The Long Time Academy is a collaborative project (it is part supported by Headspace, is produced by independent production company Scenery Studios and is part of The Long Time Project) that was built on passion for addressing the the huge threats we’re facing as a species.

We spoke to Host and Founder of The Long Time Project, Ella Saltmarshe, and Producer and Founder of Scenery Studios, Lina Prestwood.

Congratulations on placing Silver at the BPAs! How do you feel?

Lina: Bloody brilliant. As an indie project, we had tons of creative freedom to make the show – which we definitely took, as you’ll hear when you listen, especially in the interactive bonus episodes – but when the matter in hand is the climate crisis and other massive existential crises that so many people are getting seriously pummelled by everyday and then a big global partner like Headspace Studios come on board, well, suddenly there’s a real responsibility not to squander the opportunity. And everyone who worked on the show really felt that – which meant there was a lot of blood, sweat and many, many hours of Googlemeets.

Before the awards season (the show also recently won Gold for Best Independent Podcast at The Radio Academy ARIAs) the main feedback we received has been from our listeners who have been evangelical about it; about how they feel seen by it and how it’s given them a useful emotional and intellectual toolkit with which to navigate the hugely complex cocktail of feelings that most of us are experiencing about the climate crisis.

However, despite listeners loving and sharing it, Apple and Spotify featuring us, listening circles being set up, Ella being invited to run workshops with over 2000 members of the Canadian civil service about the key ideas in the series and even being invited to teach a Economics masters module, we couldn’t get any of the major podcast reviewers to listen to and write about the show which – and I’m going to be perfectly honest here – was a little bruising to my ego. Receiving this industry award from our peers, especially in this category, has been really bolstering from an industry angle and might even inspire reviewers to cover the show now that it’s been given a bit of industry love.

As a newly-minted business owner I’m very excited for the opportunities that it’s opened for Scenery Studios – it was our first major commission as an indie, so for the show to have been critically-acclaimed as well as landing so meaningfully with listeners is pretty amazing.

And Ella, you were up for the Rising Star award. Can you give us a little insight to your path into podcasting and why you decided podcasting/audio was the best medium for this project?

Ella: I’ve loved podcasts for a long time and had a hunch that they could be the perfect format for expanding the work I had been doing with the Long Time Project, that focuses on enabling people to be good ancestors. Getting long time involves working on many levels, the intellectual, the emotional and the practical. Podcasts enable all of this, allowing for the exploration of complexity in immersive, creative and sometimes magical ways. Joining forces with Lina really expanded my understanding of the potential of podcasts as a medium. We began with a shared vision that alongside the podcast we wanted to create practices that enable listeners to feel the ideas they were hearing about in the main episode. Headspace just felt like the perfect partner for this kind of project, so we approached them and to our utter delight, they embraced the idea!

The podcast was commissioned in the middle of the pandemic. It was an intense time for us all and I was also heavily pregnant and had just lost my beloved Grandma to Covid. A pretty hardcore context to make your first podcast! It was a steep learning curve – the expertise and support of the team made all the difference. Plus the fact that we all cared so deeply about it – the collective passion and dedication was incredible to be part of.

Host Ella Saltmarshe

What was the first podcast you ever listened to?

Ella: I began listening to This American Life, MANY years ago, in a-keep-me-entertained-while-I-clean-the-fridge kind of way. Then, back before podcasts were really a thing, a group of us formed a monthly podcast club, where we’d drink wine, eat soup and nerd out on podcasts. It’s where Lina and I met! Many of the group have gone on to create award-winning podcasts. As one of the few non-audio people in the group, it helped me learn how to listen to podcasts differently, more thoughtfully and opened my eyes to what can be possible with the medium.

One of the amazing things about the series is how listeners have gone on to form their own podcast clubs for the project – I was recently invited to join one for listeners in Australia and NZ that had been discussing an episode a month for the last 6 months. It was incredible to hear our podcast bringing people together and being so thoughtfully and collectively digested.

Lina: I honestly can’t remember if it was This American Life or chef Evan Kleiman’s Good Food Podcast that first had me regularly using the podcast app. I used to listen to it in a gym in Stoke Newington and be transported to an LA farmer’s market and those were my first regular exposures to that whole American public radio vibe and factual audio on demand. That was probably the beginning of the end of of my television career.

Which podcasts do you take inspiration from?

Lina: I really like podcasts that are playful with form and although it was a very short format, I thought 10 Things That Scare Me had so much going on, on so many levels. It broke tonnes of ’ rules’ and kept listeners on their toes but was never anything less than deeply entertaining and transportative. I also loved the mix of celebs and ‘civilians’ – the casting prioritised interesting voices over social follower size which I definitely appreciated.

Likewise, but very differently, the Kim Noble podcast, Futile Attempts (At Surviving Tomorrow) is incredibly clever, funny, smart and moving – Benbrick is so skilled at creating psychologically convincing interior worlds.

I would also love to have the experience of listening to S-Town again for its novelistic quality and Nice White Parents for its incredible verité scenes – the Serial Productions team are such gorgeous writers and their shows are a testament to what happens when producers are given time (and, of course, are generously resourced) to make their shows.

And, finally, I often think fondly of how much I enjoyed The Ballad of Billy Balls – the story structure, the way the lead contributors are given room to breathe and be complicated – all great projects, none straight-forward or flawless and all projects that we’ve discussed in detail at the podcast club Ella mentioned.

Producer Lina Prestwood

What’s the biggest lesson you’ve learnt so far as a podcaster?

Lina: Sadly, for me, the first one that comes to mind is that you do need to spend as much time promoting your work as making it, but self-promotion is definitely not something that comes naturally – I’d much rather be in development for the next thing or working on more episodes. But I get it.

A more positive lesson is a vital one in maintaining perspective from the brilliant maxim that the Nancy podcast once posted on twitter; “there’s no such thing as a podcast emergency”.

I’m always fascinated how listening to your edit for the first time with someone else in the room is like putting on a whole new set of ears, too.

Finally, if there’s anything I’ve learned over the last year or so, it’s that when you get stuck, there comes a point where you need to get up, walk away from your session and do something completely unrelated. It’s amazing how a solution will find you in the most unexpected places.

Where can the Pod Bible readers find out more about you?

Ella: The first place is Long Time Academy Podcast website (thelongtimeacademy.com) and you can find out more about me here.

Lina: You can find out more about me, Scenery Studios and the brilliant freelancers who made The Long Time Academy at scenerystudios.com and you can smirk at my futile attempts at tweeting @Scenery_Studios

Listen to The Long Time Academy on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other popular podcast apps.

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We know how much work goes into making a podcast – and to make great, award-winning podcast is always worth celebrating. We’re really keen to share the groups and individuals that are running on passion by highlighting the indy podcasts who made waves. First up is the winner of the Best Wellbeing Podcast (the award with perhaps the best presenters – Idris Elba and his wife Sabrina). Effin’ Hormones is a podcast all about menopause, and it’s bringing much needed conversations to the public. According to the BPA press release, one audience member tweeted “Hearing Idris Elba say ‘menopause’ made my ovaries twitch”.  We caught up with Helen and Emma to talk about the show.

Pod Bible: Congratulations on the BPA win! How do you feel?

Helen: Blummen ecstatic! We started recording in lockdown, at home, so to be recognised publicly in this way is brilliant. I’m also very very proud to bring back some silverware (or goldware!) for the perimenopause and menopause crew!

Emma: I’m still in a permanent state of shock and simultaneously beaming with pride. I can’t stop telling people about it! It’s such a HUGE accolade. I’ve tried and failed to even get shortlisted before with another podcast – so to come back with GOLD is mind blowing!

Beena: Pretty damn good! It’s been brilliant to have been in a category like this in the company of such immense podcasts. Everyone is doing great work to try and make life better for people using this incredible medium but it feels extra special to be recognised for something that started out as a lockdown experiment. It’s heartening to know that we’re reaching people and our listeners are getting something out of it.

PB: What was the first podcast you ever listened to?

Helen: Radiolab. Jad Abrumrad (who used to Produce and Co-Host it), is my audio hero. I’ll never forget an episode where they recreated the sound of a space walk, it blew my mind. Dolly Parton’s America (also by Jad Abrumrad) is one of my favourite ever podcast series.

Emma: My first was S-Town which is utterly crazy and utterly brilliant and I don’t think I’ve heard anything as good since. It’s basically about a mad man who hates his town in Alabama but the investigative journalism is next level as is the amount of work that must have gone into it. It’s an awesome piece of narrative lead story telling that you get utterly sucked in to.

