2022 WINNERS & NOMINEES
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Podcast of The Year (sponsored by Audacy)
9/12
from Amazon Music, Pineapple Street Studios, and Wondery
OTHER NOMINEES
A SLIGHT CHANGE OF PLANS
from Pushkin Industries
ALLIGATOR CANDY
from USG, produced by Transmitter Media
BELIEVE HER
from Lemonada & Spiegel & Grau
BILL SIMMONS PODCAST
from The Ringer, Spotify Studios
EARTH ECLIPSED
from The Lunar Company
FALSE IDOL
from Religion of Sports / PRX
HAVE YOU HEARD GEORGE’S PODCAST?
from George the Poet for BBC Sounds
HOOKED
from Apple TV+ Original podcast, produced by Campside Media.
THE IMPERFECTION
from Wolf at the Door
Best Documentary Podcast
STAY AWAY FROM MATTHEW MAGILL
from Pineapple Street Studios
OTHER NOMINEES
AMERICAN VETERAN: UNFORGETTABLE STORIES
from GBH Educational Foundation
CBC PODCASTS: LIFE JOLT
from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
EMBEDDED
from NPR
FIASCO: BENGHAZI
from Prologue Projects
ON OUR WATCH
from NPR
POST REPORTS
from The Washington Post
Best Interview Podcast
70 OVER 70
from Pineapple Street Studios
OTHER NOMINEES
BILLIE WAS A BLACK WOMAN
from Paramount Audio/ Spoke Media/Audible Originals
I WEIGH
from Earwolf
JEMELE HILL IS UNBOTHERED
from Unbothered Inc. and Spotify
PROFOUNDLY POINTLESS
from Nick VinZant
THE PROBLEM WITH JON STEWART
from Apple TV+ Original podcast produced by Busboy Productions
TRAFFICKED WITH MARIANA VAN ZELLER
from Muck Media and National Geographic
Best Comedy Podcast
HOW DID THIS GET MADE?
from Earwolf
OTHER NOMINEES
BEST FRIENDS
from Earwolf
NOSY NEIGHBORS
from Spotify
THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH: EARS EDITION
from Comedy Central and iHeartRadio
THE SARAH SILVERMAN PODCAST
from Kast Media
WAIT WAIT DON’T TELL ME
from NPR
WHY WON’T YOU DATE ME WITH NICOLE BYER
from Team Coco
Best News Podcast
UP FIRST
from NPR
OTHER NOMINEES
“THE TIMES”
from Los Angeles Times
60 MINUTES
from CBS News
CONSIDER THIS
from NPR
START HERE
from ABC News
POST REPORTS
from The Washington Post
THE JOURNAL
from The Wall Street Journal and Gimlet Media, a Spotify Studio
Best Sports Podcast
THE LEAD
from Wondery & The Athletic
OTHER NOMINEES
CRUSHED
from Religion of Sports and PRX
FALSE IDOL
from Religion of Sports and PRX
GOATS: ON THE BUMP BY ROSS STRIPLING
from Jam Street Media
SPINSTERS
from Blue Wire Podcasts
THE GREATNESS WITH KAREEM MADDOX
from USG, produced by Transmitter Media
THE LONG GAME
from Doha Debates and Foreign Policy
Best True Crime Podcast (sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter)
SUSPECT
from Wondery & Campside Media
OTHER NOMINEES
BELIEVE HER
from Lemonada & Spiegel & Grau
CONFRONTING: COLUMBINE
from Glass Podcasts
CRIMINAL
from Criminal & Vox Media Podcast Network
DO YOU KNOW MORDECHAI
from USG Audio
FIREBUG
from truth.media
OVER MY DEAD BODY: FOX LAKE
from Wondery
Best Business Podcast
BUSINESS WARS
from Wondery
OTHER NOMINEES
AN ARM AND A LEG
from Public Roads Productions
MASTERS OF SCALE
from WaitWhat
MONEY REHAB WITH NICOLE LAPIN
from iHeartRadio
PLANET MONEY
from NPR
THE INDICATOR FROM PLANET MONEY
from NPR
THE MCKINSEY PODCAST
from McKinsey Global Publishing
Best Fiction Podcast (sponsored by Apollo Podcasts)
TEJANA
from Sonoro, Telemundo
OTHER NOMINEES
BLACK BOX
from Reverb
ORPHAN BLACK: THE NEXT CHAPTER
from Realm
PRINCESS OF SOUTH BEACH
from Sonoro, MyCultura
THE MISEDUCATION OF JOHN MARK
from C-Space Media
THE ZIP CODE PLAYS: LOS ANGELES
from Antaeus Theatre Company
TREAT
from C13Features
Best History Podcast
SLOW BURN: THE L.A. RIOTS
from Slate
OTHER NOMINEES
BLACK COWBOYS
from iHeartRadio
HUMAN RESOURCES
from Broccoli Productions
MAKING GAY HISTORY - THE PODCAST | SEASON 9: “COMING OF AGE DURING THE AIDS CRISIS”
from Making Gay History
MOGUL
from Gimlet Media, Spotify
TELLING OUR TWISTED HISTORIES
from Terre Innue
THROUGHLINE
from NPR
Best Indie Podcast (sponsored by Tenderfoot TV)
AN ARM AND A LEG
from Public Road Productions
OTHER NOMINEES
AFTERSHOCK
from Nomadic Engine
BECAUSE I SAID SO!
