UPDATE (March 4): Trixie Mattel, winner of season three of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, will host the fourth annual Awards for Excellence in Audio (The Ambies) on March 26 at the JW Marriott LA Live Los Angeles. Malcolm Gladwell, author of such bestsellers as The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, Talking to Strangers and The Bomber Mafia, will receive the Governors Award, which recognizes a podcast or individual for the influence they’ve had on the industry. Ira Madison III, host of the podcast Keep It, will receive the Impact Award, which recognizes an individual or podcast that has made a significant positive effect on its listeners.
PREVIOUSLY (Feb. 22): Three hip-hop-connected podcasts – 50 Years of Hip-Hop, Can You Dig It?: A Hip-Hop Origin Story with Chuck D and Questlove Supreme – are nominated for podcast of the year at the 2024 Ambie Awards.
The other nominees in that category are Embedded: Taking Cover, Exposed: Cover-Up at Columbia University, Ghost Story, Next Year in Moscow, Post Reports: The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop, Slow Burn: Becoming Justice Thomas and The Very Worst Thing that Could Possibly Happen. The latter podcast led all nominees with five nominations.
Questlove Supreme is also nominated for best music podcast at the 2024 iHeartPodcast Awards. Those nominations were announced on Feb. 7.
The fourth annual Awards for Excellence in Audio (The Ambies) will take place on Tuesday, March 26 at the JW Marriott LA Live Los Angeles.
The ceremony will highlight 192 nominees across 27 categories with winners to be selected by voting members of The Podcast Academy (TPA), a not-for-profit professional membership organization that celebrates excellence in podcasting.
A Governors Award and an Impact Award will also be presented. Eligible new members will be able to vote to determine this year’s winners if applications are submitted by Feb. 19. For more information about joining, go here.
“On behalf of The Podcast Academy, we congratulate all of this year’s remarkable nominees that have graced the podcasting world,” Donald Albright, chairperson of TPA said in a statement. “They embody the essence of excellence in audio storytelling, captivating audiences with their creativity, passion, and dedication.”
Here are the nominees in selected categories at the 2024 Ambie Awards.
Podcast of the year
50 Years of Hip-Hop
Can You Dig It?: A Hip-Hop Origin Story with Chuck D
Embedded: Taking Cover
Exposed: Cover-Up at Columbia University
Ghost Story
Next Year in Moscow
Questlove Supreme
Post Reports: The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop
Slow Burn: Becoming Justice Thomas
The Very Worst Thing that Could Possibly Happen
Best entertainment podcast (sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter)
50 Years of Hip-Hop
Creative Control
Films to Be Buried With Brett Goldstein
HBO’s The Last of Us Podcast
Movies vs. Capitalism
MUBI Podcast
Women of Marvel
Best interview podcast
Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast
Apple News in Conversation
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Questlove Supreme
The Skinny Confidential
Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Your Mama’s Kitchen
Best society and culture podcast
Can You Dig It?: A Hip-Hop Origin Story with Chuck D
Dear Alana,
Dynamite Doug
Exposed: Cover-Up at Columbia University
ROS Presents: Roughhousing
The Story Exchange
Weight For It
Best original score and music supervision
Calm it Down – Chad Lawson
Can You Dig It?: A Hip-Hop Origin Story with Chuck D – Bryan Master
Louder Than a Riot – Suzi Analogue, Kassa Overall, and Ramtin Arablouei
Next Year in Moscow
Othello – Lindsay Jones
The Cat in the Hat Cast – Jack Mitchell
The Very Worst Thing That Could Possibly Happen – Alex Kemp
