WiseCrack, the innovative true crime podcast centered around comedian Ed Hedges, won the top podcast of the year award for excellence in audio content at the 6th annual The Ambies Awards ceremony held in Brooklyn on Tuesday night.
The iHeartPodcasts series, hosted by seasoned documentary and true crime journalist Jody Tobey, focuses on the bizarre tangle of events involving Hedges, who returns to his hometown to perform at a charity event. According to iHeart’s description of “Wise Crack,” “What begins as a heartwarming homecoming soon spirals into a chilling true crime tale of a downward spiral and a town rocked by murder.” “Wise Crack” also earned additional trophies for nonfiction screenplay, social and cultural podcast, production and sound design.
ESPN veteran Pablo Torre has been named Podcaster of the Year for Meadowlark Media’s “Pablo Torre Finds Out,” an award run by the Podcast Academy. “Pablo Torre Finds Out” was also nominated for Best Sports Podcast. Ambee’s ceremony, hosted by comedian Wyatt Cenac, was held at the Arlo Williamsburg venue as part of the On the Air festival, which celebrates audio storytelling.
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Here is the complete list of this year’s The Ambies winners:
Vanguard Podcaster of the Year
Pablo Torre
podcast of the year
wise crack
Tenderfoot TV, iHeartPodcasts
most read ads
Conan O’Brien needs a friend
SiriusXM
best brand podcast
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster Mysteries
Audible Studio, Sesame Workshop
best business podcasts
Planet Money indicators
NPR
best comedy podcasts
Conan O’Brien needs a friend
SiriusXM, Team Coco
Best DIY Podcasts
edited history
Dr. Andre White, Airwave
Best Documentary Podcast Award
Downside: Caitlin’s baby
CBC, BBC World Service
Best Emerging Podcast
How is this better?
Courier Newsroom
best entertainment podcasts
20,000 hertz
de facto sound
best fiction podcasts
red for revolution
metamana media
best history podcasts
our ancestors were dirty
coco hill productions
best indie podcasts
our ancestors were dirty
coco hill productions
Best Indie Podcast Host
Jamie Feldman and Rachel Webster
debt liability person
captain and fox
best interview podcast
death, sex, money
slate
The best knowledge, science or technology podcasts
radio lab
new york public radio
best news and politics
reveal
Reveal and PRX
Best original score and music supervision
Marcus Bagala and Sam Ewing
DC High Volume: Batman
DC Comics, Realm
Best performance in audio fiction category
Maulik Pancholy, Murray Bartlett, Poorna Jagannathan, Karan Soni, Anna Camp, Adam Pally, Margo Martindale, Richard Kind, Conrad Ricamora, Iqbal Theba, Julian Shapiro-Burnham, Padma Lakshmi and others.
Murder at Patel Motel
Broadway Video, Audible
Best Personal Growth/Spirituality Podcasts
Rachel Martin’s Wild Card
NPR
best podcasts for kids
Terrestrial
WNYC Studio
Best Podcast Host(s)
rachel martin
Rachel Martin’s Wild Card
NPR
Best Production and Sound Design
Alex Vespestad, Steven Perez, Cooper Skinner
wise crack
Tenderfoot TV, iHeartPodcasts
best report
robin semien
doubt everything
placement theory
Best Screenplay, Fiction Award
Jana Naomi Smith
red for revolution
metamana media
Best Screenplay Award, Non-Fiction Award
Charles Forbes and Ed Hedges
wise crack
Tenderfoot TV, iHeartPodcasts
Best Society and Culture Podcasts
wise crack
Tenderfoot TV, iHeartPodcasts
Best Spanish Narrative Podcasts – Fiction or Nonfiction
No Me Provoken
Sonoro
best sports podcasts
Discovered by Pablo Torre
meadowlark media
best true crime podcasts
sea of lies
Produced by What’s the Story Sounds for CBC
Best ways to use video in your podcast
tales unrolled
Sonoro
Best Wellness or Relationship Podcasts
materialized
WUNC
Podcast Advertising Innovator Award
Charlie’s Place
Atlas Obscura, Rococo Punch, Visit Myrtle Beach, Pushkin
(Photo: Pablo Torre and Wyatt Cenac)
