2024 WINNERS & NOMINEES
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Podcast of The Year Sponsored by
SLOW BURN: BECOMING JUSTICE THOMAS
from Slate
50 YEARS OF HIP-HOP
from KEXP
CAN YOU DIG IT?: A HIP-HOP ORIGIN STORY WITH CHUCK D
from PB&J Productions, an Audible Original
EMBEDDED: TAKING COVER
from NPR
EXPOSED: COVER-UP AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
from Wondery
GHOST STORY
from Wondery and Pineapple Street Studios
NEXT YEAR IN MOSCOW
from The Economist
QUESTLOVE SUPREME
from iHeartPodcasts
THE EMPTY GRAVE OF COMRADE BISHOP
from The Washington Post
THE VERY WORST THING THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN
from Wolf At The Door
Best Documentary Podcast
GHOST STORY
from Wondery and Pineapple Street Studios
BORROWED AND BANNED
from Brooklyn Public Library and Goat Rodeo
EMBEDDED: TAKING COVER
from NPR
FEVER: THE HUNT FOR COVID’S ORGIN
from BBC News Long Form Audio
FREE FROM DESIRE: ASEXUAL IN THE CITY OF LOVE
from Paradiso Media
KING SLIME: THE PROSECUTION OF YOUNG THUG AND YSL
from Airloom Media
SLOW BURN: BECOMING JUSTICE THOMAS
from Slate
Best Interview Podcast
WISER THAN ME WITH JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS
from Lemonada Media
ALEXI LALAS’ STATE OF THE UNION PODCAST
from FOX Sports
APPLE NEWS IN COVERSATION
from Apple News
ON PURPOSE WITH JAY SHETTY
from Jay Shetty
QUESTLOVE SUPREME
from iHeartPodcasts
THE SKINNY CONFIDENTIAL: HIM & HER PODCAST
from Dear Media
YOUR MAMA’S KITCHEN
from Higher Ground Audio and Audible
Best Comedy Podcast
HOW DID THIS GET MADE?
from Earwolf and Sirius XM Podcasts
BAD DATES
from Wondery and SmartLess
CONAN O’BRIEN NEEDS A FRIEND
from Team Coco and SiriusXM
LET’S MAKE A ROM-COM
from CBC Podcasts
LOVETT OR LEAVE IT
from Crooked Media
THE BIG FLOP
from Wondery
WAIT WAIT… DON’T TELL ME!
from NPR
Best News Podcast
TODAY, EXPLAINED
from Vox and The Vox Media Podcast Network
ODD LOTS
from Bloomberg
QUEER NEWS
from E3 Radio
START HERE
from ABC Audio
THE DECIBEL
from The Globe and Mail
TUG OF WAR: ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
from CNN Audio
UP FIRST
from NPR
Best Sports Podcast
NEW HEIGHTS WITH JASON AND TRAVIS KELCE
from Wave Sports and Entertainment
ALL THE SMOKE
from iHeartPodcasts and Paramount
FOUR YEARS OF HEAT
from iHeartPodcasts and NBA
HEART OF THE GAME
from Ruby
RECLAIMED: THE FORGOTTEN LEAGUE
from ABC Audio
THE LEAD
from Wondery
THE PLAYCALLERS
from The Athletic
Best True Crime Podcast
THE GIRLFRIENDS
from Novel
DISAPPEARED: THE BRADLEY SISTERS
from ID and Blackfin
HEINOUS - AN ASIAN TRUE CRIME PODCAST
from 1 Up Media and Mediacorp
SMOKE SCREEN: JUST SAY YOU’RE SORRY
from The Marshall Project and SONY Music Entertainment
THE GIRL IN THE BLUE MUSTANG
from Dateline NBC
THE VANISHING POINT
from Tenderfoot TV
WHO KILLED JFK?
