The Golden Lobes Podcast Awards, powered by Adelicious, has unveiled the nominees for its first-ever celebration of the funniest podcasts, people, and moments in the audio industry. With over 200 submissions spanning multiple countries, this year’s shortlist highlights a diverse mix of indie creators, household names, and breakout newcomers who have kept audiences laughing.
Highlights from the Nominations
Best Artwork: Creative and eye-catching podcast visuals, including Ramon Fear’s Terror Tapes and Rural Concerns.
Best Blooper: Unforgettable slip-ups from I’ve Had A Rosé, Let’s Talk About Feelings and Thots TV.
Best Guest: Featuring appearances from Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things and Namaste Motherf**kers.
Best Live Show: Celebrating standout live performances from Lateral with Tom Scott and The Guilty Feminist.
Best Scripted Podcast: Recognizing storytelling brilliance from Passport, Oz 9, and Harford: An Oral History.
The Big Ears Award: The funniest podcast of the year, with Sh**ged Married Annoyed, Loremen Podcast, and Brainwash Me with Poppy Hillstead among the contenders.
The winners will be revealed at the highly anticipated Golden Lobes Awards Ceremony on May 7th at the iconic Clapham Grand, London.
Cheerful Earful founder and Production Manager of Giddy Aunt Comedy Giles Gear said: "We set out to create an annual celebration of the funniest voices in podcasting, from grassroots indie creators to industry giants, and the response has exceeded all expectations."
"Comedy podcasts bring joy to millions, and it’s about time they finally got the recognition they deserve, with their own dedicated awards," says Andrew Goldsmith, CEO of Adelicious. "The diversity and creativity within the comedy podcast space is incredible, and Adelicious is proud to support the Golden Lobes and join them to celebrate the best in the industry."
“There is nowhere more suitable for a Global award ceremony than Clapham Junction, says Ally Wolf, Venue Manager of The Clapham Grand, “Home of Europe's busiest train station (by trains passing through, not customers) and of course us, The Clapham Grand - an International Palace of Worldwide Variety.
Full list of nominees
Best Artwork
1 Rural Concerns
2 Daisy's Magical Mystery Mid-Week Movie Mumblings 3 Ramon Fear's Terror Tapes
4 Canardian
5 Go Home, You’re Drunk!
6 Dungeons & Dickheads
7 Northern News
8 PastMaster: Reshaping History With AI
9 No Judgement Zone
10 Look Into My Eyes
Best Blooper
1 I've Had A Rosé, Let's Talk About Feelings with Sam Lake 2 Holly Burn's Dream House
3 Legitimate Likes
4 Thots TV
5 Look Into My Eyes
6 Passport
Best Guest
1 Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things 2 Loremen Podcast
3 Pulse of the Nation
4 A Village in Crisis
5 Namaste Motherf**kers
6 Best Medicine
7 MindMap Podcast
8 Joe Marler's Things People Do 9 Legitimate Likes
10 I'm So Not Over It
Best Listener Moment
1 Sh**ged Married Annoyed
2 Single Ladies In Your Area
3 Lucy & Sam's Perfect Brains 4 40ish
Best Live Show
1 Lateral with Tom Scott
2 Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith
3 The Guilty Feminist
4 The Waffle Shop
5 Pitch It Good
6 I've Had A Rosé, Let's Talk About Feelings with Sam Lake
Best Scripted
1 Passport
2 Punorama Investigates...
3 Am I Old Yet? — Comedy audio drama 4 Ramon Fear's Terror Tapes
5 Crowley Time with me, Tom Crowley 6 Everything is News
7 Candy Claus, Private Eye
8 Harford: An Oral History
9 comedy4cast comedy podcast
10 Oz9
11 Wilzerlott
12 The Night Gordon
Best Social
1 Thots TV
2 Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club
3 Northern News
4 Joe Marler's Things People Do
5 Guestimators
6 PastMaster: Reshaping History With AI
7 I've Had A Rosé, Let's Talk About Feelings with Sam Lake 8 The Podcast Nobody Asked For
Best Tangent
1 Desert Island Dicks
2 Ghastly Women
3I'mSoNotOverIt
4 Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling 5 Frank Off The Radio: The Frank Skinner Podcast
6 Fandomentals
7 No Judgement Zone
8 Go Home, You’re Drunk!
9 Northern News
10 The Podcast Nobody Asked For 11 Holly Burn's Dream House
12 Joe Marler's Things People Do
Earworm
1 Harry Hill's 'Are We There Yet?'
2 Lucy & Sam's Perfect Brains
3 Contender Ready: An Unofficial Gladiators Podcast 4 Verbal Diorama
5 Wrestling With the Champ
6 You Should've Been Here Last Week
7 Dungeons & Dickheads
8 101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder
9 CheapShow
10 PastMaster: Reshaping History With AI
Grower Not A Shower
1 Hey, I Loved That Movie!
2 CheapShow
3 Ghost Huns
4 101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder
5 Rural Concerns
6 The Waffle Shop
7 I've Had A Rosé, Let's Talk About Feelings with Sam Lake 8 Harford: An Oral History
9 40ish
10 Roll Britannia - A British Dungeons & Dragons 5e Podcast 11 Believe? The Myths & Conspiracies Pod
12 Everything is News
Big Ears
1 Guestimators
2 This Paranormal Life
3 Harford: An Oral History
4 Wrestling With the Champ
5 Frank Off The Radio: The Frank Skinner Podcast 6 Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things
7 Brainwash Me with Poppy Hillstead
8 40ish
9 Loremen Podcast
10 Sh**ged Married Annoyed
11 Lateral with Tom Scott
12 Single Ladies In Your Area