Beena: Serial and All Killa No Filla – discovered them both around the same time in 2016. I also love Coming Out Stories – hosted by Emma Goswell!

PB: Why did you decide to start podcasting in the first place?

Helen: It was a bit of an accident for me. I’d worked in radio as a producer for many years, then more recently went into podcasting. I was excited by what I saw as the “on demand of radio”. Having spent a year working in it, I now realise it’s a far more complex and nuanced medium than that – and an even more exciting place to be!

I’d wanted to make a podcast about perimenopause for a couple of years, so when I heard my friends talking about their hormonal ailments one time when we were having a slightly tipsy lockdown zoom, I thought “this is it! This is the podcast!” Luckily the girls all said yes when I asked them to do it with me!

Emma: I’ve worked in radio for decades as a producer – but more recently as a presenter. I’ve done literally thousands of live interviews which I’ve loved – but in radio you’re always in a rush. There’s always a news junction or travel to get to in time or a song to play and I often felt I wasn’t getting the most out of my interviewees. Podcasts give us the space to breathe and get to grips properly with the subject matter. And I’m passionate about talking about the menopause – so when Helen suggested it – it was a firm YES from me!

Beena: I’ve been dabbling in the world of audio for a few years new (special shout out to Reform Radio!) and was instantly enamoured by sheer the power of it; the endless possibilities in storytelling, the depths in which you can explore a subject, the anonymity if affords people when tackling tricky issues and the fact that there is something for everyone, no matter what floats your boat. And you can listen anywhere! Anyone who knows me, knows how evangelical I am about podcasting. When Helen suggested that we have a crack at making Effin Hormones after listening to us banging on about the ridiculousness of how little info there is out there about Perimenopause, I was completely game – couldn’t think of a better medium to do this subject matter with!

PB: Which podcasts do you take inspiration from?

Helen: I’m all about great storytelling, so podcasts that nail that do it for me. ‘Things Fell Apart’, ‘American Vigilante’, ‘Tunnel 29’ – these are all podcasts I’ve loved over the past couple of years. ‘Brown Girls Do It Too’ was a huge inspiration for me for ‘Effin Hormones’, particularly when it comes to talking about subjects that are deemed taboo. That podcast taught me that if you have a bit of a laugh and you just put it out there and be proud – you can make pretty much anything OK to talk about.

Emma: ‘Have you heard George’s podcast’ was ground-breaking and won ALL the awards a few years back. It taught me that podcasting can be genre breaking and can be anything you want it to be. In radio we’re always following rules and conventions but you can throw away the rule book when it comes to podcasting.

Beena: Sooo many! I’m a huge narrative fan but also love a good music or comedy podcast too. There’s something about the informality of chat based podcasts that make you feel like you’re part of the conversation and in on the joke. Honourable mentions to Revisionist History, Dolly Parton’s America, Blood on the Tracks, Where is George Gibney, Ballad of Billy Balls, Bad People, Titting About and most recently I’ve enjoyed Its….Wagatha Christie.

PB: Who’s your dream guest for the podcast?

Helen: We seem to mention Yoga With Adriene in almost every episode so it would have to be Adriene Mishler. Adriene – your yoga videos got me through lockdown, thank you!

Emma: We’ve already spoken to Kate Muir – the journalist who brought us the Channel 4 doc on the menopause in 2021 but I’d love to chat to Davina McCall too. For many she’s been the face of the menopause revolution for the last 2 years and I’d love to get her reaction to how much has changed for women since then.

Beena: For Effin Hormones, I would love to have the MP Carolyn Harris on – she is the Chair of the All Parliamentary Group on Menopause. She’s doing some cracking work!

PB: What’s the biggest lesson you’ve learnt so far as a podcaster?

Helen: Be yourself. Authenticity is one of the best things about podcasting. You’re in people’s ears talking directly to them, so they’ll spot it a mile off if you’re faking it.

Emma: Don’t underestimate the hard work involved. Just because you’ve got a good idea and a functioning microphone and laptop – these things don’t make themselves. There’s a lot of planning, production and editing to take up hours of your time!

Beena: Less is more and always, always think about your audience.

PB: Which episode would you say is the perfect introduction to your podcast?

Helen: ‘Meet the Gang’. It’s our first episode and you get all our silliness and seriousness encapsulated in that episode.

Emma: I’d say episode 3 of season 1 where we talk to actress Sue Devaney. I’m sure you love her in Corrie but you will be blown away by how hard the menopause hit her and especially her mental health. For anyone who doesn’t understand the devastating effects of peri menopause this is a good place to start.

Beena: For me the episodes that made me think “we’re onto something here” was when we spoke to Sue Devaney and Karen Arthur. They opened up o much – and their stories are so powerful.

PB: Where can the Pod Bible readers find out more about you?

Effinhormones.com is the website and we’re all over social media too – @effinhormones everywhere!

Listen to Effin’ Hormones on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other popular podcast apps.

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Big hitters and celebrities have been highlighted across the board, including Greg James & Bella Mackie; And Then Came Breast Cancer with Victoria Derbyshire; Happy Place with Fearne Cotton; Tan France’s Queer Icons; Ed Gamble & James Acaster and Chris & Rosie Ramsey.

Sweet Bobby has three nominations, while French and Saunders’ Titting About and Jamali Maddix’s Spooky Shit are both up for the Best Comedy Podcast Award. The battle of the daily news podcasts is in full swing as The Guardian’s Today in Focus has 3 nominations and The Times’ Stories Of Our Times is up for both Best Interview Podcast and The Creativity Award.

Read the full list of nominations:

Moment of the Year

• +44 Podcast with Zeze Millz and Sideman – So Incredible for Amazon Music
• Chinese Chippy Girl
• Coiled – Leanne Alie & Sylvie Carlos
• Happy Place – Fearne Cotton
• Masala Podcast – Sangeeta Pillai, Soul Sutras
• Shagged Married Annoyed – Chris & Rosie Ramsey
• Sweet Bobby – Tortoise Media
• The Intelligence – The Economist
• The Missing – What’s The Story Sound & Podimo for Amazon Music
• Things Fell Apart – BBC Audio for BBC Radio 4

Best Arts & Culture Podcast (Supported by Pod Bible!)

• +44 Podcast with Zeze Millz and Sideman – So Incredible for Amazon Music
• Activity Quest – Fun Kids
• Beauty Fix – BBC Audio for BBC Sounds
• FT Weekend – Financial Times
• Have you Heard George’s Podcast? – BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sounds
• James Acaster’s Perfect Sounds – BBC Sounds
• Legends Fall In The Making – BBC Studio’s Factual Podcast Unit for 1Xtra
• LPO Offstage – Tandem Production for the London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Short History of… – Noiser
• Talk Art – Russell Tovey and Robert Diament

Best Branded Content Podcast

• Behind The Rings – Fresh Air Production & Audi UK
• Forced to Flee – UNHCR
• Lives on the Lines – Fresh Air Production & Greater Anglia Trains
• LSE IQ – The LSE iQ Team
• Puppy Podcast (Pets at Home) – John Brown for Pets at Home
• Red Bull Basement Sessions – Red Bull
• The Global Safety Podcast – Fresh Air Production & Lloyds Register Foundation
• The Radio Times Podcast – Somethin’ Else for Immediate Media
• You’re on Mute – Black Business Institute & 4DC
• Youth Rising by NCS – Somethin’ Else for NCS

Best Business Podcast (Supported by Subly)

• Being Freelance – Steve Folland
• Money Clinic – Financial Times
• Money Talks – The Economist
• Ninetwentynine – Listen for Fiverr
• Off The Agenda – Sir Charles Bowman & Edwin Danso
• Social Minds – Social Chain
• Tales from the Tannoy – Sayer Hamilton
• The Little Questions – Apella Advisors
• The REALWORK Podcast with Fleur Emery – Realwork
• We Built This City – Roland Dransfield PR

Best Comedy Podcast (Supported by Amazon Music)

• Cold Case Crime Cuts – unusual
• Come Into My Kitchen – Ralph Jones and Daniel Nils Roberts
• Drunk Women Solving Crime – Hannah George, Taylor Glenn and Catie Wilkins
• Jamali Maddix: Spooky Shit – Novel for Audible
• My Dad Wrote a Porno – Team Porno
• The Skewer – unusual
• The Staff Room Podcast – Harry Stachini
• This is Gay – Kirk Flash
• This Paranormal Life – Rory Powers & Kit Grier Mulvenna
• Titting About – Listen for Audible

