The New Oxford American Dictionary has named “podcast” as the Word of the Year for 2005

Erin McKean, editor-in-chief of the New Oxford American Dictionary, said: “Podcast was considered for inclusion last year, but we found that not enough people were using it, or were even familiar with the concept. This year it’s a completely different story. The word has finally caught up with the rest of the iPod phenomenon.”

I’d like to think that our show had a small part in making the word “podcast” more familiar.