This research examines podcasting in Cuba during the period 2018-2024, offering an empirical study into the development and evolution of the medium within the context of the Caribbean nation. It explores how podcasting fosters the experience of community through transmedia storytelling and co-creation practices in Cuba. Podcasting has emerged as an unregulated medium within a media landscape shaped by the narrative of the Revolution since 1959, functioning ‘as an element of the political system, legitimised by the normative discourse’ (Sosa Valcárcel, 2021, p. 25). The study traces the evolution of the Cuban podcasting landscape over six years, during which the country’s sociopolitical conditions influenced the emergence, consolidation, and subsequent dispersal of the podcasting movement. Drawing on analytical listening of 85 podcast episodes, 27 semi-structured interviews with 32 podcasting media practitioners, and two focus groups involving ten podcast listeners, the research examines how communicative practices in Cuban podcasting contribute to community-building. Grounded in a conceptual framework centred on community, transmedia storytelling, and co-creation, the study identifies podcasting communities as multidirectional networks of interactions, comprising podcaster-to-listener (top-down), listener-to-podcaster (bottom-up), and listener-to-listener (horizontal) exchanges. These communities are formed and sustained through a series of interconnected interactions and communicative practices that generate meaning and contribute to the reconfiguration of the country’s communicative system. Furthermore, this research proposes a framework for recognising participatory and co-creative practices within podcasting, thereby offering a significant contribution to the field of podcast studies, particularly in the underexplored area of podcast communities. Finally, the research shifts the analytical lens away from dominant Western perspectives in podcast scholarship and broadens the scope to include the Global South, with particular emphasis on Latin America and the Caribbean.