Media Voices are delighted to reveal the winners of 2023’s Publisher Podcast Awards, following a ceremony which took place on Wednesday 26th April at Proud Cabaret City in London.
The awards are a celebration of the podcasting success of publishers and media organisations, whether they’ve been in the podcasting space a while, or have just launched.
From over 200 entries and an exceptionally strong shortlist of 120 podcasts, our judges marked the podcasts on a range of factors, including production quality, how well the podcast reflected the publisher’s brand, and strategies to grow the audience.
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
Winner: The Authority File – Choice
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
Winner: Film Stories with Simon Brew – Film Stories
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
Winner: Money Clinic with Claer Barrett – Financial Times
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
Winner: 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
Winner: The Reset Room – NationalWorld
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
Winner: History Extra – Immediate Media
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
Winner: Hot Money – Financial Times
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
Winner: Bed of Lies: Blood – The Telegraph
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
Winner: 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
Winner: Ukrainecast – BBC
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
Winner: “Are You Sleeping?” – Vox Creative, Mattress Firm
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
Winner: The New Statesman Podcast – The New Statesman
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 – The Week Junior Science & Nature, Future PLC
6: Science in Parallel – Krell Institute
Winner: Mysteries of Science – The Week Junior Science & Nature, Future PLC
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
Winner: The Everything is Black and White Podcast – Chronicle Live, Reach PLC
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
Winner: Engineering Matters – Reby Media
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
7 – Mark Packard – GracePoint Publishing
8 – Megan Bradshaw, Amazon Originals
Winner: Jack Meegan-Vickers, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Best Commercial Strategy
1: Hoaxed – Tortoise Media
2: The Authority File – Choice
3: The New Statesman podcast network – The New Statesman
Winner: 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, Folding Pocket
Winner: Kammy and Ben’s Proper Football Podcast – BBC, Folding Pocket
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
Winner: PodPod – Haymarket
Publisher Podcast of the Year 2023
Supported by Megaphone 
Winner: Hot Money – Financial Times
Many congratulations to all the winners and shortlisted podcasts. Hear from many of the winners on how to level up your podcast strategy at the Publisher Podcast Summit & Awards in April 2024. Entries for 2024’s Awards will open in October – subscribe below for updates on entries, judges, the Summit, and more.