2026 NOMINATIONS
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Podcast of the Year
CALL HER DADDY
from Unwell
CRIME JUNKIE
from Audiochuck
PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
from Meadowlark Media
THE LAST INVENTION
from Longview
POD SAVE AMERICA
from Crooked Media
THE MEL ROBBINS PODCAST
from 143 Studios, SiriusXM
QUESTION EVERYTHING
from Placement Theory
WISECRACK
from Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts
REVEAL
from Reveal and PRX
SMARTLESS
from Test Pattern
Best Ad Read
BEGIN AGAIN WITH DAVINA
from FlightStory
CONAN O'BRIEN NEEDS A FRIEND
from SiriusXM
REALITY GAYS WITH MATTIE AND POODLE
from Sissy That Talk Productions
REVISIONIST HISTORY
from Pushkin Industries
THE WEEKLY SHOW WITH JON STEWART
from Network: Qcode | Agency: ADOPTER Media
WE NEED TO TALK
from FlightStory
WOO WOO WITH RACHEL DRATCH
from QCODE Media / Daylight Media
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Best Branded Podcast
MONEYWISE
from Lower Street
OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB: PRESENTED BY STARBUCKS
from Harpo Productions
SESAME STREET: COOKIE MONSTER MYSTERIES
from Audible Studios and Sesame Workshop
THINGS BAKERS KNOW
from King Arthur Baking Company
TOMORROW'S CURE
from Mayo Clinic
TRAVELING WITH AAA
from Ginni Media
WHAT THE FRAUD?
from Sumsub
Best Business Podcast
BUSINESS WARS
from Wondery
LEAD BALLOON
from Podcamp Media
MASTERS OF SCALE
from WaitWhat
MORNING BREW DAILY
from Morning Brew Inc.
NERDWALLET'S SMART MONEY PODCAST
from Nerdwallet and Airwave
THE INDICATOR FROM PLANET MONEY
from NPR
THE JOURNAL
from Spotify Studios and The Wall Street Journal
Best Comedy Podcast
LAS CULTURISTAS WITH MATT ROGERS AND BOWEN YANG
from iHeartPodcasts
CONAN O’BRIEN NEEDS A FRIEND
from Team Coco, SiriusXM
MURDER AT THE PATEL MOTEL
from Broadway Video and Audible
THE BALD AND THE BEAUTIFUL WITH TRIXIE AND KATYA
from PEG & Studio71
SMARTLESS
from SmartLess Media, SiriusXM
THE BIG PITCH WITH JIMMY CARR
from Netflix & BBC Studios
WISECRACK
from Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts
Best DIY Podcast
ABANDONED: THE ALL-AMERICAN RUINS PODCAST
from All-American Ruins
BLACK IS AMERICA
from Owls Education Company
CLIMATE SHIFTED
from Climate Shifted
CULTURE KIDS
from Culture Kids Productions
REDACTED HISTORY
from Dr. Andre White and Airwave
TWICE DISPLACED
from Lem Zakharia
THE INTEGRATED SCHOOLS PODCAST
from Integrated Schools
Best Documentary Podcast
36 JULY: UPRISING IN BANGLADESH | EP. 1 - I AM RAZAKAR
from Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit
IVF DISRUPTED: THE KINDBODY STORY
from Bloomberg
LATINO USA
from Futuro Media Group
NOT A VERY GOOD MURDERER
from Audible
THE CON: KAITLYN'S BABY
from CBC, BBC World Service
THE POPPY DAY BOMB
from The Times and Sunday Times
WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
from Plan B / Best Case / Audible
Best Emerging Podcast
CROOK COUNTY
from TENDERFOOT TV
DEBT HEADS
from Captain and the Fox
HOW IS THIS BETTER?
from COURIER Newsroom
LAWLESS PLANET
from Wondery
RAISING US
from A Kids Co.