from BISS Podcasts
EARTH ECLIPSED
from The Lunar Company
FOR BLOOD OR JUSTICE
from FOR BLOOD OR JUSTICE
WALZON PRIME
from Joe Godley and Will Manninge
WHAT HAPPENED IN SKINNER
from Mazama Entertainment
Best Podcast for Kids
MUSIC BLOCKS
from Colorado Public Radio
OTHER NOMINEES
AFRICAN FOLKTALES WITH MISS JO JO
from ABF Creative
IMAGINE THIS
from ABC Kids listen
NICE TO MEET YOU
from Gen Z Media
OPERATION OUCH! THE PODCAST OF EVERYTHING
from Maverick TV / Listen
THE BIG FIB
from Gen Z Media
THE VIVO SONGBOOK
from Adonde Media, Sony Pictures Animation and Netflix
Best Knowledge, Science or Tech Podcast
OVERHEARD AT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
from National Geographic Partners
OTHER NOMINEES
DOPE LABS
from Spotify
MUSIC BLOCKS
from Colorado Public Radio
ROAD TO RESILIENCE
from Mount Sinai Health System
TED RADIO HOUR
from NPR
THE EXTORTION ECONOMY
from MIT Technology Review
TWENTY THOUSAND HERTZ
from Defacto Sound
Best Society and Culture Podcast
BILLIE WAS A BLACK WOMAN
from Paramount Audio/ Spoke Media/Audible Originals
OTHER NOMINEES
CHEAT!
from Somethin' Else
EAR HUSTLE
from Radiotopia from PRX
HEAVYWEIGHT
from Gimlet Media, Spotify
HIGHER LEARNING WITH VAN LATHAN AND RACHEL LINDSAY
from
INTO AMERICA
from NBC News Audio
STORYTIME WITH SETH ROGEN
from Earwolf
Best Politics or Opinion Podcast
BILLIE WAS A BLACK WOMAN
from Paramount Audio/ Spoke Media/Audible Originals
OTHER NOMINEES
CAN HE DO THAT?
from The Washington Post
POD SAVE THE WORLD
from Crooked Media
POST REPORTS
from The Washington Post
SKULLDUGGERY
from Yahoo News
STAY TUNED WITH PREET
from CAFE studios and the Vox Media Podcast Network
THE MESSENGER
from Awfully Nice, Dreamville Studios
Best Entertainment Podcast
BACK ISSUE
from Pineapple Street Studios
OTHER NOMINEES
EVEN THE RICH
from Wondery
NEW RORY & MAL
from More Sauce/Stitcher
SONG EXPLODER
from Hrishikesh Hirway and Radiotopia from PRX
THE BOYS: THE OFFICIAL PODCAST
from Amazon Studios with At Will Media and Tim Kash
THE FRIENDSHIP ONION
from Kast Media
THE PLOT THICKENS
from Turner Classic Movies
Best Personal Growth / Spirituality Podcast (sponsored by Castbox)
LIFE KIT
from NPR
OTHER NOMINEES
GREAT GRIEF
from North Carolina Public Radio
MAKING SPACE WITH HODA KOTB
from NBC News Audio
MEDITATIVE STORY
from WaitWhat
MONEY MOVES WITH TONI TONE
from Chalk & Blade
SOL AFFIRMATIONS WITH KAREGA WITH FELICIA
from Black Love Inc
THE HAPPINESS LAB
from Pushkin Industries
Best Wellness or Relationships Podcast
ON PURPOSE WITH JAY SHETTY
from Record Edit Podcast
OTHER NOMINEES
CALL YOUR GRANDMOTHER
from iHeartRadio, Superb Entertainment
LOVERS AND FRIENDS WITH SHAN BOODRAM
from More Sauce/Stitcher/SXM
MAKING SPACE WITH HODA KOTB
from NBC News Audio
MY BODY, MY PODCAST
from Audible Originals
REALLY GOOD SHARES
from iHeartRadio, Don’t Try This At Home LLC
