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Webby Award season concluded last week. Here are the winners in the “Podcasts & Digital Audio” group, across 15 categories. Though some are well-known, and most are from leading networks, the winners (official and People’s Voice) make a good discovery list.
ARTS & CULTURE
Webby winner: Still Processing (New York Times)
People’s Choice: Stuff You Should Know (HowStuffWorks)
BEST HOST
Webby winner: Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People (Earwolf/Midroll)
People’s Choice: 99% Invisible (PRX/Radiotopia)
BEST INDIVIDUAL EPISODE
Webby winner: Freakonomics Radio (WNYC)
People’s Choice: Revisionist History with Malcolm Gladwell (Panoply)
BEST SOUND DESIGN / ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE
Webby winner: Secrets, Crimes & Audiotape: Wait Wait Don’t Kill Me Series (Wondery)
People’s Choice: Undisclosed: The Music (Undisclosed, LLC)
BEST WRITING
Webby winner: How To Be A Girl (Independent)
People’s Choice: Stuff You Missed In History Class (HowStuffWorks)
COMEDY
Webby winner: The Hilarious World Of Depression (American Public Media)
People’s Choice: The Last Podcast On The Left (Cave Comedy Radio)
DOCUMENTARY
Webby winner: The Kitchen Sisters Present (The Kitchen Sisters)
People’s Choice: Missing Richard Simmons (First Look Media)
DRAMA
Webby winner: Homecoming (Gimlet Media)
People’s Choice: Homecoming (Gimlet Media)
INTERVIEW / TALK SHOW
Webby winner: Another Round (BuzzFeed)
People’s Choice: Another Round (BuzzFeed)
LIFESTYLE
Webby winner: Women Of The Hour (Pineapple Street Media / Lenny Letter)
People’s Choice: The Sporkful (Stitcher)
NEWS & INFORMATION
Webby winner: Voting Rights — And Wrongs (Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting)
People’s Choice: FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast (FiveThirtyEight)
RECAPS
Webby winner: Masterpiece Studio (Masterpiece on PBS, WGBH)
People’s Choice: Masterpiece Studio (Masterpiece on PBS, WGBH)
SCIENCE & EDUCATION
Webby winner: Hidden Brain (NPR)
People’s Choice: Waking Up With Sam Harris (Four Elephants Media)
SPORTS
Webby winner: The Bill Simmons Podcast By The Ringer (The Ringer)
People’s Choice: The Bill Simmons Podcast By The Ringer (The Ringer)
TECHNOLOGY
Webby winner: Leo Laporte Talks With Edward Snowden’s Lawyer (TWiT [This Week in Tech])
People’s Choice: Codebreaker (Marketplace)