We're delighted to announce the shortlist for 2023's Publisher Podcast Awards!
The winners will be revealed in an in-person celebration on Wednesday 26th April 2023. Find out more about registration and tickets:
STRATEGIC AWARDS
Publisher Podcast Hero of the Year 2023
Jill Du Boff
Marvel Entertainment
"Jill brings her love of Marvel, her talent for sound design, and her passion for storytelling to every project. In addition to the Herculean efforts to create and launch a slate of Marvel podcasts, Jill remains the kindest and most caring supervisor. While Marvel has always been known for creative storytelling, Jill capitalized on that strength in publishing and catapulted Marvel into the professional world of podcasting."
Andrew Musgrove
Chronicle Live, Reach PLC
"Without Andrew, this podcast would not have the output it does. He leads the operation from top to bottom - and makes sure that the podcast is put out there to the maximum audience possible. This has led to huge numbers with 2023 producing several record months of downloads. His passion for Newcastle United and podcasts has resulted in a brand that forms a major part of our coverage of the team."
Aiwan Obinyan
Podcast partner - gal-dem
"Aiwan understands the gal-dem offering inside and out and has helped us translate our editorial side of the business to fit the audio podcasting industry. gal-dem podcasts wouldn't exist without Aiwan and aiai studios. Publishing is a majority white space and the same could be said for podcasting; Aiwan leads the way in breaking that mould."
Jack Meegan-Vickers
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
"Jack is analytical about research, diligent about fact-checking, a skilled interviewer, and of course he is passionate about story-telling. He presents, produces, and manages multiple podcast series, and still finds time to think about how the podcast could be better syndicated across social media, on YouTube, and on the website. It is thanks to his work that the podcasts have seen such incredible growth over the past two years."
Rory Bathgate
IT Pro, Future plc
"Rory has been vital to the continued success and publication of the IT Pro Podcast. He took the initiative to report from a live event - something we hadn't really done before - which was especially impressive given he had little experience. Rory really seized the opportunity to make the podcast his own."
Bethany Burgoyne
The Sassy Show
"Bethany has broken away from the taboo of professional narratives embracing personal conversations. By being so honest in her own stories, she has carved a space for more women and non-binary femmes to be themselves at work and in their daily lives. She is a hero for finding, securing and producing over 50 episodes of podcasts that transform the portrayal of women within media."
Mark Packard
GracePoint Publishing
"Mark is always looking for new and innovate ways to bring our company’s podcasts or our clients podcasts to the next level. Without him, our podcast would still be receiving only a small fraction of the downloads per episode. We know that our podcasts, under Mark’s leadership, will play an important role in our continued company growth."
Megan Bradshaw
Amazon Originals
"Without Megan, our Original podcasts program would not have existed. Her work has directly impacted our business to reach more listeners, become the podcast partner of choice, surprise and delight talent, and work across the Amazon, Wondery and Amazon Music orgs to create mechanisms and targets to systematically increase promotion of underrepresented podcasters."
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
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
Supported by 
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
Congratulations to all the shortlisted podcasts! Stay up to date with the winners, and entries opening for 2024 by subscribing below.