The 2025 Ear Worthy Podcast Awards winners

The winners of The 2025 Ear Worthy Podcast Awards were announced on the Ear Worthy blog. The blog contains how the shows were chosen, and details of the two sponsors, Lenny and the Podcast Professionals Association.

Here’s a full list, so these awards appear throughout our podcast directory:

Trailer Best Interview Podcast: 5 Random Questions

News
From: Danny Brown
Hosted by: Captivate

Trailer Best Life Lessons Podcast: Multispective

Society & Culture
From: Jennica Sadhwani | Not Today Media
Hosted by: Buzzsprout5.0 ★

Best Health & Wellness Podcast: Salad With a Side of Fries

Health & Fitness
From: Jenn Trepeck
Hosted by: Captivate4.7 ★

Trailer Best Movie Podcast: Every Single Sci-Fi Film Ever*

TV & Film
From: Ayesha Khan
Hosted by: Libsyn4.5 ★

Trailer Best Music Podcast: A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

Music
From: Andrew Hickey
 4.8 ★

Trailer Best LGBTQIA+ Podcast: Rigour & Flow with Aiwan and Tamanda

Society & Culture
From: Rigour & Flow with Aiwan and Tamanda
Hosted by: Acast

Trailer Best Politics Podcast: Open To Debate

Society & Culture
From: Open to Debate
Hosted by: Megaphone4.6 ★

Trailer Best History Podcast: Why Wars Happened

Courses
From: Emily Ross
Hosted by: RSS.com5.0 ★

Trailer Best True-Crime Podcast: FAMILICIDE

True Crime
From: Mad Jack Entertainment
Hosted by: Megaphone4.7 ★

Trailer Best Education Podcast: Arts Educators Save the World

Arts and Education
From: Erica Halverson
Hosted by: Megaphone

Best Short-Form Podcast: The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast

Arts
From: Forrest Kelly
Hosted by: Captivate5.0 ★

Best Local Podcast: The Coop Tank

Business
From: thecooptank
Hosted by: Podbean

Trailer Best Audio Fiction Podcast: Un(con)Trolled

Fiction
From: Kimberly Renee
Hosted by: RedCircle4.9 ★

Trailer Best Limited Series Podcast: Floating Space

Culture
From: Katie Stokes
Hosted by: Audioboom5.0 ★

Trailer Best Humor Podcast: “Fine” Dining

Arts and Comedy
From: Michael Ornelas
Hosted by: Libsyn4.9 ★

Trailer Best Podcasting Podcast: Podnews Weekly Review

News
From: James Cridland and Sam Sethi
Hosted by: Buzzsprout

Trailer Best Nature Podcast: 6 Degrees of Cats

Social
From: 6degreesofcats
Hosted by: Podbean5.0 ★

Best Lifestyle Podcast: If Books Could Kill

Books
From: Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri
Hosted by: Buzzsprout4.7 ★

Trailer Best Indie Podcast of the Year: Open To Debate

Society & Culture
From: Open to Debate
Hosted by: Megaphone4.6 ★

Best Podcast Network That Supports Indie Podcasts: Mercury Podcasts

Best Podcast Service Professional Of The Year: Chris Krimitsos

The above list of podcasts is available as an OPML file for your podcast player