Meanings
nounshow notes pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyText notes that accompany a podcast and describe its content.
Several schools of thought exist on how to approach show notes. Some podcasters say you should be very brief, using notes only to hold URLs and other pieces of important offline data that your listeners may not have had time to write down as the show was playing.
2020, Tee Morris, Chuck Tomasi, Podcasting For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 197
Origin
First attested in the mid 2000s.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
show notes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/show%20notes
MLA
“show notes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/show%20notes. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “show notes,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/show%20notes.
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