2021 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards

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2021 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards
2021 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards
Date	January 21, 2021
Location	Virtually
Country
Presented by
Most nominations	Office Ladies
Website
Television/radio coverage
Network	iHeartRadio LiveXLive
Runtime	90 mins.

The 2021 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards are going to be held on January 21, 2021. The event will be held virtually due to the covid-19 pandemic, and will be streamed on iHeartRadio radio stations, the iHeartRadio app, and iHeartRadio's YouTube channel as well as their Facebook page. The Best Podcast of the Year award will be determined by fans voting on social media while the remaining categories will be decided on by blue-ribbon podcast industry leaders.

The podcast Office Ladies received four separate nominations. No other podcast received more than two nominations.

Performances

The artist performing at the 2021 awards is still to be determined.

Winners and nominees

Podcast of the Year	Business & Finance Podcast
Bunga Bunga (Wondery) Dolly Parton’s America (WNYC Studios/OSM Audio) Nice White Parents (Serial/The New York Times) Office Ladies (Earwolf /Jenna Fischer/Angela Kinsey) Reply All (Gimlet) Stuff You Should Know (iHeartRadio) The Breakfast Club (iHeartRadio) The Daily (The New York Times) The Happiness Lab With Dr. Laurie Santos (Pushkin Industries) Wind of Change (Crooked/Pineapple Street Media/Spotify)	“Business Wars” (Wondery) “Earn Your Leisure” (Independent) “Freakonomics” (Freakonomics Radio & Stitcher) “How I Built This” (NPR) “Pivot” (New York Magazine)
Comedy Podcast	Crime Podcast
“Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend” (Team Coco/Earwolf) “Office Ladies” (Earwolf/Jenna Fischer/Angela Kinsey) “The Read” (Loud Speakers Network) “Smartless” (Independent) “Fake Doctors, Real Friends” (iHeartRadio)	“Crime Junkie” (AudioChuck) “Criminal” (PRX/Radiotopia) “Deep Cover: The Drug Wars” (Pushkin Industries) “Forgotten: Women of Juarez” (iHeartRadio) “My Favorite Murder” (Exactly Right)
Pop Culture Podcast	Food Podcast
“Bitch Sesh” (Earwolf/Casey Wilson/Danielle Schneider) “Las Culturistas” (Big Money Players/iHeartRadio) “Pop Culture Happy Hour” (NPR) “Still Processing” (The New York Times) “The Read” (Loud Speakers Network)	“Burnt Toast” (Food52) “Gastropod” (Independent) “Home Cooking” (Samin Nosrat/Hrishikesh Hirway) “Spilled Milk” (Molly Wizenberg & Matthew Amster-Burton) “The Sporkful” (Dan Pashman/Stitcher)
Wellness & Fitness Podcast	History Podcast
“Happier with Gretchen Rubin” (Gretchen Rubin/The Onward Project) “On Purpose with Jay Shetty” (Jay Shetty & Kast Media) “Sleep with Me” (Dearest Scooter & Night Vale Presents) “Ten Percent Happier” (ABC News) “Therapy For Black Girls” (Joy Harden Bradford/iHeartRadio)	“Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History” (Dan Carlin) “Noble Blood” (iHeartRadio) “Revisionist History” (Pushkin Industries) “Slow Burn” (Slate) “Throughline” (NPR)
Kids & Family Podcast	Music Podcast
“But Why: A Podcast For Kids” (Vermont Public Radio) “Hank The Cowdog” (Qcode & HTC Productions) “Smash Boom Best” (APM) “Story Pirates” (Gimlet) “Wow In The World” (NPR)	“Bobbycast” (The Nashville Podcast Network) “Broken Record” (Pushkin Industries) “Disgraceland” (Jake Brennan) “Dolly Parton’s America” (WNYC & OSM Audio) “Song Exploder” (Hrishikesh Hirway)
News Podcast	Fiction Podcast
