In 2018, Spotify signed exclusive deals with two more music podcasts- The Joe Budden Podcast and Dissect. The third podcast, originally called The Chris Lighty Story but later renamed to Mogul, was about the life and career of the late music executive Chris Lighty. The next was Unpacked, a podcast focused on interviewing music festival goers across the United States. The first was entitled Showstopper, which discussed memorable music moments on TV. They announced on February 23, 2017, that they would be launching three additional Spotify original music podcasts. Spotify launched their first Spotify original music podcast, entitled Clarify, in the Fall of 2016. Spotify was one of the earliest platforms to produce music podcasts and has launched the most music podcasts when compared with other platforms. In each episode, Austin Jackson would take user-submitted questions and spend thirty minutes interviewing musicians and other figures in the music industry.

The show, hosted by Austin Jackson, was called the Boston Audio HiFi Industry Podcast. Positive Feedback Magazine began hosting one of the earliest music podcast in the Fall of 2005. Accident Hash and Irish & Celtic Music Podcast and began podcasts the following year. Another early music podcast, called Coverville, was started in 2004. It remained there until the company was sold to Comcast. Created and hosted by Kris Kosach, AudioFile Airwav was initially available only through and syndicated on TechTV Radio until it was uploaded by James Kim to the iTunes Music Store in 2005. Among the first music podcasts was AudioFile Airwav, a digital audio counterpart to the TechTV music series AudioFile which featured interviews with popular musicians, digital music trends and music related gear reviews.

Music podcasts date back to the dawn of podcasting when former MTV VJ Adam Curry and tech columnist and former TechTV Host John C.

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