from Soledad O'Brien Productions and iHeartPodcasts Radio
Best DIY Podcast
STITCH PLEASE
from Black Women Stitch with editing support from Podcast Laundry
BEANS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES
from Circle270Media
BEYOND 6 SECONDS
from Carolyn Kiel
BLACK IS AMERICA
from Owls Education Company
CULTURE KIDS PODCAST
from Culture Kids Media
GOONED
from Emma Lehman
LATINX CAN PODCAST
from Dr. Jeniree Flores Delgado
Best Business Podcast
SPELLCASTER: THE FALL OF SAM BANKMAN-FRIED
from Wondery
ACCESS & OPPORTUNITY
from Morgan Stanley and At Will Media
BEHIND THE MONEY
from Financial Times
DECODER WITH NILAY PATEL
from The Verge & The Vox Media Podcast Network
DESIGN NERDS ANONYMOUS
from The Studio by SANDOW
THE CLOSER: DEALS CHANGE THE WORLD
from Project Brazen and PRX Productions
TRUSTONOMY
from OneTrust and Pacific Content
Best Fiction Podcast
PREVIA: A TECH HEIST
from Sonoro and Audible
MIDNIGHT BURGER
from Business Goose Media
PEOPLE WHO KNEW ME
from Merman Television
POSSESSION
from At Will Media
SUPREME: THE BATTLE FOR ROE
from Kelly&Kelly and iHeartPodcasts
THE FOXES OF HYDESVILLE
from QCODE and Criminal Content
THE VERY WORST THING THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN
from Wolf At The Door
Best History Podcast
UNREFORMED: THE STORY OF THE ALABAMA INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR NEGRO CHILDREN
from School of Humans and iHeartPodcasts
HINDSIGHT
from Al Jazeera Digital
HISTORY’S SECRET HEROES
from BBC Studios
SPY VALLEY: AN ENGINEER’S NUCLEAR BETRAYAL
from Project Brazen, PRX Productions and Goat Rodeo
THE AFRICAS VS. AMERICA
from CBC Podcasts
THIS IS HISTORY: A DYNASTY TO DIE FOR
from Sony Music Entertainment
UNTEXTBOOKED
from Pod People and The History Co:Lab
Best Indie Podcast Sponsored by
WEIGHT FOR IT
from ohitsBigRon Studios
ABANDONED: THE ALL-AMERICAN RUINS PODCAST
from Blake Pfeil
BEEF WITH BRIDGET TODD
from Next Chapter Podcasts
DRAGONCAST: HOME OF THE HOUSE OF THE DRAGON
from Daft Doris
EXPECTANT
from Pippa Johnstone
SURFING CORPORATE
from Surfing Corporate
THE NOCTURNISTS
from The Nocturnists
Best Podcast for Kids
THE CAT IN THE HAT CAST
from Wondery, Dr. Seuss Enterprises and Story Pirates
AFRICAN FOLKTALES WITH MISS JO JO
from ABF Creative
DISNEY FROZEN: FORCES OF NATURE
from Disney Publishing Audio and ABC Audio
GREEKING OUT
from Nat Geo Kids and Fink Inc Media
MINA & LUCY’S GUIDE TO SLAYING DRACULA
from GZM Shows and Gen-Z Media
SESAME STREET - FOLEY & FRIENDS SEASON 3
from Sesame Workshop and Audible
THE ARTHUR PODCAST
from GBH KIDS
Best Knowledge, Science or Tech Podcast
DARKNET DIARIES
from Darknet Diaries
BIG DEEP - AN OCEAN PODCAST
from Thousand Pound Gorilla and Jason Elias
MORAL REPAIR: A BLACK EXPLORATION OF TECH
from PRX Productions
TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE: LUMINOUS
from Wisconsin Public Radio
UNEXPLAINABLE
from Vox and The Vox Media Podcast Network
VOICES FROM DARPA
from Spire Communications on behalf of DARPA
WITHOUT
from HyperObject Industries and Sony Music Entertainment
Best Society and Culture Podcast
WEIGHT FOR IT
from ohitsBigRon Studios
DEAR ALANA,
from Tenderfoot TV
DYNAMITE DOUG: THE LOOTING OF A NATION
from Project Brazen and PRX Productions
EXPOSED: COVER-UP AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
from Wondery
CAN YOU DIG IT?: A HIP HOP ORIGIN STORY WITH CHUCK D
from PB&J Productions and Audible
ROS PRESENTS: ROUGHHOUSING
from Religion of Sports
THE STORY EXCHANGE
from The Story Exchange
Best Politics or Opinion Podcast
THE NPR POLITICS PODCAST
from NPR
BAD WATCHDOG
from Project On Government Oversight
NATIONAL EMERGENCY
from Pizza Shark and Audible
NEXT YEAR IN MOSCOW
from The Economist
POST REPORTS
from The Washington Post
THOSE WHO CAN’T TEACH ANYMORE
from Charles Fournier
WE DON’T TALK ABOUT LEONARD
from ProPublica and On the Media
Best Entertainment Podcast Sponsored by
50 YEARS OF HIP-HOP
from KEXP
CREATIVE CONTROL
from Mansueto Ventures
FILMS TO BE BURIED WITH WITH BRETT GOLDSTEIN
from iHeartPodcasts and Big Money Players
HBO’S THE LAST OF US PODCAST
from HBO and Pineapple Street Studios
MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM
from The Lever
MUBI PODCAST
from MUBI
WOMEN OF MARVEL
from Marvel Entertainment
Best Personal Growth / Spirituality Podcast
DEAR ALANA,
from Tenderfoot TV
HOW TO BE A BETTER HUMAN
from TED Audio Collective and PRX Productions
MEDITATIVE STORY
from WaitWhat
MORAL REPAIR: A BLACK EXPLORATION OF TECH
from PRX Productions
RITUALLY
from Project Brazen
SECOND SUNDAY
from The Qube and PRX Productions
SOL AFFIRMATIONS
from SOL Affirmations
Best Wellness or Relationships Podcast
EMBODIED
from North Carolina Public Radio WUNC
BIG LASH ENERGY
from Big Lash Energy
CHASING LIFE WITH DR. SANJAY GUPTA
from CNN Audio
IT CAN’T JUST BE ME
from Podimo and Mags Creative
JILLIAN ON LOVE
from QCODE
LIFE KIT
from NPR
LOVE LETTERS
from The Boston Globe
Best Podcast Host or Hosts
MARTINE POWERS
for The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop
ANDERSON COOPER
for All There is with Anderson Cooper
RACHEL MADDOW & ISAAC-DAVY ARONSON
for Rachel Maddow Presents: Déjà News
MALCOLM GLADWELL
for Revisionist History
ROSE REID & NANDO VILA
for Shoot the Messenger: Espionage, Murder & Pegasus Spyware
KERRY GODLIMAN
for Stolen Hearts
DAVID RIND
for Tug of War: Israel-Hamas War
Best Indie Podcast Host or Hosts
RONALD YOUNG JR.
