Wondery, 'Dying For Sex,' 'Wind Of Change' Among Top Winners As Podcast Academy Hands Out Inaugural Ambies

Winners

The PODCAST ACADEMY handed out the first AMBIE AWARDS for podcasting (the AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN AUDIO) in an online streaming ceremony SUNDAY night (5/16). Winners were picked from 164 nominees, with five wins for WONDERY and four shared wins for CROOKED MEDIA. WONDERY's "DYING FOR SEX" took the top honor of Podcast of the Year, while PINEAPPLE STREET MEDIA and CROOKED MEDIA's "WIND OF CHANGE" won three awards, with host/writer PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE winning Best Host, Best Scriptwriter, Nonfiction, and Best Reporting honors.

Winners included:

• Podcast of the Year: "DYING FOR SEX," NIKKI BOYER, WONDERY
• Best True Crime Podcast: "DR. DEATH SEASON 2: DR. FATA," LAURA BELL, WONDERY
• Best Comedy Podcast: "CONAN O'BRIAN NEEDS A FRIEND," CONAN O'BRIEN, MATT GOURLEY, SONA MOVSESIAN, TEAM COCO/EARWOLF/STITCHER
• Best Entertainment Podcast: "EVEN THE RICH," BROOKE SIFFRIN, ARICIA SKIDMORE-WILLIAMS, WONDERY
• Best Host: PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE, "WIND OF CHANGE," PINEAPPLE STREET MEDIA/CROOKED MEDIA/SPOTIFY
• Best Politics or Opinion Podcast: "GAINING GROUND: THE NEW GEORGIA," REMBERT BROWNE, JEWEL WICKER, TENDERFOOT TV/CROOKED MEDIA
• Best News Podcast: "TODAY, EXPLAINED," SEAN RAMESWARAM, VOX MEDIA PODCAST NETWORK
• Best Documentary Podcast: "I'M NOT A MONSTER," JOSHUA BAKER, BBC SOUNDS/FRONTLINE PBS/BBC PANORAMA
• Best Knowledge, Science or Tech Podcast: "SHORT WAVE," MADELINE SOFIA, NPR
• Best Interview Podcast: "DEATH, SEX & MONEY," ANNA SALE, WNYC STUDIOS
• Best Business Podcast: "THE HEIST," THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY
• Best Personal Growth/Spirituality Podcast: "ON BEING WITH KRISTA TIPPETT," KRISTA TIPPETT
• Best History Podcast: "DRIVING THE GREEN BOOK," ALVIN HALL, JANEE WOODS WEBER, MACMILLAN PODCASTS
• Best Sports Podcast: "WHISTLEBLOWER," TIM LIVINGSTON, TENDERFOOT TV
• Best Fiction Podcast "BLOOD TIES," WONDERY
• Best Wellness or Relationships Podcast: "THERAPY FOR BLACK GIRLS," DR. JOY HARDEN BRADFORD, iHEARTRADIO
• Best Society and Culture Podcast: "CODE SWITCH," GENE DEMBY, SHEREEN MARISOL MERAJI, NPR
• Best Scriptwriting, Nonfiction: "WIND OF CHANGE," PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE, PINEAPPLE STREET MEDIA/CROOKED MEDIA/SPOTIFY
• Best Scriptwriting, Fiction: "DIRTY DIANA," SHANA FESTE, JEN BESSER, QCODE MEDIA
• Best Original Score and Music Supervision: MARCELLO VILLALPANDO, "JACKED: RISE OF THE NEW JACK SOUND," UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP/WONDERY
• Best Reporting: PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE, "WIND OF CHANGE," PINEAPPLE STREET MEDIA/CROOKED MEDIA/SPOTIFY
• Best Performer in Audio Fiction: TESSA THOMPSON, "THE LEFT RIGHT GAME," QCODE MEDIA
• Best Production and Sound Design: WILL FILES, RYAN SULLIVAN, RYAN WALSH, MATT YOCUM, "THE LEFT RIGHT GAME," QCODE MEDIA
• Governor's Award (previously announced): "WTF WITH MARC MARON," MARC MARON, BRENDAN MCCONALD, independent

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