This year’s nominations include Good Hang with Amy Poehler, Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, Call Her Daddy, SmartLess, Crime Junkie, and The Daily.
The nominated podcasts represent genres such as beauty and fashion, books, comedy, family and parenting, film, gaming, health and wellness, pop culture, science, scripted storytelling, sports, topical news, true crime, and television.
All podcasts nominated are eligible for the Podcast of the Year Award, which will be presented at the ceremony on Wednesday, 11 November 2026, at The Garland Hotel in Studio City, LA.
The nominations showcase a mix of celebrity conversations,
The nominations showcase a mix of celebrity conversations, film commentary, immersive fiction, and journalism, reflecting the creativity and breadth of the podcasting sector.
The Hollywood Creative Alliance’s announcement underlines the continued growth and diversity of podcasting, with nominees spanning both established and emerging voices in the industry.
The complete list of nominees can be found below:
Breaking Beauty
Gloss Angeles
Let’s Get Dressed
The Skin Club Podcast
Booked on Fantasy
Fantasy Fangirls
It Was A Book First
The Book Club
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Dear Chelsea
Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Call Her Daddy SmartLess Take Your Shoes Off
Call Her Daddy
SmartLess
Take Your Shoes Off with Rick Glassman
This Past Weekend with Theo Von
Best Family & Parenting Podcast
Always Here
Newsicle
Good Inside
This is So Awkward
2 Black Guys Talk Godzilla
Filmspotting
Happy Sad Confused with Josh Horowitz
You Must Remember This
Critical Role Podcast
Giant Bombcast
No Chit Chat Tri
Best Health & Wellness Podcast
Choosing Joy
In Heels with Keni Silva
Tony Mantor: Why Not Me?
Well to Do with Andi Lew
Film Talk With AJ Dean
Hallmarkies
United By Rice
Visibility Ultd.
Literally! With Rob Lowe Pop Culture Happy Hour
Literally! With Rob Lowe
Pop Culture Happy Hour
The Black Guy Who Tips
The Toast
DoctoRx Unscripted
Huge if True with Cleo Abram
Stuff to Blow Your Mind
The Rest is Science
Midnight Burger
Table Read
The Dragoning
Violet’s Shadow Murder Mysteries
Born To The Game
Pardon My Take
The Bill Simmons Podcast
The Jenkins & Jonez Podcast
404 Media Podcast
Interesting Things with JC
The AI Chatbot Drag Race
The Daily
Black True Crime Crime Junkie Love Trapped My
Black True Crime
Crime Junkie
Love Trapped
My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
Pod Meets World
That’s Messed Up: An SVU Podcast
The Buzz – BuzzWorthy Radio
The Greatest Generation
Further details about the event can be found at theastras.com.
