Publisher Podcast Awards 2025 shortlist is revealed

From hundreds of entries submitted, the shortlist of over 120 for the Publisher Podcast Awards 2025 has been announced.

The winning podcasts will be decided by a line-up 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 in an in-person event at Salsa! Temple in London on 11 June.

The awards are from Media Voices, a weekly publication profiling the people and products behind publishing. Media Voices is also bringing back the Publisher Podcast Summit, running in parallel alongside the inaugural Publisher App Summit on Wednesday 11 June before the Podcast Awards.

The Publisher Podcast Awards Shortlist:

BEST B2B PODCAST

1. ASHRAE Journal Podcast, ASHRAE Journal
2. Engineering Matters, Reby Media
3. Hot Air, ASHRAE Journal
4. Startup Europe, Sifted EU Ltd
5. The Campaign Podcast, Haymarket Media Group
6. The Lawyer Podcast, The Lawyer

BEST CULTURE & LIFESTYLE PODCAST

1. Booky, National World
2. Culture from the New Statesman, The New Statesman
3. Feel better about Money, The Times and The Sunday Times
4. Money Clinic with Claer Barrett, Financial Times

BEST DEEP DIVE PODCAST

1. Constructive Voices, Constructive Voices
2. Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
3. Developing Mental Wealth (The Positive News Podcast), Positive News
4. Econ World, Reuters
5. Know Your Place from The Conversation Documentaries, The Conversation
6. Talk Eastern Europe, New Eastern Europe
7. The Catch, Foreign Policy
8. The Conversation Weekly, The Conversation
9. Why It Matters, Council on Foreign Relations

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PODCAST

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

BEST HEALTH, WELLBEING & FOOD PODCAST

1. Developing Mental Wealth (The Positive News Podcast), Positive News
2. In Conversation, Medical News Today (Healthline Media UK)
3. Scran, The Scotsman
4. The Good Food podcast, Immediate Media
5. Untold: The Retreat, Financial Times

BEST HOBBIES & SPECIAL INTEREST PODCAST

1. BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast, Immediate Media
2. Behind The Money, Financial Times
3. Booky, National World
4. The Athletics Weekly Podcast, Athletics Weekly (NationalWorld)
5. The Plodcast, Our Media

BEST INVESTIGATIVE PODCAST

1. Bed of Lies, The Telegraph
2. Cocaine Inc., The Times, The Sunday Times and News Corp Australia
3. Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
4. Jan Marsalek: The Tech Boss Who Was Russia’s Secret Spy, The Telegraph
5. Scam Factories from The Conversation Weekly, The Conversation
6. Who Killed Jennifer Judd?, ID / Warner Bros. Discovery
7. World of Secrets, Season 1 – The Abercrombie Guys, BBC Long Form Audio for BBC Sounds

BEST LIMITED SERIES

1. After Hotel Rwanda, Foreign Policy
2. Bed of Lies: Conflict, The Telegraph
3. Cocaine Inc., The Times, The Sunday Times and News Corp Australia
4. Everything Environment, Wild Frequencies
5. Jan Marsalek: The Tech Boss Who Was Russia’s Secret Spy, The Telegraph
6. Know Your Place from The Conversation Documentaries, The Conversation
7. The Athletics Weekly Podcast: Olympics 2024, Athletics Weekly (NationalWorld)
8. The Northern Agenda: Our Kids In The North, Reach
9. The Positive News Podcast: Developing Mental Wealth, Positive News
10. World of Secrets, Season 1 – The Abercrombie Guys, BBC Long Form Audio for BBC Sounds

BEST LOCAL & COMMUNITY PODCAST

1. Parched Pea Podcast, National World/Blog Preston CIC
2. The Northern Agenda, Reach
3. The Steamie, The Scotsman
4. WAM CAST, We Are Makers
5. Wearside Echoes, National World / Sunderland Echo

BEST NEWS PODCAST

1. Bloomberg Daybreak Europe, Bloomberg
2. Here’s Why, Bloomberg
3. Reuters World News, Reuters
4. Sweden in Focus, The Local Europe
5. The Daily T, The Telegraph
6. The News Agenda Explained, Reach
7. The Rachman Review, Financial Times
8. The Story, The Times & The Sunday Times
9. Trending Middle East, The National News
10. Ukraine The Latest, The Telegraph

BEST PARTNER PODCAST

1. The Next Five Podcast, Financial Times
2. Engineering Matters, Reby Media
3. Into the Mix – Season 3, Vox Creative
4. The Parched Pea Podcast, National World / Blog Preston
5. The Negotiators, Foreign Policy and Doha Debates
6. Scran, The Scotsman

BEST POLITICAL PODCAST

1. Beyond The Headlines, The National News
2. Bloomberg UK Politics, Bloomberg
3. Foreign Policy Live, Foreign Policy
4.  Know Your Place from The Conversation Documentaries, The Conversation
5. Political Fix, Financial Times
6. Politics from the New Statesman, The New Statesman
7. PoliticsHome – The Rundown, Total Politics
8. The Lede, New Lines
9. The President’s Inbox, Council on Foreign Relations
10. The Steamie, The Scotsman

BEST SCIENCE & MEDICAL PODCAST

1. Curiosity Weekly, Discovery / Warner Bros. Discovery
2. In Conversation, Medical News Today (Healthline Media UK)
3. Instant Genius, Our Media
4. Living Planet, Deutsche Welle
5. Mongabay Explores, Mongabay
6. Science in Parallel, Krell Institute
7. The Nature Podcast, Nature
8. Wild Frequencies, Mongabay India, Everything Environment

BEST SPORT PODCAST

1. Claret and Blue, Reach
2. Everything is Black and White, Reach
3. Rugby Lives, Rugby Journal, Sporting Eric
4. The Athletics Weekly Podcast, Athletics Weekly (NationalWorld)

BEST TECHNOLOGY PODCAST

1. ASHRAE Journal Podcast, ASHRAE Journal
2. Beyond The Valley, CNBC International
3. Constructive Voices, Constructive Voices
4. Engineering Matters, Reby Media
5. Science in Parallel, Krell Institute
6. Tech Tonic, Financial Times
7. The Times Tech Podcast, The Times and The Sunday Times

STRATEGIC AWARDS

BEST COMMERCIAL STRATEGY

1. Reby Media, Engineering Matters
2. The New Statesman, The New Statesman podcast

BEST PODCAST LAUNCH

1. Euro Thrash, Reach
2. Millennial Masters, QWERTY Media Ltd
3.  Rugby Lives, Rugby Journal, Sporting Eric
4. The Athletics Weekly Podcast, Athletics Weekly (NationalWorld)
5. The Daily T, The Telegraph
6. The Positive News Podcast, Positive News
7. Your History, The Times and The Sunday Times

BEST VIDEO PODCAST STRATEGY

1. DC Studios Showcase: The Official Podcast, Max / Warner Bros. Discovery
2. The Index, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
3. The New Statesman podcast, The New Statesman
4.  The Royals with Roya and Kate, The Times and The Sunday Times
5. Underworlds with Mark Shaw, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
6.  WAM CAST, We Are Makers

PUBLISHER PODCAST HERO OF THE YEAR 2025

1. Andrew Musgrove, Reach
2. Bethany Burgoyne, The Sassy Show
3. Daniel J McLaughlin, Reach Plc
4. Joshua Sommer, Reuters
5. Louisa Wells, The Telegraph
6. Maxine Betteridge-Moes, New Internationalist

Find out more by visiting the Publisher Podcast Summit and Awards website.