2023 WINNERS & NOMINEES
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Podcast of The Year (Sponsored by Tenderfoot TV)
CHAMELEON: WILD BOYS
from Campside Media and Sony Music Entertainment
OTHER NOMINEES
DESIGN MATTERS WITH DEBBIE MILLMAN
from TED Audio Collective, Design Matters Media, Inc.
DIRECT DEPOSIT
from Audible
FIASCO: THE AIDS CRISIS
from Audible
GAY PRIDE & PREJUDICE
from Gimlet Media
MORIARTY
from Audible
PINK CARD
from ESPN 30 for 30
RECLAIMED: THE STORY OF MAMIE TILL MOBLEY
from ABC News
THE OUTLAW OCEAN PODCAST
from CBC Podcasts and the L.A. Times
THE PRINCE
from The Economist
Best Documentary Podcast
BONE VALLEY
from Lava for Good Podcasts in Association with Signal Co. No1.
OTHER NOMINEES
COLLAPSE: DISASTER IN SURFSIDE
from Treefort Media
FINDING TAMIKA
from Audible
I WILL NOT GROW OLD HERE (SHORT SERIES)
from The Radio Workshop
IMPERFECT PARADISE: THE FORGOTTEN REVOLUTIONARY
from LAist Studios
THE GREATEST MENACE: INSIDE THE GAY PRISON EXPERIMENT
from Patrick Abboud & Simon Cunich, Audible
WE WERE THREE
from Serial Productions
Best Interview Podcast
THE ASSIGNMENT WITH AUDIE CORNISH
from CNN Audio
OTHER NOMINEES
9 TO 5ISH WITH THESKIMM
from theSkimm
DESIGN MATTERS WITH DEBBIE MILLMAN
from TED Audio Collective, Design Matters Media, Inc.
DIRECT DEPOSIT
from Audible
RETHINKING WITH ADAM GRANT
from TED Audio Collective
THE LEDE
from New Lines Magazine
WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? THE CHRIS HAYES PODCAST
from MSNBC / NBC News Audio Unit
Best Comedy Podcast
WHY WON’T YOU DATE ME WITH NICOLE BYER
from Team Coco
OTHER NOMINEES
FUNNY CUZ IT’S TRUE
from Lemonada Media
I LOVE A LIFETIME MOVIE
from A+E Networks Podcasts
SCAM GODDESS
from SiriusXM's Earwolf & Team Coco
THE FCKRY WITH LESLIE JONES AND LENNY MARCUS
from SiriusXM's Earwolf
SUMMER IN ARGYLE
from Audible
WAIT WAIT… DON’T TELL ME!
from NPR
Best News Podcast
WHAT NEXT
from Slate
OTHER NOMINEES
COLLAPSE: DISASTER IN SURFSIDE
from Treefort Media
FOUNDERING: THE AMAZON STORY
from Bloomberg
IMPERFECT PARADISE: THE SHERIFF
from LAist Studios
POST REPORTS
from The Washington Post
UKRAINECAST
from News Podcasts, Long Form Audio, BBC
VICE NEWS REPORTS
from VICE Audio
Best Sports Podcast
THE LEAD
from Wondery
OTHER NOMINEES
CHOOSING SIDES: F1
from iHeartPodcasts & Sports Illustrated Studios
DEEP LEFT FIELD
from Toronto Star
PINK CARD
from ESPN 30 for 30
SPORTS HISTORY THIS WEEK
from A+E Networks Podcasts
THE LONGEST GAME
from ESPN 30 for 30 and Radio Diaries
TORCHED
from FilmNation Entertainment, Gilded Audio
Best True Crime Podcast
UP AND VANISHED - THE TRIAL OF RYAN DUKE
from Tenderfoot TV
OTHER NOMINEES
CONVICTION: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF NUSEIBA HASAN
from Gimlet Media and Spotify Studios
DATELINE: MISSING IN AMERICA
from Dateline NBC
DEATH OF AN ARTIST
from Pushkin Industries, SONY Music Entertainment, Somethin' Else
QUEEN OF THE CON
from AYR Media, iHeartPodcasts
THE PADDLEFISH CAVIAR HEIST
from Imperative Entertainment, Vespucci
WRONGFUL CONVICTION
from Lava For Good
Best DIY Podcast (Special category for 2023)
QUEER NEWS
from E3 Radio
OTHER NOMINEES
ALLYSHIP IS A VERB
from Chris Angel Murphy, MSW
POETRY FOR ALL PODCAST
from Joanne Diaz and Abram Van Engen
PROUD STUTTER
from Proud Stutter San Francisco
STITCH PLEASE
from
TEDDY GOES TO THE USSR
from
THEY KNEW WHICH WAY TO RUN
from Apoorva Dixit, Molly Mulroy, Quinn Mulroy
Best Business Podcast
BUSINESS WARS
from Wondery
OTHER NOMINEES
AN ARM AND A LEG
from Public Roads Productions
LEAD BALLOON
from Podcamp Media
THE HEIST SEASON 2: THE WEALTH VORTEX
from Center for Public Integrity and Transmitter Media
THE NEW WAY WE WORK, FEATURING 4-PART AMBITION DIARIES MINI SERIES
from Fast Company with Economic Hardship Reporting Project
WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM? WITH JACOB GOLDSTEIN
from Pushkin Industries
WORK CHECK
from Atlassian, Pacific Content
Best Fiction Podcast
LAST KNOWN POSITION
from QCODE
OTHER NOMINEES
BIRDS OF EMPIRE
from QCODE
BONE, MARRY, BURY
from Dear Media & RomComPods
JANE ANONYMOUS
from Fictionz Media
MORIARTY
from Audible
NEWTS!
