# Podcasting **Podcasting** is the distribution of on-demand audio series over the internet by subscription. The word was coined in February 2004. The format's boom is usually dated to *Serial* (2014), and its arrival as a dominant political medium to the 2020s: [[Joe Rogan]]'s exclusive Spotify deal in May 2020 and the 2024 "podcast election," in which [[Donald Trump]] courted young male audiences through long-form shows. Podcasts carry little of the regulation that governs broadcast [[Radio]] and are a main channel of the right-wing ecosystem described in the [[Right-Wing Media Timeline]]. > [!note] Stub > Minimum-viable page created to support the [[Media Timeline]]. Expand with the technology's development, its owners, and its political uses. ## See also - [[Media Timeline]] - [[Radio]] - [[Joe Rogan]] - [[Talk Radio]]