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The 30th Annual Webby Awards Podcast Winners

The 30th Annual Webby Awards Podcast Winners

Press Release · via The Webby Awards ·

The Webby Awards continues to see significant growth in podcast submissions, solidifying their status as the largest, most prestigious, and competitive honors in the industry. As audio and video storytelling reach new heights, this year’s awards reflect that evolution with expanded podcast categories. The winners ceremony will be on May 11.

Podcast Company of the Year

iHeart Media will receive the Webby Podcast Company of the Year achievement, with 2 Webby Wins and 4 People’s Voice Wins, 17 Nominees, and 10 Honorees.

Overall Winners

    Things Bakers Know: The King Arthur Baking Podcast
    Trailer Play trailerBest Branded Podcast or Segment, Features
    Things Bakers Know: The King Arthur Baking Podcast (King Arthur Baking Company)
    Arts
    From: King Arthur Baking Company
    Hosted by: Buzzsprout
    SmartLess
    Trailer Play trailerBest Co-Hosts, Features
    SmartLess (SiriusXM)
    Comedy
    From: Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett
    Hosted by: Simplecast4.6 ★
    I Shaved My Vag For This with Katie Thompson
    Trailer Play trailerBest Creator or Influencer Series, Features
    I Shaved My Vag For This (Katie Thompson & Soul People Productions)
    Science
    From: Katie Thompson
    Hosted by: Spotify for Creators4.6 ★
    Good Hang with Amy Poehler
    Trailer Play trailerBest Host, Features
    Good Hang with Amy Poehler (Kovert Creative)
    Comedy
    From: The Ringer
    Hosted by: Megaphone4.8 ★
    Flightless Bird
    Best Indie Podcast, Features
    Flightless Bird (Flightless Bird)
    Society & Culture
    From: David Farrier
    Hosted by: Megaphone4.9 ★
    Cosmic Coven: Culture Through the Cosmos
    Trailer Play trailerBest Indie Podcast
    Limited Run, Features
    The Astrology of America (Cosmic Coven)
    Religion & Spirituality
    From: Kristen Chalos
    Hosted by: RSS.com
    The Jamie Kern Lima Show
    Trailer Play trailerBest Individual Episode, Features
    Michelle Obama Reveals All: Life-Changing Lessons on Fear, Faith & Hope
    The Jamie Kern Lima Show (The Jamie Kern Lima Show)
    Education
    From: Jamie Kern Lima
    Hosted by: Megaphone4.7 ★
    Fela Kuti: Fear No Man
    Trailer Play trailerBest Limited Series, Features
    Fela Kuti: Fear No Man (Audible)
    Society & Culture
    From: Higher Ground
    Hosted by: ART19
    Sing for Science
    Trailer Play trailerBest Live Podcast Recording, Features
    The Magic of Mushrooms with Kacey Musgraves and Paul Stamets (Sing For Science)
    Music
    From: Talkhouse
    Hosted by: Megaphone4.9 ★
    The Rest Is Science
    Trailer Play trailerBest New Podcast
    Entertainment & Culture, Features
    The Rest Is Science (Goalhanger)
    Science
    From: Goalhanger
    Hosted by: Megaphone4.6 ★
    The Joy Reid Show
    Trailer Play trailerBest New Podcast
    News, Business & Society, Features
    The Joy Reid Show (Image Lab Media Group)
    News
    From: Joy-Ann Reid
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    The Rest Is History
    Trailer Play trailerBest Partnership or Collaboration, Features
    The Rest Is History: The Complete History of The Beatles with Tom Holland and Conan O’Brian (Goalhanger)
    History
    From: Goalhanger
    Hosted by: Megaphone4.7 ★
    30 for 30 Podcasts
    Trailer Play trailerBest Series, Features
    30 for 30 Podcasts (ESPN)
    Sports
    From: ESPN
    Hosted by: Megaphone4.3 ★
    Good Hang with Amy Poehler
    Trailer Play trailerBest Video Podcast, Features
    Good Hang with Amy Poehler (Kovert Creative)
