Podcasts have become an increasingly popular medium for knowledge sharing within the software engineering (SE) community, offering insights into industry developments and the perspectives of professionals with different backgrounds. As this medium grows, it presents a potentially valuable resource not only for practitioners but also for researchers seeking to understand the evolving field. However, little is known about the actual content of SE podcasts or how they are perceived and used by researchers. This study systematically explores the SE podcast landscape, analyzing its content and surveying researchers to assess how podcasts can serve as a meaningful resource for advancing empirical software engineering research.

翻译：播客已成为软件工程社区内知识共享日益流行的媒介，提供关于行业发展的见解以及不同背景专业人士的观点。随着这种媒介的成长，它不仅为从业者提供了潜在的有价值资源，也为那些试图理解这一不断发展的领域的研究人员带来了可能。然而，关于软件工程播客的实际内容，或者研究人员如何看待和使用它们，目前知之甚少。本研究系统地探索了软件工程播客的格局，分析了其内容，并通过对研究人员的调查来评估播客如何成为推进经验软件工程研究的有意义资源。