from PRX & The Truth
THE BIG LIE
from Audible
Best History Podcast
SLOW BURN: ROE V. WADE
from Slate
OTHER NOMINEES
AGAINST THE ODDS
from Wondery
FIASCO: THE AIDS CRISIS
from Audible
HISTORY DAILY
from Noiser & Airship (co-production)
ONE YEAR: 1986
from Slate
RECLAIMED: THE STORY OF MAMIE TILL MOBLEY
from ABC News
SNAFU WITH ED HELMS
from FilmNation Entertainment, Gilded Audio, and Pacific Electric Picture Company
Best Indie Podcast (Sponsored by Stitcher)
BLIND LANDING
from Blind Landing/Ari Saperstein
OTHER NOMINEES
GHOSTHONEY’S DREAM MACHINE
from Pod People
IMAGINARY WORLDS
from Eric Molinsky
IN THOSE GENES PODCAST
from In Those Genes
INNER WEST ICONS
from Jane Curtis
SOL AFFIRMATIONS WITH KAREGA & FELICIA
from Black Love Inc
THE NOCTURNISTS
from Emily Silverman
Best Podcast for Kids
TAI ASKS WHY
from CBC Podcasts
OTHER NOMINEES
A KIDS BOOK ABOUT: THE PODCAST
from A Kids Co.
FOREVER AGO
from APM Studios
MILLION BAZILLION
from Marketplace
PINKALICIOUS & PETERRIFIC
from GBH KIDS
SMASH BOOM BEST
from APM Studios
THE ARTHUR PODCAST
from GBH KIDS
Best Knowledge, Science or Tech Podcast
TED RADIO HOUR
from NPR
OTHER NOMINEES
CLIMATE OF CHANGE
from Audible
IN MACHINES WE TRUST
from MIT Technology Review
IRL: ONLINE LIFE IS REAL LIFE
from Pacific Content & Mozilla Foundation
THRESHOLD
from Auricle Productions
UNEXPLAINABLE
from Vox
WHY IT MATTERS
from Council on Foreign Relations
Best Society and Culture Podcast
ÍDOLO: THE BALLAD OF CHALINO SÁNCHEZ
from Sonoro, Futuro Media
OTHER NOMINEES
FIASCO: THE AIDS CRISIS
from Audible
IN THOSE GENES PODCAST
from In Those Genes New Orleans
INTO AMERICA
from MSNBC
LOVE RIGHT NOW
from Audible
THE SUM OF US
from Higher Ground Audio, Futuro Media Group, Spotify
TRUTH BE TOLD
from TMI Productions
Best Politics or Opinion Podcast
STRICT SCRUTINY
from Crooked Media
OTHER NOMINEES
CROSSING THE LINE
from Population Media Center
IT’S POLITICAL WITH ALTHIA RAJ
from Toronto Star
POST REPORTS
from The Washington Post
TEACHING TEXAS
from Wonder Media Network
THE PRINCE
from The Economist
THE STATE OF: WOMEN
from Population Media Center, Reasonable Volume, Clamor
Best Entertainment Podcast (Sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter)
SCAMFLUENCERS
from Wondery
OTHER NOMINEES
EVEN THE RICH
from Wondery
MUBI PODCAST
from MUBI, Inc.