Best Current Affairs Podcast

• Death by Conspiracy? – BBC Radio 4 for BBC Sounds
• File on 4 – Long Form Audio Salford for BBC Radio 4
• Media Storm – The House of the Guilty Feminist
• The Big Steal – GML and Fresh Air Production
• The Foreign Desk – Monocle 24
• The Intelligence – The Economist
• The Slow Newscast – Tortoise Media
• The Week Junior Show – Fun Kids & The Week Junior
• Today in Focus – The Guardian
• Westminster Insider – Whistledown Productions for POLITICO Europe

Best Daily Podcast

• COP26 Daily – The Big Light Podcast Network
• Dan Snow’s History Hit – History Hit
• Everyday Positivity – Kate Cocker for Volley
• Shot & Chaser – Somethin’ Else for Spotify
• The Intelligence – The Economist
• The Monocle Daily – Monocle 24
• The Santa Daily – Fun Kids & Devaweb
• The Teamsheet – Audio Always for Spotify
• Today in Focus – The Guardian
• Wake Up Wind Down – Niall Breslin for Spotify

Best Documentary Podcast

• Bias Diagnosis – Whistledown Productions for Audible
• Brixton: Flames on the Frontline – BBC Radio Current Affairs for BBC Radio 5 Live
• Freshwater, from Today in Focus – The Guardian
• Harsh Reality – Novel for Wondery
• Have You Heard George’s Podcast? – George the Poet for BBC Sounds & BBC Radio 5 Live
• I’m Not a Monster – BBC News Longform Audio for BBC Radio 5 Live
• Lecker: A Food Podcast – Lucy Dearlove for Lecker Kitchens
• Sweet Bobby – Tortoise Media
• The Coming Storm – BBC Radio 4
• We Were Always Here – Broccoli Productions

Best Entertainment Podcast (Supported by Create Podcasts)

• British Scandal – Wondery
• Decode – Reduced Listening for Spotify
• Desert Island Dicks – James Deacon
• Elis James and John Robins – Audio Always for BBC Radio 5 Live
• Feast is Feast with Big Zuu – Global
• Nul Points – Martyn Williams & Laura Cress
• Pressed – BBC Studios TalentWorks & Unheard Network for BBC Sounds
• Shagged, Married, Annoyed – Chris & Rosie Ramsey
• The Down Low – Ess & Bernie
• You’re Dead to Me – The Athletic UK for BBC Radio 4

Best Family Podcast

• Armchair Adventures – Made By Mortals
• Bedtime Stories from Dreams – Audio Always for Dreams
• Bottle Ship Adventures – Charly Conquest & Ben Mullins for Bedtime FM
• The Confidence Fighter – Myrtle Mitchell
• Dadvengers Podcast – Nigel Clarke & The London Podcast Company
• Dear Daughter – BBC Long Form Audio for BBC World Service
• Koko Sleep – Sleep With Sleepiest
• Mother of All Solutions – Laura Broderick
• Operation Ouch – Listen for Maverick TV
• Super Great Kids’ Stories – Wardour Studio

Best Fiction Podcast

• Atlantic: A Scottish Story – Noisemaker & The Big Light
• Earth Eclipsed – The Lunar Company for Apollo Podcasts
• Fully Amplified – Futures Theatre
• Ignite Climate Shorts – Fierce Green Productions
• King Frank and the Knights of the Eco Quest – Soundscape Productions for Fun Kids
• Soundworlds – Patrick Eakin Young
• The Ballad of Anne & Mary – Long Cat Media
• The Magnus Archives – Rusty Quill
• The Silt Verses – Eskew Productions
• Wooden Overcoats

Best Interview Podcast (Supported by Podfollow)

• A Gay and a Non Gay – James Barr and Dan Hudson
• Chinese Chippy Girl
• Coupledom with Idris and Sabrina Elba – Audible
• Distraction Pieces: Where’s Your Head At? – Scroobius Pip
• Full Disclosure with James O’Brien – Global
• Masala Podcast – Sangeeta Pillai, Soul Sutras
• Stories Of Our Times – The Times
• Tales From The Tannoy – Sayer Hamilton
• The Secret Life Of Prisons – Prison Radio Association
• We Are Black Journos

Best Live Podcast

• Bad People – BBC Audio Science for BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sounds
• Cabinet Of Jazz – Loftus Media for Jazz FM
• Drunk Women Solving Crime – “Hannah George, Taylor
• Glenn and Catie Wilkins”
• Girls On Film Podcast – Anna Smith and Hedda Archbold
• Nobody Panic – Plosive Podcasts
• Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster – Plosive Podcasts
• Pappy’s Flatshare Slamdown – Pappy’s
• The Empire Film Podcast – Bauer Media
• The Guilty Feminist – Deborah Frances-White
• The Moon Under Water – Audio Always

Best New Podcast

• Call Me Mother – Novel
• Decode – Reduced Listening for Spotify
• Ignite Climate Shorts – Fierce Green Productions
• MUBI Podcast – MUBI, Inc
• Off The Beaten Jack – Jack Boswell
• Outcast UK
• Promenade – The Shift Podcast Network
• Teach Me a Lesson with Greg James and Bella Mackie – Banana Stand for BBC Sounds
• The Way We Are with Munroe Bergdorf – Mags Creative for Spotify
• Yours Sincerely with Jess Phillips – Audio Always

Best Radio Podcast

• A Wish For Afghanistan – BBC World Service
• Homeschool History – The Athletic UK for BBC Radio 4
• Legends Fall In The Making – BBC Studio’s Factual Podcast Unit for 1Xtra
• Our Journey – Miranda Rae & Sound Women South West
• Room 5 – Helena Merriman for BBC Radio 4 & BBC Sounds
• Skin Tings – Bauer Media
• The Great Post Office Trial – Whistledown Productions for BBC Radio 4
• The Santa Daily – Fun Kids & Devaweb
• The Skewer – unusual
• Uncanny – Uncanny Media and Bafflegab Productions for BBC Radio 4

Best Sex & Relationships Podcast

• A Gay and A NonGay – James Barr and Dan Hudson
• Assume Nothing: Rape Trial – BBC Northern Ireland
• F**ks Given – Crowd Network
• Homo Sapiens – Spirit Studios
• Life of Bi: A Slippery History of Bisexuality – Ell Potter and Mary Higgins
• Millennial Love – The Independent
• The Divorce Social with Samantha Baines – Samantha Baines
• The Meaningful Life with Andrew G. Marshall – Andrew G. Marshall
• The Receipts – Audrey, Tolani, Milena for Spotify
• The Sexual Wellness Sessions – Kate Moyle

Smartest Podcast

• A Thorough Examination with Drs Chris and Xand: Addicted To Food – Loftus Media
• Decode – Reduced Listening for Spotify
• Have You Heard George’s Podcast? – George the Poet for BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sounds
• Lecker: A Food Podcast – Lucy Dearlove for Lecker Kitchens
• Stephen Fry’s Edwardian Secrets – Stephen Fry and Testbed Productions for Audible
• Tan France’s Queer Icons – 7digital for Audible
• Teach Me A Lesson with Greg James and Bella Mackie – Banana Stand for BBC Sounds
• The Tip Off – Maeve McClenaghan & Studio To Be
• The Unfiltered History Tour – VICE World News
• Year 21 – BBC News Northern Ireland

Best Sport Podcast

• F1: Beyond the Grid – Audioboom Studios for Formula 1
• Fight of the Century:Ali v Frazier – TBI Media for BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sounds
• Following On – talkSPORT
• Football Ramble Presents – Stak
• Mark Andrews My Love Letter to Wrestling – BBC Wales for BBC Sounds
• Race F1 Podcast – The Race Media for The Athletic
• Tailenders – TBI Media for BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sounds
• The Fake Paralympians – BBC Long Form Audio for BBC World Service
• The Official Manchester United Podcast – Audio Always for Manchester United FC
• The Teamsheet – Audio Always for Spotify

Best True Crime Podcast

• American Vigilante – Crowd Network
• Bad Cops – BBC Long Form Audio for BBC World Service
• Battersea Poltergeist – Uncanny Media and Bafflegab Productions for BBC Radio 4
• Seventeen Years: The Andrew Malkinson story – Stories of our times, The Times
• Sweet Bobby – Tortoise Media
• The Catch – Message Heard for Audible
• The Lazarus Heist – BBC World service
• The Northern Bank Job – BBC Northern Ireland for BBC Radio 4 & BBC Sounds
• Who Killed Emma – BBC Scotland Podcasts
• Wild Crimes for the Natural History Museum – Whistledown Productions for the Natural History Museum

The Climate Award

• Chattin’ Shit to Save the Planet
• Common Threads – Ruth MacGilp and Alice Cruickshank
• Get Birding – Peanut & Crumb
• Great Green Questions – Mags Creative
• Ignite Climate Shorts – Fierce Green Productions
• The Long Time Academy – Headspace, The Long Time Project & Scenery Studios
• Ocean Matters – Fresh Air Production & The Bertarelli Foundation
• The Climate Question – BBC Long for Audio for BBC World Service
• The SpaceShip Earth Podcast – Dan Burgess
• Which? Investigates – Which?

