Inaugural Astra Awards Podcast Awards Nominations Announced

The Hollywood Creative Alliance (HCA) is proud to announce the nominees for the Inaugural Astra Podcast Awards. The ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on Monday, October 27, 2025, with the venue, host, and honorary award recipients to be revealed on Friday, October 3, 2025.

All nominated podcasts will automatically be eligible for the Podcast of the Year Award, which will be presented live during the ceremony on October 27. Tickets for the Astra Podcast Awards are now available for purchase at AstraPodcastAwards.com.

A complete list of nominees can be found below:

Best Book Podcast

Backlisted

Bookmarked By Reese’s Book Club

If Books Could Kill

Sarah’s Bookshelf

Best Celebrity Podcast

Artist Friendly with Joel Madden

Good Hang with Amy Poehler

Khloé in Wonderland

The Maurice & Anna Show

Two Ts In A Pod with Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge

Unconditional with Maggie Lawson

Best Comedy Podcast

Call Her Daddy

Ok Storytime

SmartLess

Take Your Shoes Off

We’re Here to Help

We’re Your Girls

Best Game Podcast

Nerd of Mouth

Pew Pew Bang

The Besties

The Puzzler with A.J. Jacobs

Best Film Podcast

Films To Be Buried With with Brett Goldstein

How Did This Get Made?

Movies That Raised Us

You Must Remember This

Best Health and Wellness Podcast

Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown

OneMoment Podcast

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

She MD

State of Mind with Maurice Benard

The Squeeze

Women in the Nude

Women Over 70-Aging Reimagined

Best Member Podcast

2 Black Guys Talk Godzilla

Cinephile Hissy Fit

The Geek Buddies

The MovieFilm Podcast

The Spoiler Room Podcast

United By Rice

Best Parenting Podcast

Autism Rocks And Rolls

Good Moms Bad Choices

Snoriezzz

We Can Do Hard Things

Best Pop Culture Podcast

Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

Not Skinny But Not Fat

Plumbing the Death Star

Pretty Basic with Alisha Marie and Remi Cruz

The Toast

The World’s First Podcast with Erin & Sara Foster

Best Science Podcast

DNA Today

Interesting Things with JC

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

Unexplainable

Best Scripted Podcast

Buzz: The Man & The Moon

Sherlock & Co

VIOLET’S SHADOW: A Murder Mystery

Visionaries Audio Drama

Best Sports Podcast

Bussin’ With The Boys

Lots to Say with Bobby Bones and Matt Cassel

New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce

Pardon My Take

Best Topical Podcast

Breaking Points with Krystal & Sagaar

OBSCURUM: Invasion of the Drones

The Personal Side of Business

What a Day

Best True Crime Podcast

Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax Killer

Betrayal: Season 4

Morbid

The Unborn

Best TV Podcast

Are You A Charlotte?

Hallmarkies Podcast

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