<p>Raise your hand if you kind of forgot where the word podcast comes from. The now-catchall term for digital audio shows goes back to the Apple iPod. And it&#8217;s been almost two decades now since Apple helped bring podcasts mainstream by adding them to iTunes. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to list thousands of podcasts and you&#8217;ll be able to click on them, download them for free, and subscribe to them right in iTunes,&#8221; said then-Apple CEO Steve Jobs at the 2005 Worldwide Developers Conference. So, what was the business of podcasting like at the beginning, and where might it go from here? Marketplace&#8217;s Meghan McCarty asked Nicholas Quah, podcast critic for Vulture and New York Magazine.</p>

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A look back at 20 years of podcasting

DEC 23, 202412 MIN
Marketplace Tech

A look back at 20 years of podcasting

DEC 23, 202412 MIN

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<p>Raise your hand if you kind of forgot where the word podcast comes from. The now-catchall term for digital audio shows goes back to the Apple iPod. And it&#8217;s been almost two decades now since Apple helped bring podcasts mainstream by adding them to iTunes. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to list thousands of podcasts and you&#8217;ll be able to click on them, download them for free, and subscribe to them right in iTunes,&#8221; said then-Apple CEO Steve Jobs at the 2005 Worldwide Developers Conference. So, what was the business of podcasting like at the beginning, and where might it go from here? Marketplace&#8217;s Meghan McCarty asked Nicholas Quah, podcast critic for Vulture and New York Magazine.</p>