: blogcast

2. broadlyAn individual episode of such a program.

present singular third person podcasts · participle present podcasting · common error unknown tag participle past proscribed sometimes podcasted · common error unknown tag past proscribed sometimes podcasted

1. transitiveTo deliver (information) in the form of a program, especially an audio program, over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.First known use early 21st c.
2. intransitiveTo deliver a program, especially an audio program, over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones.First known use early 21st c.