THIS GUY SUCKED
from Multitude
THIS NEWS IS SO GAY
from Evergreen Podcasts
Best Entertainment Podcast
ICONIC ORIGINS: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
from Paramount Pictures / XTR / High Five Content
RELIVING SINGLE
from Hartbeat and Color Farm Media
SKIP INTRO
from Netflix
THE BOP BIBLE
from Sonoro
THE PLOT THICKENS: CLEOPATRA
from Turner Classic Movies
TWENTY THOUSAND HERTZ
from Defacto Sound
YOU'LL HEAR IT
from Open Studio
Best Fiction Podcast
MURDER ON MARS
from BBC Studios
PURPLE HEART WARRIORS
from CATHERINE BAILEY PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
RED FOR REVOLUTION
from Meta Mana Media
STANLAND
from The Sonar Podcast Network
THE GOOD LIFE
from Broadway Video/AUDIBLE
TWO THOUSAND AND LATE
from Atypical Artists
YOU FEELING THIS
from Overtones Media | iHeartRadio
Best History Podcast
AFTERMATH: HUNT FOR THE ANTHRAX KILLER
from Wolf Entertainment, USG Audio, Dig Studios, and CBC
CHARLIE'S PLACE
from Atlas Obscura, Rococo Punch, Visit Myrtle Beach, Pushkin
DIVISION STREET REVISITED
from Mary & Melissa Productions LLC
GOD'S BANKER
from Crooked Media / Campside Media
HISTORY THIS WEEK
from Back Pocket Studios / History Channel
MAKING GAY HISTORY: THE NAZI ERA
from Making Gay History
OUR ANCESTORS WERE MESSY
from Coco Hill Productions
Best Indie Podcast
DEBT HEADS
from Captain and the Fox
OUR ANCESTORS WERE MESSY
from Coco Hill Productions
RADIO DIARIES
from Radio Diaries
STITCH PLEASE
from Fermata Audio
TABOO SCIENCE
from Ashley Hamer Pritchard
THE FIGHT OF MY LIFE: ESCAPING SCAM CITY
from Cadence Productions
WORST CLUB EVER (A CHILD LOSS PODCAST)
from Who Can You Be Productions
Best Indie Podcast Host or Hosts
JAMIE FELDMAN & RACHEL WEBSTER
for Debt Heads
DUSTY WEIS
for Lead Balloon
ANNA DESHAWN
for Queer News
JAMIE KERN LIMA
for The Jamie Kern Lima Show
ZIBBY OWENS
for Totally Booked with Zibby
MAYA GUICE
for White Water
ALLIE KRAMER
for Worst Club Ever (A Child Loss Podcast)
Best Interview Podcast
ALL THERE IS WITH ANDERSON COOPER
from CNN Podcasts
DEATH, SEX & MONEY
from Slate
LIVES LESS ORDINARY
from the BBC World Service
ON WITH KARA SWISHER
from New York Magazine & Vox Media
HASAN MINHAJ DOESN'T KNOW
from Lemonada Media & 186k Films
THE OPRAH PODCAST
from Harpo Productions
WE'RE NOT KIDDING WITH MEHDI & FRIENDS
from Zeteo
Best Knowledge, Science or Tech Podcast
LEVITTOWN
from Kaleidoscope
LONG SHADOW: BREAKING THE INTERNET
from Long Lead
RADIOLAB
from New York Public Radio
SHELL GAME
from Kaleidoscope
SHORT WAVE
from NPR
TO CATCH A THIEF: CHINA'S RISE TO CYBER SUPREMACY
from Rubrik | Nicole Perlroth | Pod People
WE THE CHILDREN - KIDS TALK CLIMATE CHANGE
from We The Children Podcast
Best News & Politics Podcast
CONSIDER THIS
from NPR
FACE OFF: THE U.S. VS CHINA
from Rowhome Productions and Airwave
LONG SHADOW: BREAKING THE INTERNET
from Long Lead
POD SAVE AMERICA
from Crooked Media
RADIO ATLANTIC
from The Atlantic
REVEAL
from Reveal and PRX
VIBE CHECK
from SiriusXM
Best Original Score and Music Supervision
BONE VALLEY, SEASON 3, GRAVES COUNTY
from Lava for Good
DC HIGH VOLUME: BATMAN
from DC Comics & Realm
LULU'S LATE NIGHT
from Hatch
DANIEL BRUNELLE
for Murder at the Patel Motel
TANGELENE BOLTON
for Scam Factory
ODED LEV-ARI, CHRIS TARRY
for The Left Arm Treasure Society
SANDRO MORALES, PATRICK RODMAN, ERIC P. SHERMAN
for The Strange Thing About…
Best Performance in Audio Fiction
SHAILENE WOODLEY
for Game of Nines
KYLE PRUE, MATHER ZICKEL, ET AL.
