podcast

noun

pod·​cast ˈpäd-ˌkast How to pronounce podcast (audio)
: a program (as of music or talk) made available in digital format for automatic download over the Internet
podcast verb
podcaster noun

Examples of podcast in a Sentence

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Since making Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2022, she’s landed a spot on Forbes Top Creators lists in 2023 and 2024, and landed multiple record-breaking podcast deals. Alexandra York, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024 During a conversation about his friendship with Rivers, plastic surgery and his time as Watch What Happens Live host, Cohen, 56, told How to Fail podcast host Elizabeth Day that Rivers used to tell him to get Botox. Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024 The Hollywood Reporter caught up with the affable Williams and Knight — whose The Real Brady Bros podcast relives every episode — to talk Brady Bunch auditions, Ann B. Davis’ comic timing and those pesky Hawaiian curses. Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024 See Shyne’s My Expert Opinion podcast episode below. Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 21 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for podcast 

Word History

Etymology

iPod, trademark for a portable media player + broadcast

First Known Use

2004, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of podcast was in 2004

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“Podcast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/podcast. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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podcast

noun
pod·​cast ˈpäd-ˌkast How to pronounce podcast (audio)
: a program made available digitally for automatic download over the Internet
podcast verb
podcaster noun

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