Podcast

Quick meaning: Podcast is a noun meaning (loosely, by extension) An individual episode of such a program.

Meaning

(loosely, by extension) An individual episode of such a program.

More Meanings

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.
2. (transitive) To 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.
3. (intransitive) To 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.

Example Sentences

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

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.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• podcasts
• podcasting
• podcasted

Synonyms for podcast

Depending on context, synonyms include blogcast.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include forecast, audiocast, mobcast, netcast, godcasting, blogcast.

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