for In Media Res
MERRITT WEVER, ALESSANDRO NIVOLA, ET AL.
for LEAD How This Story Is Up to Us
JUDD MICHAEL GOLDSTEIN, LAUREN MARCUS, ET AL.
for The Left Arm Treasure Society
MAULIK PANCHOLY, MURRAY BARTLETT, ET AL.
for Murder at the Patel Motel
MARISA ABELA, HARRIS DICKINSON
for Pride and Prejudice
SUFYAN MAHMUD, ISAAC ROBINSON-SMITH, ET AL.
for Invenios Expeditions
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Best Personal Growth / Spirituality Podcast
HOW GOD WORKS: THE SCIENCE BEHIND SPIRITUALITY
from PRX
HOW TO!
from Slate
NO SMALL ENDEAVOR
from Tokens Media
THE MEL ROBBINS PODCAST
from 143 Studios, SiriusXM
THE OPRAH PODCAST
from Harpo Productions
THIS IS WOMAN'S WORK
from Nicole Kalil and Airwave
WILD CARD WITH RACHEL MARTIN
from NPR
Best Podcast for Kids
TIS THE GRINCH HOLIDAY PODCAST
from Wondery
DOGOOD DETECTIVES
from GZM Shows
FOLKTALES FROM SUDAN
from Hana Baba
GRIMM, GRIMMER, GRIMMEST
from Pinna
LIGHTCATCHERS
from Gum Audio
RADIOLAB FOR KIDS PRESENTS: TERRESTRIALS
from WNYC Studios
SESAME STREET: COOKIE MONSTER MYSTERIES
from Audible Studios and Sesame Workshop
Best Podcast Host or Hosts
STEVE BURNS
for Alive with Steve Burns
ANDERSON COOPER
for All There is with Anderson Cooper
STEVEN CHUA
for Dirtbag Climber
WILL ARNETT, SEAN HAYES, JASON BATEMAN
for Smartless
OPRAH WINFREY
for The Oprah Podcast
RACHEL MARTIN
for Wild Card with Rachel Martin
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Best Production and Sound Design
JOHN PEROTTI
from Charlie's Place
DC HIGH VOLUME: BATMAN
from DC Comics & Realm
CHRIS TARRY
for Ice Lions
JUDE BREWER, DAN ROSATO, ET AL.
for Iconic Origins: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
SHANNON BURKETT, ANDY KRIS, ET AL.
for LEAD how this story ends is up to us
ALEX VESPESTAD, STEVEN PEREZ, ET AL.
for Wisecrack
MICHAEL KRAMER
for Worst Club Ever (A Child Loss Podcast)
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Best Reporting
DONIE O’SULLIVAN
for CNN Presents: Persuadable
NICOLO MAJNONI
for Coal Survivor
T.J. RAPHAEL
for Liberty Lost
ROBYN SEMIEN
for Question Everything
HANNAH LEVINTOVA AND ASHLEY CLEEK
for Reveal
GREGORY WARNER AND ANDY MILLS
for The Last Invention
IAN URBINA
for The Outlaw Ocean
Best Scriptwriting, Fiction
REBECCA HUMPHRIES
for Becoming Meg Dashwood
TOMMY O'HAVER, IRENE TURNER
for Lady Killer
MAULIK PANCHOLY, ZACKARY GRADY, ET AL.
from Murder at the Patel Motel
JEFF SCHMIDT
for OMINOUS THRILL
JANA NAOMI SMITH
for Red for Revolution
BRIAN SIEGELE
for Sightings
ERIC P. SHERMAN
for The Strange Thing About...
