Publisher Podcast Awards 2023 announces shortlist

Media Voices says from hundreds of entries, this shortlist represents some of the best in publisher podcasts.

New categories for this year include Best Video Podcast Strategy, recognising the increasing importance that video content is playing in promoting and driving podcast listening; and Best Partner Podcast for shows created in partnership with agencies, sponsors or other publications.

The winning podcasts will be decided by a line-up of more than 40 judges from around the world. The chair of judges this year is Sam Baker, writer, broadcaster and creator & host of the hit podcast The Shift with Sam Baker. She is the former editor-in-chief of Just 17, Company, Cosmopolitan and Red and co-founded the women’s digital platform, The Pool, so is well-placed to understand the challenges and opportunities publishers face in the audio space.

The winners will be revealed in an in-person celebration at Proud Cabaret City in London. The Awards will be streamed live, so you can join from wherever you are in the world.

For the first time, Media Voices say they will also be bringing together the expertise and experience of attendees in a Forum before the ceremony. This is where we will be coming together to discuss some of the biggest pain points publishers face with podcasting, and more importantly, how we can solve them. Tickets are now available for both the Awards and Forum, which are open to anyone regardless of whether they’re shortlisted or not.

See the full shortlist below:

STRATEGIC AWARDS

Publisher Podcast Hero Of The Year

1. Jill Du Boff, Marvel Entertainment
2. Aiwan Obinyan, Podcast partner – gal-dem
3. Rory Bathgate, IT Pro, Future plc
4. Andrew Musgrove, Reach plc, Chronicle Live
5. Bethany Burgoyne, The Sassy Show
6. Jack Meegan-Vickers, Global Initiative Against Transnational

Organized Crime

1. Mark Packard – GracePoint Publishing
2. Megan Bradshaw, Amazon Originals

Best Commercial Strategy

1. Hoaxed – Tortoise Media
2. The Authority File – Choice
3. The New Statesman podcast network – The New Statesman

Best Video Strategy

1. Don’t Hold Back: Say it loud! – Deutsche Welle
2. The New Statesman podcast – The New Statesman podcast
3. Kammy and Ben’s Proper Football Podcast – BBC

Best Podcast Launch

1. The Overview – The Week, Future plc
2. Unpacked by AFAR – AFAR
3. The 10k Creator Show – The Tilt
4. Audio Long Reads from the New Statesman – The New Statesman
5. PodPod – Haymarket
6. How to be a CEO – Evening Standard
7. View From My Sofa – Radio Times, Immediate Media
8. Ukraine: the latest – The Telegraph
9. The Film Quiz Podcast – Film Stories, Whynow

Publisher Podcast of the Year 2023 - Supported by Megaphone

This podcast will be announced on the night from the winners of each category.

CONTENT AWARDS

Best B2B Podcast

1. Policing Matters – Lexipol
2. Engineering Matters – Reby Media
3. The Glossy Podcast – Digiday Media
4. Journalism.co.uk podcast – Journalism.co.uk
5. ASHRAE Journal Podcast – ASHRAE Journal
6. The Authority File – Choice
7. Energy Voice Out Loud – DC Thomson Media
8. The IT Pro Podcast – IT Pro, Future plc
9. The kbbreview Podcast – Taylist Media

Best Entertainment & Culture Podcast

1. The Sassy Show – The Sassy Show
2. Growing up with gal-dem – gal-dem
3. GracePoint Publishing – GracePoint Publishing
4. Film Stories with Simon Brew – Film Stories
5. The English Heritage Podcast – English Heritage, Our Media
6. FT Weekend – Financial Times
7. The Unfiltered History Tour – Vice Media Group
8. View From My Sofa – Radio Times, Immediate Media

Best Family & Lifestyle Podcast

1. Brummie Mummies – Birmingham Live, Reach plc
2. The Reset Room – NationalWorld
3. Money Clinic with Claer Barrett – Financial Times
4. The Week Junior Show – The Week Junior, Future plc

Best Food & Drink Podcast

1. olive magazine podcast – Immediate Media
2. Scran – The Scotsman
3. Drinks Adventures – Drinks Adventures
4. BBC Good Food Podcast – Immediate Media

