Founded in Denmark in 2019, Podimo has since expanded to six markets in Europe and across Latin America, and continues to show substantial growth across all the markets in which it operates. This early milestone has been achieved through Podimo’s deep understanding of local markets along with the contributions of its strategic acquisitions including Dag en Nacht Media, Tonny Media, and PodAds. Podimo has already become profitable in three of its markets, and expects to grow dramatically by the end of 2025.

One of the key drivers behind Podimo’s success has been its ability to curate and deliver content tailored to the unique tastes and preferences of each region’s listeners. “Reaching 1 million paying subscribers is a massive achievement from our humble beginnings in Denmark, and a testament to our model and strategy of investing in local content and building strong relationships with local creators. By bringing this approach to many markets, we have cemented ourselves as a global player,” said Morten Strunge, CEO and Founder of Podimo. “Many thought podcast subscription was a niche thing. It’s not. 1 million is just the tip of the iceberg, and it proves that the ceiling for this business is incredibly high when we can effectively showcase the right content to the right audience,” Strunge added.

Beyond the Nordics, Podimo is seeing significant momentum in regions like the Netherlands, which launched only 2.5 years ago and is already profitable. “Our growth goes well beyond the Nordics. The majority of our subscribers come from our other markets, where we’re generating 10-15x more revenue per listener than advertising and putting that directly back into creators’ pockets. This is about more than just business – it’s about sharing great content with people and making sure creators get the support they deserve,” said Strunge.

Over the past two years, Podimo has been investing heavily in its product, with significant upgrades to the user interface, resulting in a 45% increase in overall listening on the platform in 2024. Subscribers enjoy 20 hours of content a month, across 3–4 exclusive shows per week. This has been driven by improvements in its personalized recommendations and interactive community features including comments, in-show emojis, polls, and fan profiles.

As Podimo continues its upward trajectory, the company remains focused on innovation and content quality. Podimo’s future includes further investment in local talent along with in-depth narrative formats, deeper integration of product features, and expansion into new markets. “Our mission is to become the go-to destination for spoken audio entertainment and preferred partner for creators, and we’re confident that we’ll continue to reach new heights as we evolve.”

About Podimo

Podimo is a subscription-based podcasting and audiobook service available in six countries across Europe and Latin America, and was Fast Company’s “Most Innovative of 2024.” It offers a wide range of local-language spoken audio entertainment through award-winning exclusives and originals, audiobooks, as well as podcasts available on all platforms. With a focus on local stories and diverse voices, Podimo is committed to giving creators more opportunities to earn revenue and develop their audience, resulting in more and better content for listeners. The app offers a personalized audio experience including interactive community features, and can be enjoyed on iOS and Android, iPad, CarPlay, as well as on web player at podimo.com.

Article wording adapted from Podimo press release

To find out more about Podimo, you can watch our interview with Sachin Doshi, Chief Content Officer at Podimo. 

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The Golden Lobes honour the hilarious podcasts and people that keep us laughing week after week. After three successful years of Cheerful Earful attracting sold-out live audiences and top-tier comedy podcast talent, this new awards night continues the festival’s mission: to celebrate, champion, and connect the vibrant world of funny podcasts.

Who can enter?

While The Golden Lobes focus on comedy and entertainment, podcasts of any genre from around the globe are encouraged to enter. Whether it’s a laugh-out-loud blooper from a true-crime podcast or an off-the-cuff tangent in a history show, the awards embrace humour wherever it’s found.

For just £25, creators can submit entries in one or multiple categories, with submissions capped at five minutes to keep things simple and focused on creativity.

“Awards can often be a last-minute hassle,” says Cheerful Earful founder Giles Gear. “The Golden Lobes have been designed with podcasters in mind – affordable, straightforward, and stress-free. We’re incredibly grateful to our headline partner, Adelicious, whose generous support, along with contributions from other industry leaders, has made this possible.”