    Comedy
    From: The Ringer
    Hosted by: Megaphone4.8 ★
    The Don Lemon Show
    Trailer Play trailerBest Video Podcast Host, Features
    The Don Lemon Show (Lemon Media Network)
    News
    From: Lemon Media Network
    Hosted by: Megaphone3.5 ★
    Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story
    Trailer Play trailerBest Writing, Features
    Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story (Vanity Fair)
    Society & Culture
    From: Vanity Fair
    Hosted by: PRX
    Our Ancestors Were Messy
    Trailer Play trailerExperimental & Innovation, Features
    Our Ancestors Were Messy (Our Ancestors Were Messy)
    History
    From: Nichole Hill
    Hosted by: Simplecast4.9 ★
    Full Body Chills
    Original Music Score / Sound Design, Features
    Full Body Chills Score (Audiochuck)
    Fiction
    From: Audiochuck
    Hosted by: Simplecast4.7 ★
    CNN 5 Good Things
    Arts & Culture, Individual Episode
    5 Good Things (CNN)
    News
    From: CNN Podcasts
    Hosted by: Megaphone4.9 ★
    Handsome
    Trailer Play trailerBelonging & Inclusion, Individual Episode
    Handsome with Tig Notaro, Fortune Feimster, and Mae Martin (Headgum)
    Comedy
    From: Headgum
    Hosted by: ART194.9 ★
    If/Then
    Trailer Play trailerBusiness, Individual Episode
    If/Then (Stanford Graduate School of Business)
    Business
    From: Stanford GSB
    Hosted by: ART194.9 ★
    Take Your Shoes Off w/ Rick Glassman
    Trailer Play trailerComedy, Individual Episode
    Paul Rudd 3.0 on TYSO (TYSO Productions)
    Comedy
    From: Rick Glassman
    Hosted by: Omny Studio4.7 ★
    Latino USA
    Trailer Play trailerCrime & Justice, Individual Episode
    48 hours at El Refugio: A haven for families of ICE detainees from Latino USA (The Futuro Media Group)
    Society & Culture
    From: My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts
    Hosted by: Omny Studio4.8 ★
    Latino USA
    Trailer Play trailerDocumentary, Individual Episode
    A Summer Break That Wasn’t: American Kids Living in Fear of ICE from Latino USA (The Futuro Media Group)
    Society & Culture
    From: My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts
    Hosted by: Omny Studio4.8 ★
    The Jamie Kern Lima Show
    Trailer Play trailerFeatured Guest, Individual Episode
    Michelle Obama Reveals All: Life-Changing Lessons on Fear, Faith & Hope
    The Jamie Kern Lima Show (The Jamie Kern Lima Show)
    Education
    From: Jamie Kern Lima
    Hosted by: Megaphone4.7 ★
    disruptHER
    Health, Wellness & Lifestyle, Individual Episode
    The disruptHER Podcast (Dr. Somi)
    Health & Fitness
    From: Dr. Somi Javaid
    Hosted by: RedCircle
    StoryCorps
    History, Individual Episode
    StoryCorps
    Voices From the Storm: Remembering Hurricane Katrina (StoryCorps)
    Society & Culture
    From: NPR
    Hosted by: Simplecast4.5 ★
    Possible
    Trailer Play trailerInterview or Talk Show, Individual Episode
    Jane Goodall on hope, AI, and the natural world from Possible (Palette Media)
    Technology
    From: Reid Hoffman
    Hosted by: Megaphone4.5 ★
  • Kids & Family, Individual Episode
    Lulu’s Late Night (Hatch)
    • Question Everything
    Trailer Play trailerNews & Politics, Individual Episode
    Question Everything (Placement Theory)
    News
    From: Brian Reed
     5.0 ★
    Altered States
    Trailer Play trailerScience & Education, Individual Episode
    Altered States (UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics)
    Science
    From: PRX
    Hosted by: PRX4.6 ★
    The White Lotus Official Podcast
    Trailer Play trailerTelevision & Film, Individual Episode
    The White Lotus Official Podcast (Warner Bros. Discovery)
