My favorite silly thing about the new administration.
Because all the podiums are set up for President Obama height, whenever anybody else speaks at one, they look incredibly short. Like they almost have to stand on their tiptoes to see past the microphone. They're going to need to put hydraulic height adjusters in them or something.
I always thought if it had its own base, it was a podium, and a lectern was a table-top model. But I don't know if I had any justification for thinking that.
Podium also refers to a wall's support base, or even a low wall itself; such low walls were places to sit in amphitheaters and gardens, which is where the word "pew" derives. This gives another way to remember: people sit on the podium.
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