2025 NOMINEES
Podcast of The Year Sponsored by
99% INVISIBLE: NOT BUILT FOR THIS
from SiriusXM
BEYOND ALL REPAIR
from WBUR, ZSP Media
CEMENT CITY
from Cement City Productions, Audacy Podcasts
DRAGON AGE: VOWS & VENGEANCE
from Electronic Arts, Pod People
EMPIRE CITY: THE UNTOLD ORGIN STORY OF THE NYPD
from Wondery, Crooked Media
FARAWAY
from Sonoro
FIRE ESCAPE
from Snap Studios, Wondery
HOT WHITE HEIST 2
from Broadway Video
HYSTERICAL
from Wondery, Audacy's Pineapple Street Studios
THROUGHLINE
from NPR
Best Business Podcast
GOOD BAD BILLIONAIRE
from BBC Studios and the BBC World Service
HOW I BUILT THIS PODCAST WITH GUY RAZ
from Wondery, Built It Productions, NPR
LEVER TIME WITH DAVID SIROTA
from The Lever
MONEY STUFF
from Bloomberg Podcasts
NERDWALLET'S SMART MONEY PODCAST
from NerdWallet, Airwave
RAPID RESPONSE
from WaitWhat
THE BEST IDEA YET
from Wondery, Nick & Jack Studios
Best Comedy Podcast
CONAN O’BRIEN NEEDS A FRIEND
from Team Coco, SiriusXM
HOT WHITE HEIST 2
from Broadway Video
LAS CULTURISTAS WITH MATT ROGERS AND BOWEN YANG
from iHeartPodcasts, Big Money Players
SCAM GODDESS
from Earwolf, Team Coco, SiriusXM
SMARTLESS
from SmartLess Media, SiriusXM
WE'RE HERE TO HELP
from Headgum
WHO REPLACED AVRIL LAVIGNE? JOANNE MCNALLY INVESTIGATES
from What’s The Story Sounds – for BBC Sounds and CBC
Best DIY Podcast
ABANDONED: THE ALL-AMERICAN RUINS PODCAST
from All-American Ruins
BLACK IS AMERICA
from Owls Education Company
BOOKS & BOBA
from HappyEcstatic Media
EVERYDAY TRANS ACTIVISM
from Parents of Trans Youth
MIND THE FORCE
from Mind the Force LLC
THE B* WORD
from Owls Education Company
THE INTEGRATED SCHOOLS PODCAST
from Integrated Schools
Best Documentary Podcast
EXTRASENSORY
from Blanchard House, Apple
LOST PATIENTS
from KUOW Public Radio, The Seattle Times
SILENCE IN SIKESTON
from KFF Health News, WORLD, Retro Report
SNAP JUDGMENT
from Snap Studios
TESTED
from Bucket of Eels, CBC Podcasts and NPR's Embedded
THE FINAL WAR
from Evergreen Creative
UGANDA'S HIDDEN RAINBOW
from Radio Workshop
Best Entertainment Podcast Sponsored by
INFAMOUS
from Campside Media, Sony Podcasts
LEMME SAY THIS
from Wondery
RATTLED & SHOOK
from Tenderfoot TV
SCAMFLUENCERS
from Wondery
SPLIT SCREEN: KID NATION
from CBC Podcasts
THE ROAD TO JONI
from Talkhouse, SHEROES
THE WONDER OF STEVIE
from Audible, Higher Ground, Pineapple Street Studios
Best Fiction Podcast
DRAGON AGE: VOWS & VENGEANCE
from Electronic Arts, Pod People
TALES OF FISTS & FIREBALLS
from ADHx2
THE COLDEST CASE THE PAST HAS A LONG MEMORY
from James Patterson Entertainment, Friendly Heights, Origin Story Entertainment
THE JUSTICE
from Audible, James Patterson Entertainment, Broadway Video
THE LAST CITY
from Wondery
THE SENESCHAL: A REBEL MOON STORY
from Wolf At The Door Studios
TOM SLICK: MYSTERY HUNTER
from School of Humans, iHeartPodcasts
Best History Podcast
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE PRESENTS: JOSEPH MCCARTHY
from GBH
DON'T DRINK THE MILK - THE CURIOUS HISTORY OF THINGS
from Deutsche Welle (DW)
EMPIRE CITY: THE UNTOLD ORIGIN STORY OF THE NYPD
from Wondery, Crooked Media
HOLLYWOOD EXILES
