Nominees have been announced for The Ambies, The Podcast Academy’s inaugural Awards for Excellence in Audio. The 1,000+ submissions are a sign of how expansive the industry has become, writes Natalie Jarvey of The Hollywood Reporter. The ceremony will stream live on YouTube and Twitch on May 16.
The nominees list includes 164 shows and individuals across 23 categories. With four nods each, Dirty Diana, The Left Right Game, and Wind of Change lead the pack. To make the final cut, a “blue ribbon” panel of over 100 Podcast Academy members listened to an average of 35 hours of podcasts over two rounds.
Podcast Academy chairman Donald Albright, president and co-founder of Tenderfoot TV, says of the selections: “They are just as diverse as the creators, both in front of and behind the mic, and are reflective of the far-reaching medium. On behalf of the membership, we congratulate all of the nominees.”
In the four years she’s been in the podcast industry, Arielle Nissenblatt has done just about every audio-related job in the book. For Sounder.fm’s monthly interview series SoundHER, Larell Scardelli spoke with Nissenblatt about the EarBuds Podcast Collective, demanding diversity in podcast spaces, and more.
Nissenblatt is the co-creator of the Outlier Podcast Festival, runs the EarBuds newsletter, works Community Management at SquadCast, and even co-hosts a show. Despite her impressive schedule, she fits in plenty of quality listening time: “I think it’s like five hours a day normal-speed, but it’s actually like four.”
“I always want to root for the underdog,” Nissenblatt says of podcast discovery. “I think that the problem is underdog and indie is often synonymous with like bad, you know, but there are underdogs that are good. We just need to be able to find them.” Thanks to her energy and passion, we are.
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