The Power of Podcasts

Laura Vorreyer
6 min readAug 1, 2023

A Captivating Medium Shaping the Digital Landscape

Podcasts, a portmanteau (which is a fancy way of saying the combination of two words) of “iPod” and “broadcast,” first gained traction in the early 2000s.

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Initially, podcasts were primarily associated with tech enthusiasts, but as smartphones and improved internet accessibility became ubiquitous, podcasts entered the mainstream.

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