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Before a podcast was a \u201cpodcast,\u201d it was\u2026 well, it wasn\u2019t really much of anything. It was in 2004, though, that many of the earliest names in on-demand audio began to smush \u201ciPod\u201d and \u201cbroadcast\u201d into the word we\u2019ve come to know as the way we all download and listen to shows now. In this episode, we go back two decades to the first days of the podcast. Then we hit the skip button to today and look at where podcasts are headed next.\nFurther reading:\n\nFrom PodNews:\xa0The history of the word 'Podcast'\n\n\nFrom The Guardian:\xa0Audible revolution\n\n\nFrom Wired:\xa0The First Podcast: an Oral History\n\n\nFrom The New York Times:\xa0An MTV Host Moves to Radio, Giving Voice to Audible Blogs\n\n\n\nEmail us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices