PODCASTING... FOR FUN AND FOR PROFIT
But what’s a podcast? According to that modern font of knowledge, Wikipedia: “A podcast is an episodic series of spoken word digital audio files that a user can download to a personal device for easy listening. Streaming applications and podcasting services provide a convenient and integrated way to manage a personal consumption queue across many podcast sources and playback devices.” Wikepedia then expands further on the topic: “A podcast series usually features one or more recurring hosts engaged in a discussion about a particular topic or current event. Discussion and content within a podcast can range from carefully scripted to completely improvised. Podcasts combine elaborate and artistic sound production with thematic concerns ranging from scientific research to slice-of-life journalism.”
But what would Wikipedia know? I rather prefer the explanation on a website that is actually dedicated to podcasting—www.thepodcasthost.com—which says: “Simply put, a podcast is an audio program, just like Talk Radio, but you subscribe to it on your smartphone and listen to it whenever you like. In a little more detail, a podcast is a series of spoken word audio episodes, all focused on a particular topic or theme, like cycling or start-ups. You can subscribe to the show with an app on your phone and listen to episodes whenever you like on your headphones, in the car or through speakers.”
The podcasthost site even has a podcast telling you what a podcast is. You can listen to it here: www.tinyurl.com/hifipodcast
But if you’d like my description of it, a podcast is simply an old-fashioned audio recording that’s available for listening and/or download from the internet.
