Sep 28, 2017
THE FOLLOWING AUDIO HAS BEEN CORRECTED: Christopher Lydon, not Dave Lydon, is known as the first voice to be released as a downloadable MP3 on an RSS feed in 2003.
***
Everyone has a story about how they discovered podcasts and on Saturday, Sept. 30, you can celebrate your love of podcasts on International Podcast Day.
How can you celebrate? Send an email or a Tweet to your favorite podcast to let them know you enjoy their work. Find new podcasts to listen to. Tell your friends and family about podcasts they might enjoy and, more importantly, show them how to listen.
I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind Podcasts.
Special thanks to Dave Jackson from SchoolofPodcasting.com, Daniel J. Lewis from TheAudacitytoPodcast.com, and Rob Walch from Libsyn.com and Podcast411 for their help with this episode.
Join The Story Behind Discussion Group on Facebook!
Learn more about Podcast Share at PodcastShare.net or by following @PodcastShare on Twitter.
Follow The Story Behind: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Website
This episode was brought to you by The Story Behind Executive Producers who support the show through the Patreon Page at patreon.com/thestorybehind: Stargate Pioneer from GonnaGeek.com, Mat from the One Word, Go! Show, Sam Dunn, Diane from History Goes Bump, Scott Smith from Recovering from Religion, Dan Brenic from Netflix N’ Swill, Jarrod Dunham from TheHistoryphile.net, Heather Welch from Sunshine and PowerCuts, Jason Bryant from Mat Talk Online, Two Peas on a Podcast, newest Executive Producer Bandrew Scott from The Bandrew Says Podcast and Podcastage YouTube Channel.
Click here to support this podcast on Patreon.
Proud supporter of #PodernFamily, #HumanitiesPodcasts & #LadyPodSquad on Twitter.
Media:
Sources:
MOVIE: The Messengers: A Podcast Documentary
Podcasting Historical Timeline And Milestones - International Podcast Day
The Podcast Consumer 2017 - Edison Research
A Podcast by any other name is still a.. - podCast411
Audible Revolution - The Guardian
The Podcast Revolution - Harvard Gazette
What is RSS? And why you MUST own yours – TAP167 - TheAudacitytoPodcast.com
PODCAST: The History of Podcasting - TechStuff
Oxford Dictionary Names “Podcast” 2005 Word of the Year - Wired
The MP3: A History Of Innovation And Betrayal - NPR
Virtual Bandwidth by Dave Winer - archive.is
'I Felt Like Morse Tapping His First Code' – The Man Who Invented The Podcast - The Guardian
Adam Curry Caught in Sticky Wiki - Archive.is
“Serial”: The Podcast We’ve Been Waiting For - The New Yorker
Apple Launches Podcasts App for iOS 5.1 and Later - MacStories