Ear Worthy — the influential podcast on-line publication — has introduced the Winners of the 2024 Ear Worthy Unbiased Podcast Awards.
There are lots of podcasts — a whole bunch of hundreds of them — and a large majority are unbiased podcasts. Podcasting has additionally discovered itself awash in awards: The Ambies, iHeart Podcast Awards, Individuals’s Selection Podcast Awards, The Webbys, The Sign Awards, British Podcast Awards, and others. But, with few exceptions, these awards both don’t acknowledge unbiased podcasts or have them do battle in opposition to their well-financed, network-supported brethren.
“Many bootstrapped indie podcasters have paper-thin budgets and are led by overworked and unappreciated podcasters,” says Frank Racioppi, government editor of Ear Worthy and proprietor of Willow Grove Communications LLC. “Indie podcasters put on extra hats than any network-supported podcaster. They’re creator, author, producer, sound engineer, I.T. troubleshooter, researcher, host, distribution professional, advertising and marketing guru, public relations skilled and, most essential of all, monetary backer for the podcast.”
The Ear Worthy Unbiased Podcast Awards are sponsored by lenny.fm. This new service works like this: Listeners contribute US$4 a month, which is break up between the highest 4 podcasts they selected. Whereas not solely for unbiased podcast, lenny.fm provides indie podcasters a monetization possibility that was not beforehand out there. Courtney Carthy of lenny.fm says: “We wish to assist podcasters be rewarded for his or her work by individuals who worth it and assist drive an general enhance in listeners supporting podcasters.”
The Award Winners are:
Greatest General Podcast of the 12 months – The Life Shift – From: Matt Gilhooly – Hosted by: Captivate
Greatest Interview Podcast – Preconceived – From: Snack Labs – Hosted by Acast
Greatest Life Classes Podcast – Multispective From: Jennica Sadhwani | Not In the present day Media -Hosted by: Buzzsprout
Greatest Well being Podcast – Salad With A Aspect Of Fries – From: Jen Trepeck – Hosted by: Simplecast
Greatest Office Podcast — Browsing Company – From: Browsing Company -Hosted by: Megaphone
Greatest Younger Grownup Podcast – Seraphina Speaks – From: Seraphina Malina-Derben – Hosted by: Libsyn
Greatest Enterprise Recommendation Podcast – Bippity Boppity Enterprise – From: Rita Richa -Hosted by: Simplecast
Greatest Podcasting Success Podcast – Leverage Your Podcast – From: Lyndsay Phillips
Greatest Film Podcast – Verbal Diorama – From: Verbal Diorama – Hosted by: Captivate
Greatest Movie Historical past Podcast – Each Single Sci-Fi Movie Ever – From: Ayesha Khan -Hosted by: Buzzsprout
Greatest Music Podcast – Watching the Covers Circulate – From: Ray Padgett
Greatest LGBTQIA+ Podcast – As a result of The Boss Belongs To Us – From: iHeartPodcst – Hosted by: Omni Studios
Greatest Politics Podcast – Ken Rudin’s Political Junkie – From: Ken Rudin – Hosted by: Blubrry
Greatest Historical past Podcast – Music Historical past Monday – From: Robert Greenburg
Greatest True-Crime Podcast – The Homicide Sheet – From: MurderSheet – Hosted by: ART19
Greatest Society / Schooling Podcast – Impostrix -From: Whitney Knox Lee – Hosted by: Buzzsprout
Greatest Quick-Kind Podcast – Every day Ideas That Could or Could Not Assist You With Arielle and Ned – From: Play+1 – Hosted by: RedCircle
Greatest Movie star Accountability Podcast (1) – Trashy Divorces – From: Hemlock Creatives -Hosted by: Megaphone
Greatest Movie star Accountability Podcast (2) – What A Creep – From: Margo Donahue – Hosted by: Spreaker
Greatest Audio Fiction Podcast – Hobo Code – From: Hammer Canyon Productions -Hosted by: Libsyn
