From Audio Blogging to Mainstream Media

Snohomish Podcast Network · Oct 28, 2025 · 5m

Ever wonder how podcasts actually started? Spoiler alert: it wasn’t in 2004!Join Trent on a time-traveling journey through over 40 years of podcasting history that will completely change how you think about this medium. Discover the surprising 1980s origins of “audio blogging” when Radio Computing Services was already delivering digital content to radio stations—two decades before anyone said the word “podcast.”In this episode, you’ll learn: - Why “podcast” has “iPod” in the name (even though you never needed one to listen!) - The game-changing moment in 2003 when Dave Weiner and Christopher…