Best Health & Wellbeing Podcast

1. Don’t Hold Back: Say it loud! – Deutsche Welle
2. The Verywell Mind Podcast – VeryWell Mind
3. The Reset Room – NationalWorld
4. In Conversation – Medical News Today, Healthline Media UK
5. “Are You Sleeping?” – Vox Creative
6. Beneath Your Beautiful – Beneath Your Beautiful

Best Hobbies & Special Interest Podcast

1. Mysteries of Science – The Week Junior Science+Nature, Future plc
2. The Sassy Show – The Sassy Show
3. The English Heritage Podcast – English Heritage, Our Media
4. The Plodcast – BBC Countryfile Magazine, Our Media
5. History Extra – Immediate Media
6. Quantum Revolution with Karen Curry Parker – GracePoint Publishing
7. Toward Inclusive Excellence – Choice

Best Investigative Podcast

1. Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime – Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
2. A Tradition of Violence – Knock LA, Cerise Castle, iHeartMedia
3. Hot Money – Financial Times
4. Call Bethel – The Telegraph
5. Testimony: The Body on Seaham Beach – NationalWorld, The Sunderland Echo
6. Bible John: Creation of a Serial Killer – BBC Scotland
7. Cheer Incorporated – FITSNews
8. The Catch – Foreign Policy
9. Bed of Lies: Blood – The Telegraph

Best Limited Series

1. Curious Coincidence – MIT Technology Review
2. Commonwealth Stories – Birmingham Live, Reach plc
3. Uncharted Brain: Decoding Dementia (from The Anthill) – The Conversation
4. How to become a dictator – The Telegraph
5. Westminster Reimagined – The New Statesman
6. How to be an Independent Country: Scotland’s Choices – NationalWorld
7. World Review (China Under Xi series) – The New Statesman
8. Bed of Lies: Blood – The Telegraph
9. The Catch – Foreign Policy

Best Local & Community Podcast

1. Commonwealth Stories – Birmingham Live, Reach plc
2. Testimony: The Body on Seaham Beach – NationalWorld, The Sunderland Echo
3. Brummie Mummies – Birmingham Live, Reach plc
4. The Northern Agenda – Reach, Laudable

Best News Podcast

1. Ukrainecast – BBC
2. The Conversation Weekly – The Conversation
3. FT News Briefing – Financial Times
4. World Review from the New Statesman – The New Statesman
5. Behind the Money – Financial Times
6. Uncovered – NationalWorld
7. Ukraine: the latest – The Telegraph

Best Partner Podcast

1. Don’t Hold Back: Say it loud! – Deutsche Welle, Kagiso Media
2. Planet Beyond – Reby Media, Fugro
3. “Are You Sleeping?” – Vox Creative, Mattress Firm
4. olive magazine podcast – Immediate Media, LU Biscuits
5. The Negotiators – Foreign Policy, Doha Debates
6. American Metamorphosis – The Atlantic

Best Political Podcast

1. The New European Podcast – The New European
2. The Lede – New Lines Magazine
3. The New Statesman Podcast – The New Statesman
4. The Steamie – NationalWorld
5. The Northern Agenda – Reach, Laudable
6. How to be an Independent Country: Scotland’s Choices – NationalWorld
7. Chopper’s Politics Podcast – The Telegraph

Best Science & Medical Podcast

1. Curious Coincidence – MIT Technology Review
2. Nature Podcast – Springer Nature
3. In Conversation – Medical News Today, Healthline Media UK
4. New Scientist Weekly – New Scientist
5. Mysteries of Science – Future PLC
6. Science in Parallel – Krell Institute

Best Sport Podcast

1. Moment of Truth – BBC
2. Singletrack Magazine MTB Podcast – Singletrack World Magazine
3. The Everything is Black and White Podcast – Chronicle Live, Reach PLC
4. The Halcyon Podcast – Halcyon Publishing
5. Equestrian Voices – NOËLLE FLOYD

Best Technology Podcast

1. Women Who Web3 – CoinDesk
2. In Machines We Trust – MIT Technology Review
3. Engineering Matters – Reby Media
4. The IT Pro Podcast – IT Pro, Future plc
5. Tech Tonic – Financial Times

For tickets to the ceremony, see the website.