“Comedy podcasts bring joy to millions, and it’s about time they finally got the recognition they deserve, with their own dedicated awards,” says Andrew Goldsmith, CEO of Adelicious. “The diversity and creativity within the comedy podcast space is incredible, and Adelicious is proud to support the Golden Lobes and join them to celebrate the best in the industry.”

Audience at Cheerful Earful

Award categories

• Best Blooper – Hilarious moments that didn’t make the final cut
• Best Tangent – Off-topic rants and digressions that stole the show
• Grower, Not a Shower, supported by Mercury – Indie podcasts that started small but grew big
• Best Social, supported by Podshop – Podcasts with the best viral and meme-worthy moments
• Funniest Student Podcast – Recognising the next generation of comedy talent
• Best Guest – A guest who made a huge impact, regardless of celebrity status
• Best Listener Moment, supported by Audio UK – Unforgettable call-ins, confessions, or emails
• Earworm Award – The catchiest, funniest theme tune or jingle
• Best Live Podcast, supported by PodLife Events – Celebrating podcasts that shine in front of live audiences
• Best Scripted Show, supported by Podomedy – Honouring comedy podcasts where writing leads the way
• Best Artwork, supported by Louie Hayman Design – Podcast covers that grab attention and stand out
• The Listener Lobe, supported by Adelicious – The fan-favourite award, where the public has their say
• The Big Ears Award, supported by Adelicious – The funniest podcast of the year

Cheerful Earful festival

What’s in it for the winners?

The Golden Lobes don’t just hand out trophies – winners take home a bucket-load of meaningful perks, including:

• A bespoke Golden Lobe trophy
• A custom-designed, year-stamped digital badge
• A one-year Auphonic S Plan subscription with exclusive discount codes for all nominees
• A one-year British Comedy Guide Pro subscription
• Discounted access to Podshop’s studio services for all nominees and winners
• A year’s free Creator Membership from Audio UK
• A free bottle of fizz from The Clapham Grand to toast your win
• Two free tickets to any event at The Clapham Grand over the next 12 months
• And last, but not least, the winners will be celebrated with a spotlight here on the Pod Bible website!

The Awards Night

The awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday 7th May 2025 at the iconic Clapham Grand in London.

“There is nowhere more suitable for a Global award ceremony than Clapham Junction,” says Ally Wolf, Venue Manager of The Clapham Grand, “Home of Europe’s busiest train station (by trains passing through, not customers) and of course us, The Clapham Grand – an International Palace of Worldwide Variety.”

How to enter

Entries are open from today and close at 11:59 PM on 15th March 2025.
For more information and to enter, visit https://podlifeawards.com/about/the-golden-lobes-2025!

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Launched in 2022, BBC Sounds’ Audio lab, returns for its third incarnation. The project has been designed to help support up-and-coming audio creatives, with the aim of advancing their creative development through building confidence and connection whilst enhancing their writing, recording, performance, and promotional skills.

Former alumni have seen great success, with an ARIA Gold award for Best New Podcast forged from the inaugural Audio Lab, and three nominations at this year’s British Podcast Awards. Black Gold is nominated for Best Climate podcast and there were two nominations for Sacred Money in the Business and Editor’s Choice ‘Specialist Award’ category.

Now four new creators from under-represented backgrounds – Hugh Sheehan, Mia Thornton, Jay Behrouzi-Sneade, and Meg Elliot – have been chosen to turn their ideas into podcasts.

As part of a collaborative paid programme, the four successful applicants will receive advice and guidance from industry professionals, access to tailored resources, and tools and experiences to connect and collaborate.

Hugh Sheehan is an audio producer and musician/composer originally from Birmingham. Much of his work explores questions around gender and sexuality, desire and shame, assimilation, and radicalism. In 2020 he was commissioned as a New Creative by BBC Arts and Arts Council England to make Lost Time – an audio short contemplating LGBTQ+ people’s experiences in getting to live life on their own terms.

