Podcast

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A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and downloaded by users,[1] theoretically to be played on an iPod (hence the name), though they can be played on any device that supports MP3 files. Initially intended as a term for internet radio broadcasts,[2] podcasting has expanded as a medium from beyond commentary on topics to pure entertainment with the rise of scripted podcasts such as Welcome to Night Vale and podcasts made strictly for entertainment, such as most content by the McElroy Brothers.

Fans jumped on the podcasting bandwagon after it became popular in the mid 2000s, finding it an easy way to discuss fannish interests with likeminded people. Fannish podcasts can contain news, meta/commentary, interviews, readings of fanfiction, or some combination of these. Like any other fanwork, a podcast can be centered around a single fandom, such as Electronic Voice Phenomena (Supernatural) and Snapecast (Harry Potter), or it can be multifandom, such as /report. They can even be about the nature of fandom itself, like Fansplaining.

History

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Example Podcasts

Fannish Podcasts

Main article: List of Fannish Podcasts

Non-Fannish Podcasts With Fandoms

Main article: List of Podcast Fandoms

See also

References

  1. ^ See Wikipedia's "podcast" page for more information.
  2. ^ Everything You Need to Know About the History of Podcasts. (offline, archived 10 Dec 2019)
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