WE CAN DO HARD THINGS
from Cadence13
Best Podcast Host
SAM SANDERS
for It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders
OTHER NOMINEES
EMMA COURTLAND
for Crime Show
MOYA LOTHIAN-MCLEAN
for Human Resources
JEMELE HILL
for Jemele Hill Is Unbothered
SHAHJEHAN KHAN
for King of The World: An American Muslim Story
MALCOLM GLADWELL
for Revisionist History
NICOLE BYER
for Why Won't You Date Me With Nicole Byer
Best Reporting
Amazon Music, Pineapple Street Studios, and Wondery
for 9/12
OTHER NOMINEES
for 544 Days
for Believe Her
for Post Reports
for Stolen: The Search for Jermain
for The Turning: The Sisters Who Left
for Un(re)solved
Best Scriptwriting, Fiction
JAMES BLOOR
for Soft Voice
OTHER NOMINEES
GONZALO CORDOVA, TRAVIS HELWIG
for Edith!
BROADWAY VIDEO/AUDIBLE ORIGINALS
for Hit Job
NICOLE EXPOSITO, JEREMY NOVICK, KWYNN PERRY
for The Burned Photo
ALEXANDER KEMP
for The Imperfection
TAD SAFRAN
for The Lamb
KINDSEY YOUNG, CHRIS SANFORD, PHYLICIA MPASI
for We Stay Looking
Best Scriptwriting, Nonfiction
GEORGE THE POET
for Have You Heard George's Podcast?
OTHER NOMINEES
BRIAN STEELE, ADAM MCKAY, RAGHU MANAVALAN, JODY AVIRGAN
for Death At The Wing
MALLIKA RAO
for HiberNation
AFIA KAAKYIRE
for Radiotopia Presents: S***hole Country
ANTONIA HYLTON, MIKE HIXENBAUGH, FRANNIE KELLEY, REID CHERLIN, JULIE SHAPIRO, MICHELLE GARCIA
for Southlake
SETH ROGEN, RICHARD PARKS III, FRIDA PEREZ
for Storytime with Seth Rogen
RUND ABDELFATAH, RAMTIN ARABLOUEI, JULIE CAINE, LAINE KAPLAN-LEVENSON
for Throughline
Best Production and Sound Design (sponsored by PRX)
DEFACTO SOUND
for Twenty Thousand Hertz
OTHER NOMINEES
CHRIS TARRY, DARIAN NEWSOME
for Iowa Chapman and the Last Dog
for King of The World: An American Muslim Story
BOBBY LORD, HANSDALE HSU, AND MATT BOLL
for Not Past It
RAJ MAKHIJA
for The 11th: Time Machine — The Score
AUDIBLE ORIGINALS
for The Bering
JOHN PEROTTI
for The Turning: The Sisters Who Left
Best Original Score and Music Supervision
Amazon Music, Pineapple Street Studios, and Wondery
for 9/12
OTHER NOMINEES
DAVE VOLPE
for Carcerem
RACHEL WARDELL
for Gravity
NNENNA FREELON, ANDREW BERINSON, SEAN ROUX
for Great Grief
BENBRICK
for Have You Heard George's Podcast?
AARON KAUFMAN
for Operation Midnight Climax
LAURENT APFFEL
for The Duolingo French Podcast
Best Performer in Audio Fiction (sponsored by Audible)
ROSAMUND PIKE
for Edith!
OTHER NOMINEES
DAVID HARBOUR
for Aftershock
MARISA GRANT
for Date With Daddy
PARVESH CHEENA AND JESSICA MCKENNA
for Melon's House Party
KELLY MARIE TRAN
for Passenger List
RAINN WILSON AS TERRY CARNATION
for Radio Rental
TERRI J. VAUGHN, KARRUECHE TRAN, MARSAI MARTIN, KANDI BURRUSS, AMIN JOSEPH, DESI BANKS, KYLA PRATT, JASON WEAVER, KEV ON STAGE, KWAY, KARLOUS MILLER, TRISTEN WINGER, MAX GREENFIELD, AND MORE
for We Stay Looking