podcast
noun
pod·cast
ˈpäd-ˌkast 
: a program (as of music or talk) made available in digital format for automatic download over the Internet
podcast
verb
podcaster
noun
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Syed, the subject of the debut season of the Serial podcast, has long maintained his innocence.
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Erin Jensen, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Syed’s case was made famous by the 2014 podcast Serial, which won a Peabody Award for its investigation that explored whether Syed was wrongfully convicted.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
More Elsa/Getty Images Luke Weaver, a 10-year veteran who has pitched 59 innings over 58 appearances for New York in this, his third season on pinstripes, went on a Boston-area podcast over the weekend and appeared to complain about conditions in the visiting bullpen at Fenway Park.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
For backround, in Season 1 of Nobody Wants This, an agnostic podcast host and an unconventional rabbi on the rebound walk into a party.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
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Erin Jensen, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Syed’s case was made famous by the 2014 podcast Serial, which won a Peabody Award for its investigation that explored whether Syed was wrongfully convicted.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
More Elsa/Getty Images Luke Weaver, a 10-year veteran who has pitched 59 innings over 58 appearances for New York in this, his third season on pinstripes, went on a Boston-area podcast over the weekend and appeared to complain about conditions in the visiting bullpen at Fenway Park.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
For backround, in Season 1 of Nobody Wants This, an agnostic podcast host and an unconventional rabbi on the rebound walk into a party.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Podcast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/podcast. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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podcast
noun
pod·cast
ˈpäd-ˌkast
: a program made available digitally for automatic download over the Internet
podcast
verb
podcaster
noun
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