

Podcasts combine elaborate and artistic sound production with thematic concerns ranging from scientific research to slice-of-life journalism. Discussion and content within a podcast can range from carefully scripted to completely improvised. Ī podcast series usually features one or more recurring hosts engaged in a discussion about a particular topic or current event. There are also podcast search engines, which help users find and share podcast episodes. Streaming applications and podcasting services provide a convenient and integrated way to manage a personal consumption queue across many podcast sources and playback devices. Podcasts are primarily an audio medium, with some programs offering a supplemental video component. For example, an episodic series of digital audio files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing.

The Serial podcast being played through the Apple Podcasts app on an iPhoneĪ podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet.
