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Introducing the winners of The Publisher Podcast Awards 2025

Press Release · London, UK ·

Media Voices are delighted to reveal the winners of 2025’s Publisher Podcast Awards, following a ceremony which took place on Wednesday 11th June at Vauxhall Arches in London.

The awards are a celebration of the podcasting success of publishers and media organisations, whether they’ve been in the podcasting space a while, or have just launched.

From over 160 entries and an exceptionally strong shortlist of 120 podcasts, our judges marked the podcasts on a range of factors, including production quality, how well the podcast reflected the publisher’s brand, and strategies to grow the audience.

2025 PUBLISHER PODCAST AWARD WINNERS

    The Lawyer Podcast
    Trailer Play trailerBest B2B Podcast – The Lawyer Podcast, The Lawyer
    News
    From: The Lawyer
    Hosted by: Buzzsprout
    The New Statesman | UK politics and culture
    Best Culture & Lifestyle Podcast – Culture, The New Statesman
    News
    From: The New Statesman
    Hosted by: Acast
    Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime
    Best Deep Dive Podcast – Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
    True Crime
    From: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
    Hosted by: Captivate
    Culture Bites
    Trailer Play trailerBest Entertainment Podcast – Culture Bites, The National News
    Culture
    From: The National News
    Hosted by: Podbean
    The Positive News Podcast
    Trailer Play trailerBest Health, Wellbeing & Food Podcast – Developing Mental Wealth: The Positive News Podcast, Positive News
    Mental
    From: Positive News
    Hosted by: Acast
    The Plodcast
    Trailer Play trailerBest Hobbies & Special Interest Podcast – The Plodcast, Our Media
    Science and Society & Culture
    From: Our Media
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    Know Your Place | The Conversation Documentaries
    Trailer Play trailerBest Investigative Podcast – Scam Factories, The Conversation
    News
    From: The Conversation
    Hosted by: Captivate
    World Of Secrets
    Best Limited Series – World of Secrets S1: The Abercrombie Guys, BBC Sounds
    Society & Culture
    From: BBC
    Hosted by: BBC
    The Steamie by The Scotsman
    Trailer Play trailerBest Local & Community Podcast – The Steamie, The Scotsman
    News
    From: Laudable
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    Here's Why
    Best News Podcast – Here’s Why, Bloomberg
    Business and News
    From: Bloomberg
    Hosted by: Omny Studio
    The Next Five
    Best Partner Podcast – The Next Five, Financial Times
    News
    From: FT Partner Studio
    Hosted by: Acast
    Political Fix
    Trailer Play trailerBest Political Podcast – Political Fix, Financial Times
    News and News & Politics
    From: Financial Times
    Hosted by: Acast
    Everything Environment by Mongabay India
    Trailer Play trailerBest Science & Medical Podcast – Wild Frequencies, Mongabay India
    Science and News
    From: Mongabay.com
    Hosted by: Libsyn
    Everything is Black and White - a Newcastle United podcast
    Best Sport Podcast – Everything is Black & White, Reach PLC
    Sports
    From: Reach Podcasts
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    FT Tech Tonic
    Trailer Play trailerBest Technology Podcast – Tech Tonic, Financial Times
    Culture
    From: Financial Times
    Hosted by: Acast
    The New Statesman | UK politics and culture
    Best Commercial Strategy – The New Statesman Podcast, The New Statesman
    News
    From: The New Statesman
    Hosted by: Acast
    The Daily T
    Trailer Play trailerBest Podcast Launch – The Daily T, The Telegraph
    Culture
    From: The Telegraph
    Hosted by: Acast
    The Royals with Roya and Kate
    Trailer Play trailerBest Video Podcast Strategy – The Royals with Roya & Kate, The Times
    News
    From: The Times
    Hosted by: Acast

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    To secure podcasting as a successful part of a publisher’s strategy, there are often key people within the business driving best practice, seeking inspiration, and looking for new opportunities. Our Publisher Podcast Hero of the Year award celebrates an individual who has gone above and beyond to demonstrate the value of podcasting to their organisation.

    • Publisher Podcast Hero of the Year 2025 – Daniel J McLaughlin, Reach PLC

    From these 19 category winners, the Media Voices team chose an overall winning podcast.

    • Publisher Podcast of the Year 2025 (sponsored by Syno): – Political Fix, Financial Times

    To finish, we had a surprise new category! We saw some consistently excellent work coming across verticals from some publishers that we wanted to celebrate. This particular publisher has been entering these Awards since the start, and it’s been a real honour to watch their work grow in quality and depth each year, to the point they were placed in the top 3 of every single category they entered this year.

    • Podcast Publisher of the Year 2025: The Conversation

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