Podcasts 2025
2025
Featured: Hysterical
Advice & How-To
Podcasts series dedicated to guiding listeners or answering questions, including advice, explainers, and tutorials.
2025 Honorees
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Dear Headspace
- Podcasts,
- Advice & How-To
- Honoree, 2025
- Headspace
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How To Stop Freaking Out | Carla Naumburg, PhD (Mom of 2, Best-selling Author of 5 books)
- Podcasts,
- Advice & How-To
- Honoree, 2025
- The Startup Dad
Arts & Culture
Podcast series that examine arts and culture in narrative form, interviews, and conversation. Topics include fine art, film, fashion, television, culinary experiences, popular culture etc.
2025 Honorees
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Celebrity Memoir Book Club
- Podcasts,
- Arts & Culture
- Honoree, 2025
- Vox Media
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Recording Artists: Experiments in Art and Technology
- Podcasts,
- Arts & Culture
- Honoree, 2025
- J. Paul Getty Trust
Arts & Culture (Ind. Episodes)
Single podcast episode that examines arts and culture in narrative form, interviews, and conversation. Topics include fine art, film, fashion, television, culinary experiences, popular culture, etc.
2025 Honorees
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Big Take: ‘Bluey’: A Blue Heeler Worth $2 Billion With an Uncertain Future
- Podcasts,
- Arts & Culture (Ind. Episodes)
- Honoree, 2025
- Bloomberg Podcasts
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To BRB or Not To BRB
- Podcasts,
- Arts & Culture (Ind. Episodes)
- Honoree, 2025
- Freelance
Best Branded Podcast or Segment
The most engaging, entertaining, and/or informative podcast created on behalf of a brand or organization.
2025 Honorees
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Catch A Cat Burglar: Purry Duty
- Podcasts,
- Best Branded Podcast or Segment
- Honoree, 2025
- Weber Shandwick
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Evolving Money
- Podcasts,
- Best Branded Podcast or Segment
- Honoree, 2025
- Bloomberg Media Studios
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Goldman Sachs Exchanges
- Podcasts,
- Best Branded Podcast or Segment
- Honoree, 2025
- Goldman Sachs
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It Started on WhatsApp Podcast: Love Stories
- Podcasts,
- Best Branded Podcast or Segment
- Honoree, 2025
- Creative X
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Murder in HR
- Podcasts,
- Best Branded Podcast or Segment
- Honoree, 2025
- Caspian Studios
Best Co-Hosts
The hosts with the most; who demonstrate the best qualities of hosting a podcast interview or conversation. Podcast must have at least (2) hosts.
2025 Honorees
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Crime Junkie
- Podcasts,
- Best Co-Hosts
- Honoree, 2025
- audiochuck
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MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie-Lynn Sigler
- Podcasts,
- Best Co-Hosts
- Honoree, 2025
- Wishbone Production
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New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
- Podcasts,
- Best Co-Hosts
- Honoree, 2025
- Wondery
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Office Ladies
- Podcasts,
- Best Co-Hosts
- Honoree, 2025
- Audacy Podcasts
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Paranormal Activity: True Tales of Possession
- Podcasts,
- Best Co-Hosts
- Honoree, 2025
- Treefort Media
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The World's First Podcast with Erin & Sara Foster
- Podcasts,
- Best Co-Hosts
- Honoree, 2025
- Wishbone Production
Best Creator or Influencer Series
The most memorable, entertaining, informative, and engaging podcast series featuring a Creator or Influencer.
2025 Honorees
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All Grown Up Podcast with FaZe Rug
- Podcasts,
- Best Creator or Influencer Series
- Honoree, 2025
- Fourth Frame Studios
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The Comment Section
- Podcasts,
- Best Creator or Influencer Series
- Honoree, 2025
- Whalar Group Ltd
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VERY DELTA with Delta Work
- Podcasts,
- Best Creator or Influencer Series
- Honoree, 2025
- Forever Dog
Best Host
The host with the most; who demonstrates the best qualities of hosting a Podcast interview or conversation.
2025 Honorees
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Masters of Scale - Uncle Nearest’s Fawn Weaver
- Podcasts,
- Best Host
- Honoree, 2025
- WaitWhat
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Mind Your Own with Lupita Nyong'o
- Podcasts,
- Best Host
- Honoree, 2025
- KQED's Snap Studios & Lemonada Media
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On Purpose with Jay Shetty
- Podcasts,
- Best Host
- Honoree, 2025
- On Purpose with Jay shetty
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The Axe Files with David Axelrod
- Podcasts,
- Best Host
- Honoree, 2025
- Institute of Politics/CNN
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The Oprah Podcast
- Podcasts,
- Best Host
- Honoree, 2025
- Harpo
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Therapuss with Jake Shane
- Podcasts,
- Best Host
- Honoree, 2025
- Pass That Puss Inc.
