2021 WINNERS & NOMINEES
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Podcast of The Year
DYING FOR SEX
from Wondery
OTHER NOMINEES
BLOCKBUSTER
from Epicleff Originals and Cadence13
BUNGA BUNGA
from Wondery
CHASING COSBY
from Los Angeles Times and Herzog & Company
DETOURS
from WGBH, PRX, and Antiques Roadshow
DIRTY DIANA
from QCode and The Lede Company
FOR LIFE
from Sony Pictures Television and Treefort
FORGOTTEN : WOMEN OF JUAREZ
iHeartRadio
SAY THEIR NAME
DCP Entertainment
THE HAPPINESS LAB
from Pushkin Industries
Best Documentary Podcast
I’M NOT A MONSTER
from BBC Sounds / Panorama / FRONTLINE PBS
OTHER NOMINEES
CALIFORNIA CITY
from LAist Studios
CONVICTION SEASON 2: AMERICAN PANIC
from Spotify, Gimlet
FOR LIFE
from Sony Pictures Television and Treefort
LOUDER THAN A RIOT
from NPR
PAINKILLER: AMERICA’S FENTANYL CRISIS
from Spotify Studios
THE EDGE
from Cadence13/Ben Reiter/Prologue Projects
Best Interview Podcast
DEATH, SEX, & MONEY
from WNYC Studios
OTHER NOMINEES
A WINNING MINDSET: LESSONS FROM THE PARALYMPICS
from Livewire Sport / International Paralympic Committee
ASIAN ENOUGH
from Los Angeles Times
BACK FROM BROKEN
from Colorado Public Radio
MORE WITH ANNA MARIA TREMONTI
from CBC
THE FRONTLINE DISPATCH
from FRONTLINE PBS
TRAFFICKED WITH MARIANA VAN ZELLER
from National Geographic and Muck Media
Best Comedy Podcast
CONAN O’BRIEN NEEDS A FRIEND
from Team Coco & Earwolf
OTHER NOMINEES
CULTURE KINGS
from Earwolf / Stitcher
DON’T ASK TIG
from APM
GROCERIES
from Earwolf / Stitcher
HOW DID THIS GET MADE?
from Earwolf / Stitcher
THE BREAKFAST CLUB
from iHeartRadio
THREEDOM
from Earwolf / Stitcher
Best News Podcast
TODAY, EXPLAINED
from Vox Media Podcast Network
OTHER NOMINEES
DO NO HARM
from Wondery and NBC News
POST REPORTS
from The Washington Post
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY: INSIDE THE FINCEN FILES
from Pineapple Street Studios, Buzzfeed
THE JOURNAL
from Spotify, Gimlet
WHAT NEXT
from Slate
VICE NEWS REPORTS
from VICE News and iHeartRadio
Best Sports Podcast
WHISTLEBLOWER
from Tenderfoot TV and Whistleblower Media
OTHER NOMINEES
17 WEEKS
from UNINTERRUPTED; SiriusXM
DRAFTED
from Treefort Media
SPORTS UNCOVERED
from NBC Sports
THE CAM CHRONICLES
from Spotify, The Ringer
THE EDGE: HOUSTON ASTROS
from Cadence13 / Ben Reiter / Prologue Projects
THE LEAD
from Wondery & The Athletic
Best True Crime Podcast
DR. DEATH SEASON 2: DR. FATA
from Wondery
OTHER NOMINEES
BRAINWASHED/UNCOVER
from CBC Podcasts
CHASING COSBY
from Los Angeles Times, Herzog & Company
I’M NOT A MONSTER
from BBC Sounds / Panorama / FRONTLINE PBS
SOMEBODY
A co-production of Topic Studios, The Intercept, the Invisible Institute, and iHeartRadio, in association with Tenderfoot TV
SUPERNATURAL WITH ASHLEY FLOWERS
from Spotify, Parcast
THE MESSENGER
from Topic Studios, Chalk & Blade, Audible
Best Business Podcast
THE HEIST
from Center for Public Integrity
OTHER NOMINEES
AN ARM AND A LEG
from Public Roads Productions
BROUGHT TO YOU BY…
from Business Insider
GO FOR BROKE
from Vox Media Podcast Network and Epic Magazine
MASTERS OF SCALE
from WaitWhat
TEAMISTRY
from Atlassian / Pacific Content
WOMEN AT WORK
from Harvard Business Review
Best Fiction Podcast
