The sound comedy series “Hot White Heist 2” is the Ambies ranking list, and the award is presented by the Podcast Academy’s Podcast and Audio Entertainment Academy.
Comedy deceptions of scripts include Bowen Yang, Jane Lynch, Shannon Woodward, Cynthia Nixon, Ian McKellen ) received four nominations, including a reference to the podcast of the year. Four other champions received three nominations: "Imperial City: The Untold Origin Story of the New York Police Department", "Fire Escape", "Hysteria" and "Winter of Influence."
Tig Notaro will hold its fifth annual Ambies ceremony on March 31 at the McCormick Convention Center in Chicago. It will also be live streamed via Twitch.
Compete with "Hot White Heist 2" for Best Honors of the Year Playing Honors is "99% Invisible: Not Built for It", "Beyond All Repairs", "Cement City", "Dragon Age: VOWS & Vengeance", "Empire City: The unknown origin stories of the NYPD, “Far Away,” “Escape,” “Hysteria,” and “Throughline.”
In the run of the podcast host is Diallo Riddle and Blake 'Luxxury' Robin "A Song"; Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach and Amanda Doyle ("We Can Do Hard Things"); Jon Stewart (“Weekly Performance with Jon Stewart”); Rainn Wilson (“Radio Rental”); Ronald Young Jr. (“Weight”) ; Sam Sanders ("Sam Sanders Show"); Wesley Morris Morris) ("Steve's Miracle.").
The competitors for the best news podcast are: The Journal’s “Diary”; Al Jazeera’s “The Take”; “Ten News” for Kids; Vox’s “Today, Explained.” Slate’s “Next Steps” ; and CBC's "World Report".
Christy Mirabal, president of the Podcast Academy, said: “As we celebrate the fifth annual award for Audio Excellence, we are delighted to announce this year’s nominees whose work continues to drive the boundaries of storytelling and innovation in the audio space.” "This Podcast Academy’s milestone year reflects the incredible growth and creativity in the podcast community. In addition, we are excited to be our Ambies host - her wit, charm and comedy Glory will bring new energy to this special night. We collectively respect the diverse voices that make audio such a powerful medium and look forward to an inspiring celebration night.”
Here is a complete list of Ambie nominations:
Podcast of the Year:
- 99% invisible: not built for this
- Beyond all repairs
- Cement City
- Dragon Age: Oath and Revenge
- Imperial City: The Myriad Origin Stories of the New York Police Department
- far away
- escape
- Hot White Robbery 2
- hysteria
- Pass Line
Best Business Podcasts:
- What a bad billionaire
- How I Build This Podcast with Guy Raz
- Leverage Time with David Sirota
- The money stuff
- Nerdwallet's Smart Currency Podcast
- Quick response
- The best idea
Best Comedy Podcasts:
- Conan O'Brien needs a friend
- Hot White Robbery 2
- Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang
- Liar Goddess
- No cleverness
- We're here to help
- Who replaced Avril Lavigne? Joanne McNally Investigates
Best DIY Podcasts:
- Abandoned: The Ruins Podcast of the U.S.
- Black is America
- Books and Boba
- Daily transactivism
- Mind the power
- b* word
- Comprehensive School Podcast
Best Documentary Podcast:
- External feeling
- Lost patients
- Sixton's Silence
- Snapshot judgment
- test
- The Last War
- Hidden rainbow in Uganda
Best Entertainment Podcasts:
- notorious
- Lyme said so
- Rattle
- Scanner
- Split Screen: Children's Country
- The road to Jonny
- Steve's Miracle
Best Novel Podcast:
- Dragon Age: Oath and Revenge
- The story of fists and fireballs
- The coldest situation in the past has a long memory
- justice
- The last city
- Senascal: The Story of the Rebel Moon
- Tom Slick: Mysterious Hunter
Best History Podcast:
- Gift of American Experience: Joseph McCarthy
- Don't drink milk - the strange history of things
- Imperial City: The Myriad Origin Stories of the New York Police Department
- Hollywood Exiles
- Entering the United States: millions
- test
- Pass Line
Best Indie Podcasts:
- Witnesses
- Rebellion: Sheriff
- Calculate the dead
- The nightingale of Iran
- People's Recorder
- TMI Project Story Hour
- What happened to Skinner
Best Independent Podcast Host or Host:
- Dallas Taylor - 20,000 Hertz
- Deja Perkins and Purbita Saha - Bring back the bird
- Jill Jonassen - The cost of extremism
- Kate McCoy and Kevin Corbett - Horror: The Real Crime of Tinseltown
- Lisa Phillips - from now on
- Lisa Woolfork - Please sew
- Susan Lambert Hatem and Sharon Johnson - 80s TV Ladies
Best Interview Podcast:
- American Master: Creative Sparks
- Apple News in a conversation
- Neglected: Women's health cannot wait
- Thanks to daddy for his self nwodim
- Audi Cornwall's Mission
- Comprehensive School Podcast
- Tomorrow's treatment
Best Knowledge, Science or Technology Podcast:
- 99% invisible
- Click here
- Climate rise
- Integrate into life
- shortwave
- Chris Morgan's outdoors
- Unexplained
Best News Podcasts:
- Journal
- The
- Ten news
- Today, I explained
- Trump's trial
- Next
- World Report
Best Raw Scores and Music Supervision:
- and Leon - ripple
- Daniel Lloyd-Evans, Louis Nanke-Mannell and Toby Matimong- External feeling
- Deron Johnson - Dungeon Master
- Jonathan PFAR, the highly respected Bobby of Carson Resource. Celebrity Pets
- Peter Nashel, Ross Hopman, Gio Lobato, Dana Hom, Brad Fischer, Jordan Lieb, Lucas Villemur and Lindsay Diendert- No Hammer: The Real Crime Podcast in the Fantasy World
- Skyler Gerdeman, Martin Lynabel, Nicholas Alexander, Max O'Brien and Caroline Thornham - Kill List
- Stro Elliot and Eric Gersen - History
Best Performance in Audio Novels (sponsored by Audible):
- Bowen Yang, Cynthia Nixon, Shannon Woodward, Jane Lynch, Jesse James Keitel, Sarah Steele, Ian McKellen, Raul Esparza, Sara Ramírez, Joel Kim Booster, Bianca Del Rio, Cheyenne Jackson, Abbi Jacobson, Stephanie Beatriz, Katya Zamolodchikova, Trixie Mattel , yvie Strangely, Jane Krakowski, Sandra Oh) and Tony Kushner - Hot White Robbery 2
- Caitlin Stasey, Jake'The Snake'Roberts, David Yow, Caroline Morahan, Guinevere Turner, Guinevere Turner, Elizabeth Halpern, Travis Harmon, Brad Griffith, James Bacon, James Sacon, Jameson Cush, Joneson Cush, Jonathan Shockley and Ayla Glass - Ayla Glass - The sky is looking at
- Freddy Bernstein, Cody Wilkins and Dana Donik - Box
- Mikki Hernandez, Toby Meuli, Geri-Nikol Love, Rachel Kylian- Ominous stimulation
- Ruth King - Winnie Taylor's 4-inch and inches
- Sanaa Lathan- justice
- Tisha Campbell - Snoriezzz
Best Personal Growth/Spiritual Podcast:
- Dan Harris is 10% satisfied
- A mess
- 7 Steps to a Quiet Life
- Slight changes in the plan
- abnormal
- How God Works: Science Behind Spirituality
- TMI Project Story Hour
Best Kids Podcasts:
- Culture children
- Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest
- History
- The mystery of real history
- PJ Library Gift: Beyond Bookcase
- Skylar & Bones - Funny Story for Kids!
- Wow in the world
Best Podcast Host or Host:
- Diallo Riddle and Blake'Luxxury'Robin - A song
- Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach and Amanda Doyle - We can do hard things
- Jon Stewart - Jon Stewart's Weekly Show
- Rainn Wilson - Radio rental
- Ronald Young Jr. - weight
- Sam Sanders - Sam Sanders
- Wesley Morris - Steve's Miracle
Best Politics or Opinion Podcast:
- The authoritarianism in the United States
- Citizen Elon (by Elon, Inc podcast)
- Master Plan
- NPR Politics Podcast
- Atmosphere Check
- Only resonance
- What can be done?
Best Production and Sound Design:
- Casandra Tinajero and Andrés Bahena- Nocturne: The Story of Shadows
- Jeremy S. Bloom - Hot White Robbery 2
- Kenny Kusiak and George Drabing Hicks - Anthony Raymondie's confession
- Michelle Macklem - Girls vs. Horses
- Field - anaesthetization
- Sagafilm and Skybound Entertainment - Impact Winter 3
- Ted Bonnitt - After-the-fact insight: the previous day
Best Report:
- Take care of the earth - Imperial City: The Myriad Origin Stories of the New York Police Department
- and Taberski- hysteria
- Ken Bensinger and Jessica Garrison - Chameleon: Michigan Episode
- Leon Neyfakh and Arielle Partes- Moderate: insufficient attention
- Madleine Baran, Samara Fremark, Parkr Yeesko, Natalie Jablonski, Rehman Tungekar and Namak Khoshnaw- In Dark Season 3: The Killing of Christmas
- Nicky Woolf - Fur and disgust
- Sarah Holder, Caleb Melby and Polly Mosendz - Big view
Best script, novel:
- College -Myha'la
- Don't listen to this - Anthony Del Col
- far away - Matthew Castellanos and Brett Melnick
- Leave me - Mac Rogers
- Incoming - David Singer and CK Pahlow
- The money disappeared - Ed Sellek
- The best man's ghostwriter - Matthew Starr
Best script, non-fiction:
- Cement City - Erin Anderson, Jeanne Marie Laskas and Michael Benoist
- escape - Anna Sussman
- Killer psychology - Mary Celenza, Jayda Williams, Julie Berke, Ann Lew, Lisa Ammerman ) and Candice DeLong
- noble - Johnny Kaufman and Shaun Raviv
- Broadcasting the Atlantic: Scripts - Ethan Brooks
- reveal - Ashley Cleek and Al Letson
- Track changes - Liz Mak and James Boo
Best Social and Cultural Podcasts:
- hysteria
- Review of Susie Banikarim and Jessica Bennett
- inherit
- Mind yourself with lupita nyong'o
- My planet
- Sixteenth minute (fame)
- weight
Best Spanish Narrative Podcast:
- Don't come!
- Greer: The Secret of Eight Keys
- the truth
- Smoke: Murder and Silence in El Salvador
- They don't want you to know
- Pantallas & Mentiras (screen and lies)
- Stone
Best Sports Podcasts:
- 30 podcasts
- Bloomgate
- Good match with Sarah Spain
- Pablo Torre Discovered
- Shadowball: The Rise of Black Athletes
- crow
- Rich Eisen performs
The best true crime podcasts:
- Beyond all repairs
- escape
- The King of Death
- burden
- Official Jinx Podcast
- Who killed Jennifer Judd?
- Wrong beliefs
Best Health or Relationship Podcasts:
- Arms and legs
- Neglected: Women's health cannot wait
- Sixton's Silence
- Middle Age Truth Project
- Treatment for black girls
- Unknown: Retreat
- Why don't you date me? With Nicole Byer
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