Best Scriptwriting, Non-Fiction
JEREMIAH CROWELL AND SCOTT TIFFANY
for Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax Killer
KYLE TEKIELA
for Crook County
JEREMIAH CROWELL AND SCOTT TIFFANY
for Heat List
SHANNON BURKETT
for LEAD How This Story Ends Is Up To Us
RYAN SWEIKERT AND GARRETT GRAFF
for Long Shadow: Breaking The Internet
ETHAN BROOKS
for No Easy Fix
CHARLES FORBES AND EDD HEDGES
for Wisecrack
Best Society and Culture Podcast
A TINY PLOT
from Snap Studios
HEAT LIST
from Wondery, Vespucci
MODEL WARS
from Campside Media and iHeart
SUAVE: SEASON TWO
from Futuro Studios
THE STOOP
from Radiotopia/PRX
UNCUFFED
from KALW Public Media
WISECRACK
from Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts
Best Spanish Language Narrative Podcast - Fiction or Nonfiction
EL ÁRBOL DE LA VIDA
from Pedro y el Lobo | Audible
LA BALA MÁGICA
from SummerStory
LA SEGUNDA MUERTE DEL DIOS PUNK
from Posta & Erre Podcast
NO ME PROVOQUEN
from Sonoro
PUNTO ROJO, PUNTO AZUL
from The Immigrant Productions and Audible
SE LLAMABA COMO YO [SHE HAD MY NAME]
from Se Habla Producciones, EITB Media
VIVIR Y MORIR EN GAZA
from Almudena Ariza / Yes We Cast / RTVE Play
Best Sports Podcast
CHASING BASKETBALL HEAVEN
from 30 for 30 Podcasts, ESPN
NETFLIX SPORTS CLUB
from Netflix & Pod People
NEW HEIGHTS WITH JASON & TRAVIS KELCE
from Wondery
PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
from Meadowlark Media
SAN DIEGO FC: BEHIND THE FLOW
from iHeartPodcasts
SPORTS IN AMERICA WITH DAVID GREENE
from WHYY
THE DEAL WITH ALEX RODRIGUEZ AND JASON KELLY
from Bloomberg Podcasts
Best True Crime Podcast
AFTERMATH: HUNT FOR THE ANTHRAX KILLER
from Wolf Entertainment, USG Audio, Dig Studios, and CBC
BONE VALLEY, SEASON 2, JEREMY
from Lava for Good
CORRUPTION UNCOVERED
from Roc Nation
DIRTBAG CLIMBER
from CBC, Kelly & Kelly, Lark Productions
NOBODY SHOULD BELIEVE ME
from True Story Media
SEA OF LIES
from Produced by What's the Story Sounds for CBC
WHERE IS DANIEL MORCOMBE?
from Campside Media and Sony Entertainment
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Best Use of Video in a Podcast
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW DETOURS
from GBH
DARK HISTORY
from Monday Archives
THE JAMIE KERN LIMA SHOW
from Life is Love
PEACEMAKER: THE OFFICIAL PODCAST WITH JAMES GUNN
from OBB Sound, HBO Max, DC Studios
THE REST IS HISTORY
from Goalhanger
THE WEDNESDAY SEASON 2 OFFICIAL WOECAST
from Netflix & Listen
TALES UNROLLED
from Sonoro
Best Wellness or Relationships Podcast
A ZEN MIND GUIDED MEDITATIONS
from A Zen Mind and Airwave
EMBODIED
from WUNC
EXTRAORDINARY CONVERSATIONS WITH DR. TOBY CAMPBELL
from SPEAK.STUDIO
HACK YOUR BODY, HEAL YOUR MIND
from Audible/ BBC Studios
JOY LAB
from Pathways North 501(c)(3)
MENTAL HEALTH REWRITTEN
from Owls Education Company
SHE MD
from Dear Media
Podcast Advertiser Innovator Award
CHARLIE'S PLACE
from Atlas Obscura, Rococo Punch, Visit Myrtle Beach, Pushkin
MY FAVORITE MURDER
from Exactly Right Media
NOT GONNA LIE WITH KYLIE KELCE
from Wave Sports & Entertainment
SILVER LININGS WITH THE OLD GAYS
from Ruby
THE ADAM FRIEDLAND SHOW
from The Adam Friedland Show
THE TRACK STAR PODCAST
from Public Opinion
THE YOUNG TURKS
from TYT
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