This week, Apple announced the end of a 20 year run for the iPod. But, like so many pop-culture phrases and words, the POD will never die. We’re stuck with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How many PODCASTS are there today? Too many to count, but we’ll call the non iPod recordings Podcasts forever now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s like the Watergate Hotel<\/a>. Everything involving conspiracies, mishaps, or failed espionage efforts is forever a “GATE”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

POD. It’s a simple word that I always associate with peas or a group of whales maybe. But, it doesn’t even stop with Podcasts, I mean there are “AirPODs”. How did we get from iPods to putting Pods in your ears?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week, Apple announced the end of a 20 year run for the iPod. But, like so many pop-culture phrases and words, the POD will never die. We’re stuck with it. How many PODCASTS are there today? Too many to …<\/p>\n

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