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The Podcast Academy has announced the nominees for its second annual Awards for Excellence in Audio. The Ambies will be co-hosted by Ross Mathews and Nikki Boyer on March 22, which will be streamed LIVE exclusively on Twitch at 6PM PT/9PM ET from The Mayan Theater in Los Angeles.
The ceremony will highlight 178 nominees across 25 categories with winners to be selected by every voting member of The Podcast Academy — in addition to a Governor’s Award that will be announced at a later date.
Donald Albright, Chairman of the Podcast Academy and President & Co-Founder of Tenderfoot TV stated: “The Podcast Academy is proud to share that it received a 34% increase in submissions compared to its inaugural awards last year. As the medium continues to grow, we’ve decided to introduce two new categories: Best Indie Podcast and Best Podcast for Kids. The inclusion of these categories is a testament to our mission of supporting independent creators and recognizing areas of our expanding industry. Congratulations to all of our well-deserved nominees.”
THE AMBIES 2022 FULL LIST OF NOMINEES: **Podcast of The Year ** 9/12 A Slight Change of Plans Alligator Candy Believe Her Bill Simmons Podcast Earth Eclipsed False Idol Have You Heard George’s Podcast? Hooked The Imperfection
Best Business Podcast: An Arm and a Leg Business Wars Masters of Scale Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin Planet Money The Indicator from Planet Money The McKinsey Podcast
Best Comedy Podcast: Best Friends How Did This Get Made? Nosy Neighbors The Daily Show With Trevor Noah: Ears Edition The Sarah Silverman Podcast Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me Why Won’t You Date Me With Nicole Byer
Best Documentary Podcast: AMERICAN VETERAN: Unforgettable Stories CBC Podcasts: Life Jolt Embedded Fiasco: Benghazi On Our Watch Post Reports Stay Away From Matthew MaGill
Best Entertainment Podcast: Back Issue Even the Rich New Rory & MAL Song Exploder The Boys: The Official Podcast The Friendship Onion The Plot Thickens
Best Fiction Podcast: Black Box Orphan Black: The Next Chapter Princess of South Beach Tejana The Miseducation of John Mark The Zip Code Plays: Los Angeles Treat
Best History Podcast: Black Cowboys Human Resources Making Gay History — The Podcast | Season 9: “Coming of Age During the AIDS Crisis” Mogul Slow Burn: The L.A. Riots Telling Our Twisted Histories Throughline
Best Indie Podcast: AFTERSHOCK An Arm and a Leg Because I Said So! Earth Eclipsed FOR BLOOD OR JUSTICE Walzon Prime What Happened in Skinner
Best Interview Podcast: 70 over 70 Billie Was a Black Woman I WEIGH Jemele Hill is Unbothered Profoundly Pointless The Problem with Jon Stewart Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
Best Knowledge, Science or Tech Podcast: Dope Labs Music Blocks Overheard at National Geographic Road to Resilience Ted Radio Hour The Extortion Economy Twenty Thousand Hertz
Best News Podcast: 60 Minutes Consider This Post Reports Start Here The Journal The Times Up First
Best Original Score and Music Supervision: Have You Heard George’s Podcast? The Duolingo French Podcast Operation Midnight Climax Carcerem Great Grief Gravity 9/12
Best Performer in Audio Fiction: Aftershock – David Harbour Date With Daddy – Marisa Grant Edith! – Rosamund Pike Melon’s House Party – Parvesh Cheena & Jessica McKenna Passenger List – Kelly Marie Tran Radio Rental – Rainn Wilson We Stay Looking – Full Cast Including: Terri J. Vaughn, Karrueche Tran, Marsai Martin, Kandi Burruss, Amin Joseph, Desi Banks, Kyla Pratt, Jason Weaver, Kev On Stage, Kway, Karlous Miller, Tristen Winger, Max Greenfield and more.
Best Personal Growth / Spirituality Podcast: Great Grief Life Kit Making Space with Hoda Kotb Meditative Story Money Moves with Toni Tone SOL Affirmations with Karega with Felicia The Happiness Lab
Best Podcast for Kids: African Folktales with Miss Jo Jo Imagine This Music Blocks Nice to Meet You Operation Ouch! The Podcast of Everything The Big Fib The Vivo Songbook
Best Podcast Host: Crime Show – Emma Courtland Human Resources – Moya Lothian-McLean It’s Been a Minute with Sam Sanders – Sam Sanders Jemele Hill Is Unbothered – Jemele Hill King of The World: An American Muslim Story – Shahjehan Khan Revisionist History – Malcolm Gladwell Why Won’t You Date Me With Nicole Byer – Nicole Byer
Best Politics or Opinion Podcast: Billie Was a Black Woman Can He Do That? Pod Save the World Post Reports Skullduggery Stay Tuned with Preet The Messenger
Best Production and Sound Design: Iowa Chapman and the Last Dog King of The World: An American Muslim Story Not Past It The 11th: Time Machine — The Score The Bering The Turning: The Sisters Who Left Twenty Thousand Hertz
Best Reporting: Stolen: The Search for Jermain Un(re)solved The Turning: The Sisters Who Left 544 Days Believe Her Post Reports 9/12
Best Scriptwriting, Fiction: Edith! – Gonzalo Cordova, Travis Helwig Hit Job – Broadway Video Soft Voice – James Bloor The Burned Photo – Nicole Exposito, Jeremy Novick, Kwynn Perry The Imperfection – Alexander Kemp The Lamb – Tad Safran We Stay Looking – Kindsey Young, Chris Sanford, Phylicia Mpasi
Best Scriptwriting, Nonfiction: Death At The Wing – Brian Steele, Adam Mckay, Raghu Manavalan, Jody Avigan Have You Heard George’s Podcast? – George the Poet HiberNation – Mallika Rao Radiotopia Presents: S***hole Country – Afia Kaakyire Southlake – Antonia Hylton, Mike Hixenbaugh, Frannie Kelley, Reid Cherlin, Julie Shapiro, Michelle Garcia Storytime with Seth Rogen – Seth Rogen, Richard Parks III, Frida Perez Throughline – Rund Abdelfatah, Ramtin Arablouei, Julie Caine, Laine Kaplan-Levenson
Best Society and Culture Podcast: Billie Was a Black Woman Cheat! Ear Hustle Heavyweight Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Into America Storytime with Seth Rogen
Best Sports Podcast: Crushed False Idol Goats: On The Bump By Ross Stripling Spinsters The Greatness with Kareem Maddox The Lead The Long Game
Best True Crime Podcast: Believe Her Confronting: Columbine Criminal Do You Know Mordechai? Firebug Over My Dead Body: Fox Lake Suspect
Best Wellness or Relationships Podcast: Call Your Grandmother Lovers and Friends with Shan Boodram Making Space with Hoda Kotb My Body, My Podcast On Purpose with Jay Shetty Really Good Shares We Can Do Hard Things