THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!

Special Project

Special Project

From the 9th Annual Shorty Awards Podcast

When Apple added the Podcast category to iTunes in 2003, no one knew how popular it would become, with hundreds of thousands of podcasts now on the air and tens of millions of listeners tuning in. With so many to choose from, it can be hard to find the best, but these nominees represent the frankest, funniest, and most informative podcasts this year.

Nominees

2 Dope Queens
WNYC Studios presents 2 Dope Queens featuring—you guessed it—two dope comedy queens. BFFs Phoebe Ro…
winner
Anna Faris is Unqualified
Anna Faris decided to take it upon herself to offer untrained, non-expert relationship advice with …
finalist
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
Hardcore History is the political commentator Dan Carlin’s answer to all the unasked historical que…
Fresh Air with Terry Gross
NPR’s Fresh Air, hosted by Terry Gross, has been on the air since 1975, is syndicated on stations a…
finalist
Guys We F*****d
Never has a title suited a podcast better than GUYS WE F****D: THE ANTI SLUT-SHAMING PODCAST. Hosts…
Invisibilia
Invisibilia is NPR’s podcast that “explores the intangible forces that shape human behavior—things …
finalist
Lore
The critically-acclaimed Lore is a podcast that shares scary stories, much like one would around a …
Modern Love
The New York Times love column-turned-popular-podcast, WBUR--Boston's NPR New station's Modern Love…
Reply All
We can all agree that the internet is complicated. And frustrating. And endlessly fascinating. That…
Revisionist History
Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History podcast explores the possibilities of what could have been b…
finalist
Stuff You Should Know
Ever feel like there’s a lot of stuff you wish you knew? If so, the podcast Stuff You Should Know f…
finalist
TED Radio Hour
Each week, TED Talks are delivered at TED Conferences around the world, and the TED Radio Hour brin…