How to Properly Cite a Podcast

I know that talking about text citations might seem slightly old school — especially when you start to consider APA style versus MLA style (hello, college days!) However, when it comes to giving credit where credit is due, (and not breaking any plagiarism laws in the process), citation is an important topic.

While most of us are probably quite familiar with citing books, research, images, and other creative works, in comparison, podcasting is somewhat new. This article will talk about how to cite a podcast the proper way.

How to cite a podcast APA

Here are some more details on how to cite a podcast in APA format from Scribbr.

It’s a pretty basic flow:

Host last name, Initials. (Host). (Year, Month Day). Episode title (No. Episode number) [Audio podcast episode]. In Podcast title. Production Company. URL.

How to cite a podcast MLA

Here are some more details on How to cite a podcast in MLA.

Not a ton different than APA, but there are a couple of things to note, like the season number and the order of information, like the date:

Host last name, First name, host. “Episode Title.” Podcast Title, season number, episode number, Publisher, Day Month Year, URL.

Citing a podcast example

Because I don’t think many of us are creating a “Works Cited” section anytime soon (more likely, we’re simply doing in-text citations for quotes and the like), I asked David what common practice is when it comes to citing an audio podcast.

His answer is everything I expected (and hopefully what you’d expect, too):

“There’s a courtesy of linking to the podcast and mentioned the episode where you heard the content you’re sharing — that’s best practice”.

To give you an example of what a citation for this content from David might look like (if it were taken from a podcast episode, which to be clear, it wasn’t), I’d simply include the name of his audio podcast, a time-stamp of where that content was shared, and make sure the podcast is linked, like this:

“There’s a courtesy of linking to the podcast and mentioned the episode where you heard the content you’re sharing — that’s best practice” (Products of the Mind podcast, [38:07]).

Because you’re using a timestamp, it’s best to link to the actual episode. I’d probably even go a bit further and mention the name of the specific episode to make it very easy for people to find. You could even include the date it went live as an added measure.

More podcasting resources

We hope this will be a useful resource for you moving forward!

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Heartbeat at EOFire, an award winning podcast w/ John Lee Dumas. Host of Kate's Take & co-host of Nicole & Kate Can Relate. Goal: lifestyle freedom!

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Kate Erickson Dumas

Heartbeat at EOFire, an award winning podcast w/ John Lee Dumas. Host of Kate's Take & co-host of Nicole & Kate Can Relate. Goal: lifestyle freedom!