Webby Awards Honor Top Podcasts

Awards

The annual WEBBY AWARDS "honoring the best of the Internet," have announced the 2017 honorees, to be feted on MAY 16th in a ceremony to be streamed on YouTube.

The Podcast and Digital Audio category winners are:

Arts and Culture:
Webby Winner: NEW YORK TIMES, "STILL PROCESSING"
People's Choice: HOWSTUFFWORKS, "STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW"

Best Host:
Webby Winner: CHRIS GETHARD, "BEAUTIFUL STORIES FROM ANOYMOUS PEOPLE," EARWOLF/MIDROLL
People's Voice: ROMAN MARS, "99% INVISIBLE," RADIOTOPIA/PRX

Best Individual Episode:
Webby Winner: "Is The Internet Being Ruined?," "FREAKONOMICS RADIO," WNYC STUDIOS
People's Voice: "REVISIONIST HISTORY WITH MALCOLM GLADWELL," PANOPLY

Best Sound Design/ Original Music Score:
Webby Winner: "SECRETS, CRIMES AND AUDIOTAPE," WONDERY
People's Voice: "UNDISCLOSED," UNDISCLOSED, LLC

Best Writing:
Webby Winner: "HOW TO BE A GIRL"
People's Voice: HOWSTUFFWORKS, "STUFF YOU MISSED IN HISTORY CLASS"

Comedy:
Webby Winner: "THE HILARIOUS WORLD OF DEPRESSION," AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA
People's Voice: "THE LAST PODCAST ON THE LEFT," CAVE COMEDY RADIO

Documentary:
Webby Winner: "THE KITCHEN SISTERS PRESENT," THE KITCHEN SISTERS
People's Voice: "MISSING RICHARD SIMMONS," FIRST LOOK MEDIA

Drama:
Webby Winner and People'a Voice: "HOMECOMING," GIMLET MEDIA

Interview/Talk Show:
Webby Winner and People'a Voice: "ANOTHER ROUND," BUZZFEED

Lifestyle:
Webby Winner: "WOMEN OF THE HOUR WITH LENA DUNHAM," PINEAPPLE STREET MEDIA/THE LENNY LETTER
Webby Winner and People's Voice: "THE SPORKFUL," STITCHER

News and Information:
Webby Winner: "VOTING RIGHTS- AND WRONGS," REVEAL FROM THE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
People's Voice: "FIVETHIRTYEIGHT POLITICS PODCAST," FIVETHIRTYEIGHT

Recaps:
Webby Winner and People's Voice: "MASTERPIECE STUDIO," MASTERPIECE ON PBS-WGBH/BOSTON

Science and Education:
Webby Winner: "HIDDEN BRAIN," NPR
People's Voice: "WAKING UP WITH SAM HARRIS," FOUR ELEPHANTS MEDIA

Sports:
Webby Winner and People's Voice: "THE BILL SIMMONS PODCAST," THE RINGER

Technology:
Webby Winner: "LEO LAPORTE Talks With EDWARD SNOWDEN's Lawyer," THIS WEEK IN TECH
People's Voice: "CODEBREAKER," MARKETPLACE

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