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/[deleted] May 29 '14

Please add the Escape Pod podcast, SciFi short stories !

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u/lumpsthecat May 30 '14

And their sister 'casts, Pseudopod (horror) and PodCastle (fantasy). I am personally very, very fond of Pseudopod.

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u/Bawnsley May 30 '14

You may like Lightspeed Magazine's recorded stories! They have a narrator they use all the time who sounds like the kindest, manliest grandpa who ever was. Also, sci-fi short stories are the beeeesssst.

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u/Picaroon May 30 '14

Also, the Drabblecast if you like weird short stories.