Working with Reduced Listening, Hugh’s podcast will focus on lesser-known modern legal cases or pieces of legislation that concern the lives and rights of LGBTQ+ people in the UK. It will chronicle the legal proceedings and the events surrounding them and explore how each have become a part of the struggle for queer liberation. As well as the specifics of the cases, each episode will act as a lens to explore more broadly the criminalisation of queerness and its societal ramifications.

Meg Elliot is a writer, zine-maker, and mountain biker from Shropshire. She is fascinated by story, folklore, and the way memory lives in landscapes. Meg co-creates a zine exploring nature through art and writing and is one half of The InBetween Collective, an international creative group sharing stories of culture, resistance and celebration. She has also worked on heritage projects across the UK investigating the social impact of environmental projects.

Production partner, Overcoat Media, will help facilitate Meg’s successful pitch, which hooks into the resurgence of a cult fascination with the ancient past and folk traditions; how our identities are formed – both as individuals and as communities, and how landscapes (and the communities held by them) inform – in part – a lot of what makes us ‘us’. The podcast will look at how we have largely lost celebrated connections to the landscapes we’ve grown up in – many ritual festivals have been lost, and the stories once collectively remembered have begun to fade. Meg will delve into the stories that remain waiting to be rediscovered, and this podcast will work as a larger project of remembering, of celebration and community-strengthening, grounded in connections to the physical landscape.

Mia Thornton is a creative producer currently based in Liverpool. Mia is driven by a passion for storytelling and a commitment to amplifying Black voices. She has worked on a wide range of creative projects for both global brands and community-based initiatives, showcasing her talent and versatility.

Working with Audio Lab’s production partner, Manchester Reform Radio, Mia’s successful podcast pitch will delve into how black culture has helped shape different music genres. Featuring archival content, covering pivotal moments in history, the impact on the global music landscape, as well as interviews with industry experts, musicians and cultural commentators. The podcast will offer an immersive journey through music history, with black voices at its core. From the soulful melodies of jazz to the defiant spirit of punk, and the innovative beats of techno, the podcast will showcase the resilience, creativity and influence of black musicians across genres, celebrating the rich tapestry of black musical heritage, whilst challenging stereotypes and amplifying underrepresented voices in the music industry.

Jay Behrouzi-Sneade is a Filipino-Iranian journalist from Liverpool hailing from a long line of passionate cooks! Replicating global cuisine at home was a big part of her upbringing as a part of her multi-heritage expat family in the United Arab Emirates.

Working with production partner, BBC Audio North, Filipino-Iranian immigrant Jay is hoping to reconnect with her heritage, by creating a positive, food-science documentary. Jay seeks to understand the chemistry of cooking. Each episode will explore a different chemical principle, experimenting with Filipino recipes, talking to guests, and discussing the British-Filipino experience. With the help of food-chemists, Jay hopes to understand the science behind a ‘dash of this and a sprinkle of that’ and how it works together to create the food she loves.

Khaliq Meer, Audio Lab Commissioning Executive says: “It’s thrilling [to] be at the starting line again with a new cohort of fresh talent – poised for a development experience like no other. It’s been a joy getting to know Meg, Mia, Hugh and Jay. We’ve teamed them up with some of the UK’s very best audio producers so they can be led and supported to realise their creatively ambitious ideas whilst growing their skillsets on-the-job. I can’t wait to press play on what they dream up. Best of luck Audio Lab Class of 2024 – you’ve got this!”

In addition to four multi-episode projects, Audio Lab is partnering with Multitrack, a charity working to raise awareness around diversity, equity and inclusion in the audio industry, by sponsoring its award winning 12-week Fellowship programme, supporting fourteen full-time paid placements, creating three additional part-time placements for producers outside of London, and helping fund two commissions for BBC Sounds.

Pod Bible echoes Khaliq Meer’s words: “Best of luck Audio Lab Class of 2024 – you’ve got this!”

To find out more about BBC Sounds’ Audio Lab, readers can go to the website or follow BBC Sounds on Instagram and Twitter/X. 

