Agency Dictionary

Podcast

nounPronunciation: /ˈpɒd.kɑːst/

In Portuguese: Podcast

What does “Podcast” mean?

A digital audio program distributed over the internet for subscription and on-demand streaming or download.

Etymology

Blend of iPod (a portable digital music player made by Apple) and broadcast. The word was proposed in 2004 by the British journalist Ben Hammersley to describe the emerging practice of distributing audio programs over the internet for subscription and on-demand listening.

Usage note

A podcast is distinct from live radio: episodes are recorded in advance and distributed for on-demand listening. The word can describe both a single episode and the whole series.

Synonyms

audio program
audio series
show

Word family

podcaster
podcasting

Rhymes with

blast
fast
past
last

Usage examples

Suelen is very passionate about reading in the exact same proportion that she is protective of her shelves with perfectly organized books, she has a literature podcast and that project immediately caught my attention before we first started working together.

Concepts

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