Less than a third of the most successful podcasts worldwide are hosted by women, and the number run by women of colour is shockingly small.
At the International Women’s Podcast Awards we believe in shouting about the work of women and people of marginalised genders in podcasting. Check out all the podcasts below that were shortlisted at last year’s awards!
Moment of Behind-the-Scenes Brilliance
28ish Days Later – India Rakusen and the team from Listen Productions
Art Heals All Wounds – Iva Hristova
Built to Thrive – Megan Bradshaw
Doctor Who: Redacted – Ella Watts
Find Us Alive – Anna Maguire
Get Birding – Jane Gerber
The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women – Laura Rosbrow-Telem and Reena Ninan
Taking on Putin – Laura Sheeter
The Long Time Academy – Lina Prestwood and Madeline Finlay
The Vivo Songbook – Martine Chaussard
Moment of Calm Unflappability
About That Outdoor Job – Charlaine Jannerfeldt
Celebrity Catch Up: Life After That Thing I Did – Genevieve Hassan
Deer Humans – Eve Bishop
Emerging Form: A Podcast on Creative Process – Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and Christie Aschwanden
On The Outside – Francesca Turauskis
Wild Precious Life – Annmarie Kelly-Harbaugh and Sarah Willgrube
Moment of Comedy Gold
Add to Cart – Kulap Vilaysack and SuChin Pak
Bake Fail – Sadie Kaye
Battle Fatigue – AJ Musewe and Dalin Costello
Creativity Found – Claire Waite Brown
Eclipsed – Layne Gerbig
Effin Hormones – Helen Brown, Emma Goswell, Beena Khetani, Terri Sweeney
Fast Track To 40 – Georgia Mckenzie
Guilty Greenie – Sarah Ferris and Cait Bagby
Hey Now! Hey Now! – Emily Sandford
I’m Sorry – Alex McOwen
teikirisi – fryda & carmen
Zombie Grrlz Podcast – Rachel Shatto
Moment of Dramatic Tension
2 Lives – Laurel Morales
AfroQueer Podcast – Selly Thiam
Battle Fatigue – AJ Musewe
British Scandal – Alice Levine
Doctor Who: Redacted – Ella Watts
DOMESTICATED – Celia C. Peters
Klooghless: The Long CON – Sarah Ferris
Life Beyond the Numbers – Susan Ní Chríodáin
My Love Letter Time Machine – Ingrid Birchell Hughes
Stop the Killing – Sarah Ferris and Katherine Schweit
The Catch – Rosie Julin, Foreign Policy
Uncanny Robot Podcast – Thersa Matsuura
Moment of Entrepreneurial Inspiration
Free Time with Jenny Blake – Jenny Blake
How To Be… – Suswati Basu
Leading Behind The Scene – Gwendolyn L Young
Narratives of Purpose – Claire Murigande
Rebellious Optimists – adidas and Chalk + Blade
The Africa Whisperer – Leslie Kasumba
The Convex Conversation – Helen Fospero
The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women – Laura Rosbrow-Telem and Reena Ninan
This Is Small Business (An Amazon Podcast) – Andrea Marquez and Aaron Young
Unlocking the Club – Angela Taylor
WinHers United – Nicole Walker
Moment of Insight From a Role Model
20 NOT Something – Emma Tindall
28ish Days Later – 28ish Days Later team and contributors
Alonement – Francesca Specter
Always Take Notes – Rachel Lloyd, Simon Akam & Artemis Irvine
Deer Humans – Eve Bishop
DNA Today – Kira Dineen and Lauren Potter
HERSTORY on RTRFM – RTRFM
Incredible Women – Net-a-Porter and Chalk + Blade
Inside A Mountain – Charlie Lee-Potter
Media Storm – Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia
Stories of Scotland – Annie MacDonald and Jenny Johnstone
Telling Stories – Phoebe McIndoe & Redzi Bernard
The Capsule #inconversation – Natalie Anderson
The Happy Menopause – Jackie Lynch
The Long Time Academy – Ella Saltmarshe, Lina Prestwood and Madeleine Finlay
Moment of Raw Emotion
AfroQueer Podcast – Selly Thiam
Battle Fatigue – AJ Musewe and Dalin Costello
Beyond 6 Seconds – Carolyn Kiel
Collapse : Disaster in Surfside – Lisa Ammerman
Culturati: Conversations with Kierna Mayo – Kierna Mayo, Florence Barrau-Adams
Diving for Pearls – Gina Nelson
Free Time with Jenny Blake – Jenny Blake
HeadRightOut – Zoe Langley-Wathen
How It Happened – Miriam Kramer, Amy Pedulla, Naomi Shavin, Alice Wilder, Alison Snyder, Sara Goo
In Touch with Ruby Rare – Ruby Rare and Bea Duncan
Letters to Italy – Sara Marinelli
The Long Time Academy – Ella Saltmarshe, Lina Prestwood and Madeleine Finlay
Uncanny Japan – Thersa Matsuura
We Built This City – Lisa Morton
Moment of Touching Honesty
2 Lives – Laurel Morales
28ish Days Later – 28ish Days Later Production Team & Contributors
A Slight Change of Plans – Maya Shankar
Believe Her – Kristen Lepore, Giulia Hjort, Justine van der Leun, Jessica Cordova Kramer, Stephanie Wittels Wachs
Lockdown Babies – Phillippa Guillou
The Broad Experience – Ashley Milne-Tyte
The Convex Conversation – Helen Fospero
The Divorce Social – Samantha Baines
The Mama’s Den – Ashley Chea, Melanie Fiona, Felicia La Tour, Codie Elaine Oliver
The Rest Room – Natasha Lipman
The Therapeutic Poet – Jacky Power
This Next Song’s About – Stevie Manns
Where the Stars Fell – Newton Schottelkotte
Women Beyond Walls – Susan Kigula
Moment of Visionary Leadership
Going Conscious – Nikki Trott
INDIE AF – Sarah Golding
Life Beyond the Numbers – Susan Ní Chríodáin
Lilith Speaks – Emily Tuck
Narratives of Purpose – Claire Murigande
Salad with a Side of Fries – Jenn Trepeck
She Knows the Way – Lara Dalch, Jennifer McCord
The Broad Experience – Ashley Milne-Tyte
The Long Time Academy – Lina Prestwood, Ella Saltmarshe and Madeleine Finlay
Women Authors of Achievement Podcast – Daria Suvorova
Award For Changing The World One Moment At A Time
Chaika – Karin Heimdahl, Danyelle Ellett, Sam Yeow
Coiled – Leanne Alie
Effin Hormones – Helen Brown, Emma Goswell, Terri Sweeney, Beena Khetani
Good Girls Talk About Sex – Leah Carey
Guardians of the River – Catherine de Medici Jaffee
Hypertourismos – Maëlle Julou
Media Storm – Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia
Out There – Sam Baker and Willow Belden
Right Up My Podcast – Gwen Watson and Kate White
Shelter in Place – Laura Joyce Davis
The +44 Podcast with Zeze Millz and Sideman – Dellessa James
The Cult Vault – Kacey
The Motherkind Podcast – Zoe Blaskey
Whisky Sisters – Inka Larissa & Jennifer Rose
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