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

That production is the wrinkle that elevates Seventhirty’s lyrics from modern dating podcast material to pure melodrama. — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026

While in the United States, the pair took on a variety of media ventures — including a podcast, a television series and documentaries — under their multimedia company Archewell Productions. — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Newsom, in the podcast, appeared to already be considering them while pondering what to do next. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026

What Zuckerberg hasn’t addressed directly, on the podcast or the earnings call, is whether agents will eat into the ad impressions that generate nearly all of Meta’s revenue today. — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 20 Oct. 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