Article wording adapted from BBC press release

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Amateur budding twitchers and nature lovers alike are invited to join Matt Spracklen, AKA the Rock ‘n Roll Birder, on a weekly birdwatching walk and talk by tuning into series two of the Rock ‘n Roll Birder podcast which returns on the 24th of July.

In each episode of the new series, Matt will be out in the elements visiting beauty spots and nature reserves across the UK where the birds are always the stars of the show. As well as being joined by his wife, producer Sarah Spracklen, this series he will also be joined by expert guests including Jack Baddams, BBC Springwatch’s wildlife researcher; Jon Carter who works for the British Trust for Ornithology; Naomi Johns from The Bird of Prey Project; James Cook (@WildlifeWithCookie), and Paul Bennett from RSPB Coombes Valley and Consall Woods.

His contemporary perspective on birdwatching has seen Matt’s Instagram page, @RocknRollBirder, amass 69,000 followers since launch in January. With famous names including Jim Moir, Emma Freud, Sarah Millican and Tom Chaplin listening in to catch a bird song or two.

Matt says: “Whether you’re a birding novice or a seasoned twitcher there’s something for everyone on the podcast. I love talking about birds but I would also love that this could somehow be a gateway for young people to get more passionate about the things they can do to protect and conserve our wildlife and nature.”

Throughout the series, Matt interviews guests who have turned their love of birds and wildlife into their profession. When he isn’t joined by a guest, Matt and his producer and wife, Sarah, who is new to birding, go on a birdwatching walk of their own.

At the start of each episode, Matt also answers ‘Birding Questions’ sent in from the Rock ‘n Roll Birder community.

Sarah is a radio and podcast producer. She has spent the last ten years at Absolute Radio producing The Frank Skinner Show and is the producer of the critically acclaimed Frank Skinner’s Poetry Podcast. Sarah also spent many years at Virgin Radio working with radio greats including Edith Bowman. Sarah and Matt first met when she produced his very first radio show back in 2016 and they are loving working together again.

As for Matt, he has loved birdwatching since he was young. He said: “My mum used to let me be late for school because I was so fascinated watching the birds in the garden. My teachers got me to engage with reading work using bird books, so that’s how I learnt to read. I collected bird encyclopedias and had a real passion for birdwatching as a child.”

In recent years Matt reignited his love of birdwatching and photography after spending his 20s living a high-octane life touring in a punk band and working in the music industry.

He rediscovered the mindful mental health benefits of birdwatching during the 2020 lockdowns when feeding the garden birds became a relaxing pastime and pleasure. Matt started to take pictures of different species, cataloging them and taking walks to see how many varieties he could capture. It was on one of these walks that the Rock ‘n Roll Birder podcast was born.

Matt said: “At first, when Sarah and I talked about recording a podcast about birds I was reluctant. Music is my other passion and that is also my work so part of me wanted to keep birding separate but the format of the podcast is so relaxed and natural it doesn’t feel like work.

These are walks and conversations we would be having anyway and sharing them as a podcast feels like we are allowing people to join us – expanding our own community and enjoyment. As well as facts and information we share lots of laughs and like to keep it light and easy listening.

Hearing from listeners who say we have inspired them to buy a bird feeder or to take a walk to listen to birdsong and see what they have learned is so rewarding.”

Alongside his work on the podcast, Matt is a presenter on CountryLine Radio and an ambassador for brands such as Hard Rock Cafe and Captain Fawcett. This podcast series is sponsored by Eco Bird Food and Green Feathers.

Series one, which featured 12 episodes recorded across the UK and from Sarah and Matt’s home studio in Surrey, is available to listen back on now.

This series, Matt is visiting RSPB Otmoor in Oxfordshire, Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire, British Trust of Ornithology HQ in Norfolk and other various birding hotspots in the Peak District and Lake District.

