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Winners of the Australian Podcast Awards 2023 announced, powered by iHeart

Press Release · Sydney NSW, Australia · via APA ·

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The highest honour of the night, Podcast of The Year, has been awarded to the powerful True Crime podcast The Lawyer, the Sniper & the NSW Police. A popular podcast, which shares powerful testimonies from two survivors of the NSW Police workforce, also nabbed the top spot for the Best Interview Podcast.

Selected by the Australian Podcast Awards, Podcast Champion was awarded to APA multi year award winners Laura Byrne and Brittany Hockley’s Life Uncut. Listeners’ Choice went to mum and daughter duo Kat and Latisha Clark’s Basically Besties.

The ever-growing popularity of business, finance and ‘money saving’ audio shows saw multi-nominated ‘She’s On The Money’ take the coveted top spot of the Business podcasts. A consistently popular category of True Crime podcasts saw Inside The Tribe take home the win, whilst Sex & Relationships podcast The Hook Up beat out popular listens ‘It’s a Lot with Abbie Chatfield’ and ‘Life Uncut’.

We saw some newbie podcasts and talent on the scene, with Finding Ruby - The Fight of My Life taking the title of Best New Podcast, and Grace Valerie-Lynette (currently working as a successful development producer for Fremantle Australia) taking the Rising Star award.

iHeart, Headline Sponsor of the Australian Podcast Awards, said:

“The iHeart team are proud to headline the Australian Podcast Awards once again. The awards are testament to the captivating content crafted by the Australian podcast industry every day. Congratulations to all the winners and finalists!”

For more information, visit the Australian Podcast Awards website.

Australian Podcast Awards powered by iHeart 2023 full winners list:

Best Factual Podcast

Best Climate Podcast

Best History Podcast

Best Comedy Podcast

Best Education Podcast

Best News & Current Affairs Podcast

Best Arts & Culture Podcast

Best Fiction Podcast

Best Business Podcast

Best Kids Podcast

Best True Crime Podcast

Best Parenting Podcast

Best Sex & Relationships Podcast

Best Documentary Podcast

Best Sport Podcast

Best Entertainment Podcast

Best Wellbeing Podcast

Best Interview Podcast

    The Lawyer, the Sniper and the NSW Police
    Trailer Play trailerWINNER: The Lawyer, the Sniper & the NSW Police
    True Crime
    From: Mark Davidson, Lina Nguyen and Gretchen Miller Media
    Hosted by: Spotify for Creators
    Full Story
    Full Story
    News
    From: The Guardian
    Hosted by: Acast
    Seen
    SEEN
    Culture
    From: SBS
    Hosted by: StreamGuys
    She's On The Money
    She’s on the Money
    Business
    From: Victoria Devine
    Hosted by: Omny Studio
    Stuff Of Legends with Christian O’Connell
    Trailer Play trailerStuff Of Legends
    Society & Culture and Comedy
    From: iHeartPodcasts Australia & Christian O’Connell
    Hosted by: Omny Studio
    The Imperfects
    Trailer Play trailerThe Imperfects
    Health & Fitness and Education
    From: Hugh van Cuylenburg, Ryan Shelton & Josh van Cuylenburg
    Hosted by: Omny Studio

Best Indigenous Podcast

Best Daily Podcast

    The Morning Edition
    WINNER: Please Explain
    News
    From: The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
    Hosted by: Omny Studio
    7am
    7am
    News
    From: Schwartz Media
    Hosted by: Omny Studio
    Cricket, Et Cetera
    Cricket, Et Cetera
    Sports
    From: The Australian
    Hosted by: Omny Studio
    Squiz Today
    Squiz Today
    News
    From: Squiz Media
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    The Daily Aus
    Trailer Play trailerThe Daily Aus
    News
    From: The Daily Aus
    Hosted by: Omny Studio

Best New Podcast

Best Network or Publisher

Best Branded Podcast

Best Commercial Campaign

Rising Star

  • WINNER: Grace Valerie-Lynette
  • Alex Jae
  • Kim Kerton
  • Phillip Crawford
  • Tony Armstrong

Specialist

Spotlight

Podcast Champion

    Life Uncut
    WINNER: Life Uncut
    Society & Culture
    From: Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne
    Hosted by: Omny Studio

Listeners’ Choice

Podcast of the Year

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