The term “podcast” was coined by Ben Hammersley, a BBC journalist and The Guardian columnist, in February 2004. The word is a combination of “iPod” and “broadcast”. Hammersley first used the term in an article for The Guardian.
Like seriously what would be the connection if it wasn’t the iPod?
Yeah, “pod” cast, like podracing, you know star wars? Like your car is a pod. So like you cast it directly to your car and it’s like podracing cast pod.
i still use sub. i dont think ill ever stop. like how podcasts are still called podcasts and they dont even make ipods anymore.
To be honest for people who didn’t use redet a lot, ‘subs’ is very confusing because it doesn’t relate to anything in the Threadyverse.
These days when I see subs I think submissives.
These days? Definitely made sense to me even back when I redditted. I am submissive to catsbeingjerks, hmmm, and Noita.
Here’s something to blow your mind: podcasts pre-date the iPod.
Like seriously what would be the connection if it wasn’t the iPod?
Yeah, “pod” cast, like podracing, you know star wars? Like your car is a pod. So like you cast it directly to your car and it’s like podracing cast pod.