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Monday night The Podcast Academy announced winners across 26 categories at its third annual Ambie Awards. The event was held at the International Theater in Las Vegas and hosted by actor and podcast host Larry Wilmore. Here are the winners…
Additionally, “Stuff You Should Know” co-hosts Chuck Bryant, Josh Clark, and producer Jeri Rowland accepted this year’s Governors Award, an honor that recognizes the impact a podcast or individual has had on the industry.
Podcast of The Year Chameleon: Wild Boys - Campside Media and Sony Music Entertainment
Best Business Podcast Business Wars - Wondery
Best Comedy Podcast Why Won’t You Date Me? with Nicole Byer - Team Coco
Best DIY Podcast Queer News - E3 Radio
Best Documentary Podcast Bone Valley - Lava for Good Podcasts in Association with Signal Co. No1
Best Entertainment Podcast Scamfluencers - Wondery
Best Fiction Podcast Last Known Position - QCODE
Best History Podcast Slow Burn: Roe v. Wade - Slate
Best Indie Podcast Blind Landing - Blind Landing/Ari Saperstein
Best Interview Podcast The Assignment with Audie Cornish - CNN Audio
Best Knowledge, Science or Tech Podcast Ted Radio Hour - NPR
Best News Podcast What Next - Slate
Best Original Score and Music Supervision Jake Brennan, Matt Beaudoin, Ryan Spraker, and Bryce Kanzer for Disgraceland Double Elvis
Best Performance in Audio Fiction Cole Sprouse and Sarah Yarkin for Borrasca (Season 2) -QCode
Best Personal Growth / Spirituality Podcast A Slight Change of Plans - Pushkin Industries
Best Podcast for Kids Tai Asks Why - CBC Podcasts
Best Podcast Host or Hosts Leah Wright Rigueur for Reclaimed: The Story of Mamie Till-Mobley - ABC News
Best Politics or Opinion Podcast Strict Scrutiny - Crooked Media
Best Production and Sound Design Twenty Thousand Hertz - Defacto Sound
Best Reporting Gilbert King and Kelsey Decker for Bone Valley Lava for Good Podcasts in Association with Signal Co. No1
Best Scriptwriting, Fiction Jenny Deiker Restivo and Nathalie Chicha for I Hear Fear - Wondery
Best Scriptwriting, Nonfiction Erick Galindo and Alejandro Mendoza for Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez Sonoro, Futuro Media
Best Society and Culture Podcast Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez - Sonoro, Futuro Media
Best Sports Podcast The Lead - Wondery
Best True Crime Podcast Up and Vanished - The Trial of Ryan Duke - Tenderfoot TV
Best Wellness or Relationships Podcast Come As You Are - Pushkin Industries