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28th Annual Webby Award Winners - Podcast Highlights

Press Release · New York, NY, USA ·

The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences (IADAS) today announced the Winners for the 28th Annual Webby Awards, which include the boundary-pushing cultural icons, companies and organizations shaping today’s ever-expansive online world.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus will receive the Webby Podcast of the Year Award for Wiser Than Me and her embrace of the internet as a platform for connecting generations through meaningful, funny and important conversations with unforgettable women.

The Academy presents the Webby Podcast Company of the Year to the organization that has earned the most honors across the Podcast categories. With 12 wins, including nods for Six Degrees with Kevin Bacon, Questlove Supreme, The Laverne Cox Show, Mobituaries with Mo Rocca, Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children, Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang and Supreme: The Battle for Roe, in addition to 20 nominations, iHeartMedia brings home the award.

2024 Podcast Highlights

    The Bald and the Beautiful with Trixie and Katya
    Trailer Play trailerThe Bald and the Beautiful with Trixie and Katya won the Webby Award for Comedy, Shows (Podcasts)
    Comedy and Arts
    From: Studio71
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    Can't Afford Therapy
    Trailer Play trailerCan’t Afford Therapy Podcast won the Webby Award for Best Indie Podcast, Features (Podcasts)
    Education and Leisure
    From: Can't Afford Therapy Podcast
    Hosted by: Libsyn
    Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
    Trailer Play trailerConan O’Brien Needs a Friend won the People’s Voice Award for Comedy, Shows (Podcasts)
    Comedy
    From: Team Coco & Earwolf
    Hosted by: Simplecast
    Club Shay Shay
    Trailer Play trailerKatt Williams – Club Shay Shay won the Webby Award for Featured Guest, Individual Episodes (Podcasts)
    Sports
    From: iHeartPodcasts, The Volume, and Shay Shay Media
    Hosted by: Omny Studio
    Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang
    Trailer Play trailerLas Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang won the Webby Award for Comedy, Individual Episodes (Podcasts)
    Culture
    From: Big Money Players Network and iHeartPodcasts
    Hosted by: Omny Studio
    The Laverne Cox Show
    Trailer Play trailerThe Laverne Cox Show won the Webby Award for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Shows (Podcasts)
    Education
    From: Shondaland Audio and iHeartPodcasts
    Hosted by: Omny Studio
    NASA's Curious Universe
    Trailer Play trailerNASA’s Curious Universe: Suiting Up for Space won the Webby Award for Science & Education, Individual Episodes
    Science
    From: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
    Hosted by: Megaphone
    Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast
    Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast won the Webby Award for Best Series, Features (Podcasts)
    Relationships
    From: Higher Ground
    Hosted by: Acast
    New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
    Trailer Play trailerNew Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce won the People’s Voice Award for Best Co-Hosts, Features (Podcasts)
    Comedy
    From: Wondery
    Hosted by: ART19
    Pod Save the World
    Trailer Play trailerPod Save the World won the Webby Award for News & Politics, Shows
    News
    From: Crooked Media
    Hosted by: Simplecast
    Scamanda
    Trailer Play trailerScamanda won the Webby Award for Crime & Justice, Limited-Series & Specials
    True Crime
    From: Lionsgate Sound
    Hosted by: Acast
    Supreme: The Battle for Roe
    Trailer Play trailerSupreme: The Battle for Roe won the Webby Award for Scripted (Fiction), Individual Episodes
    Fiction
    From: iHeartPodcasts
    Hosted by: Omny Studio
    TwentyOne 21: A Black AF Scripted Audio Comedy
    Trailer Play trailerTwentyOne 21: A Black AF Scripted Audio Comedy won the Webby Award for Best Indie Podcast - Limited Run, Features (Podcasts)
    Fiction
    From: TwentyOne21 Podcast
    Hosted by: Spotify for Creators
    The Vergecast
    The Vergecast won the People’s Voice Award for Technology, Shows (Podcasts)
    Technology and News
    From: The Verge
    Hosted by: Megaphone
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KPMG provides vote tabulation consulting for The Webby Awards. To view the full list of Winners, please visit the Webby Awards website.


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