@<movq https://www.uninformativ.de/twtxt.txt> "(#gb2rhka) @carsten To my knowledge, it’s a combination of the words “iPod” and “broadcast”. You don’t “cast your content broadly out into the open”, but you “cast it onto an iPod”. Something like that. I just had a look at the german wikipedia and they explain it a bit differently (at least at the top of the page), saying that “pod” means “play on demand”. I never heard that one before. 😅 Also found this short interview with the guy who coined the term: So, apparently, there wasn’t much thinking involved. 🥴 It’s just “broadcast” but on an iPod, so it’s a “podcast” …"

Tue, 2 May 2023 18:59 Z (1 year ago)

@carsten@yarn.zn80.net To my knowledge, it’s a combination of the words “iPod” and “broadcast”. You don’t “cast your content broadly out into the open”, but you “cast it onto an iPod”. Something like that.

I just had a look at the german wikipedia and they explain it a bit differently (at least at the top of the page), saying that “pod” means “play on demand”. I never heard that one before. 😅

Also found this short interview with the guy who coined the term:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p038m811

So, apparently, there wasn’t much thinking involved. 🥴 It’s just “broadcast” but on an iPod, so it’s a “podcast” …

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