from CBC Podcasts, BBC World Service, BBC Audio Wales
INTO AMERICA: UNCOUNTED MILLIONS
from MSNBC
TESTED
from Bucket of Eels, CBC Podcasts, NPR’s Embedded
THROUGHLINE
from NPR
Best Indie Podcast
SIGHTINGS
from Reverb
THE INSURGENCE: SHERIFFS
from Political Research Associates, Cuentero Productions
THE MAN WHO CALCULATED DEATH
from Discount Sushi
THE NIGHTINGALE OF IRAN
from Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti
THE PEOPLE'S RECORDER
from Spark Media
THE TMI PROJECT STORY HOUR
from TMI Project
WHAT HAPPENED IN SKINNER
from Mazama Entertainment
Best Interview Podcast
AMERICAN MASTERS: CREATIVE SPARK
from The WNET Group
APPLE NEWS IN CONVERSATION
from Apple News
OVERLOOKED: WOMEN'S HEALTH CAN'T WAIT
from RadioGold Productions
THANKS DAD WITH EGO NWODIM
from Headgum
THE ASSIGNMENT WITH AUDIE CORNISH
from CNN Audio
THE INTEGRATED SCHOOLS PODCAST
from Integrated Schools
TOMORROW'S CURE
from PRX
Best Knowledge, Science or Tech Podcast
99% INVISIBLE
from SiriusXM
CLICK HERE
from Recorded Future News
CLIMATE RISING
from Harvard Business School
MERGING INTO LIFE
from AAA Northeast
SHORT WAVE
from NPR
THE WILD WITH CHRIS MORGAN
from KUOW Public Radio, Chris Morgan Wildlife
UNEXPLAINABLE
from Vox, Vox Media
Best News Podcast
THE JOURNAL
from Spotify, the Wall Street Journal
THE TAKE
from Al Jazeera Digital
THE TEN NEWS
from Small But Mighty Media, Next Chapter Podcasts
TODAY, EXPLAINED
from Vox, Vox Media
TRUMP'S TRIALS
from NPR
WHAT NEXT
from Slate
WORLD REPORT
from Canadian Broadcasting Corportation
Best Personal Growth / Spirituality Podcast
10% HAPPIER WITH DAN HARRIS
from Wondery
A FINE MESS
from Evoke Media, The Podglomerate
A QUIET LIFE IN 7 STEPS
from Audible, At Will Media
A SLIGHT CHANGE OF PLANS
from Pushkin Industries
ANOMALIE
from Story Mill Media
HOW GOD WORKS: THE SCIENCE BEHIND SPIRITUALITY
from PRX
THE TMI PROJECT STORY HOUR
from TMI Project
Best Podcast for Kids
CULTURE KIDS
from Culture Kids Media, Airwave
GRIMM, GRIMMER, GRIMMEST
from Pinna
HISTORICAL RECORDS
from Story Pirates, Two One Five Entertainment, Jon Glickman, iHeart Podcasts
MYSTERIES ABOUT TRUE HISTORIES
from Atomic Entertainment, Starglow Media
PJ LIBRARY PRESENTS: BEYOND THE BOOKCASE
from PJ Library
SKYLAR & BONES - FUNNY STORIES FOR KIDS!
from The Kids Podcast Channel
WOW IN THE WORLD
from Wondery, Tinkercast
Best Politics or Opinion Podcast
AUTOCRACY IN AMERICA
from The Atlantic
CITIZEN ELON (BY THE ELON, INC PODCAST)
from Bloomberg Podcasts
MASTER PLAN
from The Lever
THE NPR POLITICS PODCAST
from NPR
VIBE CHECK
from Stitcher Studios, SiriusXM
VIBES ONLY
from COURIER
WHAT COULD GO RIGHT?
from The Progress Network, The Podglomerate
Best Society and Culture Podcast
HYSTERICAL
from Wondery, Audacy's Pineapple Street Studios
IN RETROSPECT WITH SUSIE BANIKARIM AND JESSICA BENNETT
from iHeart, The Meteor
INHERITING
from LAist Studios
MIND YOUR OWN WITH LUPITA NYONG'O
from KQED's Snap Studios
MY DIVO
from Apple, Futuro Studios
SIXTEENTH MINUTE (OF FAME)
from iHeartPodcasts, Cool Zone Media
WEIGHT FOR IT
from ohitsBigRon studios LLC
Best Spanish Language Narrative Podcast - Fiction or Nonfiction
¡NO VENGAN!
