2024 Publisher Podcast Awards - the winners

Media Voices are delighted to reveal the winners of 2024’s Publisher Podcast Awards, following a ceremony which took place on Wednesday 12th June at Salsa Temple in London.

The awards are a celebration of the podcasting success of publishers and media organisations, whether they’ve been in the podcasting space a while, or have just launched.

From over 200 entries and an exceptionally strong shortlist of 140 podcasts, our judges marked the podcasts on a range of factors, including production quality, how well the podcast reflected the publisher’s brand, and strategies to grow the audience.

2024 PUBLISHER PODCAST AWARD WINNERS

Best B2B Podcast – Engineering Matters, Reby Media
From: Reby Media
Hosted by: Blubrry

Best Culture & Lifestyle Podcast – Don’t Drink the Milk, Deutsche Welle
From: DW

Best Deep Dive Podcast – Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
From: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Hosted by: Captivate

Best Entertainment Podcast – Film Stories with Simon Brew, Film Stories
From: Simon Brew
Hosted by: Megaphone

Best Food & Drink Podcast – Scran, The Scotsman
From: The Scotsman
Hosted by: Megaphone

Best Health & Wellbeing Podcast – Tom Bryant’s Men In Mind, Reach
From: Tom Bryant
Hosted by: Megaphone

Best Hobbies & Special Interest Podcast – The Plodcast, Our Media
From: Our Media
Hosted by: Megaphone

Best Investigative Podcast – Poison, The Times
From: The Times and The Sunday Times
Hosted by: Acast

Best Limited Series – fonds, Greater Govanhill Magazine
From: FONDS
Hosted by: Spotify for Creators

Best Local & Community Podcast – The Steamie, The Scotsman
From: Laudable
Hosted by: Megaphone

Best News Podcast – Ukraine: The Latest, The Telegraph
From: The Telegraph
Hosted by: Acast

Best Partner Podcast – Scran, The Scotsman
From: The Scotsman
Hosted by: Megaphone

Best Political Podcast – The New Statesman Podcast, The New Statesman
From: The New Statesman
Hosted by: Acast

Best Science & Medical Podcast – Fever: The Hunt for Covid’s Origin, BBC
From: BBC Radio 4
Hosted by: BBC

Best Sport Podcast – Claret and Blue, Reach
From: Reach Podcasts
Hosted by: Megaphone

Best Technology Podcast – Tech Tonic, Financial Times
From: Financial Times
Hosted by: Acast

Best Commercial Strategy – The Standard: Sustainable Travel with Iberostar, The Evening Standard
From: The Evening Standard
Hosted by: Acast

Best Video Podcast Strategy – The Best Ever, Radio Times
From: Immediate Media
Hosted by: Megaphone

Best Podcast Launch – Vanished: The Arlene Fraser Murder, DC Thomson
From: DC Thomson
Hosted by: Podbean

From these 19 category winners, the Media Voices team listened to them all and chose an overall winning podcast.

Publisher Podcast of the Year 2024 – Film Stories with Simon Brew, Film Stories
From: Simon Brew
Hosted by: Megaphone

To secure podcasting as a successful part of a publisher’s strategy, there are often key people within the business driving best practice, seeking inspiration, and looking for new opportunities. Our Publisher Podcast Hero of the Year award celebrates an individual who has gone above and beyond to demonstrate the value of podcasting to their organisation.

Publisher Podcast Hero of the Year 2024 – Kelly Crichton, National World

The above list of podcasts is available as an OPML file for your podcast player