# podcast

CEFR B1 · Noun

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/podcast
Updated: 2026-04-24

## Definition

a digital audio show, like a radio program, that you can download or stream from the internet. Most podcasts release new episodes regularly, and you can listen whenever you like.

For teachers: an episodic series of digital audio files, made available for streaming or downloading, often focusing on a particular topic or theme

## Examples

- I listen to a podcast on my way to work.
- She started a weekly podcast to share her travel stories with a wider audience.
- The investigative podcast combines interviews and archival audio to create a deeply immersive and often unsettling narrative about unsolved historical mysteries.

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