podcast

American  

[pod-kast, ‑-kahst] / ˈpɒdˌkæst, ‑ˌkɑst /

noun

1. a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer.

   Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.

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verb (used with or without object)

1. to record and upload as a podcast.

   He podcasts once a week on various topics.

   She podcasts her lectures.

podcast British  

/ ˈpɒdˌkɑːst /

noun

1. an audio file similar to a radio broadcast, which can be downloaded and listened to on a computer, mp3 player, mobile phone, etc

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verb

1. (intr) to create such files and make them available for downloading

2. (tr) to make (music, interviews, etc) available using this format

Other Word Forms

• podcaster noun
• podcasting noun

Etymology

Origin of podcast

First recorded in 2000-05; iPod + (broad)cast

Example Sentences

The idea to launch a podcast began during the pandemic, when touring — and the world — came to a screeching halt.

From Los Angeles Times

As the social scientist Arthur Brooks said on a recent podcast, “if you want to be happy, you need to get smaller, not larger.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“Can we do that? I don’t know,” he told the Call Me Back podcast.

From The Wall Street Journal

He's certainly a well-known and mainstream figure, whose media career spans everything from reality TV to podcasting.

From BBC

Richard Brown was so confused by the legal landscape that he fed two weeks’ worth of refund-related court rulings into an AI program and asked it to create a podcast to explain it to him.

From The Wall Street Journal