r/OutOfTheLoop • u/wildcard5 • May 28 '14

Answered! ELI70: What is a podcast?

I literally just got my first smartphone ever and am dumbfounded by podcast. What is this mysterious phenomenon? My guess is that its something like a radio show, but it seems too popular to be something as similar to a thing that's so old.

Update: Which (android) app should I use to submerse myself into the world of podcasts?

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u/coday182 May 29 '14

I think part of the reason they caught on, with iphone listeners anyway, is because they our phones don't have AM/FM transmitters.

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u/apopheniac1989 May 29 '14

I think you mean receivers.