Wowza. The second annual Discover Pods Awards increased in magnitude, interest, and competitive level. Over 10,000 people voted for the finalists to ultimately determine the winners. Because every podcast award needs to be the “first”, “best”, and other hyperboles I guess, let’s call the 2018 Discover Pods Awards the largest non-biased listener-voted podcast awards recognizing the best podcasts in the industry both mainstream and indie. Ok, that’s a mouthful.
Even more evident this year was how close nearly every race was. Very few podcasts ran away with the voting in their respective category and many had voting patterns fairly spread out. Here’s the breakdown for Best Overall Podcast:
See, it’s close!
The goal for the awards was to create a podcast awards that didn’t only highlight the podcasts everyone knows, but also the under-represented podcasts that are very very good in their own right. Though we know we won’t satisfy everyone, this was our intent. With that in mind, I encourage you all to view the full list of finalists and follow through with my challenge to listen to any podcast you hadn’t heard of before. It’s honestly a great list full of diverse quality podcasts. Bookmark it if you need to for those rare occasions you’re at podcast zero.
So here we go, the 2018 Discover Pods Award winners….
Winner: My Favorite Murder
Runner up: Ear Hustle
Winner: Dr. Death
Runner up: Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Winner: The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Runner up: It’s Been a Minute
Winner: Radiolab
Runner up: The NoSleep Podcast
Winner: True Crime Obsessed
Runner up: Uncover: Escaping NXIVM
Winner: NPR
Runner up: Wondery
Winner: Small Town Murder
Runner up: Swindled
Winner: ESPNs 30 for 30 Podcast
Runner up: The Fantasy Footballers
Winner: Pod Save America
Runner up: Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me
Winner: Stuff You Missed in History Class
Runner up: Hardcore History
Winner: Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Runner up: Conversations with People Who Hate Me
Winner: Last Podcast on the Left
Runner up: My Dad Wrote a Porno
Winner: Varmints
Runner up: Story Pirates
Winner: Ear Hustle
Runner up: The Hilarious World of Depression
Winner: The Hamilcast
Runner up: Pop Culture Leftovers
Winner: Radiolab
Runner up: Darknet Diaries
Winner: Girl in Space
Runner up: The Bright Sessions
Winner: Freakonomics
Runner up: How I Built This
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