Overview
- Nominees are Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard, Call Her Daddy, Good Hang With Amy Poehler, The Mel Robbins Podcast, SmartLess, and NPR’s Up First.
- The Joe Rogan Experience and all overtly political shows on the 25-title shortlist were excluded, with popular true-crime series also missing.
- The 25-show eligibility pool was built by data partner Luminate using consumption metrics, and more than 400 voters selected the final six.
- Reporting highlights optics concerns over Penske’s ownership links to both the Globes and Luminate, alongside visible awards campaigning such as Ben Shapiro’s Times Square push and paid FYC packages.
- Representation skews to major distributors — three nominees tied to SiriusXM, plus titles from Amazon/Wondery, Spotify and NPR — with the award to be presented at the Jan. 11 ceremony.