Australian Podcast Awards Winners 2022


Congratulations to all the winners of the Australian Podcast Awards 2022, powered by iHeart, chosen by over sixty international and Australian judges working in the sector.

Winners

iHeart Podcast of The Year

The Last Outlaws

The judges chose from all our 2022 Gold winners to receive our best-of-the-best award.“The winner,” the judges said, “skilfully blends both archival research and oral history into an enthralling narrative, with exquisite sound design, beautifully visual moments, and careful scripting all for a very important story. A thoroughly memorab...

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Listerners' Choice

Life Uncut

After a public poll receiving over 65,000 votes, you chose Life Uncut with Britt and Laura to walk away with the Gold award, for the third year in a row.

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iHeart Rising Star

Justine Landis Hanley

Justine Landis-Hanley, “exemplified the definition of a Rising Star. The number of accomplishments in such a short span of time showed drive, conviction and a passion for the medium. We can't wait to see what they'll do next.”

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BEST TRUE CRIME PODCAST

THE GREATEST MENANCE

The Greatest Menace: Inside the Gay Prison Experiment: “This podcast was outstanding in its storytelling of an incredible injustice against a marginalised community. The podcast was exceptional in its production/sound design and the work of host Patrick Abboud is masterful."

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Silver: Bloodguilt

Bronze: Deepest Dive: The Search for MH370

BEST ARTS & CULTURE PODCAST

LET ME TELL YOU

Let Me Tell You ”embraces the art of storytelling and includes captivating audio production. Not only does this podcast entertain, it educates, fosters empathy with the listener and shows why this medium is so important to Arts & Culture.”

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Silver: The Phantom Never Dies

Bronze: Talking Pointes

BEST HEALTH & WELLBEING PODCAST

ALL IN THE MIND

The judges found this podcast fascinating with its ability to focus in on subject matter whilst broadly covering many topics. It is thoughtfully curated and researched with diligence to deliver a high calibre production that discusses issues a warm and engaging manner. A library of contemporary wisdom.

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Silver: Suddenly Senior

Bronze: Young Blood - Men's Mental Health

BEST COMEDY PODCAST

A RATIONAL FEAR PODCAST

A Rational Fear takes home the gold for a third consecutive year: “A clear standout, taking painfully accurate jabs at the buffoons we vote for. Who would have thought humanity’s imminent demise would be so hilarious?”

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Silver: The Bazura Project's Radio Free Cinema

Bronze: CANCELLED

BEST BUSINESS PODCAST supported by Subly

Winner: THE DIVE

“The Dive’s highly engaging content was short, snappy, and easily digestible for a broader audience wanting to know more about current business news and affairs without being weighed down by confusing jargon.”

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SILVER: Tech Zero

BRONZE: The Mentor with Mark Bouris

BEST SEX & RELATIONSHIPS PODCAST

Winner: Pillow Talk

The judges were particularly touched by the feature on ASMR - “giving deep insight into a relatively unknown sub-culture, with creative execution. A mix of narrative storytelling, memoir, sound art and vox pop all woven into one. Brilliant.”

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Silver: Hooked, Hitched & Hung Up, with Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne

Bronze: Love Me, Love My Anxiety

BEST BRANDED PODCAST supported by Nova

winner

Life's Booming

Silver: Restitution

Bronze: If These Walls Could Talk

BEST SALES HOUSE

“Mamamia'

“Mamamia's podcasts is a perfect blend of useful information and personal anecdotes. It is the winner tonight not only because of the easy-going nature of its hosts, but because of its simplicity and practicality that make it a must listen for all budding sales people.”

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Silver: Acast

Bronze: ARN

BEST HISTORY PODCAST

winner

The Last Outlaws

Silver: The Greatest Menace: Inside the Gay Prison Experiment

Bronze: Stuff The British Stole

The Climate Award

Winner: The Yarn

Silver: Australia, If You're Listening

BRONZE: Tech Zero

BEST NETWORK supported by Campaign

DM Podcasts

DM Podcasts: “this network produces a diverse range of shows with exceptional quality. Their marketing support, advertising deals for shows, education and development, and strategic leadership helped them stand out as an industry leader."”

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Silver: Broadwave

BRONZE: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

BEST CREATIVE CAMPAIGN supported by Campaign

She’s On The Money

In a highly competitive category, She’s On The Money’s creative for Budget Direct stood out from the crowd. It showed clever use of the podcasting format to deliver creative brand messaging with some fantastic results.

