• British Podcast Awards 2025
• Investigative Journalism Funding
• Podcast Industry Growth
• Video Podcasting
• Trump 2.0 Impact on Media
• Diversity in Advertising
• AI and News Publishing
• Parkinson's Awareness

In this special episode of The Media Club, host Matt Deegan and backstage reporter Ollie Peart cover the British Podcast Awards 2025 at the Indigo 2 at the O2. They interview winners and attendees, including Carl Miller on Kill List's two awards and potential TV adaptation, Coco Khan and the Pod Save The UK team on their podcast champion award and the impact of Trump 2.0, the founders of new female-focused network Hera, Rory Cellan-Jones on his Parkinson's podcast Movers And Shakers, producers of the Elis James and John Robins show, and Ben Cartwright Hughes from Audio Always. The episode also covers news stories about OpenAI deals, diversity in advertising, and the launch of The Nerve publication.

Key takeaways

• Kill List won two awards at the British Podcast Awards 2025, with host Carl Miller discussing its four-year production and potential TV adaptation.
• Pod Save The UK won the podcast champion award, with the team discussing how Trump 2.0 has impacted their US colleagues and their own content strategy.
• Hera, the UK's first female-founded video podcast network, was launched by Kirsty, Nishma, and Rosie to support female podcasters.
• Rory Cellan-Jones discussed Movers And Shakers, a podcast about living with Parkinson's, which records in a pub and has produced over 80 episodes.
• Audio Always announced new content directors and new shows including The Girls Bathroom and a show with Jack Remington and Nash Holme.

In this episode

• Intro0:00 · Matt Deegan introduces the episode from the British Podcast Awards.
• Interview with Carl Miller0:00 · Ollie Peart interviews Carl Miller about Kill List's awards and production.
• Interview with Pod Save The UK0:00 · Ollie Peart interviews Coco Khan and team about their award and Trump's impact.
• Interview with Hera founders0:00 · Matt Deegan interviews the founders of Hera about their new network.
• News round-up0:00 · Matt Deegan covers news about OpenAI deals, diversity in ads, and The Nerve.
• Interview with Rory Cellan-Jones0:00 · Ollie Peart interviews Rory Cellan-Jones about Movers And Shakers.
• Interview with Elis James and John Robins producers0:00 · Ollie Peart interviews the producers about their award and show.
• Interview with Ben Cartwright Hughes0:00 · Matt Deegan interviews Ben Cartwright Hughes about Audio Always.
• Outro0:00 · Matt Deegan wraps up the episode.

Notable quotes

“I'm not normally stumped for words, but I really am. It's kind of quite hard to put this into words.”

Carl Miller · 0:00

“I'm not managing, friend. I'm insane. My body hurts, my head hurts, my eyes are constantly watering.”

Coco Khan · 0:00

“We record in a pub. We record in the same pub where we used to meet in Nottinghill.”

Rory Cellan-Jones · 0:00

“I'd say it's us.”

Michael Dow · 0:00

“The first time with my new name and everything.”

Ben Cartwright Hughes · 0:00

Discussed

Audio Always · Hera · Pod Save The UK

Also mentioned: Elis James · John Robins · Jeremy Paxman · Nish Kumar · James Tyndall · Nick Hilton · Sir Nicholas Mostyn · Carole Cadwalladr · Pete Linney · Sam Davis · Jack Remington · Nash Holme · Rob Pope · Seth Rogen · Crooked Media · BBC · Channel 4 · OpenAI · Press Gazette · The Observer · The Nerve · Storyhunter · Novel · Red Bull

Mentioned or recommended

• Kill List · podcast · Carl Miller
• Movers And Shakers · podcast · Rory Cellan-Jones
• Elis James and John Robins Show · podcast · Elis James and John Robins
• Sexted My Boss · podcast · Audio Always
• The Girls Bathroom · podcast
• The In Betweeners · tv show
• Ladykillers · podcast · Storyhunter
• The Studio · tv show · Seth Rogen
• Red Bull Podcast with Ultra Runner Rob Pope · podcast · Red Bull
• The Nerve · publication