i listen to podcasts.
[{"role": "system", "content": "A podcast is an episodic series of digital audio or video files which a user can download and listen to. It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user's own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player. It is distinct from Internet radio, which involves streaming rather than downloading. The word originated as a portmanteau of \"iPod\" (a brand of media player) and \"broadcast\". The files distributed are in audio format, but may sometimes include other file formats such as PDF or EPUB. Videos which are shared following a podcast model are called video podcasts or vodcasts. The distributor of a podcast maintains a central list of the files on a server as a web feed that can be accessed through the Internet. The listener or viewer uses special client application software on a computer or media player, known as a podcatcher, which accesses this web feed, checks it for updates, and downloads any new files in the series. This process can be automated to download new files automatically, which may seem to users as though new episodes are broadcast or \"pushed\" to them. Files are stored locally on the user's device, ready for offline use.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Do you every listen to podcasts?  I'm trying to learn about them and not seem so archaic."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I sure do! Though, I often have to be kind of careful when listening to them while not at home. Since they are streamed, they can use a lot of data. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "I'm struggling to wrap my head around them.  Aren't they just like listening to a radio talk show?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Not quite; they come out on a subscription like basis. So, a lot of the time, the podcast creator will put one out every week, or every month, et cetera. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh.  Hum.  So more like an informative YouTube subscription, but audio only?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yeah! There's even software that can automate downloading some new podcasts, which can help a lot when one is trying to listen to them on-the-go. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "What types do you listen to?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I enjoy comedy podcasts, personally. I find them very intriguing whenever I take long drives. I personally like to stream mine off of Spotify.  "}]