Which of these interpretations is more accurate?


I had the [following
interaction](https://twitter.com/Sanparo_Z/status/1722406762169663885) on X
(formerly Twitter):

> S: 車運転してる時ってなんか聞いてる？
>
> C: 何してもいつも音楽やポッドキャストを聞いている。運転する時はアニソンかポップやクラシックロックかも。
>
> S: ポッドキャストちょいちょい聞くけどポッドキャストってなんぞや〜…？

My question is about the last line. Both Google Translate and DeepL suggested
a translation like "I listen to podcasts a lot, but what is a podcast?", which
seems unlikely. I feel like it is closer to one of the following:

  1. I've heard (the word) podcast a lot, but what actually is it?

  2. I listen to podcasts a lot, but when you say podcasts what ones are you referring to?

Which one of these is more likely to be a better translation, and is there a
way for me to understand why that's the case? The casual language and dropping
of detail is catching me out.




The first half of the sentence in question is ambiguous, but the former is the
correct interpretation. って after the second ポッドキャスト is とは or というのは for seeking
a definition here.

You can even ask a short question with って like this:

> ポッドキャストって?
>
> Podcast? (What is it?)

ちょいちょい is somewhere between _sometimes_ and _often_. It's not _a lot_.




The first half of the sentence in question is ambiguous, but the former is the
correct interpretation. って after the second ポッドキャスト is とは or というのは for seeking
a definition here.

You can even ask a short question with って like this:

> ポッドキャストって?
>
> Podcast? (What is it?)

ちょいちょい is somewhere between _sometimes_ and _often_. It's not _a lot_.

