The Podcast Academy Announces Winners of Fourth Annual Awards for Excellence in Audio
"Slow Burn: Becoming Justice Thomas" Wins Podcast of the Year; "50 Years of Hip-Hop," "Dear Alana," "New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce," "Today, Explained," "Weight for It," and "Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus" Among This Year's Winners
LOS ANGELES, March 27, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- "SLOW BURN: BECOMING JUSTICE THOMAS" WINS PODCAST OF THE YEAR AT THE PODCAST ACADEMY'S FOURTH ANNUAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN AUDIO
"Weight For It" Earns Most Wins with Three Ambies Including Best Indie Podcast, Best Indie Podcast Host/Hosts, and Best Society and Culture Podcast
"50 Years of Hip-Hop," "Dear Alana," "New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce," "Today, Explained," and "Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus" Among This Year's Winners
Malcolm Gladwell Honored with Governors Award; Ira Madison III Recognized with Impact Award
LOS ANGELES, CA, MARCH 27, 2024--Last night, The Podcast Academy (TPA), the preeminent professional podcast organization, announced winners at its fourth annual Awards for Excellence in Audio (The Ambies®) from the JW Marriott LA Live Los Angeles hosted by season 3 winner of "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars," Trixie Mattel. Additionally, Malcolm Gladwell was honored with the esteemed Governors Award, which recognizes a podcast or individual for the compelling influence they've had on the industry; and pop-culture podcaster Ira Madison III received the Impact Award, which recognizes an individual or podcast that has made a significant, positive effect on its listeners.
The Ambies celebrate excellence in podcasting and elevate awareness and status of podcasts as a unique and personal medium for entertainment, information, storytelling and expression. The ceremony highlighted 192 nominees across 27 categories with winners selected by every voting member of The Podcast Academy (TPA).
FOURTH ANNUAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN AUDIO WINNERS:
Podcast of The Year (Sponsored by OUTFRONT)
Slow Burn: Becoming Justice Thomas
Slate
Best Business Podcast:
Spellcaster: The Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried
Wondery
Best Comedy Podcast:
How Did This Get Made?
Earwolf and Sirius XM Podcasts
Best DIY Podcast:
STITCH PLEASE
Black Women Stitch with editing support from Podcast Laundry
Best Documentary Podcast:
Ghost Story
Wondery and Audacy Podcasts' Pineapple Street Studios
Best Entertainment Podcast (Sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter):
50 Years of Hip-Hop
KEXP
Best Fiction Podcast:
PREVIA: A Tech Heist
Sonoro and Audible
Best History Podcast:
Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children
School of Humans and iHeartPodcasts
Best Indie Podcast Host or Hosts:
Ronald Young Jr.
for Weight For It
Best Indie Podcast (Sponsored by Tenderfoot TV):
Weight For It
ohitsBigRon Studios
Best Interview Podcast:
Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Lemonada Media
Best Knowledge, Science or Tech Podcast:
Darknet Diaries
Darknet Diaries
Best News Podcast:
Today, Explained
Vox and The Vox Media Podcast Network
Best Original Score and Music Supervision:
Lindsay Jones
for Othello
Best Performance in Audio Fiction:
Sam Richardson, Method Man, Langston Kerman
for Yes We Cannabis
Best Personal Growth / Spirituality Podcast:
Dear Alana,
Tenderfoot TV
Best Podcast for Kids:
The Cat In The Hat Cast
Wondery, Dr. Seuss Enterprises and Story Pirates
Best Podcast Host or Hosts:
Martine Powers
for The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop
Best Politics or Opinion Podcast:
The NPR Politics Podcast
NPR
Best Production and Sound Design (Sponsored by Dolby):
Ramtin Arablouei, Rund Abdelfatah, Lawrence Wu, Julie Caine
for Throughline
Best Reporting:
Lauren Chooljian
for The 13th Step
Best Scriptwriting, Fiction:
Troian Bellisario, Joshua Close
for Ad Lucem
Best Scriptwriting, Nonfiction:
B.A. Parker
for Code Switch
Best Society and Culture Podcast:
Weight For It
ohitsBigRon Studios
Best Sports Podcast:
New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce
Wave Sports and Entertainment
Best True Crime Podcast:
The Girlfriends
Novel
Best Wellness or Relationships Podcast:
Embodied
North Carolina Public Radio WUNC
ABOUT THE PODCAST ACADEMY
Founded in February 2020, The Podcast Academy is a not-for-profit professional membership organization that celebrates excellence in podcasting and elevates awareness of podcasts as an indispensable medium for entertainment, information, and creative expression. It values individual and organizational creators alike, of all backgrounds and means, and defines achievement through the values of quality, creativity, innovation, inclusion, and impact. The Podcast Academy provides community, professional development, and industry connections through inclusive, dynamic programming. For more information about The Podcast Academy, please visit http://www.thepodcastacademy.com and follow/like/subscribe on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Linkedin. Visit our donation page to support our mission.
Sponsor support for The Podcast Academy includes the Community Building Sponsor Wondery, plus The Hollywood Reporter, Audible, Dolby, Campside Media,The Podcast Show, Tenderfoot TV, Outfront, Castbox, Raedio, Gumball, Headgum, Good Tape, and IMDb.
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