Publisher Podcast Awards 2025 Shortlist revealed

Over 120 nominees for the Publisher Podcast Awards 2025 have been announced from the hundreds of entries submitted.

The winning podcast was decided by a lineup of nearly 50 judges from around the world, many of whom have been judging the awards since their inception in 2020. The winners will be revealed at a face-to-face event at Salsa! A temple in London on June 11th.

The award comes from Media Boices, a weekly publication that profiles the people and products behind the publication. Media Voices is reviving the Publisher Podcast Summit in parallel with the first Publisher App Summit, held before the Podcast Awards on Wednesday, June 11th.

Finalists for the Publisher Podcast Award:

The best B2B podcasts

Ashrae Journal Podcast, Ashrae Journal Engineering Matters, Reby Media Hot Air, Ashrae Journal Startup Europe, Sifted Eu Ltd The Campaign Podcast, Haymarket Media Group Lawyer Podcast, Lawyer

Best Culture and Lifestyle Podcasts

Booky from new politicians, National World Culture, and new politicians feel better about Money, The Times and the Sunday Times Money Clinic, Claer Barrett and Financial Times

Best Deep Dive Podcasts

Constructive Voice, Constructive Voice Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime, Development of Spiritual Fortune (Positive News Podcast), Positive News Econ World, Reuters Know Your Location from Conversation Documentary, Conversation Conversation, Conversation Conversation, Eastern Europe, Fishing, Foreign Policy, Conversation Weekly, Reasons for Conversation, Council on Foreign Relations

Best Entertainment Podcasts

Booky, National World Culture Bites, The National News Screen Babble, National World Talking Pictures, Max/Warner Bros. Discovery

Best Health, Wellbeing, Food Podcast

Development of spiritual wealth (positive news podcast), positive news in conversation, healthline media UK Scran, The Scotsman The Good Food Podcast, Immediate media untalk: The Retreat, Financial Times

Best Hobbies and Special Interest Podcasts

BBC Gardeners 'World Magazine Podcast, Money Behind The Money, Financial Times Booky, National World The Athletics Weekly Podcast, Athletics Weekly (VationlWorld) The Plodcast, our media

Best Research Podcasts

Bed of Leies, The Telegraph Cocaine Inc., The Times, The Sunday Times and News Corp Australia Deep Dive: Expluing oling oling oling oling oling oling oling oling toranciated Crime jan Marsalek: Tech boss who was a secret spy in Russia, weekly telegraph con factory of conversation, Jennifer Judsm's secrum brsigen secret secret secret everyone, BBC Long Form audio for BBC Sound

Best Limited Series

After Hotel Rwanda, Lies Foreign Policy Bed: Conflict, The Telegraph Cocaine Inc., The Times, The Sunday Times and News Corp Australia Everything Environment, Wild Freickies Jan Marsalek: Secret Spy of The Tech Boss on Russia, The Telegraph knows your location from conversation documentaries. North, Reaching Positive News Podcast: Development of Spiritual Fortune, Secret Positive News World, Season 1 – The Men of Abercrombie, BBC Long Form Audio for BBC Sound

Best Local and Community Podcasts

Parched Pea Podcast, National World/Blog Preston CIC Northern Agenda, Reach The Steamie, Scotsman Wam Cast, We Are Makers Wearside Echoes, National World/Sunderland Echo

Best News Podcast

Dawn of Bloomberg Europe, Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Bloomberg Reuters World News, Reuters Sweden's Focus, Local Europe, Daily T, Telegraph explained by the news agenda, Luckman Review, Financial Times, Story, Times, Times & Sunday Times Trends Trends Middle East, Latest News Ukraine, Telegraph

Best Partner Podcasts

Next 5 podcasts, Financial Times Engineering Matters, Reby Media Into the Mix – Season 3, Vox Creative The Parched Pea Podcast, National World/Blog Preston The Negotiators, Foreign Policy, Doha is Scotsman's Discussion

Best Political Podcasts

National News Bloomberg UK Politics, Bloomberg Foreign Policy Live, Foreign Policy knows the conversation documentaries, political revisions to conversations, financial age politics from new politicians, new politician politics.

Best Science & Medical Podcasts

Curiosity Weekly, Discovery/Warner Bros. Discovery in Conversation, Medical News Today (Healthline Media UK) Instant Genius, Media Living Planet, Deutsche Welle Mongabay Explores, Mongabay Science, Krell Institute The Nature Podcast, Nature Wild Fuelcies, Mongabay India, all environments

Best Sports Podcasts

Claret and Blue, Reach Everything is black and white, Reach Rugby Lives, Rugby Journal, Sporting Eric The Athletics Weekly Podcast, Athletics Weekly (national)

Best Technology Podcasts

Ashrae Journal Podcast, Ashrae Journal Beyond the Valley, CNBC International Constricative Voices, Constructive Voices Engineering Matters, Reby Media Science in Parallel, Krell Institute Tech Tonic, Financial Times The Times Tech Podcast, The Times and the Sunday Times

Strategic Awards

Best commercial strategy

Reby Media, Engineering is a key new politician, new politician podcast

Best Podcast Release

Euroslash, Leech Millennial Masters, Qwerty Media Ltd Rugby Lives, Rugby Journal, Sporting Eric The Athletics Weekcast, Athletics Weekly (National) The Daily T, The Telegraph the Positive News Podcast, Positive News Your History, The Sunday Times

Best Video Podcast Strategy

DC Studios Showcase: Official Podcast, Max/Warner Bros. Discovery The Index, The New Statesman Podcast, New Statesman The New Statesman The Royals The Royals with The Times and the Sunday Times Underworlds with Mark Shaw, and Global Initiatives for Transnational Organ Crime WAM

Publisher Podcast Hero of the Year 2025

Andrew Musgrove, Reach Bethany Burgoyne, The Sassy Show Daniel J Mclaughlin, Reach Plc Joshua Sommer, Reuters Louisa Wells, The Telegraph Maxine Betteridge-Moes, New Internationalist

Visit the Publisher Podcast Summit and Awards website for more information.