# What is a podcast?

**URL:** https://forum.podcaster.community/t/what-is-a-podcast/4309
**Category:** Workbench
**Created:** [August 26, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/what-is-a-podcast/4309 "2024-08-26T14:17:00Z")
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### Author: ![craigconstantine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.podcaster.community/craigconstantine/32/2322_2.png) [@craigconstantine](https://forum.podcaster.community/u/craigconstantine)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/what-is-a-podcast/4309/1 "2024-08-26T14:17:00Z")

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> The test for whether it’s a podcast or not is if they say you can get it “Wherever you get your podcasts.” If they can say that, it’s a podcast. If you have to get it from Apple or YouTube or whoever, it’s not a podcast. That’s the rule.

…from Dave Winer on [Tuesday, June 4, 2024](http://scripting.com/2024/06/04.html)

> **[Scripting News: Tuesday, June 4, 2024](http://scripting.com/2024/06/04.html)**
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> Dave Winer, OG blogger, podcaster, developed first apps in many categories. Old enough to know better. It's even worse than it appears.

I’ve often said “a podcast is media, delivered using open protocols” but Winer’s description makes my technical mumbo-jumbo implicit by describing what being open _looks_ and _feels_ like to the people we’re serving.

Nice.

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