Best Wellbeing Podcast

• Built to Thrive – Listen for Amazon Music
• Declassified – Michael Coates
• Effin’ Hormones – Helen, Emma, Terri and Beena
• Happy Place – Fearne Cotton
• Homo Sapiens – Spirit Studios
• Manatomy – Danny Wallace, Phil Hilton & Joe Attewell
• Self Care Club – Lauren Mishcon & Nicole Goodman
• The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast – Kate Moryoussef
• The Merry Menopause Bookclub Podcast – Jo Fuller
• Yours Sincerely, Jess Phillips – Audio Always

Best Welsh Podcast

• Cwîns efo Mari a Meilir
• Gwrachod Heddiw
• Probcast
• Sgwrsio
• Siarad Secs

Best Network or Publisher

• Audio Always
• BBC Radio 5 Live
• BBC World Service
• Financial Times
• Fun Kids
• History Hit
• Mags Creative
• Noiser
• Stak
• The Athletic

The Creativity Award

• A Life More Wild – 18Sixty for Canopy & Stars
• Assume Nothing: Rape Trial – BBC Northern Ireland
• Have You Heard George’s Podcast? – George the Poet for BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sounds
• Neutrinowatch – Martin Zaltz Austwick and Jeff Emtman
• Operation Ouch! The Podcast of Everything – Listen for Maverick TV
• Soundworlds – Patrick Eakin Young
• Stories of our times – The Times
• The Bias Diagnosis – Whistledown Productions for Audible
• The Flock – A Ton Of Feathers
• The Rez – Rezilience

Best Sales Team

• Adelicious
• Fresh Air Production
• Message Heard Sales Team

Best Marketing Campaign

• Anthems
• Exactly. with Florence Given
• Sweet Bobby

Best Commercial Campaign

• Money Talks (Acast Creative & Klarna)
• Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
• Ed Sheeran’s Mathematics Tour (Fun Kids)

BBC Sounds Rising Star

• Amy Richards
• Cara McGoogan
• DJ Flight
• Ella Saltmarshe
• Georgie Ma
• Kirk Flash
• Marianna Spring
• Meera Kumar
• Michael Safi
• Shivani Dave

The Spotlight Award

• Bad Women – Pushkin Industries
• British Scandal – Wondery
• Fairy Meadow – BBC Audio Bristol and BBC News for BBC Radio 4
• Newscast – BBC News
• Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster – Plosive Podcasts
• Real Dictators – Noiser
• Rose & Rosie: Parental Guidance – BBC Studios Audio for Spotify
• Short History Of… – Noiser
• The Foreign Desk – Monocle 24
• The High Performance Podcast – Jake Humphrey

The Bullseye Award

• And Then Came Breast Cancer – Future Dreams & 6Foot6 Productions
• Getting Emotional – Bex Lindsay
• History Storytime – Sophie, Eleanor and Mark
• Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future – Jimmy McLoughin OBE
• Locked Up Living – Naomi Murphy & David Jones
• Making Conversations Count – Podknows Productions
• Song by Song – Sam Pay and Martin Austwick
• Talk Twenties – Gaby Mendes
• The Proper Mental Podcast – Tom Davies
• Ysbeidiau Heulog – Llwyd Owen & Leigh Jones

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But who was triumphant? Here are the winners of the British Podcast Awards 2021:

Best Daily Podcast supported by Spotify

WINNER: The Intelligence from The Economist

The Economist magazine’s worldwide network of correspondents go deeper into both headlines and the stories that aren’t making headlines, but should be.

The BPA judges said:

“An engaging podcast that explores current affairs using creative use of sound and storytelling to great effect, adding depth to the reporting heard on the daily news.”

SILVER: The Santa Daily

BRONZE: Anthems

Best Comedy Podcast supported by Stitcher

WINNER: Kurupt FM

Already an award winning podcast, The Kurupt FM Podkast takes home Best Comedy for a second year. Host MC Grindah describes this Audible Original as “injecting pure knowledge directly into your brain using headphones” as the pirate radio veterans provide vital insight on six burning issues: Nature, Politics, TV & Film, The Future, History, and Travel.

The judges said:

“A show who’s effortless humour in its characters provided serious laugh-out-loud comedy.”

SILVER: SeanceCast

BRONZE: Poppy Hillstead Has Entered The Chat

Best Arts & Culture Podcast supported by Create Productions

WINNER: Real Dictators

Real Dictators launched in April 2020, and  explores the hidden lives of history’s tyrants. The series hosted by Paul McGann has looked in depth at dictators including Franco, Mao Zedong, Gaddfi and of course, Hitler. Each dictator gets several episodes to really uncover the real them.

The judges said:

“The perfect balance of narration, facts and expert opinion set within a dramatic audio production.”

SILVER: Shade

BRONZE: The Secret Life of Songs

Best Branded Content supported by Acast Creative

WINNER: Gardening with the RHS

Seasonal advice, inspiration and practical solutions to gardening problems from trusted gardening professionals. Gardening with the RHS is a practical podcast for gardeners at all levels, but also includes stories, science and more.

The judges said:

“This is a forward thinking podcast that engages listeners with new and traditional gardening content.”

SILVER: Grilling

BRONZE: Table Manners with Jessie Ware

Best Lockdown Podcast supported by Amazon Music

WINNER: Stolen Goodbyes

A podcast that will go down as a social history record of  the COVID 19 pandemic. Foreign affairs journalist and podcaster Karen Rice lets people intimately recount the shock and anguish of losing a loved one to COVID 19 whilst never having the chance to say goodbye.

The judges said:

“the winner was a timely production shining a light on those who’ve not had a voice during this unprecedented, global pandemic that affected so many and whose names are mostly unknown”

SILVER: BBC Your Work, Your Money

BRONZE: Mandemic

Best Family Podcast

WINNER: Maddie’s Sound Explorers

Maddie Moate explores the sounds of science and nature. She travels with experts into a beehive, down the plughole, or up into a cloud, then creates a new piece of music made from the noises discovered.

The judges said

“demonstrates incredible editing, fabulous soundscape, an artful touch that created a beautiful, crazy symphony for the ears.”

SILVER: History Story Time

BRONZE: World Wise Web

Best Fiction Podcast

WINNER: This Thing of Darkness

This 7-part gripping drama from BBC Sounds explores the psychological impact of murder on a victim’s family – and on the killer.

“A powerful and disturbing podcast that speaks to the complexity and contradiction of human existence and relationships. An illuminating and worthwhile listen.”

SILVER: Cassie and Corey

BRONZE: Lem N Ginge: The Princess of Kakos

Best Entertainment supported by Amazon Music

WINNER: Stars In Your Ears

The ‘woman of 1000 voices’ Jess Robinson and a fabulous live band get a real life celebrity guest to learn a new impression in a Mimicry Masterclass. Expect singing, musical mashups and loads of laughs.

The judges said:

“this one stood out as bold and totally unique… It kept a smile on the judges faces throughout.”

SILVER: James Acaster’s Perfect Sounds

BRONZE: A Gay and a NonGay

Best International Podcast supported by Podfront UK

WINNER: Revisionist History

Malcolm Gladwell re-examines something from the past—an event, a person, an idea, even a song—and asks whether we got it right the first time.

“Storytelling at its finest; Malcolm Gladwell lands his points with perfectly judged grace and precision, helping humanise stories that may be lost amongst facts and figures.”

SILVER: Bunga Bunga

BRONZE: How’s Work? by Esther Perel

Best Interview supported by us! (Pod Bible)

WINNER: Dead Honest

Georgie Vesty’s niche podcast interviews the people who helps us as we die and after we are dead – from police divers who recover bodies to a photographer who immortalises infants who have died to help parents as they grieve.

