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Deondric Royster says the Signal Awards were created “to celebrate and discover great works being done in the podcast space and response has been overwhelming.”
Signal Award Finalists were selected by the Signal Academy which included Founding Jurors Jody Avirgan (Host, This Day in Esoteric Behavior); Ray Chao (GM of Audio, Vox Media); Rachael King (CEO and Co-Founder, Pod People ; Maya Watson (Head of Global Marketing, Clubhouse); Michael Gluckstadt (Director of Podcasts, HBO & HBO MAX); Anna Hossnieh (Executive Producer, iHeartRadio Comedy); Jenny Kaplan (Co-Founder and CEO, Wonder Media Network); Deray McKesson (Host, Pod Save the People / Co-founder & Executive Chair, Campaign Zero); and Nikki Silva (Co-Host, The Kitchen Sisters Present from PRX).
1700 entries were received. Winners for the Inaugural Signal Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 10, 2023.
Here are the finalists… Best Guest – Individual Episode - Skip Intro - Viola Davis – Netflix - Dead Eyes - Episode 31: Tom – Headgum - The Official Winning Time Podcast – HBO Max - Turn crisis into art: Choreographer Bill T. Jones – WaitWhat Arts & Culture - Individual Episode - Mission Muralismo Audio Zine - SFMOMA - Stuff The British Stole - ABC / CBC - Trust your instinct: Salsa legend Rubén Blades on the iconic song “Pedro Navaja” - WaitWhat Best Conversation Starter - Individual Episode - Access & Opportunity | Building Black Generational Wealth- Morgan Stanley - Curiosity Daily, Episode 7: Sex! And COVID, The Biggest Comet Ever, Wave of The Future - Discovery, Inc. - Great collabs start with trust: Apollo Theater’s Kamilah Forbes on “Between the World and Me”- WaitWhat - One Decision Podcast-Lithuania and the two Goliaths- Global Situation Room - What Happens Next?: The Psychedelic Renaissance- Monash University Interview or Talk Show - Individual Episode - Skip Intro- Netflix - T-Bone Schmid - Des Moines’ Most Likeable Man- Hot SEWP Video Kitchen - Jalen Rose talks with Magic Johnson on mentorship, business and his rise to the top -New York Post - Dishing on Julia, the Official Julia Companion Podcast- HBO Max - Dreaming w/ Darryl McDaniels- The WNET Group S3E3 Truth, Comedy and Creative Freedom- Survival Dad YT Sports - Individual Episode - All the Smoke - Paramount - Attacking Third - Paramount - Torched: Greg Louganis’ Infamous Dive - FilmNation Entertainment Best Writing - Limited Series & Specials - Mother Country Radicals, an original podcast from Crooked Media and Audacy. - Crooked Media - To Live and Die in LA - Tenderfoot TV - The Miranda Obsession - AUDIBLE - Suspect - Campside Media - Toxic: The Britney Spears Story - Stitcher Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - Limited Series & Specials - Growing Up P.O.C.- AUDIBLE - Punk In Translation - AUDIBLE - Going for Broke with Ray Suarez - Economic Hardship Reporting Project, co-published by
The Nation Economic Hardship Reporting Project - History is US - Cadence13 - Saga: a Podcast about the AWARE Saga – AWARE Best Original Score or Music - Limited Series & Specials - Brooklyn Santa- JDC Films - The Miranda Obsessio - AUDIBLE - Witnessed: Borderlands - Campside Media - Finding Q: My Journey into QAnon - Tortoise Media
Best Hosts - Shows - The Problem with Jon Stewart - Apple Worldwide Video - Dark History - align Public Relations - About A Girl - Double Elvis - A Heavy Weight - A Heavy Weight - Fiasco: The AIDS Crisis - AUDIBLE - Conan O’Brien / Team Coco Network - SXM Media - Changing Course: Students Take Their Seat at the Table - Teach For America’s One Day Studio Best Conversation Starter - Shows - Best Friends Back, Alright! - Mythical - Last Day - Lemonada Media - Masters of Scale - WaitWhat - The Lost Debate - Lost Debate - SUPERHUMANS - Well Played - Dead Honest - Dead Honest