OUR GOLD PARTNERS
Winners
iHeart Podcast of The Year
The Last Outlaws
The judges chose from all our 2022 Gold winners to receive our best-of-the-best award.“The winner,” the judges said, “skilfully blends both archival research and oral history into an enthralling narrative, with exquisite sound design, beautifully visual moments, and careful scripting all for a very important story. A thoroughly memorab...
Listerners' Choice
Life Uncut
After a public poll receiving over 65,000 votes, you chose Life Uncut with Britt and Laura to walk away with the Gold award, for the third year in a row.
iHeart Rising Star
Justine Landis Hanley
Justine Landis-Hanley, “exemplified the definition of a Rising Star. The number of accomplishments in such a short span of time showed drive, conviction and a passion for the medium. We can't wait to see what they'll do next.”
BEST TRUE CRIME PODCAST
THE GREATEST MENANCE
The Greatest Menace: Inside the Gay Prison Experiment: “This podcast was outstanding in its storytelling of an incredible injustice against a marginalised community. The podcast was exceptional in its production/sound design and the work of host Patrick Abboud is masterful."
Silver: Bloodguilt
Bronze: Deepest Dive: The Search for MH370
BEST ARTS & CULTURE PODCAST
LET ME TELL YOU
Let Me Tell You ”embraces the art of storytelling and includes captivating audio production. Not only does this podcast entertain, it educates, fosters empathy with the listener and shows why this medium is so important to Arts & Culture.”
Silver: The Phantom Never Dies
Bronze: Talking Pointes
BEST HEALTH & WELLBEING PODCAST
ALL IN THE MIND
The judges found this podcast fascinating with its ability to focus in on subject matter whilst broadly covering many topics. It is thoughtfully curated and researched with diligence to deliver a high calibre production that discusses issues a warm and engaging manner. A library of contemporary wisdom.
Silver: Suddenly Senior
Bronze: Young Blood - Men's Mental Health
BEST COMEDY PODCAST
A RATIONAL FEAR PODCAST
A Rational Fear takes home the gold for a third consecutive year: “A clear standout, taking painfully accurate jabs at the buffoons we vote for. Who would have thought humanity’s imminent demise would be so hilarious?”
Silver: The Bazura Project's Radio Free Cinema
Bronze: CANCELLED
BEST BUSINESS PODCAST supported by Subly
Winner: THE DIVE
“The Dive’s highly engaging content was short, snappy, and easily digestible for a broader audience wanting to know more about current business news and affairs without being weighed down by confusing jargon.”
Silver: Tech Zero
Bronze: The Mentor with Mark Bouris
BEST SEX & RELATIONSHIPS PODCAST
Winner: Pillow Talk
The judges were particularly touched by the feature on ASMR - “giving deep insight into a relatively unknown sub-culture, with creative execution. A mix of narrative storytelling, memoir, sound art and vox pop all woven into one. Brilliant.”
Silver: Hooked, Hitched & Hung Up, with Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne
Bronze: Love Me, Love My Anxiety
BEST BRANDED PODCAST supported by Nova
winner
Life's Booming
Silver: Restitution
Bronze: If These Walls Could Talk
BEST SALES HOUSE
Silver: Acast
Bronze: ARN
BEST HISTORY PODCAST
winner
The Last Outlaws
Silver: The Greatest Menace: Inside the Gay Prison Experiment
Bronze: Stuff The British Stole
The Climate Award
Winner: The Yarn
Silver: Australia, If You're Listening
Bronze: Tech Zero
BEST NETWORK supported by Campaign
DM Podcasts
DM Podcasts: “this network produces a diverse range of shows with exceptional quality. Their marketing support, advertising deals for shows, education and development, and strategic leadership helped them stand out as an industry leader."”
Silver: Broadwave
Bronze: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
BEST CREATIVE CAMPAIGN supported by Campaign
She’s On The Money
In a highly competitive category, She’s On The Money’s creative for Budget Direct stood out from the crowd. It showed clever use of the podcasting format to deliver creative brand messaging with some fantastic results.