The judges said,

“The host was never afraid to ask difficult questions with genuine interest, finding extraordinary discussion points in what were for her guests, none of whom were media professionals or celebrities, everyday situations.”

SILVER: Masala Podcast

BRONZE: Today in Focus

Best New Podcast supported by Audible
(apparently there were over 250 entries for this category this year!)

WINNER: Field Recordings

A podcast where audio-makers stand silently in fields (or things that could be broadly interpreted as fields) – including Death Valley and Lewisham hospital. Field Recordings allowed audio producers to share the outdoors as we were confined by lockdowns.

“Beautifully produced, richly atmospheric and, best of all, entirely unique. We can’t wait to hear more”

SILVER: Prison Bag

BRONZE: Growing up with Gal-Dem

Best Sex & Relationships Podcast

WINNER: Tough Talks from Hits Radio Pride

Hits Radio Pride is the UK’s first national LGBTQ+ radio station from a major broadcaster, so it is worthy of an award for the way it has expanded the reach of intimate and revealing chats beyond heterosexual relationships.

The judges said…

“this series exemplified creativity through a fresh format and diverse guests to deliver a compelling, inclusive podcast with emotional and human connection at its heart”

SILVER: Masala Podcast

BRONZE: Brown Girls Do It Too

Best Radio Podcast

WINNER: The Skewer

This podcast from BBC Radio already has a host of awards, so it’s no surprise it picked up another one. In The Skewer, Jon Holmes brings you the week’s biggest stories, mixed up with satire, sound collage, historical quotes and more. Make sure you listen through headphones to get the full effect of this one.

“a breath-taking, stop-what-you’re-doing show… a truly unique and interesting take on audio storytelling.”

SILVER: Homeschool History

BRONZE: Danny Wallace’s Important Broadcast Podcast

Smartest Podcast supported by Podfollow

WINNER: VENT Documentaries

From VICE UK and Brent 2020, London Borough of Culture, this podcast explores the misadventures of youth – told by youth.

“As well as being original, compelling and creatively produced, this podcast has empowered a group of young people with the skills and confidence needed to become the next generation of audio producers.”

SILVER: Maddie’s Sound Explorers

BRONZE: Peter 2.0

Best Sport Podcast

WINNER: GIANT – A Spotify Original

The multi-award-winning podcast wins another award! GIANT is an audio documentary series that takes you deep into the stories you might know, you think you know, or you definitely should know. ‘Imagine This American Life, if all the stories somehow related to football.’ – The Guardian.

“Head, shoulders and the hand of Maradona above the others, this is a show clearly made with love; love for football, the culture around it and of storytelling, which it does so well.”

SILVER: The High Performance Podcast

BRONZE: F1: Beyond The Grid

Best True Crime Podcast

WINNER: Who Killed CJ Davis?

Presented by the crime correspondent for The Times, this was a special series looking at the unsolved murder of 14 year old CJ Davis, who in 2017 was shot dead in broad daylight in Newham, East London.

“A podcast that has changed our perception of the true crime genre. A remarkably personal investigation into an all too familiar story – adding in the impact on the loved ones of the people involved, and highlighting the devastation of every event of this kind.

“No-one can leave this podcast without questioning their own responsibility and experience around this subject”

SILVER: Hometown: A Killing

BRONZE: Hope High

Best Wellbeing Podcast

WINNER: Discovering Dementia

Discovering Dementia was started in 2017 by Penny Bell, who brings the listener into her family as they learn to live with her mum’s dementia. We said that is was a podcast worthy of more attention and we’re glad it’s received it!

“It clearly grew from the deeply personal experience, containing solid advice as well as personal experiences. We haven’t heard this kind of show anywhere else.”

SILVER: How Did We Get Here?

BRONZE: Cassie & Corey

Best Business Podcast supported by Wondery

WINNER: Doing It For The Kids

This podcast for parents who work freelance became particularly valuable this year, as many parents had to switch to working from home.

“A funny, intelligent, interactive podcast series that totally understands its target audience, and looks after them like family.”

SILVER: The Diary of a CEO

BRONZE: We Built This City: Greater Manchester

Best Podcast in the Welsh Language

WINNER: Dewr

A series of talks about life’s ups and downs – and how the arts and creativity can help through challenging and happy times.

“the presenter allowed the conversations to flow naturally and organically – and knew when to intervene and share and when to keep quiet; a rare skill.”

SILVER: Gwrachod Heddiw

BRONZE: Clera

Acast Moment of the Year 

WINNER: Where Is George Gibney?

When famous Olympic coach George Gibney was charged with child sexual abuse in 1993, he vanished before he stood trial. This epic investigative podcast follows a two year investigation by reporter Mark Horgan and producer Ciarán Cassidy.

The judges said:

“the winner was a timely production shining a light on those who’ve not had a voice during this unprecedented, global pandemic ”

SILVER: Ways to Change the World

BRONZE: Who Shat On The Floor At My Wedding?

The Bullseye Award supported by Global

WINNER: Some Families

Some Families is a podcast ‘for and about LGBTQ+ families’, says Lotte Jeffs, who lives with her wife and daughter in South East London. She and co-host Stu, an adoptive dad of three, welcome a diverse array of guests.

The judges said:

“what impresses most about the presenters is just how eloquent they are. A much needed podcast that covers important topics”

SILVER: The Confidence Fighter

BRONZE: Out of Home

Creativity Award supported by Audible

WINNER: Interconnected Voices

A UK-based political commentary and personal stories podcast, Interconnected Voices tells stories through a mixed-media format of visual and audio. . We spoke to Cherise Hamilton-Stephenson about Interconnected Voices last December.

“Engaging and informative, this podcast stood out from the crowd. It had great depth of political reporting and covered some very important issues. A very worthy gold winner.”

SILVER: Futile Attempts (At Surviving Tomorrow)

BRONZE: The Power of Sound

Best Network or Publisher

WINNER: Economist Radio

The Economist was founded in 1843 “to throw white light on the subjects within its range” and the magazine has expanded into a range of shows including The Economist Asks, Checks and Balances, The Intelligence and Babbage.

The BPA judges said they were impressed by “how central their podcasting arm was to their editorial and business operation.”

SILVER: Fun Kids

BRONZE: Plosive Productions

Best Documentary Podcast

WINNER: VENT Documentaries

A second win for VENT, and it sets the standard in this new award category.

The judges thought the podcast brings “new insight to this subject by centring voices that have been too often excluded from mainstream coverage.”

SILVER: My Mother’s Murder

BRONZE: The Secrets In Us

The Spotlight Award supported by Global

WINNER: Grounded With Louis Theroux

There have been a lot of new celebrity podcasts over the past year as everyone has been stuck at home, and unable to do much else. But Louis Theroux is a worthy winner, as his podcast has become a firm favourite with many listeners very quickly. Lockdown allowed Louis the excuse to speak to some high-profile people he’s been longing to talk to, and his interview skills are as good in podcast as they are elsewhere.

“a brilliant selection of high profile guests who open up in unexpected and disarmingly vulnerable ways. It’s a podcast that creates very impactful conversations on often crucial topics.”

SILVER: The YUNGBLUD Podcast

BRONZE: French & Saunders: Titting About

Best Current Affairs Podcast

WINNER: Your Broccoli Weekly

It’s been over a year since the last episode, but Your Broccoli Weekly still won Best Current Affairs podcast. The podcast brought a summary of 3 of the stories on everyone’s lips each week, and excelled in way both the host (Journalist Diyora Shadijanova) and the guests brought ideas and opinions often not heard elsewhere.

The judges said:

“The fact that a small team have been able to pull something off to this standard is really impressive.”

SILVER: The Intelligence

BRONZE: Interconnected Voices

BBC Sounds Listener’s Choice

WINNER: RedHanded

After getting a Silver award in the 2020 BPAs, the podcast chosen by the public this year is the true crime podcast RedHanded. RedHanded caters to many tastes by covering everything from big time serial killers, to hauntings, possessions, disturbing mysteries, and bizarre whodunits. More than 140,000 podcast listeners voted in this category.

SILVER: Sh**ged Married Annoyed

BRONZE: Football Weekly

 Spotify Podcast Champion

TV Presenter, Radio Host and host of Happy Place, Fearne Cotton has won the Podcast Champion award for an individual who has championed the podcasting cause this year.