for Weight For It
SEQUOIA HOLMES
for Black People Love Paramore
EMMA LEHMAN
for Gooned
MOLLY MILLER
for Night Raid
JILL JONASSEN
for The Cost of Extremism
DR. ALI BLOCK
for The Nocturnists: Post-Roe America
AMI THAKKAR
for Tuckered Out with Ami Thakkar
Best Reporting
LAUREN CHOOLJIAN
for The 13th Step
SIMON KENT FUNG
for Dear Alana,
IMPERFECT PARADISE: PEOPLE VS. KAREN
The Boston Globe
for Murder in Boston
OPERATION: TRADEBOM
SHOOT THE MESSENGER: ESPIONAGE, MURDER & PEGASUS SPYWARE
JEFF ROSENTHAL, ERIC ROSENTHAL
for The Blog Era
Best Scriptwriting, Fiction
TROIAN BELLISARIO, JOSHUA CLOSE
for Ad Lucem
PIPPA JOHNSTONE
for Expectant
CHLOE STEARNS & JOHN WYNN
for Evergreen
DAVY GARDNER
for Pariah
SHAWN CHRISTENSEN
for The Foxes of Hydesville
CLAIRE FRIEDMAN
for Trust Fall
LEIGH JOEL SCOTT
for Zoey's Mythical Menagerie
Best Scriptwriting, Non-Fiction
B.A. PARKER
for Code Switch - Honoring My Enslaved Ancestors
JONATHAN MENJIVAR
for Classy with Jonathan Menjivar
SIMON KENT FUNG, LAURIE POLISKY
for Dear Alana,
LAURA BEIL
for Exposed: Cover-Up at Columbia University
JAMIE TARABAY, SHAWN WEN
for Foundering: The John McAfee Story
JAMES PEAK
for The Banksy Story
DAVID HOFFMAN
for Who Killed JFK?
Best Production and Sound Design Sponsored by
RAMTIN ARABLOUEI, RUND ABDELFATAH, LAWRENCE WU, JULIE CAINE
for Throughline
GARRETT TIEDEMANN
for Chameleon: Dr. Dante
SARAH MA, NEELY OEFTERING, GEOFFREY CANNOCK, JOSE VARON, BEN MILCHEV, DAVID TATASCIORE
for Evergreen
RYAN SWEIKERT & CAMPSIDE MEDIA for Long Shadow: Rise of the American Far Right
MARTIN SCHULZ
for People Who Knew Me
ALEX KEMP & BEAU MILKIS
for The Very Worst Thing that Could Possibly Happen
UNDERTOW: THE SISTERS
Best Original Score and Music Supervision
LINDSAY JONES
for Othello
CHAD LAWSON
for Calm it Down
BRYAN MASTER
for Can You Dig It?: A Hip-Hop Origin Story with Chuck D
SUZI ANALOGUE, KASSA OVERALL, & RAMTIN ARABLOUEI
for Louder Than A Riot
NEXT YEAR IN MOSCOW
JACK MITCHELL
for The Cat In The Hat Cast
ALEX KEMP
for The Very Worst Thing that Could Possibly Happen
Best Performance in Audio Fiction
SAM RICHARDSON, METHOD MAN, LANGSTON KERMAN, ET AL.
for Yes We Cannabis
LANA CONDOR
for Evergreen
SEAN ASTIN, JOHN RHYS-DAVIES, LUCY PUNCH, ET AL.
for Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
MAYA HAWKE, WILLIAM H. MACY, ABIGAIL BRESLIN, ET AL.
for Supreme: The Battle for Roe
CAREY MULLIGAN
for The Foxes of Hydesville
ROSE LESLIE, TOBY JONES, ROBERT BATHURST, ET AL.
for The Salvation
ANTONIA DESPLAT, ISAAC GONZALEZ ROSSI, ET AL.
for The Very Worst Thing that Could Possibly Happen