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Silver: Whoop / Queens Of The Drone Age

Bronze: Super Saturdays on Equity Mates

BEST SPORTS PODCAST

winner

The Long Haul

Silver: AFL Fantasy with The Traders

Bronze: The Physical Performance Show

BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS PODCAST

7am

“7am provides listeners with an exceptional audio experience that combines breaking news with enthralling behind-the-scenes storytelling and interviews.”

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Silver: Change Agents

BRONZE: Full Story

BEST PARENTING PODCAST

Parental as Anything

“Coherent, fresh and useful - as expected from Australia’s queen of parenting advice, Maggie Dent. Recommended for parents and non parents alike.”

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Silver: DadPod

Bronze: My Bilingual Family

BEST EDUCATION PODCAST

The Fact Detectives

The Fact Detectives “embraced the spirit of an educational podcast. While it's targeted at kids, anyone listening is likely to learn something new. It's fun, extremely engaging, well produced, and uses sound design to stand out from other shows in the category.”

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Silver: NDIS Know-how

Bronze: Rise of the Superbugs

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PODCAST

RadioNotes

“Our top three may serve very different communities but have one common thread: They seek to build a safe space to entertain and inform. Each leans into its core identity to deliver nuanced conversation, often laced with wit, warmth and authenticity. And radionotes has, three series in, found its groove.”

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Silver: POPGAYS

BRONZE: Unapologetically Asian

BEST CHILDREN’S PODCAST

winner

Busy Bodies

Silver: Toddler Tunes

Bronze: Fun Fables: Bedtime Stories With a Twist

BEST INTERVIEW

Short Black

“We didn’t need any coffee in our system before listening to this podcast, with the interview style and sound quality keeping us energised and tuned in. A natural & compassionate interviewer, the only thing more compelling than the composition of this podcast were the interviewees themselves.”

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Silver: 7am

Bronze: The New Writers' Room

BEST DOCUMENTARY PODCAST

TENDER

“Tender stands out as a sensitively crafted, compelling documentary series, filled with emotion, vulnerability, and importantly, respect. It gives a voice to people who too often don’t have one, and because they’re not just characters but genuine collaborators, these women really are empowered to speak for themselves.”

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Silver: Sirens Are Coming

Bronze: The Greatest Menace: Inside the Gay Prison Experiment

SMARTEST PODCAST

Tender

A second Gold for Tender: “What an incredibly powerful podcast. It brings the listener on an intimate journey of personal reflection and deep understanding of those grappling with the aftermath of domestic violence.”

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Silver: Bad Taste

Bronze: What the Duck?!

BEST FICTION PODCAST

GIRLS NIGHT OUT

“This entry struck a wonderful balance of drama and sci-fi; what begins as a compelling episode of Desperate Housewives suddenly becomes The X-Files, and takes you on a creative and exciting trip thereafter. The story is well-written and the production value: top-shelf.”

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Silver: The Bazura Project's Radio Free Cinema

Bronze: Jones and Woolf

BEST NEW PODCAST supported by Podfollow

On the Down Low

When a woman dies in Australia from ovarian cancer every eight hours, a 30-minute podcast can save a life. This motivated the ‘On the Down Low – Speaking up about Ovarian Cancer’ team throughout 300 volunteer hours over six months. The cast represents rural and metropolitan women, rare and genetic cancers, working women and mothers. Co...

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Silver: Uncurated

Bronze: Flex & Froomes

BEST INDIGENOUS PODCAST

Hi I'm Eddie

“A high production quality covering a really interesting and valuable topic. It's a great listening experience and very educational.”

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Silver: Led By A Heartstring

Bronze: Black Magic Woman Podcast

THE SPOTLIGHT AWARD supported by Nova

winner

Who is Daniel Johns

SILVER: Life Uncut

Bronze: Chat 10 Looks 3

THE CREATIVITY AWARD supported by iHeart

The Greatest Menace

“This was an exquisitely executed series, with high-end production values and sound design matching a well-researched, superbly crafted, produced and edited podcast that was equally shocking and riveting.”

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Silver: All in the Mind

Bronze: How Taste Changed the World

THE BULLSEYE AWARD

Winner: Baby Brain

“The show was created to help parents and carers feel more informed and empowered by listening to two everyday Mums. And they've done this with both style and substance. A perfect hit.”

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Silver: A Happy, Positive Life

Bronze: Mini Taco Podcast

BEST PUBLISHER supported by Campaign

SBS

Since the launch of SBS's first podcasts in 2008, the network has continued to grow its podcast output. SBS now has over 100 podcasts in more than 60 languages, serving the needs of many different audiences and covering a wide range of genres including news and current affairs, society & culture, history, sport, business, language lear...

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Silver: SYMO interactive

BRONZE: The Squiz