“With her show, Happy Place, Fearne Cotton has provided a platform for those who have found it hard to get coverage elsewhere in the media – and created a safe space for the community she built…”

The Gold Award

This last-minute special award was created to recognise a podcast that has been running (almost) since podcasts began. Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann’s podcast Answer Me This ran for 15 years, and made 400 episodes, but recently came to an end. The judges said:

“After 400 episodes and fifteen years, Answer Me This!, is coming to an end. They’ve shown that it’s possible to make a living from your living room. And now they’ve shown how to bow out gracefully. We know they will each continue to do great things.”

Podcast Of The Year supported by Sony Music’s 4th Floor Creative

WINNER: VENT Documentaries

And it’s a third win for VENT! To be the winner of winners is a fantastic feat, and it is very exciting to see it given to a podcast that champions young creators – we should keep an eye on everyone involved in this one.

The judges said:

“It gave a fresh insight into real lives as lived by young people, and offered opportunities for those same young people to learn new skills… A series from the heart of a community that showcased new talent and touched all who heard it.”

Congratulations to all of this years winners!

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But you’re not here to read all about that, you want us to cut to the chase and tell you about the nominations! Well here they are in all their glory. Brace yourselves…

Best Comedy Podcast supported by Stitcher

• Beef & Dairy Network
• Dear Joan & Jericho
• Hidden Ireland
• Kurupt FM
• Poppy Hillstead Has Entered The Chat
• SeanceCast

Best Arts & Culture Podcast supported by Create Productions

• Happy Place
• Real Dictators
• Shade
• Empire Film Podcast
• The Secret Life of Songs
• Transmissions – The Definitive Story of Joy Division / New Order

Best Branded Content supported by Acast Creative

• The Crown Podcast
• Gardening with the RHS
• Grilling
• The Midpoint
• Military Wives: The Official Film Podcast
• Table Manners with Jessie Ware

Best Lockdown Podcast supported by Amazon Music

• BBC Your Work, Your Money
• Folk on Foot: Front Room Festivals
• Mandemic
• The Mentor
• Phone A Friend with George Ezra & Ollie MN
• Stolen Goodbyes

Best Family Podcast

• Bottle Ship Adventures
• Fun Kids Science Weekly
• History Story Time
• Homeschool History
• Maddie’s Sound Explorers
• World Wise Web

Best Fiction Podcast

• Cassie and Corey
• DEM TIMES
• Lem N Ginge: The Princess of Kakos
• Once Upon A Time in Zombieville
• The Harrowing
• This Thing of Darkness

Best Entertainment supported by Amazon Music

• 6 Degrees From Jamie and Spencer
• A Gay and a NonGay
• James Acaster’s Perfect Sounds
• No Ideas Just Vibes
• Stars In Your Ears
• Table Manners with Jessie Ware

Best International Podcast supported by Podfront UK

• Bunga Bunga
• The Daily
• Floodlines
• How’s Work? by Esther Perel
• The Joe Rogan Experience
• Revisionist History

Best Interview supported by us! (Pod Bible)

• Dead Honest
• Future Prison
• Masala Podcast
• The Student Sessions
• Today in Focus
• Ways to Change the World

Best New Podcast supported by Audible
(apparently there were over 250 entries for this category this year!)

• Field Recordings
• Growing up with Gal-Dem
• Hunting Ghislaine
• Maddie’s Sound Explorers
• Prison Bag
• VENT Documentaries

Best Sex & Relationships Podcast

• A Gay and a NonGay
• Brown Girls Do It Too
• Masala Podcast
• Millennial Love
• Sexpots
• Tough Talks from Hits Radio Pride

Best Radio Podcast

• Danny Wallace’s Important Broadcast Podcast
• Fun Kids’ Story Explorers
• Homeschool History
• The Skewer
• Slide Into My Podcast
• The Sista Collective Season 3

Smartest Podcast supported by Podfollow

• Peter 2.0
• Maddie’s Sound Explorers
• The Secret Life of Prisons
• Stories of Scotland
• VENT Documentaries
• Windrush Stories

Best Sport Podcast

• A Winning Mindset: Lessons From the Paralympics
• Coming In From The Cold: The History Of Black Footballers In The English Game
• The High Performance Podcast
• F1: Beyond The Grid
• Fight Disciples
• GIANT – A Spotify Original

Best True Crime Podcast

• Hometown: A Killing
• Hope High
• Hunting Ghislaine
• The Missing
• Where Is George Gibney?
• Who Killed CJ Davis?

Best Wellbeing Podcast

• Cassie & Corey
• Discovering Dementia
• How Did We Get Here?
• How Do You Cope? with Elis and John
• Talk Twenties Podcast
• The YUNGBLUD Podcast

Best Business Podcast supported by Wondery

• The Diary of a CEO
• Doing It For The Kids
• How To Own The Room
• Money Maze Podcast
• The Voiceover Social
• We Built This City: Greater Manchester

Best Podcast in the Welsh Language

• Clera
• Dewr
• Gwrachod Heddiw
• Nawr yw’r Awr
• Y Coridor Ansicrwydd
• Y Diflaniad

Acast Moment of the Year 

• Divorce Club
• Happy Place
• Sandman
• Ways to Change the World
• Where Is George Gibney?
• Who Shat On The Floor At My Wedding?

The Bullseye Award supported by Global

• Bare Naked Politics
• Benlunar
• The Confidence Fighter
• Out of Home
• SomeFamilies
• The SwimOut Podcast

Creativity Award supported by Audible

• Futile Attempts (At Surviving Tomorrow)
• Interconnected Voices
• James Acaster’s Perfect Sounds
• The Power of Sound
• Probably True
• Tracks: Abyss

Best Network or Publisher

• The Athletic
• BBC World Service
• Economist Radio
• Fun Kids
• Plosive Productions
• Stakhanov

The Spotlight Award supported by Global

• Alan Partridge – From the Oasthouse
• French & Saunders: Titting About
• Grounded With Louis Theroux
• Happy Mum Happy Baby
• The Isolation Tapes
• The YUNGBLUD Podcast

The Listeners Choice Award is voted for by you, the listeners, and is open for votes now!

….and of course, each of the individual category winners will be entered into the hat for the chance to be names PODCAST OF THE YEAR supported by Sony Music’s 4th Floor Creative!

Finally, as well as the above, the BPAs will also be crowning the Spotify Podcast Champion

Massive congratulations to all the nominees in what has been yet another sterling year for the industry. There’s no doubt the quantity of shows has risen exponentially over the past year, but it’s clear to see the quality is still there too. See you on July 10th!

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Best Comedy Podcast supported by Acast

Gold Winner: Kurupt FM – Audible UK

Silver Winner: Brian & Roger – Great Big Owl

Bronze Winner: Dear Joan and Jericha – Julia Davis & Vicki Pepperdine

Best Live Episode supported by Latitude

Gold Winner: Tailenders – TBI Media

Silver Winner: Tape Notes – Tape Notes

Bronze Winner: Blood on the Tracks – Shooting Shark

Best Sex and Relationships Podcast

Gold Winner: Brown Girls Do It Too – BBC Asian Network

Silver Winner: Masala Podcast – Sangeeta Pillai for Soul Sutras

Bronze Winner: Fucks Given – ComeCurious for Studio71 UK

Best Fiction Podcast

Gold Winner: Passenger List – Goldhawk Productions & Radiotopia

Silver Winner: Fall of the Shah – Steve Waters for BBC World Service

Bronze Winner: Hag – Thomas Curry, Harriet Poland & Tom Killian for Audible UK

Smartest Podcast supported by Rethink Audio

Gold Winner: The Sound of Anger  – Queen Mary centre for the History of the Emotions

Silver Winner: Food Actually – Chalk & Blade and Pushkin Industries for Luminary Media

Bronze Winner: Power Corrupts – Brian Klaas

Best Arts and Culture Podcast supported by Pod Bible

Gold Winner: Rule of Three – Great Big Owl

Silver Winner: Best Pick – The Spontaneity Shop

Bronze Winner: Classical Fix – BBC Radio 3 Production

Best True Crime Podcast

Gold Winner: Paradise – Dan Maudsley for 5 Live & BBC Sounds

Silver Winner: The Hurricane Tapes – Steve Crossman & Joel Hammer for BBC World Service

Bronze Winner: The Bellingcat Podcast: MH17 – Novel

Best Sports Podcast supported by Audioboom

Gold Winner: Football Inside Out: FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 – We Are Grape for COPA90

Silver Winer: The Beautiful Brain – Hana Walker-Brown for Audible UK

Bronze Winner: The Game Changers – Promote PR

Best Branded Podcast

Gold Winner: Penguin Podcast – Somethin’ Else

Silver Winner: Meet Me at the Museum – Art Fund

Bronze Winner: The Rough Guide to Everywhere – Reduced Listening for Rough Guides

