Definition of podcast
:a program (as of music or talk) made available in digital format for automatic download over the Internet
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With college football kicking off this week, what better time to debut the first installment of Voices of the SEC podcast.
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Upload your old podcasts and Medium posts on the subject.
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John Manuel, the publication’s editor, said on a Comcast SportsNet podcast that Baseball America no longer saw Crawford as an impact player.
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The Star’s podcast tackles issues facing schools across the metro.
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Joanna says on this week’s Little Gold Men podcast.
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The live storytelling show and podcast was started by two New York City physicists back in 2010, and has since expanded to various cities in the United States.
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Mandi Woodruff is the executive editor of MagnifyMoney and host of Brown Ambition, a weekly podcast about career and finance.
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There aren’t any famous, best-selling novels about mysterious broiler happenings in the 1880’s, no podcasts about broiler true crime.
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Origin and Etymology of podcast
iPod, trademark for a portable media player + broadcast
PODCAST Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of podcast for English Language Learners
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: a program (such as a music or news program) that is like a radio or television show but that is downloaded over the Internet
PODCAST Defined for Kids
podcast
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Definition of podcast for Students
:a program (as of music or talk) made available in digital format to be downloaded automatically over the Internet
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