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

Examples of podcast in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

His post caught the attention of a producer working for a podcast called The Last Invention, which was documenting debates about artificial general intelligence (AGI), a hypothetical form of AI that could surpass human intelligence. —Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026

Hit play on the player below to hear the podcast and follow along with the transcript beneath it. —Dana Taylor, USA Today, 11 May 2026

Roger Bennett walked onto Alex Rodriguez’s podcast a few months ago and delivered the news with the calm of a man who had been waiting decades to say it. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 11 May 2026

The first part, which has been running for some time now, has all the podcasts and videos, the data stories, the research reports, databases for Africans working in restitution, this kind of thing. —Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 11 May 2026

Word History

Etymology

iPod, trademark for a portable media player + broadcast

First Known Use

2004, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for podcast

• aghast
• amassed
• biassed
• broadcast
• bypassed
• downcast
• forecast
• foremast
• harassed
• holdfast
• mainmast
• newscast

Kids Definition

podcast

noun

pod·​cast ˈpäd-ˌkast 

: a program made available digitally for automatic download over the Internet

podcast verb

podcaster noun