from Boom, Rádio Novelo
GREAL: EL SECRETO DE LAS OCHO LLAVES
from Agencia Catalan de Turismo, Normmal, Smart Locuciones, Yes We Cast
HECHOS REALES
from TrueStory
HUMO: MURDER AND SILENCE IN EL SALVADOR
from Sonoro
NO QUIEREN QUE SEPAS
from Posta, Amnistía Internacional
PANTALLAS & MENTIRAS [SCREENS & LIES]
from FinanciaAudible, Fabula Contenidos MX
PÉTREA
from Posta, SKY Airline
Best Sports Podcast
30 FOR 30 PODCASTS
from ESPN Podcasts, 30 for 30 Podcasts
BROOMGATE
from Kelly&Kelly, CBC Podcasts, USG Audio, Pacific Electric
GOOD GAME WITH SARAH SPAIN
from iHeartPodcasts
PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
from Meadowlark Media
SHADOWBALL: THE RISE OF THE BLACK ATHLETE
from Audible, Joy Road Productions
THE RAVEN
from Tenderfoot TV
THE RICH EISEN SHOW
from Cumulus Podcast Network
Best True Crime Podcast
BEYOND ALL REPAIR
from WBUR, ZSP Media
FIRE ESCAPE
from Snap Studios, Wondery
LORDS OF DEATH
from Tenderfoot TV
THE BURDEN
from Orbit Media
THE OFFICIAL JINX PODCAST
from Warner Bros. Discovery
WHO KILLED JENNIFER JUDD?
from ID, Ark Media
WRONGFUL CONVICTION
from Lava for Good
Best Wellness or Relationships Podcast
AN ARM AND A LEG
from Public Road Productions, KFF Health News, Scripps News, The Baltimore Banner
OVERLOOKED: WOMEN'S HEALTH CAN'T WAIT
from RadioGold Productions
SILENCE IN SIKESTON
from KFF Health News, WORLD, Retro Report
THE MIDLIFE TRUTH PROJECT
from Rainbow Creative
THERAPY FOR BLACK GIRLS
from iHeartPodcasts
UNTOLD: THE RETREAT
from Financial Times
WHY WON'T YOU DATE ME? WITH NICOLE BYER
from Headgum
Best Indie Podcast Host or Hosts
SUSAN LAMBERT HATEM AND SHARON JOHNSON
for 80s TV Ladies from 134 West
DEJA PERKINS AND PURBITA SAHA
for Bring Birds Back from BirdNote
LISA PHILLIPS
for From Now On from LA PHILLIPS MEDIA
KATE MCCOY AND KEVIN CORBETT
for Horrorwood: True Crime in Tinseltown
LISA WOOLFORK
for Stitch Please from Fermata Audio
JILL JONASSEN
for The Cost of Extremism from Red Wine, Blue Studios
DALLAS TAYLOR
for Twenty Thousand Hertz from Defacto Sound
Best Original Score and Music Supervision
JONATHAN PFARR, CARSON GRAHAM, BOBBY MOTA
for Celebrity Pets from Hatch
DERON JOHNSON
for Dungeon Masters from QCODE
DANIEL LLOYD-EVANS, LOUIS NANKE-MANNELL, TOBY MATIMONG
for Extrasensory from Blanchard House, Apple
PETER NASHEL, ROSS HOPMAN, GIO LOBATO, ET AL.
for Hammerless: A True Crime Podcast in a Fantasy World from DAVID The Agency
STRO ELLIOT AND ERIC GERSEN
for Historical Records from Story Pirates, Two One Five Entertainment, Jon Glickman, iHeart Podcasts
SKYLER GERDEMAN, MARTIN LYNABEL, NICHOLAS ALEXANDER, ET AL.
for Kill List from Wondery, Novel
DAN LEONE
for Ripple from Western Sound, APM Studios
Best Performance in Audio Fiction
Sponsored by
BOWEN YANG, CYNTHIA NIXON, SHANNON WOODWARD, ET AL.
for Hot White Heist 2 from Broadway Video
MIKKI HERNANDEZ, TOBY MEULI, GERI-NIKOL LOVE, ET AL.