BLOOD TIES - SEASON 2
from Wondery
OTHER NOMINEES
ASKING FOR IT
from CBC Podcasts & Mermaid Palace
DEM TIMES
from Our Day
DIRTY DIANA
from QCode
FROZEN FRIGHTS: AURORA BOREALIS “VACANT”
from Icebox Radio Theater
THE LEFT RIGHT GAME
from QCode
THE TWO PRINCES
from Spotify, Gimlet
Best History Podcast
DRIVING THE GREEN BOOK
from Macmillan Podcasts
OTHER NOMINEES
AMERICAN HISTORY TELLERS
from Wondery
AMERICAN SCANDAL
from Wondery
DETOURS
from WGBH and PRX
SLOW BURN
from Slate
UNFINISHED: DEEP SOUTH
from Stitcher
VERY PRESIDENTIAL WITH ASHLEY FLOWERS
from Spotify, Parcast
Best Knowledge, Science or Tech Podcast
SHORT WAVE
from NPR
OTHER NOMINEES
AMERICAN INNOVATIONS
from Wondery
BRAVE NEW PLANET
A co-production of The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Pushkin Industries, and the Boston Globe. With support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
HOW TO SAVE A PLANET
from Spotify, Gimlet
IN MACHINES WE TRUST
from MIT Technology Review
TAI ASKS WHY
from CBC Podcasts and TRAX from PRX
UNLOCKING BRYSON’S BRAIN
from CBC Podcasts
Best Society and Culture Podcast
CODE SWITCH
from NPR
OTHER NOMINEES
EAR HUSTLE
from PRX’s Radiotopia
HEAVYWEIGHT
from Spotify, Gimlet
INTO AMERICA
from MSNBC
LATINO USA
from Futuro Media & PRX
RESISTANCE
from Spotify, Gimlet
YOU AND ME BOTH WITH HILLARY CLINTON
from iHeartRadio
Best Politics or Opinion Podcast
GAINING GROUND: THE NEW GEORGIA
from Tenderfoot TV and Crooked Media
OTHER NOMINEES
BURN THE BOATS
from Evergreen Podcasts
OUR NATION OF IMMIGRANTS
from The Brookings Institution
POLITICALLY RE-ACTIVE
from Topic Studios, WarnerMedia Podcast Network
THE DAN BONGINO SHOW
from Westwood One
THE NPR POLITICS PODCAST
from NPR
WINNING WISCONSIN
from Wonder Media Network
Best Entertainment Podcast
EVEN THE RICH
from Wondery
OTHER NOMINEES
DISSECT
from Spotify Studios
FOR LIFE: THE PODCAST
from Sony Pictures Television and Treefort
OFFICE LADIES
from Earwolf / Stitcher
PRIME VIDEO PRESENTS
from Amazon Studios, At Will Media, & Tim Kash
THE FIRST ONE
from The SpringHill Company and Amazon Music
THE PLOT THICKENS
from Turner Classic Movies
Best Personal Growth / Spirituality Podcast
ON BEING WITH KRISTA TIPPETT
from On Being Studios
OTHER NOMINEES
BORNE THE BATTLE
from US Department of Veterans Affairs
DEAR THERAPISTS
from iHeartRadio
HEY SPIRIT!
from Audiation (Sandy Smallens & Courtney Mullin)
MEDITATIVE STORY
from WaitWhat
RAISING TO RISE
from Bright Sighted Podcasting
STAY CALM WITH BOB ROTH
from iHeartRadio
Best Wellness or Relationships Podcast
THERAPY FOR BLACK GIRLS
from iHeartMedia
OTHER NOMINEES
ADULT ISH
from YR Media
DYING FOR SEX
from Wondery
LAST DAY SEASON 2
from Lemonada Media
THE HAPPINESS LAB
from Pushkin Industries
WE GOT YOU
from Sonic Union and TRAX from PRX
WHERE SHOULD WE BEGIN?
from Spotify, Gimlet
Best Podcast Host
PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE
for Wind of Change
OTHER NOMINEES
DAHLIA LITHWICK
for Amicus Presents: The Class of RBG
JOSH GWYNN, TRACY CLAYTON
for Back Issue
WHITNEY CUMMINGS
for Bunga Bunga
MO ROCCA
for MOBITUARIES: Anna May Wong (Death of a Trailblazer)
MALCOLM GLADWELL
for Revisionist History
WENDY ZUKERMAN
for Science vs.
