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The rise of podcasts in recent years has revolutionized the way information and entertainment are created and shared. Offering convenience and versatility, podcasts are digital audio or video files that may be downloaded or streamed online anywhere, anytime. They possess a variety of characteristics that satisfy the needs of their listeners. Comparatively, FM radio has certain limitations such as government broadcasting policy, regional regulations, station regulations, and target market demographics. Besides the other limitations are usage of language, profanity, copyright, licensing problems, hate speech, discrimination, business classified ads, and broadcasting hours. At the same time, podcasts acts as a platform for freedom of expression without any limitation permitting creators to express their thoughts, evaluations, and creativity without any impendence censorship or any kind of authorities' intervention. As an open and accessible medium, podcasts allow diverse testimonies and discussions on essential issues to reach audiences globally. They foster an inclusive space for dialogue, cultural exchange, knowledge-sharing, and societal progress. This study was conducted in the first week of August 2023 to find out whether the podcast platform serves as a medium of entertainment for Spotify podcast listeners and to get an insight into the kind of information it disseminated to its listeners through content analysis. The top ten leading Spotify episodes were considered, and analysis was done on the content of those 10 episodes. The study found that podcasts as a medium of information and entertainment have advantage such as greater freedom of expression in content creation and sharing there is no limit to the artistic expression of a creator and there is no time limit for the podcast. At the same time as the podcaster is a gatekeeper, he or she needs to exercise responsible content creation and adhere to moral, legal, and ethical guidelines.