Listen to Rock ‘n Roll Birder on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other popular podcast apps >>

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Today with tonies is being made by award-winning podcast production and promotion company, Mags Creative, and is hosted by Sam Fletcher-Goodwin and Tim Warwood. It is aimed at children aged 4 to 7 with the hope that the informative and playful podcast will be able to keep children off their screens this summer!

Based on the award-winning daily exclusive show (only available to those with a ‘Toniebox’ – an audio player which plays songs and stories when a Tonie character is added to the top of it), Today with tonies is kicking off with 14 ten-minute long episodes packed full of fun, facts, challenges, and jokes.

The podcast covers subjects such as poetry, science, maths, and music and has been made with the support of an educational consultant, taking into account the KS1 and KS2 curriculum.

Polly Evans, Senior Audio Production Manager at tonies says, “Our ‘Today with tonies’ podcast is the ultimate choice for parents seeking enriching, screen-free fun for their kids. It’s a world of wholesome content that sparks curiosity, educates, and delivers endless giggles through engaging games and challenges.”

The podcast contains many interactive challenges such as asking children to find out how many times they can fold a piece of paper, teaching them to use a word from a different language, and playing the “wrong answers only” quiz.

Hannah Russell, Co-founder of Mags Creative, says of the podcast: “As a mother myself I’m so excited to work on a project that widens the pool of safe, secure and screen-free content for kids. And not only that – it’s entertaining too! Mags Creative is all about building communities through audio, and the phenomenal response we’ve had from parents and little listeners shows that this podcast is already doing just that, so we can’t wait to bring this podcast to even more ears.”

Listen to Today with tonies from 9th July on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other popular podcast apps. 

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Taking place in front of a live audience at Kings Place, the festival is a chance to celebrate the fast growing popularity of podcasts whilst giving listeners the unmissable chance to meet their favourite podcast hosts. A number of the events will be livestreamed to audiences across the world via KPlayer, the Kings Place pay-per-view platform. The London Podcast Festival was founded by Kings Place in 2016 and has since welcomed over 37,000 visitors and 500 podcasters.

Newly added shows include:

• Popular true crime podcasts Drunk Women Solving Crime and RedHanded join forces for a special Drunk Women Caught RedHanded event
• Discover the creative process of hit Audible scripted podcast Radioman, with actor and cocreator Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, executive producer Emily Feller, writer, director and cocreator Joe Derrick and sound designer and composer Benbrick, as they discuss key scenes from the series in-depth in this special free live session
• BBC Sounds podcasts Uncanny with host Danny Robins and guest Mark Gatiss and Pressed with hosts Mariam and Adeola join for special live shows
• Comedy podcast Halfies: A Noisy Hajar Podcast with host Hajar J. Woodland and guests Darius Davies and Shirley & Shirley (aka Joanna Carolan and Pascale Wilson)
• Spencer Cooper and Mufseen Miah present Queer Talk LIVE! to share commentary on positive LGBTQ+ news stories and connect with a panel of brilliant, queer individuals
• Film journalist Ben Travis and animation academic Dr. Sam Summers present Disniversity, a podcast crash course through the history of Disney’s animated classics
• Desperado Podcast present a one-off special featuring a self-contained story from the Desperado universe
• First ever live show of Petrified, the terrifying horror fiction anthology podcast
• Indie AF sees Sarah Golding and special guests share experience and unmissable advice about creating audio fiction
• Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia present a live episode of Media Storm
• Thea Rickard and Ruby Rare explore the world of non-monogamy in feminist podcast The Last Night

Special guests revealed:

• Louis Theroux will join Adam Buxton for an episode of The Adam Buxton Podcast
• Tia Kofi from RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Season 2 is the guest for Crystal’s The Things That Made Me Queer
• Lady Garden Foundation co-founder Chloe Delevingne, actress Amanda Abbington and the Scummy Mummies Ellie & Helen announced as guests for Mika Simmons’ The Happy Vagina
• Actress Michelle Collins joins comedian Michelle Collins and Dan Acton for a special live recording of Midnight Snack
• Les Dennis announced as special guest for quiz podcast Fingers on Buzzers, hosted by comedian Lucy Porter and The Chase’s very own Vixen, Jenny Ryan
• Director Gurinder Chadha talks about her career with host Simon Brew in the first ever live recording of Film Stories
• Comedians Karen Hobbs and Marcus Brigstocke and producer Saima Ferdows join Cariad Lloyd for an episode of Griefcast
• Huge Davies, Ed Byrne and Jen Brister announced as guests for The Film Quiz with Nick Helm
• Comedian Isy Suttie will be the guest on Joel Morris’ Comfort Blanket and has chosen the film Grease

They join the previously announced line-up which features:

• Special one-off show Springleaf: James Acaster featuring James Acaster as undercover cop Pat Springleaf talking to comedian Mike Wozniak
• Live editions of I Weigh with Jameela Jamil, The Adam Buxton Podcast, Dane Baptiste Questions Everything and No Such Thing as a Fish, as well as a special crossover show with The Guilty Feminist and Brown Girls Do It Too
• Live episodes from some of the UK’s leading LGBTQ+ podcasts including Two Twos Podcast, A Gay and a NonGay and The Things That Made Me Queer
• Festival appearances from Cariad Lloyd with Griefcast, comedian Lucy Porter presents Fingers on Buzzers with The Chase’s Jenny Ryan and Joel Morris brings a live episode of Comfort Blanket, plus live episodes of The Happy Vagina and Ki & Dee
• Film podcasts including Film Quiz with Nick Helm, The Empire Film Podcast, Fade to Black, 90 Minutes or Less and Film Stories, plus trilogy of wrestling podcasts Wrestle Me, How2Wrestling and Attitude Era Podcast
• Festival debuts from Jew Talkin’ To Me?, The Famous Sloping Pitch and NonCensored with Rosie Holt, plus returning favourites Three Bean Salad, Beef and Dairy Network and Midnight Snack with Michelle Collins
• Other shows include The Complete Guide to Everything, A Wheezing Groaning Sound, The The One Show Show, Global Pillage, The Final Girls, Rock ‘n’ Roll Politics and Chart Music: The TOTP Podcast

The Podcast Maker Weekend returns once more, offering a diverse series of podcasting workshops at Kings Place covering the art, craft, technology, business and politics of podcasting. Experienced speakers from the world of podcasting and broadcasting offer affordable sessions for both beginner and experienced podcasts and audio makers. Sessions include:

• Festival partners Acast present Podcast Subscriptions: They’re a Thing, a free workshop panel to help aspiring podcasters set up their first podcast subscriptions. Hosted by Hannah O’Connell, Acast Partner Manager and host of Shrine Podcasts, the panel will be joined by Teacher Luke (aka Luke Thompson) and Adrian Carty, producer of the Nothing Is Real Beatles podcast – both of whom have very successful subscription podcasts
• The Importance Of People And Relationships In Podcasting with award winning audio producer Jaja Muhammad and broadcast journalist, presenter and producer Cherise Hamilton
• Comedy Podcasting with comedian and podcaster Suchandrika Chakrabarti and Drunk Women Solving Crime host Hannah George
• Researching For Podcasts with producer Leonore Schick and Sky News Podcasts producer Soila Apparicio
• Interviewing For Documentaries with multi award winning freelance audio producer, sound designer and community facilitator Jesse Lawson and freelance audio producer, editor and sound designer Arlie Adlington
• The Future Of Audio Fiction with Alexander J Newall, Founder and CEO of Rusty Quill Ltd, alongside Rusty Quill Ltd Executive of Production April Sumner and award-winning writer Nemo Martin
• Recording Podcasts with audio specialist Lisa Hack and audio executive Kieron Banerji
• Editing Basics with audio producer Mae-Li Evans and James Shield, Deputy executive producer of The Times and The Sunday Times daily news podcast
• Script For Presenting with Scott Flashheart, founder of the Queer Podcasters’ network and creator of Probably True podcast, and political/social affairs journalist and multimedia producer Dahaba Ali Hussen
• Ask Me Anything – Production Basics with founder of String Cast Media Sam Mbatha and award-winning producer Meera Kumar
• Podcast Formats Moving To TV Formats with Managing Director of Storyglass Steve Carsey and Founding and Managing Director of Gold Wala Faraz Osman
• Video For Podcasts with Super Stuff Creative producer Leon Gower and stand-up comedian, writer and author Sadia Azmat
• Using Social Media To Market Your Podcast with podmother, presenter, producer and consultant Kat Molesworth and Dan Page, CEO of Podspike and Chief Egg at podcast producer Why did the Chicken?