OBJECT OF SOUND
from Sonos, work x work
POP PARANORMAL
from Travel Channel
QUEUE POINTS
from Queue Points (Producers DJ Sir Daniel & Jay Ray)
REALITY WITH THE KING
from More Sauce, Stitcher, SiriusXM
Best Personal Growth / Spirituality Podcast
A SLIGHT CHANGE OF PLANS
from Pushkin Industries
OTHER NOMINEES
ALLYSHIP IS A VERB
from Chris Angel Murphy, MSW
BACK FROM BROKEN
from Colorado Public Radio
HOW GOD WORKS
from David DeSteno & PRX
HOW TO BE A BETTER HUMAN
from TED Audio Collective / PRX
IN THE ARENA WITH LEAH SMART
from LinkedIn Editorial Productions
THE MEL ROBBINS PODCAST
from SiriusXM's Stitcher Studios & 143 Studios
Best Wellness or Relationships Podcast
COME AS YOU ARE
from Pushkin Industries
OTHER NOMINEES
ARE YOU SLEEPING
from Vox Creative
BACK FROM BROKEN
from Colorado Public Radio
CHIQUIS AND CHILL
from iHeart Podcasts/My Cultura Network
DEAR HEADSPACE
from Headspace Studios
NAVIGATING NARCISSISM
from Red Table Talk Podcasts
ROOM 5
from BBC
Best Podcast Host
LEAH WRIGHT RIGEUR
for Reclaimed: The Story of Mamie Till-Mobley
OTHER NOMINEES
ANDERSON COOPER
for All There is with Anderson Cooper
GILBERT KING & KELSEY DECKER
for Bone Valley
CHAD SANDERS
for Direct Deposit
CASEY WILSON
for Fed Up
JB SMOOVE
for Funny My Way
HEATHER MCGHEE
for The Sum of Us
Best Reporting
GILBERT KING & KELSEY DECKER
for Bone Valley
OTHER NOMINEES
YUDHIJIT BHATTACHARJEE
for Chameleon: Scam Likely
HABBIBA NOSHEEN
for Conviction: The Disappearance of Nuseiba Hasan
JOHN SWEENEY
for Taking on Putin
PATRICK ABBOUD
for The Greatest Menace: Inside the Gay Prison Experiment
IAN URBINA
for The Outlaw Ocean Podcast
STEPHEN GREY
for Who Killed Daphne?
Best Scriptwriting, Fiction
JENNY DEIKER RESTIVO & NATHALIE CHICA
for I Hear Fear
OTHER NOMINEES
C.D. CARPENTER
for American Hostage
TRAVIS BEACHAM
for Impact Winter
LUKE PASSMORE
for Last Known Position
MARY HAMILTON
for Power Trip
WILL WEGGEL & DANNY LUBER
for The End Up
MINHDZUY KHORAMI, MIKE CABELLON, MEGHAN O’NEILL, PETER MCNERNEY, LEE OVERTREE, RACHEL WENITSKY, NED RISELEY, MAHAYLA LAURENCE, ALEXIS SIMPSON
for The Story Pirates Podcast
Best Scriptwriting, Nonfiction (Sponsored by Castbox)
ERICK GALINDO & ALEJANDRO MENDOZA
for Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez
OTHER NOMINEES
ERIN HARPER
for 12 Years That Shook the World
SAM MULLINS
for Chameleon: Wild Boys
HELEN MOLESWORTH
for Death of an Artist
TRYMAINE LEE, AISHA TURNER, ISABEL ANGELL, MAX JACOBS, JOSH SIROTIAK
for Into America
RICO GAGLIANO
for MUBI Podcast
NANCY UPDIKE
for We Were Three
Best Production and Sound Design
DEFACTO SOUND
for Twenty Thousand Hertz
OTHER NOMINEES
CHRIS GIBNEY & JULIE LARSON
for Batman: The Audio Adventures
RANDY TORRES, BEN MILCHEV, RYAN WALSH, DAVID TATASCIORE, GABE BURCH, NEELY OEFTERING
for Birds of Empire
RANDY TORRES, BEN MILCHEV, RYAN WALSH, DAVID TATASCIORE, SARAH MA, NEELY OEFTERING
for Cupid
AUDIO UP AND AUDIBLE
for Maejor Frequency
MARK HENRY PHILLIPS
for Marvel’s Wastelanders: Doom
E. SCOTT KELLY
for The Big Burn
Best Original Score and Music Supervision
JAKE BRENNAN, MATT BEAUDOIN, RYAN SPRAKER, BRYCE KANZER
for Disgraceland
OTHER NOMINEES
DIRT POOR ROBINS & DAYTON COLE
for Culpable Podcast
SCOTT VELASQUEZ
for Fed Up
CHRIS RYAN, JONATHON ROBERTS, LIZ FULTON
for Gay Pride & Prejudice
ARSON FAHIM
for Kabul Falling
DERON JOHNSON & DAVID LEVITA
for Last Known Position
RYAN HOLLADAY & HIL JAEGER
for Spark & Fire
Best Performance in Audio Fiction
COLE SPROUSE & SARAH YARKIN
for Borrasca (Season 2)
OTHER NOMINEES
AMIN JOSEPH
for #MATTER
BETHANY JOY LENZ, CLIVE STANDEN, MICHAEL O’NEILL
for Dark Sanctum
DOMINIC MONAGHAN, BILLY BOYD, PHIL LAMARR, LINDSAY WHISLER
for Moriarty
RORY CULKIN
for Outliers
AUD ANDREWS
for The Madness of Chartrulean
CECILY STRONG & ERIC AUSTIN
for The Story Pirates Podcast