    TV & Film
    From: HBO
    Hosted by: Megaphone4.4 ★
    Radiotopia Presents: We're Doing the Wiz
    Trailer Play trailerBelonging & Inclusion, Limited-Series & Specials
    We’re Doing the Wiz (Radiotopia)
    Society & Culture
    From: Radiotopia
    Hosted by: PRX4.4 ★
    Behind the Business with Michelle Toh
    Trailer Play trailerBusiness & Thought Leadership, Limited-Series & Specials
    Behind the Business with Michelle Toh (Behind the Business)
    Business
    From: Michelle Toh
    Hosted by: Libsyn
    Who Took Misty Copsey?
    Trailer Play trailerCrime & Justice, Limited-Series & Specials
    Who Took Misty Copsey? (Warner Bros. Discovery)
    True Crime
    From: ID
    Hosted by: Acast4.7 ★
    Crook County
    Trailer Play trailerDocumentary, Limited-Series & Specials
    CROOK COUNTY (Common Enemy)
    True Crime
    From: Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts
    Hosted by: Omny Studio4.4 ★
    NASA's Curious Universe
    Trailer Play trailerHealth, Science & Education, Limited-Series & Specials
    NASA’s Curious Universe: The Earth Series (NASA)
    Science
    From: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
    Hosted by: Megaphone4.6 ★
    The Jamie Kern Lima Show
    Trailer Play trailerInterview or Talk Show, Limited-Series & Specials
    Michelle Obama Reveals All: Life-Changing Lessons on Fear, Faith & Hope
    The Jamie Kern Lima Show (The Jamie Kern Lima Show)
    Education
    From: Jamie Kern Lima
    Hosted by: Megaphone4.7 ★
    Trumpland with Alex Wagner
    Trailer Play trailerNews & Politics, Limited-Series & Specials
    Trumpland with Alex Wagner (MS NOW)
    News
    From: MS NOW, Alex Wagner
    Hosted by: Simplecast4.6 ★
    The Murderer Killings - A True* Crime Podcast
    Trailer Play trailerScripted (Fiction), Limited-Series & Specials
    The Murderer Killings
    A True* Crime Podcast     (The Murderer Killings)
    Fiction
    From: Michael Satow & Jack Canfora
    Hosted by: Buzzsprout
    Don't Listen To Us with Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody
    Trailer Play trailerAdvice & How-To, Shows
    Don’t Listen To Us (Lemonada Media)
    Society & Culture
    From: Lemonada Media
    Hosted by: Omny Studio4.8 ★
    Antiques Roadshow Detours
    Trailer Play trailerArts & Culture, Shows
    Antiques Roadshow Detours (GBH)
    History
    From: GBH
    Hosted by: PRX4.7 ★
    UNDISTRACTED With Brittany Packnett Cunningham
    Trailer Play trailerBelonging & Inclusion, Shows
    UNDISTRACTED with Brittany Packnett Cunningham (The Meteor)
    News
    From: The Meteor, Wonder Media Network
    Hosted by: Simplecast4.9 ★
    Pivot
    Trailer Play trailerBusiness, Shows
    Pivot (Vox Media)
    News
    From: New York Magazine
    Hosted by: Megaphone4.2 ★
    Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
    Trailer Play trailerComedy, Shows
    Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
    Comedy (SiriusXM)
    Comedy
    From: Team Coco & Earwolf
    Hosted by: Simplecast4.8 ★
    Dateline: Missing In America
    Trailer Play trailerCrime & Justice, Shows
    Dateline: Missing in America (Dateline NBC)
    True Crime
    From: NBC News
    Hosted by: Simplecast4.5 ★
    Something Was Wrong
    Trailer Play trailerDocumentary, Shows
    Something Was Wrong (Something Was Wrong // Broken Cycle Media)
    Society & Culture
    From: Broken Cycle Media
    Hosted by: Audioboom4.2 ★
    Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel
    Trailer Play trailerHealth, Wellness & Fitness, Shows
    Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel (Vox Media)
    Society & Culture
    From: Esther Perel Global Media
    Hosted by: Megaphone4.7 ★
