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From true crime to sci-fi, this year’s top award category from the Podcast Academy includes both behemoths like Bill Simmons and indie upstarts including ‘Earth Eclipsed.’
By Julian Sancton
On March 22, the second annual Ambie Awards, honoring excellence in podcasting, will be held at downtown L.A.’s Mayan theater (and livestreamed on Twitch). Hosted by Ross Mathews and Nikki Boyer, the event will be the first in-person ceremony for the nods, launched last year to celebrate a medium that rapidly has come into its own, attracting big-money deals and inspiring some of TV’s most talked-about series. Yet it remains a playground with few barriers to entry, as demonstrated by the wide range of nominees showcased in the following voters’ guide, including A-list stars and indie upstarts. As Donald Albright, chairperson of the Podcast Academy, puts it, “We have the possibility to tell the stories we want to tell without the gatekeepers.”
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