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The Podcast Academy has announced the nominees for its third annual Awards for Excellence in Audio (The Ambies). The Ambies will be hosted by Emmy Award-winning producer, writer, comedian, actor and podcast host Larry Wilmore on March 7. The ceremony will be streamed LIVE on Amazon Music Channel on Twitch from the International Theater in Las Vegas from 6-7:30 p.m. PST. Here are the nominees…
THE AMBIES 2023 FULL LIST OF NOMINEES: Podcast of The Year Chameleon: Wild Boys Design Matters with Debbie Millman Direct Deposit Fiasco: The AIDS Crisis Gay Pride & Prejudice Moriarty Pink Card Reclaimed: The Story of Mamie Till Mobley The Outlaw Ocean Podcast The Prince
Best Business Podcast: An Arm and a Leg Business Wars Lead Balloon - Public Relations, Marketing and Strategic Communications Stories The Heist Season 2: The Wealth Vortex The New Way We Work, featuring 4-part Ambition Diaries mini series What’s Your Problem? with Jacob Goldstein Work Check
Best Comedy Podcast: Funny Cuz it’s True I Love a Lifetime Movie Scam Goddess Summer In Argyle The fckry with Leslie Jones and Lenny Marcus Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! Why Won’t You Date Me? with Nicole Byer
Best DIY Podcast: Allyship is a Verb Poetry for All podcast Proud Stutter Queer News Stitch Please Teddy Goes to the USSR They Knew Which Way to Run
Best Documentary Podcast: Bone Valley Collapse: Disaster in Surfside Finding Tamika I Will Not Grow Old here (short series) Imperfect Paradise: The Forgotten Revolutionary The Greatest Menace: Inside the Gay Prison Experiment We Were Three
Best Entertainment Podcast Even the Rich MUBI Podcast Object of Sound Pop Paranormal Queue Points Reality with The King Scamfluencers
Best Fiction Podcast Birds of Empire Bone, Marry, Bury Jane Anonymous Last Known Position Moriarty Newts! The Big Lie
Best History Podcast: Against The Odds Fiasco: The AIDS Crisis History Daily One Year: 1986 Reclaimed: The Story of Mamie Till Mobley Slow Burn: Roe v. Wade SNAFU with Ed Helms
Best Indie Podcast Blind Landing Ghosthoney’s Dream Machine Imaginary Worlds In Those Genes Podcast Inner West Icons SOL Affirmations with Karega & Felicia The Nocturnists
Best Interview Podcast: 9 to 5ish with theSkimm Design Matters with Debbie Millman Direct Deposit Rethinking The Assignment with Audie Cornish The Lede Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast
Best Knowledge, Science or Tech Podcast: Climate of Change In Machines We Trust IRL: Online Life is Real Life Ted Radio Hour Threshold Unexplainable Why It Matters
Best News Podcast: Collapse: Disaster in Surfside Foundering: The Amazon Story Imperfect Paradise: The Sheriff Post Reports Ukrainecast VICE News Reports What Next
Best Original Score and Music Supervision: Culpable Podcast – Dirt Poor Robins, Dayton Cole Disgraceland – Jake Brennan, Matt Beaudoin, Ryan Spraker, Bryce Kanzer Fed Up – Scott Velasquez Gay Pride & Prejudice – Chris Ryan, Jonathon Roberts, Liz Fulton Kabul Falling – Arson Fahim Last Known Position – Deron Johnson, David Levita Spark & Fire – Ryan Holladay
Best Performance in Audio Fiction #Matter – Amin Joseph Borrasca (Season 2) – Cole Sprouse, Sarah Yarkin Dark Sanctum – Bethany Joy Lenz, Clive Standen, Michael O’Neill Moriarty – Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, Phil LaMarr, Lindsay Whisler Outliers – Rory Culkin The Madness of Chartrulean – Aud Andrews The Story Pirates Podcast – Cecily Strong, Eric Austin
Best Personal Growth / Spirituality Podcast: A Slight Change of Plans Allyship is a Verb Back From Broken How God Works How To Be A Better Human In the Arena with Leah Smart The Mel Robbins Podcast
Best Podcast for Kids: A Kids Book About: The Podcast Forever Ago Million Bazillion Pinkalicious & Peterrific Smash Boom Best Tai Asks Why The Arthur Podcast
Best Podcast Host or Hosts: Anderson Cooper – All There is with Anderson Cooper Casey Wilson – Fed Up Chad Sanders – Direct Deposit Gilbert King, Kelsey Decker – Bone Valley Heather McGhee – The Sum of Us JB Smoove – Funny My Way Leah Wright Rigueur – Reclaimed: The Story of Mamie Till Mobley
Best Politics or Opinion Podcast: Crossing The Line It’s Political with Althia Raj Post Reports Strict Scrutiny Teaching Texas The Prince The State of: Women
Best Production and Sound Design Batman: The Audio Adventures – Chris Gibney, Julie Larson Birds of Empire – Randy Torres, Ben Milchev, Ryan Walsh, David Tatasciore, Gabe Burch Cupid – Randy Torres, Ben Milchev, Ryan Walsh, David Tatasciore, Sarah Ma Maejor Frequency – Richard Riegel Marvel’s Wastelanders: Doom – Mark Henry Phillips The Big Burn – E. Scott Kelly Twenty Thousand Hertz – Jai Berger
Best Reporting: Bone Valley – Gilbert King, Kelsey Decker Chameleon: Scam Likely – Yudhijit Bhattacharjee Conviction: The Disappearance of Nuseiba Hasan – Habiba Nosheen Taking on Putin – John Sweeney The Greatest Menace: Inside the Gay Prison Experiment – Patrick Abboud The Outlaw Ocean Podcast – Ian Urbina Who Killed Daphne? – Stephen Grey
Best Scriptwriting, Fiction: American Hostage – C.D. Carpenter I Hear Fear – Jenny Deiker Restivo, Nathalie Chicha Impact Winter – Travis Beacham Last Known Position – Luke Passmore Power Trip – Mary Hamilton, Cara Horner The End Up – Will Weggel, Danny Luber The Story Pirates Podcast – Minhdzuy Khorami, Mike Cabellon, Meghan O’Neill, Peter McNerney, Lee Overtree, Rachel Wenitsky, Ned Riseley
Best Scriptwriting, Nonfiction: 12 Years That Shook the World – Erin Harper Chameleon: Wild Boys – Sam Mullins Death of an Artist – Helen Molesworth Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez – Erick Galindo, Alejandro Mendoza Into America – Trymaine Lee, Aisha Turner, Isabel Angell, Max Jacobs, Josh Sirotiak MUBI Podcast – Rico Gagliano We Were Three – Nancy Updike
Best Society and Culture Podcast: Fiasco: The AIDS Crisis Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez In Those Genes Podcast Into America Love Right Now The Sum of Us Truth Be Told
Best Sports Podcast: Choosing Sides: F1 Deep Left Field Pink Card Sports History This Week The Lead The Longest Game Torched
Best True Crime Podcast Conviction: The Disappearance of Nuseiba Hasan Dateline: Missing in America Death of an Artist Queen of the Con The Paddlefish Caviar Heist Up and Vanished- The Trial of Ryan Duke Wrongful Conviction
Best Wellness or Relationships Podcast: Are You Sleeping? Back From Broken Chiquis and Chill Come As You Are Dear Headspace Navigating Narcissism Room 5