    National Park After Dark
    Trailer Play trailerHistory, Shows
    National Park After Dark (National Park After Dark)
    True Crime
    From: National Park After Dark
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    Thanks Dad with Ego Nwodim
    Trailer Play trailerInterview or Talk Show
    Entertainment & Culture, Shows
    Thanks Dad with Ego Nwodim (Thanks Dad with Ego Nwodim)
    Comedy
    From: iHeartPodcasts
    Hosted by: Omny Studio4.8 ★
    On with Kara Swisher
    Trailer Play trailerInterview or Talk Show
    News, Business & Society, Shows
    On with Kara Swisher (Vox Media)
    Society & Culture
    From: Vox Media
    Hosted by: Megaphone4.2 ★
    Culture Kids
    Trailer Play trailerKids & Family, Shows
    Culture Kids (Culture Kids Productions)
    Kids & Family
    From: Culture Kids Productions
    Hosted by: Megaphone4.8 ★
    We Can Do Hard Things
    Trailer Play trailerLifestyle, Shows
    We Can Do Hard Things (Silver Tribe Media)
    Society & Culture
    From: Treat Media and Glennon Doyle
    Hosted by: Megaphone4.9 ★
    Queer The Music: Jake Shears On The Songs That Changed Lives
    Trailer Play trailerMusic, Shows
    Queer the Music: Jake Shears On The Songs That Changed Lives (Mercury Studios)
    Music
    From: Mercury Studios
    Hosted by: ART194.8 ★
    Legal AF by MeidasTouch
    News & Politics, Shows
    Legal AF by MeidasTouch (MeidasTouch)
    News
    From: MeidasTouch Network
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    Past Forward
    Public Service & Activism, Shows
    Chapters: Season Five (Chapter Five)
    Incarceration (Past Forward)
    Education
    From: pastforward.org
    Hosted by: Simplecast4.6 ★
    Ologies with Alie Ward
    Science & Education, Shows
    Ologies with Alie Ward (Ologies)
    Science
    From: Alie Ward
    Hosted by: Simplecast4.9 ★
    DC High Volume: Batman
    Trailer Play trailerScripted (Fiction), Shows
    DC High Volume: Batman (Realm)
    Fiction
    From: DC | Realm
    Hosted by: Megaphone4.8 ★
    Pablo Torre Finds Out
    Sports, Shows
    Pablo Torre Finds Out (Meadowlark Media)
    Sports
    From: The Athletic
    Hosted by: Acast4.8 ★
    Broken Ground
    Trailer Play trailerSustainability & Environment, Shows
    Broken Ground Podcast: A Podcast by the Southern Environmental Law Center
    Rural Justice; Season 7 (Southern Environmental Law Center)
    Government
    From: Southern Environmental Law Center
    Hosted by: Buzzsprout4.8 ★
    Future Around & Find Out
    Trailer Play trailerTechnology, Shows
    Future Around & Find Out (Modern Product Minds)
    Technology
    From: Dan Blumberg
    Hosted by: Transistor4.5 ★
    How Did This Get Made?
    Television & Film, Shows
    How Did This Get Made
    Television & Film (SiriusXM)
    Comedy
    From: Earwolf and Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, Jason Mantzoukas
    Hosted by: Simplecast4.8 ★

People’s Voice Winners

This list was provided by The Webby Awards; Podnews linked each winner to its podcast, as well as to selected individual episodes. “From” and “Hosted by” information is derived from the podcast’s RSS feed.

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About The Webby Awards

The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. Established in 1996 during the Web’s infancy, The Webbys is presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS)—a 3,000+ member judging body. The Academy is comprised of Executive Members—leading Internet experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities—and Associate Members who are former Webby Winners, Nominees and other Internet professionals.

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