Podfather may refer to: Joseph B. Weaver, Founder of I.D.E.A. and Regency Electronics, made the first fiberglass/copper laminated circuitboard for the first transistor radio, the Regency TR-1, which some have claimed the iPod copied the design of. Adam Curry, internet entrepreneur Jon Rubinstein, iPod developer The Podfather, series four of The Ricky Gervais Show PODFather, a software company in Edinburgh.