Best Entertainment Podcast supported by Sony Music’s 4th Floor Creative

Gold Winner: Something Rhymes With Purple – Somethin’ Else

Silver Winner: George Ezra & Friends

Bronze Winner: Sam Walker’s Desert Diaries  – Sam Walker

Acast Moment Of The Year

Gold Winner: Tunnel 29 – Helena Merriman for BBC Radio 4 & BBC Sounds

Silver Winner: Ways to Change the World – Channel 4 News

Bronze Winner: #QueerAF – Jamie Wareham for National Student Pride

Best New Podcast supported by Factory Studios

Gold Winner: The Log Books – Adam Smith, Tash Walker and Shivani Dave

Silver Winner: The Last Bohemians – House of Hutch

Bronze Winner: Shagged Married Annoyed – Chris and Rosie Ramsey for Avalon Television

Best Current Affairs Podcast

Gold Winner: Today in Focus – The Guardian

Silver Winner: The Intelligence  – Economist Radio

Bronze Winner: Stance Podcast – Chrystal Genesis

Best Family Podcast

Gold Winner: David Walliams’ Marvellous Musical Podcast – Global

Silver Winner: Diddy Pod – Ciaran Murtagh, Andrew Barnett Jones & Steve Ryde

Bronze Winner: The Intended Parent – Fran and Kreena

Best Business Podcast

Gold Winner: Money Talks – Economist Radio

Silver: The Northern Power Women Podcast – Northern Power Women

Bronze Winner: Doing It For The Kids – Doing It For the Kids

Best Interview

Gold Winner: Declassified – Michael Coates

Silver Winner: Today in Focus – The Guardian

Bronze Winner: How To Kill An Hour – Marcus Bronzy

Best Wellbeing Podcast

Gold Winner: The Sound of Anger – Queen Mary Centre for the History of the Emotions

Silver Winner: Hooked: The Unexpected Addicts – BBC Radio 5 Live

Bronze Winner: Declassified – Michael Coates

Best Podcast in the Welsh Language

Gold Winner: Dwy Iaith, Un Ymennydd – Elis James, produced by Alpha for BBC Cymru

Silver: Yr Haclediad – Bryn Salisbury, Lestyn Lloyd and Sioned Mills

Bronze: Siarad Secs Astud – BBC Cymru

Best Daily Podcast supported by Podfollow

Gold Winner: The Rob Auton Daily Podcast – Plosive Productions

Silver Winner: Today in Focus – The Guardian

Bronze Winner: Beyond Today  – BBC Radio 4

Best Radio Podcast supported by Radioplayer

Gold Winner: Tunnel 29 – Helena Merriman for BBC Radio 4

Silver Winner: The Skewer – Jon Holmes for BBC Radio 4

Bronze Winner: Ellie and Anna Have Issues – Ellie & Anna for Global

The Spotify Podcast Champion

Renay Richardson

The Spotlight Award supported by DAX

Gold Winner: The Guilty Feminist – The Spontaneity Shop

Silver Winner: Happy Mum Happy Baby – Giovanna Fletcher

Bronze Winner: My Dad Wrote A Porno – Jamie, James, Alice & Rocky

The Bullseye Award supported by Blue Microphones

Gold Winner: Things Unseen: Entombed – CTVC

Silver Winner: The Investor’s Guide to China – Fidelity International

Bronze Winner: This Is Spoke – Penguin Random House UK, Fremantle & BMG

Best Publisher or Network supported by 4DC

Gold Winner: Somethin’ Else

Silver Winner: The Athletic

Bronze Winner: The Guardian

The Creativity Award

Gold Winner: Where is My Mind? – Niall Breslin

Silver Winner: Fake Heiress – BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4

Bronze Winner: Mind Canyon – Charlie Kemp & Steve Dawson

The Listeners’ Choice Award supported by BBC Sounds

Gold Winner: Shagged Married Annoyed

Silver Winner: Red Handed

Bronze Winner: The Anfield Wrap

The Audioboom Podcast of the Year

Brown Girls Do It Too – BBC Asian Network

Congratulations to all of this year’s winners, especially those we’ve had the privilege of interviewing, writing about, and listening to as a part of Pod Bible.

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Best Arts and Culture Podcast supported by Pod Bible

Best Pick – The Spontaneity Shop

Classical Fix – BBC Radio 3 Production

Rule of Three – Great Big Owl

Selfridges Hot Air presents State of the Arts – Radio Wolfgang

Somerset House – Somerset House

Best Business Podcast

Doing It For The Kids – Doing It For the Kids

Jazz Shapers sponsored by Mishcon De Reya – Jazz FM

Money Talks – Economist Radio

Tales Of Silicon Valley – The Times & Wireless Studios

The Northern Power Women Podcast – Northern Power Women

Best Comedy Podcast supported by Acast

Brian & Roger – Great Big Owl

Dear Joan and Jericha – Julia Davis & Vicki Pepperdine

Josh Berry’s Fake News – Union JACK radio

Kurupt FM – Audible UK

Mind Canyon – Charlie Kemp & Steve Dawson

Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster – Plosive Productions

Best Branded Podcast

#QueerAF – Jamie Wareham for National Student Pride

DeepMind: The Podcast – Whistledown Productions for DeepMind

Meet Me at the Museum – Art Fund

On the Marie Curie Couch – Marie Curie

Penguin Podcast – Somethin’ Else

The Rough Guide to Everywhere – Reduced Listening for Rough Guides

Best Sports Podcast supported by Audioboom

Football Inside Out: FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 – We Are Grape for COPA90

The Beautiful Brain – Hana Walker-Brown for Audible UK

The Cycling Podcast – Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie & Daniel Friebe

The Exs and Os Podcast – Exs and Os

The Game Changers – Promote PR

The Totally Football Show – Muddy Knees Media for Totally Football Network

Best Current Affairs Podcast

Full Disclosure with James O’Brien – Global Original

Stance Podcast – Chrystal Genesis

The Intelligence  – Economist Radio

The Tortoise podcast – Tortoise media

The Week Junior Show – Fun Kids and the Week Junior

Today in Focus – The Guardian

Best Daily Podcast supported by Podfollow

Beyond Today  – BBC Radio 4

Love Island: The Morning After – ITV

The Globalist – Monocle 24

The Rob Auton Daily Podcast – Plosive Productions

The Santa Daily – Fun Kids

Today in Focus – The Guardian

Best Family Podcast

Ask The Nincompoops – Great Big Owl

Breaking Mum & Dad – Anna Williamson

David Walliams’ Marvellous Musical Podcast – Global

Diddy Pod – Ciaran Murtagh, Andrew Barnett Jones & Steve Ryde

The Intended Parent – Fran and Kreena

The Trap Door – Sophie Black

Best Fiction Podcast

Brian & Roger  – Great Big Owl

Coexistence – Coex Studios

Fall of the Shah – Steve Waters for BBC World Service

Hag – Thomas Curry, Harriet Poland & Tom Killian for Audible UK

Mockery Manor – Laurence Owen & Lindsay Sharman

Passenger List – Goldhawk Productions & Radiotopia

Best Interview

Trust Issues: The Infected Blood Scandal – Rachel Botsman

Declassified – Michael Coates

Homo Sapiens – Homo Sapiens

How To Kill An Hour – Marcus Bronzy

Out to Lunch with Jay Rayner – Somethin’ Else

Today in Focus – The Guardian

Best Live Episode supported by Latitude

Blood on the Tracks – Shooting Shark

Can We Just Ask – Can Anyone Be An Activist? – Annie Clarke & Will Clempner

Nobody Panic – Plosive Productions

Tailenders – TBI Media

Tape Notes – Tape Notes

The Empire Film Podcast – Bauer Media

Best Publisher or Network supported by 4DC

The Athletic

BBC World Service

The Guardian

Mags Creative

Somethin’ Else

Studio 71

Best New Podcast supported by Factory Studios

Accentricity – Sadie Ryan

Masala Podcast – Sangeeta Pillai for Soul Sutras

Shagged Married Annoyed – Chris and Rosie Ramsey for Avalon Television

The IMO Podcast – Chris & Michelle for The IMO project

The Last Bohemians – House of Hutch

The Log Books – Adam Smith, Tash Walker and Shivani Dave

Best Radio Podcast supported by Radioplayer

Ellie and Anna Have Issues – Ellie & Anna for Global

Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review – Somethin’ Else for BBC Radio 5 Live

