iHeartMedia announces hosts & presenters for upcoming Pod Awards

iHeartMedia has sent around a bulletin revealing who will host the iHeartPodcast Awards next Monday, March 10. Two hosts are named: Jack O’Brien and MilesGrey of The Daily Zeitgeist podcast.

The event is a live ceremony at SXSW in Austin, at the Moody heater.

Multiple presenters during the ceremony are also revealed today. The names we know as of now are Annaleigh Ashford and Melissa Moore, Cam Jordan, Chelsea Handler, Dennis Quaid, Ed Helms, Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgiraff, Joe Manganiello, Kyle MacLachlan, Sarah Spain, and Sophia Bush.

For those attending SXSW, the awards ceremony will be at The Moody Theater (310 Willie Nelson Blvd.). For non-travelers, many iHeartMedia radio stations will carry the event, in the iHeartRadio app, and on iHeartRadio’s YouTube channel.

Executive producers for the 2025 iHeartPodcast Awards are John Sykes, Tom Poleman, Conal Byrne and Bart Peters. This year’s event is sponsored by Audible, Lenovo® and Wild Turkey® Bourbon.


Brad Hill