Tickets are on sale via the Kings Place website.

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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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London, 9th September 2021: Acast, the creator-first podcast company, has signed Deborah Frances-White’s hilarious, award-winning podcast The Guilty Feminist to the Acast Creator Network. Winner of Pod Bible’s ‘Best Lifestyle and Culture Podcast’ 2019, and gold winner at the British Podcast Awards 2020, The Guilty Feminist will now be hosted, distributed and monetised by Acast.

The exclusive partnership will also see Acast support the launch of a slate of brand new podcasts from the house of The Guilty Feminist later this year. Planned shows will appeal to a similar audience as The Guilty Feminist, with three podcasts already in development spanning British politics, in-depth investigations on current affairs, and live comedy — the latter featuring a host of stand-ups acts who’ll be very familiar to The Guilty Feminist’s regular listeners.

UTA represents Deborah Frances-White and brokered the exclusive partnership deal with Acast.

Deborah’s inimitable delivery has helped the podcast amass more than 90 million listens, and has cemented her as one of the UK’s foremost voices in conversations around feminism. Recorded in front of a live audience each week, The Guilty Feminist tackles topics as wide-ranging as money management and mental health, with high-profile guests from the worlds of TV, comedy and journalism lending a hand — including the likes of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Yomi Adegoke and Eddie Izzard.

As part of the Acast Creator Network, The Guilty Feminist‘s revenue, and those of its new launches, will be strengthened by Acast’s range of monetisation options — which include premium ad products available exclusively via the Acast Marketplace, branded content and the option of fan-supported revenue streams through Acast+.

Acast’s podcast team will help Deborah expand The Guilty Feminist’s audience and bring listeners to her planned new shows, with Acast’s commitment to open podcasting meaning they’ll remain available to listen to globally across all podcast listening platforms.

Deborah Frances-White, host of The Guilty Feminist, said: “There’s never been a more thrilling, vibrant, animated time for feminism. It is such a joy and a privilege to be at the beating heart of such an electric movement — co-creating a funny, entertaining forum for new ideas, sparky conversations and productive action, with a tone that welcomes imperfect feminists everywhere.

“Gloria Steinem says, ‘a movement has to be moving somewhere’. With the wonderful people at Acast putting their gas in our tank, who knows how far and fast we can go? They’ve really helped us keep the podcast free for anyone in the world to listen to, while enabling us to pay our guests and contributors – as well as expand our podcast house — and I can’t wait to discover what we will build together.”

Clarissa Pabi, Acast’s Senior Content Development Manager, UK, said: “Deborah is an incomparable voice in podcasting and comedy. She’s worked so hard to create a safe and brave space for honest feminist conversations, and to nurture a community of loyal, engaged listeners — and we believe the stories she shares should be heard by people the world over.

“Working with Deborah and her team, and helping to launch a slate of new shows over the coming months, makes this a dream partnership.”

Shelby Schenkman, Emerging Platforms Agent at UTA, said: “Deborah’s podcast, The Guilty Feminist, is adored by its fans and has enjoyed millions of listeners over the years — thanks to this partnership with Acast, we’re confident we can build on that success and make a splash on a global scale.”