Silver: Whoop / Queens Of The Drone Age
Bronze: Super Saturdays on Equity Mates
BEST SPORTS PODCAST
winner
The Long Haul
Silver: AFL Fantasy with The Traders
Bronze: The Physical Performance Show
BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS PODCAST
BEST PARENTING PODCAST
Parental as Anything
“Coherent, fresh and useful - as expected from Australia’s queen of parenting advice, Maggie Dent. Recommended for parents and non parents alike.”
Silver: DadPod
Bronze: My Bilingual Family
BEST EDUCATION PODCAST
The Fact Detectives
The Fact Detectives “embraced the spirit of an educational podcast. While it's targeted at kids, anyone listening is likely to learn something new. It's fun, extremely engaging, well produced, and uses sound design to stand out from other shows in the category.”
Silver: NDIS Know-how
Bronze: Rise of the Superbugs
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PODCAST
RadioNotes
“Our top three may serve very different communities but have one common thread: They seek to build a safe space to entertain and inform. Each leans into its core identity to deliver nuanced conversation, often laced with wit, warmth and authenticity. And radionotes has, three series in, found its groove.”
Silver: POPGAYS
Bronze: Unapologetically Asian
BEST CHILDREN’S PODCAST
winner
Busy Bodies
Silver: Toddler Tunes
Bronze: Fun Fables: Bedtime Stories With a Twist
BEST INTERVIEW
Short Black
“We didn’t need any coffee in our system before listening to this podcast, with the interview style and sound quality keeping us energised and tuned in. A natural & compassionate interviewer, the only thing more compelling than the composition of this podcast were the interviewees themselves.”
Silver: 7am
Bronze: The New Writers' Room
BEST DOCUMENTARY PODCAST
TENDER
“Tender stands out as a sensitively crafted, compelling documentary series, filled with emotion, vulnerability, and importantly, respect. It gives a voice to people who too often don’t have one, and because they’re not just characters but genuine collaborators, these women really are empowered to speak for themselves.”
Silver: Sirens Are Coming
Bronze: The Greatest Menace: Inside the Gay Prison Experiment
SMARTEST PODCAST
BEST FICTION PODCAST
GIRLS NIGHT OUT
“This entry struck a wonderful balance of drama and sci-fi; what begins as a compelling episode of Desperate Housewives suddenly becomes The X-Files, and takes you on a creative and exciting trip thereafter. The story is well-written and the production value: top-shelf.”
Silver: The Bazura Project's Radio Free Cinema
Bronze: Jones and Woolf
BEST NEW PODCAST supported by Podfollow
On the Down Low
When a woman dies in Australia from ovarian cancer every eight hours, a 30-minute podcast can save a life. This motivated the ‘On the Down Low – Speaking up about Ovarian Cancer’ team throughout 300 volunteer hours over six months. The cast represents rural and metropolitan women, rare and genetic cancers, working women and mothers. Co...
Silver: Uncurated
Bronze: Flex & Froomes
BEST INDIGENOUS PODCAST
Hi I'm Eddie
“A high production quality covering a really interesting and valuable topic. It's a great listening experience and very educational.”
Silver: Led By A Heartstring
Bronze: Black Magic Woman Podcast
THE SPOTLIGHT AWARD supported by Nova
winner
Who is Daniel Johns
Silver: Life Uncut
Bronze: Chat 10 Looks 3
THE CREATIVITY AWARD supported by iHeart
The Greatest Menace
“This was an exquisitely executed series, with high-end production values and sound design matching a well-researched, superbly crafted, produced and edited podcast that was equally shocking and riveting.”
Silver: All in the Mind
Bronze: How Taste Changed the World
THE BULLSEYE AWARD
Winner: Baby Brain
“The show was created to help parents and carers feel more informed and empowered by listening to two everyday Mums. And they've done this with both style and substance. A perfect hit.”
Silver: A Happy, Positive Life
Bronze: Mini Taco Podcast
BEST PUBLISHER supported by Campaign
SBS
Since the launch of SBS's first podcasts in 2008, the network has continued to grow its podcast output. SBS now has over 100 podcasts in more than 60 languages, serving the needs of many different audiences and covering a wide range of genres including news and current affairs, society & culture, history, sport, business, language lear...