Best Reporting
PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE
for Wind of Change
OTHER NOMINEES
LEON NEYFAKH
for Fiasco: Iran-Contra
JOSH BAKER
for I’m Not A Monster
SARAH GONZALEZ, KENNY MALONE, JACOB GOLDSTEIN, ROBERT SMITH, AMANDA ARONCZYK, KAREN DUFFIN, MARY CHILDS
for Planet Money
SHOSHANA WALTER, LAURA STARECHESKI, IKE SRIKANDARAJAH
for Reveal
MALIKA BILAL, STEFANIE DEKKER, SAFWAT AL-KAHLOUT
for The Take
SARAH VENTRE, ASH SANDERS
for Unfinished: Short Creek
Best Scriptwriting, Fiction
SHANA FESTE, JEN BESSER
for Dirty Diana
OTHER NOMINEES
SHARON MASHIHI
for Appearances
RHYS REED-JOHNSON, JACOB ROBERTS-MENSAH
for DEM TIMES
AMY ANIOBI, CHRIS SANFORD, KINDSEY YOUNG
for Looking for Latoya
DAVID HUDGINS, BROOKS HUDGINS
for Make It Up As We Go
KENNY CURTIS, JILLIAN HUGHES, EMILY EVERHART
for National Geographic Kids Greeking Out
JACK ANDERSON
for The Left Right Game
Best Scriptwriting, Nonfiction
PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE
for Wind of Change
OTHER NOMINEES
ROBIN LINN
for And Nothing Less
JONATHAN GOLDSTEIN, KALILA HOLT, STEVIE LANE
for Heavyweight
WAITWHAT TEAM, ADAM SKUSE, KATIE CLARK GRAY
for Masters of Scale
SAIDU TEJAN-THOMAS JR.
for Resistance
JONATHAN MENJIVAR, JENELLE PIFER, JOEL LOVELL
for Suspicious Activity: Inside the FinCEN Files
TIM LIVINGSTON, DOUG MATEJKA, COLE LOCASCIO
for Whistleblower
Best Production and Sound Design
RYAN WALSH, MATT YOCUM, WILL FILES, RYAN SULLIVAN
for The Left Right Game
OTHER NOMINEES
BISHOP SAND
for Canary: The Washington Post Investigates
MATTHEW BOLL
for Conviction: American Panic
MILLIE LATROU, RYAN WALSH, KATIE HALLIDAY, JUSTIN DAVEY, MATT YOCUM & BEN MILCHEV, NEELY OEFTERING
for Dirty Diana
JOHN DELORE
for Unfinished: Short Creek
MARK HORGAN,
CIARAN CASSIDY
for Where is George Gibney?
HENRY MOLOFSKY
for Wind of Change
Best Original Score and Music Supervision
MARCELINO VILLALPANDO
for Jacked: Rise of New Jack Sound
OTHER NOMINEES
SCOTT VELASQUEZ
for Bunga Bunga
MAKEUP AND VANITY SET
for Dead and Gone
LUIS GUERRA
for Revisionist History
RAMTIN ARABLOUEI, DROP ELECTRIC, HANIA RANI
for Throughline
CHRIS TARRY, JENNIFER ROWEKAMP
for Treasure Island 2020
GREG LASWELL, BOBBY LORD, JONATHON ROBERTS
for The Two Princes
Best Performer in Audio Fiction
TESSA THOMPSON
for The Left Right Game
OTHER NOMINEES
COREY HAWKINS
for DUST, Season 3: CHRYSALIS
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY
for Hank the Cowdog
ALY TRASHER
for Light House
KENNY CURTIS, TORI KERR
for National Geographic Kids Greeking Out
NOAH GALVIN, ARI’EL STACHEL, SAMIRA WILEY, GIDEON GLICK, WESLEY TAYLOR, ALFREDO NARCISO, MANDI MASDEN, CJ WILSON, MICHELLE GOMEZ
for The Two Princes
WILLEM DAFOE, CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG
for We Are Not Alone