• British Podcast Awards 2022
• Podcast Industry Growth
• True Crime Podcasts
• Diversity in Podcasting
• Independent Podcast Producers
• Podcast Awards Ceremony

In this special episode of The Media Club, host Matt Deegan is replaced by Faraz Osman, who reports from backstage at the 2022 British Podcast Awards held in Kennington Park, South London. The episode features interviews with winners and nominees across various categories, including Decode (Best Smartest Podcast), The Media Storm (Best Current Affairs), Effing Hormones (Best Wellbeing), Coiled (Moment of the Year), Outcast UK (Best New Podcast), Mags Creative (Best Network), The Catch (Best True Crime), Get Birding (Best Climate), Red Handed (Listener's Choice), and Dear Daughter (Podcast of the Year). The conversations highlight the craft, diversity, and commercial dynamics of the UK podcasting industry in 2022.

Key takeaways

• The British Podcast Awards 2022 took place in Kennington Park, London, with over 100 judges and 33 categories.
• Decode won Best Smartest Podcast, The Media Storm won Best Current Affairs, and Effing Hormones won Best Wellbeing.
• Coiled won Moment of the Year for an interview exposing a hair company's lack of value for the black pound.
• Outcast UK won Best New Podcast, and Mags Creative won Best Network.
• Dear Daughter from the BBC World Service won Podcast of the Year, with host Namulanta Kombo joining from Nairobi.

In this episode

• Introduction and Decode interview0:00 · Faraz introduces the special episode and interviews the Decode team after their win.
• The Media Storm interview0:00 · Interview with the winners of Best Current Affairs, The Media Storm.
• Effing Hormones interview0:00 · Interview with the winners of Best Wellbeing, Effing Hormones.
• Coiled interview0:00 · Interview with the winners of Moment of the Year, Coiled.
• Outcast UK interview0:00 · Interview with the winner of Best New Podcast, Outcast UK.
• Mags Creative interview0:00 · Interview with the winner of Best Network, Mags Creative.
• The Catch interview0:00 · Interview with the winners of Best True Crime, The Catch.
• Get Birding interview0:00 · Interview with the winner of the climate category, Get Birding.
• Red Handed interview0:00 · Interview with the winner of Listener's Choice, Red Handed.
• Dear Daughter interview0:00 · Remote interview with the winner of Podcast of the Year, Dear Daughter.

Notable quotes

“I'm still coming out of therapy after reporting on Donald Trump for the last four years.”

Jon Sopel · 0:00

“We named the company after my grandma, Mags Margaret Stokes, and she was just the biggest champion of us.”

Faith · 0:00

“I'm currently making season two but I need some funding so if anybody wants to fund me”

Leanne Alie · 0:00

Discussed

Mags Creative · Message Heard

Also mentioned: Emily Maitlis · Lewis Goodall · Dino Sofos · Emma Goswell · Terry Sweeney · Raphael Rowe · Idris Elba · Sabrina Elba · Peter Tatchell · Ian McKellen · Johnny Wilkinson · Laura Whitmore · Iain Stirling · Victoria Cilliers · BBC World Service · Spotify · Audible · Reduced Listening · Global · BBC Radio 5 Live · Stack · Peanut and Crumb · Kiev Independent · Facebook

Mentioned or recommended

• British Podcast Awards 2022 · event
• Decode · podcast · Spotify
• The Media Storm · podcast
• Effing Hormones · podcast
• Coiled · podcast · Leanne Alie
• Outcast UK · podcast
• The Catch · podcast · Message Heard
• Get Birding · podcast · Peanut and Crumb
• Red Handed · podcast · Suruthi Bala and Hannah Maguire
• Dear Daughter · podcast · Namulanta Kombo
• Dissect · podcast · Cole Cuchna
• Partners in Crime · podcast · Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling
• I Am · podcast · Johnny Wilkinson
• Life Sentence · podcast · Mags Creative
• Deliciously Ella · podcast · Ella Mills