for Ominous Thrill from Jeff Schmidt Productions, LLC
TISHA CAMPBELL
for Snoriezzz from Working Women Productions
FREDI BERNSTEIN, CODY WILKINS, DANA DOMENICK
for The Box from Tetra Stories
SANAA LATHAN
for The Justice from Audible, James Patterson Entertainment, Broadway Video
CAITLIN STASEY, JAKE ‘THE SNAKE’ ROBERTS, DAVID YOW, ET AL.
for The Skies Are Watching from Goldhawk Productions
RUTH RIGHI
for Winnie Taylor's 4th & Inches from GZM Shows
Best Podcast Host or Hosts
DIALLO RIDDLE AND BLAKE ‘LUXXURY’ ROBIN
for One Song from Hartbeat
RAINN WILSON AS TERRY CARNATION
for Radio Rental from Tenderfoot TV
SAM SANDERS
for The Sam Sanders Show from KCRW, Sam Sanders Producers
JON STEWART
for The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart from Busboy Productions
WESLEY MORRIS
for The Wonder of Stevie from Audible, Higher Ground, Pineapple Street Studios
GLENNON DOYLE, ABBY WAMBACH, AMANDA DOYLE
for We Can Do Hard Things from Audacy Podcasts
RONALD YOUNG JR.
for Weight For It from ohitsBigRon studios LLC
Best Production and Sound Design Sponsored by
MICHELLE MACKLEM
for Girl v. Horse from ESPN Podcasts, 30 for 30 Podcasts
TED BONNITT
for Hindsight: The Day Before from Radio Pictures, MHP
JEREMY S. BLOOM AND DANIEL TIMMONS
for Hot White Heist 2 from Broadway Video
SAGAFILM AND SKYBOUND ENTERTAINMENT
for Impact Winter Season 3 from Audible, Skybound Entertainment, Anonymous Content
NARCOSIS
from Realm
CASANDRA TINAJERO AND ANDRÉS BAHENA
for Nocturno: Tales From The Shadows from Sonoro, iHeart Media, My Cultura Network
KENNY KUSIAK AND GEORGE DRABING HICKS
for The Confessions of Anthony Raimondi from truth.media
Best Reporting
LEON NEYFAKH AND ARIELLE PARDES
for Backfired: Attention Deficit from Audible, Prologue Partners
SARAH HOLDER, CALEB MELBY, POLLY MOSENDZ
for Big Take from Bloomberg Podcasts
KEN BENSINGER AND JESSICA GARRISON
for Chameleon: The Michigan Plot from Campside Media, Sony Podcasts
CHENJERAI KUMANYIKA
for Empire City: The Untold Origin Story of the NYPD from Wondery, Crooked Media
NICKY WOOLF
for Fur & Loathing from Project Brazen
DAN TABERSKI
for Hysterical from Wondery, Audacy's Pineapple Street Studios
MADELEINE BARAN, SAMARA FREEMARK, PARKER YESKO, ET AL.
for In the Dark Season 3: The Killings in Haditha from The New Yorker, Condé Nast Audio
Best Scriptwriting, Fiction
ANDERSON COOK AND SIDNEY BUTLER
from AT WILL MEDIA
ANTHONY DEL COL
for Don’t Listen To This from BBC Studios
MATTHEW CASTELLANOS AND BRETT MELNICK
for Faraway from Sonoro
MAC ROGERS
for Give Me Away from Gideon Media
DAVID SINGER AND CK PAHLOW
for Incoming from Past Tense Future Perfect, Next Missiun
ED SELLEK
for Money Gone from Naked Productions Ltd
MATTHEW STARR
for The Best Man’s Ghostwriter from Audible, Broadway Video
Best Scriptwriting, Non-Fiction
ERIN ANDERSON, JEANNE MARIE LASKAS AND MICHAEL BENOIST
for Cement City from Cement City Productions, Audacy Originals
ANNA SUSSMAN
for Fire Escape from Snap Studios, Wondery
MARY CELENZA, JAYDA WILLIAMS, JULIE BERKE, ET AL.
for Killer Psyche from Treefort Media, Wondery
JOHNNY KAUFMAN AND SHAUN RAVIV
for Noble from Campside Media, WAVLAND
ETHAN BROOKS
for Radio Atlantic: Scripts from The Atlantic
ASHLEY CLEEK, AL LETSON, BRETT MYERS
for Reveal from Reveal, PRX
LIZ MAK AND JAMES BOO
for Track Change from Narratively, VPM