Oh What A Time...18 Nov 2025

#148 Audiobooks & Podcasts (Part 2)

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!

In our most meta episode ever, this week we’re discussing the history of audiobooks and podcasts! Firstly, what was the equivalent of podcasts in Ancient Rome? How Thomas Edison pioneered the podcast. And lastly.. what was the first podcast, proper?

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