The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X – Chris Moyles for Global

The Santa Daily – Devaweb for Fun Kids

The Skewer – Jon Holmes for BBC Radio 4

Tunnel 29 – Helena Merriman for BBC Radio 4

Best Sex and Relationships Podcast

QueerAF – Jamie Wareham for National Student Pride

Amaliah – Amaliah

Brown Girls Do It Too – BBC Asian Network

Fucks Given – ComeCurious for Studio71 UK

Masala Podcast – Sangeeta Pillai for Soul Sutras

The Breakup Monologues – Rosie Wilby

Best True Crime Podcast

Paradise – Dan Maudsley for 5 Live & BBC Sounds

The Bellingcat Podcast: MH17 – Novel

The Hurricane Tapes – Steve Crossman & Joel Hammer for BBC World Service

The Last Days of August – Jon Ronson & Lina Misitzis for Audible UK

The Missing Cryptoqueen – Georgia Catt & Jamie Bartlett for BBC Sounds

Unheard: The Fred and Rose West Tapes – Somethin’ Else

Best Wellbeing Podcast

Declassified – Michael Coates

GABA – Adam Martin

Hooked: The Unexpected Addicts – BBC Radio 5 Live

No Really, I’m Fine – Reach

Rainbow Dads – Richard and Nicholas

The Sound of Anger – Queen Mary Centre for the History of the Emotions

The Bullseye Award supported by Blue Microphones

After: Surviving Sexual Assault – BBC Sounds

Strong Manchester Women – Vic Elizabeth Turnbull at MIC Media

The Investor’s Guide to China – Fidelity International

The Offensive – Stakhanov

Things Unseen: Entombed – CTVC

This Is Spoke – Penguin Random House UK, Fremantle & BMG

The Spotlight Award supported by DAX

Deliciously Ella – Deliciously Ella for Mags Creative

Elis James and John Robins – Audio Always for BBC Radio 5 Live

Happy Mum Happy Baby – Giovanna Fletcher

My Dad Wrote A Porno – Jamie, James, Alice & Rocky

Table Manners with Jessie Ware – Jessie Ware

The Guilty Feminist – The Spontaneity Shop

Best Entertainment Podcast supported by Sony Music’s 4th Floor Creative

George Ezra & Friends

Help I Sexted My Boss – William Hanson and Jordan North for Audio Always

No Country for Young Women – Radio 1 & 1Xtra Production for BBC Sounds

Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster – Plosive Productions

Sam Walker’s Desert Diaries  – Sam Walker

Something Rhymes With Purple – Somethin’ Else

The Creativity Award

David Walliams’ Marvellous Musical Podcast – Global

Fake Heiress – BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4

Mind Canyon – Charlie Kemp & Steve Dawson

Where is My Mind? – Niall Breslin

The Sound of Anger – Queen Mary Centre for the History of the Emotions

The Skewer – Jon Holmes for BBC Radio 4

Smartest Podcast supported by Rethink Audio

Food Actually – Chalk & Blade and Pushkin Industries for Luminary Media

Power Corrupts – Brian Klaas

Tales of Silicon Valley – The Times & Wireless Studios

The Listening Service – Radio 3 Production

The Sound of Anger  – Queen Mary centre for the History of the Emotions

The Tip Off – Maeve McClenaghan

Best Podcast in the Welsh Language

Dwy Iaith, Un Ymennydd – Elis James, produced by Alpha for BBC Cymru

Siarad Secs Astud – BBC Cymru

Yr Haclediad – Bryn Salisbury, Lestyn Lloyd and Sioned Mills

Acast Moment Of The Year

#QueerAF – Jamie Wareham for National Student Pride

Happy Place – Fearne Cotton

No Such Thing As A Fish – No Such Thing As A Fish

RHLSTP – Sky Potato, Go Faster Stripe & Fuzz Productions

Tunnel 29 – Helena Merriman for BBC Radio 4 & BBC Sounds

Ways to Change the World – Channel 4 News

Congratulations to all of this year’s nominees, especially those we’ve had the privilege of interviewing, writing about, and listening to as a part of Pod Bible.

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This past weekend saw the British Podcast Awards return to commemorate the cream of the podcasting crop. Here is the full list of the winners in their respective categories. If you would like to hear a sample of this year’s winners, there is a short, six-part series available on the British Podcast Awards website, here.

AUDIOBOOM PODCAST OF THE YEAR

HAVE YOU HEARD GEORGE’S PODCAST?

This year’s biggest winner, walking away with no fewer than five awards, George the Poet is clearly a deserved winner. His show explores socio-economic and political themes through poetry and music. George somewhat swept the board this year- also winning Best Arts and Culture,Best Fiction,Best New Podcast & Smartest Podcast.

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BBC SOUNDS LISTENER’S CHOICE

BREXITCAST

190,000 can’t be wrong! With Brexit resembling something of an enigma, wrapped inside an enigma, the hosts attempt to guide their listeners through the more confusing parts of Brexit.

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PODCAST CHAMPION 2019

MY DAD WROTE A PORNO

No doubt, the hosts of My Dad Wrote A Porno could never have guessed that some raunchy stories could have launched one of the most successful podcasts of the last few years.

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ACAST MOMENT OF THE YEAR

YOU, ME & THE BIG C

Turning a negative into a positive is an extraordinary achievement. A show dedicated to an ongoing battle with cancer, stories from three incredible women and dealing with bereavement in real time. This is a powerful example of what our medium can do.

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BEST BRANDED PODCAST

SELFRIDGES – HOT AIR

An exploration into the blending of commerce and sustainability, in-depth stories and quality audio production lend to a hugely enjoyable listen.

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BULLSEYE AWARD (SPONSORED BY PODIANT)

PROBABLY TRUE PODCAST

Self-proclaimed “smutty-but- charming” stories from people who identify as LGBTQ. These stories of real people are some of the most important to be told today, if tolerance and understanding are to be valued.

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BEST COMEDY PODCAST (SUPPORTED BY SPOTIFY)

DEAR JOAN & JERICHA

From the creators of Nighty Night, hosts, Julia Davis and Vicki Pepperdine adopt the characters of agony aunts, who are ‘well-experienced’ to say the least. Absolutely NSFW!

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BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS

THE GRENFELL TOWER ENQUIRY w/ EDDIE MAIR

Again, showcasing what our medium can do. Haunting tales of one of the worst disasters in recent memory, incredibly moving stories from the people who were there.

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BEST ENTERTAINMENT (SUPPORTED BY SONY MUSIC’S 4TH FLOOR CREATIVE)

THIS PARANORMAL LIFE

Previously featured in The Book of Joe #003 , This Paranormal Life features some of the best audio production in podcasting, while hosts Rory and Kit dissect some of the greatest paranormal mysteries never solved.

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BEST FAMILY PODCAST

SURROGACY: A FAMILY FRONTIER

An exploration and discussions into what a family really is. Setting aside traditional family models, the show details families which have been shaped by surrogacy, forming them into units of all shapes and sizes.

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BEST INTERVIEW

THE MODERN MANN

Conversations on this show tell stories of incredible people- the likes of which we probably would never have heard without the medium of podcasts existing. A three-part show, comprising trends of the day, an interview with a guest and a section all about our favourite subject- sex!

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SPOTLIGHT AWARD

THAT PETER CROUCH PODCAST

Peter Crouch, here, pulls back the curtain on professional football- discussing the minutiae of the beautiful game and all its quirks. Crouch goes against the stereotype of a footballer- charming, warm and honest.

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BEST SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS PODCAST

PROJECT PLEASURE

Praised as a guide which its listeners wished they had had at the appropriate ages, Project Pleasure delves into the sensual, the sexual and the everyday. Honesty being the best policy, the hosts open up about their own experiences.

BEST RADIO PODCAST (SUPPORTED BY RADIOPLAYER)

MULTI STORY

A podcast showcasing uniquely British stories from all corners of the England. Suported by stories from local radio, prepare to laugh, be moved and consider new ideas.

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BEST SPORT

THE TOTALLY FOOTBALL SHOW

Taking the pub discussion of football to the podcast world, each week a panel is assembled to analyse, scrutinise and debate the latest developments in the country’s most popular sport.

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BEST TRUE CRIME

CASE NOTES

A crime podcast with a focussed twist, Case Notes takes a look back at the bloodiest events in the history of music. Expect graverobbing, mysteries and composers obsessed with black magic.

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Massive congratulations to all of this years winners and of course to all those nominated!

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