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"My son has...a 20 year old Holden that still has a cigarette lighter instead of a USB slot. ...Many who have older vehicles can’t listen to a podcast even if they want to...."
I had a 20-year-old Holden with an AM/FM receiver and cassette player on a standard single DIN .
In addition the unit had a 3.5mm audio socket to accept audio from external sources such as a mobile phone.
The mobile phone may have space on the micro sd with recorded podcasts.
Connect a lead from the mobile phone's earpiece to the car unit's 3.5mm audio socket.
Play the podcast from the mobile phone to the car's receiver.
Alternatively copy the podcast and burn it as an audio CD, open the stacker and place the burned CD.
Don't copy the mp3 file to CD rom as it is likely that the stacker is likely not to play mp3 files. Therefore the podcast must be converted toan audio CD format
Yes it is complicated but not impossible.
Therefore I would settle for the 3.5mm lead from the mobile phone to the car's unit.
In conclusion, for cars without a usb connected it may still be possible to play podcasts in a car's radio unit especially of the unit has a 3.5mm jack and can be connected to the mobile phone OR even an "ipod" type mp3/wav/ogg player with a 3.5mm/headphone outlet.
Thank you
Anthony, Strathfield South, in the land of the Wangal and Darug Peoples of the Eora Nation