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We Were All Rooting For You
- Podcasts,
- Best Host
- Honoree, 2025
- Audible
Best Indie Podcast
The most memorable, entertaining, informative, and engaging podcast created and produced by independent groups or individuals.
2025 Honorees
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Being Jewish with Jonah Platt
- Podcasts,
- Best Indie Podcast
- Honoree, 2025
- Rainbow Creative LLC
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Celeritas
- Podcasts,
- Best Indie Podcast
- Honoree, 2025
- Magnesium Film
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Out There: Closing the Gender Gap
- Podcasts,
- Best Indie Podcast
- Honoree, 2025
- Out There
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The Fred Minnick Show
- Podcasts,
- Best Indie Podcast
- Honoree, 2025
- Minnick Media Inc.
Best Indie Podcast - Limited Run
The most memorable, entertaining, informative, and engaging limited run podcast created and produced by independent groups or individuals (12 episodes maximum, trailers and bonus content excluded).
2025 Honorees
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Blow-Up: When Liz Tilberis Transformed Bazaar
- Podcasts,
- Best Indie Podcast - Limited Run
- Honoree, 2025
- Polka Dot Pictures
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The Crime at Camp Ashwood
- Podcasts,
- Best Indie Podcast - Limited Run
- Honoree, 2025
- Dragon Hunter Productions, LLC
Best Individual Episode
The most memorable, informative, or entertaining single podcast episode.
2025 Honorees
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On Purpose with Jay Shetty
- Podcasts,
- Best Individual Episode
- Honoree, 2025
- On Purpose with Jay shetty
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Robin Roberts Reveals All - The Jamie Kern Lima Show
- Podcasts,
- Best Individual Episode
- Honoree, 2025
- The Jamie Kern Lima Show
Best Limited Series
The most memorable, engrossing, and entertaining multi-episode limited series developed for a Podcast. Full series will be judged.
2025 Honorees
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Dear Cousin: The Stalking of Susan Fensten
- Podcasts,
- Best Limited Series
- Honoree, 2025
- Audible
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Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance
- Podcasts,
- Best Limited Series
- Honoree, 2025
- ELECTRONIC ARTS | POD PEOPLE
Best Live Podcast Recording
Individual or special podcast episode, or podcast mini-series, created for and recorded in a live setting with an audience present. Including but not limited to special live episodes of news and interview shows.
2025 Honorees
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Charles & Cassie Kelley (Live at SoHo House in Nashville, TN) | Rooted Recovery Stories Podcast #169
- Podcasts,
- Best Live Podcast Recording
- Honoree, 2025
- Rooted Recovery Stories
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Judge John Hodgman Van Freaks Roadshow
- Podcasts,
- Best Live Podcast Recording
- Honoree, 2025
- StagePilot
Best Partnership or Collaboration
Individual or special podcast episode, series or mini-series that include a partnership or collaboration between one or more brands.
Best Series
The most memorable, entertaining, informative, and engaging podcast series as a whole.
2025 Honorees
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Blues Brothers: The Arc of Gratitude
- Podcasts,
- Best Series
- Honoree, 2025
- Audible
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Rooted Recovery Stories
- Podcasts,
- Best Series
- Honoree, 2025
- Rooted Recovery Stories
Best Video Series
The most memorable, entertaining, informative, and engaging video podcast series as a whole.
2025 Honorees
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Made It Out (To The Polls)
- Podcasts,
- Best Video Series
- Honoree, 2025
- Made It Out Media
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Prof G Markets
- Podcasts,
- Best Video Series
- Honoree, 2025
- Prof G Media
Best Writing
Podcasts that demonstrate excellence in editorial, regardless of the topic covered.
2025 Honorees
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ABC Audio Start Here - Severed: Diabetes Denial and Mistrust
- Podcasts,
- Best Writing
- Honoree, 2025
- ABC News
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Killer Minds: Inside the Minds of Serial Killers & Murderers
- Podcasts,
- Best Writing
- Honoree, 2025
- PAVE Studios
Business
Podcast series that examine the business world, including technology and financial matters, in narrative form, interviews, and conversation.
2025 Honorees
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Chicago Booth Review Podcast
- Podcasts,
- Business
- Honoree, 2025
- Chicago Booth Review
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Imagine This...
- Podcasts,
- Business
- Honoree, 2025
- Boston Consulting Group
Business
Single podcast episode that examines the business world, including financial matters, in narrative form, interviews, and conversation. Must be an individual episode.