For brands and advertisers looking to work with The Guilty Feminist podcast, opportunities are available exclusively through the Acast Marketplace.

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Currently in beta, some founding partners have seen an uplift in monthly revenue of more than 20% while first trialling the new product suite and offering Acast+ memberships to fans. Partners so far have included Talking Politics in the UK, Somna Med Henrik in Sweden, and others globally.

Henrik Ståhl, host of Somna Med Henrik, said:

“When Acast+ was first presented to me I jumped at the chance to trial it. Apart from the obvious ability it creates for me to earn more money per listen to my podcast, it also lets me be closer to my listeners by offering private content specifically for them.

“I’ve been able to shake up my content based on their wants and needs, which has been invaluable. To date, I’ve experienced both a new way to generate income and giving the podcast fans more of what they want.”

Catherine Carr, producer of Talking Politics, said:

“Talking Politics was originally conceived of as an educational resource — a way to try and make sense of the world through an easy-to-access, digestible podcast — and it’s wonderful to know that lots of students and teachers do listen. In the last few years we’ve built a highly engaged, loyal audience and have recently passed the twenty million listens mark.

“We initially thought our Acast+ subscribers would be most interested in listening without adverts, and some are, but others are simply looking for a way to give back and support us, which is so encouraging.

“Crucially for us, this enables other people to access further learning for free. Our other podcast, History of Ideas, is ad-free and generates no income, but takes resources, time and effort to produce. Acast+, with the support of our community, means we’re able to bring this valuable educational resource to so many people’s ears – something which has been even more important during lockdowns.”

Acast+ follows Acast’s recent partnership with Patreon, which lets podcasters seamlessly and securely distribute patron-only content to audiences across any listening platform. Acast’s mission is to provide creators with monetization options that best fit their needs, giving them more ways to make money, in more places — across platforms that are open and accessible to all.

Johan Billgren, co-founder of Acast, said:

“We’re developing the podcast industry with — and for — the creators. We firmly believe creators should always be fairly reimbursed for their craft, and it’s important to us that they own the relationship with their listeners, in whichever ways suit their individual show best.

“With the introduction of Acast+ we’re giving our creators even more ways to connect with listeners, and to grow and monetize their shows, wherever those listeners are — supporting the open podcasting ecosystem and helping the whole industry continue to thrive.”

Matt MacDonald, Acast’s VP of Product, added:

“We know monetization will never be a ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution, so we’ve launched Acast+ to offer podcasters of all sizes a suite of tools that can be mixed and matched however they like.

“As Henrik, host of Somna Med Henrik, said, direct support from listeners helps podcasters to deepen their relationships — and relationships power podcasts.”

Upon the wider rollout of Acast+, Acast will detail further capabilities including membership tiers, dynamic promo messages, insights dashboards, and more. To be the first to know when Acast+ goes live, register your interest here.

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About Acast

Acast is the power source of podcasting, a global platform that offers everything creators and advertisers need to find and reach millions of listeners. Acast provides a creator-first, open ecosystem for podcasts that is profitable, fair and sustainable for any creator — from bedroom podcasters to celebrity shows or emerging influencers. Acast connects podcasters and advertisers through the world’s biggest podcast marketplace, offering reach to millions of immersed podcast listeners with host-front advertising campaigns, audio ads and branded content. Founded in 2014 by Johan Billgren, Acast now hosts 20,000 podcasts — reaching more than 300 million listeners every month and working with thousands of brands.

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A press release today announced that the integration between Patreon and Acast uses first-of-it-kind technology to make subscriber-only podcasts available to patrons on nearly every podcast app/player (such as on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pocket Casts, Overcast, etc). This means that listeners who pay for extra content can access both the free and subscriber-only content in the same place.

It also means that podcasters will be able to manage and upload all content (free and subscriber-only, for patron tiers) in a single dashboard powered by Acast.

The partnership between Acast and Patreon could be very useful in supporting independent podcasters to make a living from their work.

Check out the official press release below!

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