“Pod Save America” (Crooked Media) “The Daily” (The New York Times) “The Journal.” (The Wall Street Journal/Gimlet) “Today, Explained” (Vox) “Up First” (NPR)	“Blood Ties” (Wondery) “Borrasca” (QCode) “Dirty Diana” (QCode) “The Left Right Game” (QCode) “Welcome To Night Vale” (Night Vale Presents)
Sports Podcast	Science Podcast
“All The Smoke” (The Black Effect) “Fantasy Footballers” (Fantasy Football) “Pardon My Take” (Barstool Sports) “The Bill Simmons Podcast” (The Ringer/Bill Simmons) “The Herd with Colin Cowherd” (iHeartRadio)	“Hidden Brain” (NPR) “Invisibilia” (NPR) “Radiolab” (WNYC Studios) “Science Vs.” (Gimlet) “Stuff To Blow Your Mind” (iHeartRadio)
Technology Podcast	Ad Read
“Rabbit Hole” (The New York Times) “Recode by Vox” (Recode) “Reply All” (Gimlet) “TED Radio Hour” (NPR) “Waveform” (Studio71)	“Comedy Bang Bang” (Earwolf / Scott Aukerman) “Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend” (Team Coco/Earwolf) “Hollywood Handbook” (Earwolf) “Office Ladies” (Earwolf / Stitcher) “Revisionist History” (Pushkin Industries)
Overall Host – Male	Overall Host – Female
Conan O’Brien (Team Coco/Earwolf) Dax Shepard (Armchair Umbrella) Jonathan Van Ness (Earwolf/Stitcher) Michael Barbaro (The New York Times) Questlove (iHeartRadio)	Ashley Flowers (Parcast) Brené Brown (Parcast) Michelle Obama (Higher Ground/Spotify) Nicole Byer (Headgum) Nora McInerny (APM)
Political Podcast	TV & Film Podcast
“FiveThirtyEight Politics” (FiveThirtyEight/538/ABC News, Nate Silver) “NPR Politics” (NPR) “Pod Save America” (Crooked Media) “Political Gabfest” (Slate) “Stay Tuned with Preet” (Cafe)	“Fake Doctors, Real Friends” (iHeartRadio) “How Did This Get Made?” (Earwolf/Paul Scheer/June Diane Raphael/Jason Mantzoukas/Stitcher) “Office Ladies” (Earwolf/Jenna Fischer/Angela Kinsey) “Rewatchables” (The Ringer/Bill Simmons) “You Must Remember This” (Karina Longworth)
Spanish Language Podcast	Advice/Inspirational Podcast
“Duolingo Spanish Podcast” (Duolingo) “La Nota Roja” (Imperative Entertainment/Blue Guitar) “Leyendas Legendarias” (Sonoro/All Things Comedy “Radio Ambulante” (NPR) “Spanish Aqui Presents” (Earwolf /Spanish Aqui Presents)	“Dear Prudence” (Slate) “Dear Sugars” (WBUR/The New York Times) “Terrible, Thanks For Asking” (APM) “Unlocking Us with Brene Brown” (Parcast) “Where Should We Begin with Esther Perel” (Esther Perel Global Media/Gimlet)
Beauty & Fashion Podcast	Travel Podcast
“Articles of Interest” (Avery Trufelman/99% Invisible) “Beauty Needs Me” (Independent) “Blamo!” (Independent) “Dressed: The History of Fashion” (iHeartRadio) “Forever 35” (Independent)	“Escape” (WEBVID) “Extra Pack of Peanuts” (Independent) “JUMP with Traveling Jackie” (Independent) “Let’s Go Together” (Travel & Leisure) “Travel with Rick Steves” (Rick Steeves)
Spirituality & Religion Podcast	Green Podcast
“Calm It Down” (Independent) “Doing Great with Vicky Vox” (Earwolf & Vicky Vox) “Elevation with Steven Furtick” (Independent) “On Being with Krista Tippett” (Independent) “Whoa That’s Good Podcast” (Independent)	“America Adapts” (Independent) “Broken Ground” (Southern Environmental Law Center) “Citizens’ Climate Lobby” (Citizens’ Climate Lobby) “Costing The Earth” (BBC Radio 4) “How To Save A Planet” (Gimlet)
Branded Podcast
“Bring Back Bronco” (Ford) “Hackable?” (McAfee) “Humans Growing Stuff” (ScottsMiracle-Gro) “Inside Trader Joe’s” (Trader Joe’s) “The Only Way Is Through” (Under Armour)

See also

• IHeartRadio Podcast Awards
• 2019 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards

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