The winners of the second edition of the Independent Podcast Awards were announced last night at Kings Place in London. It’s a Continent was named the overall Independent Podcast of the Year, after also winning the Best History and Best Educational: World, Business & Financial Podcast categories.

The awards were set up in 2023 by whynow Media and Verbal Diorama, to celebrate the truly independent podcasts that don’t get financial backing from big brands, or have celebrities to front them.

With a total of 28 categories, that included everything from Best Parenting to Best Branded Content Podcast, the awards celebrated a huge range of talented indie creators. More than 300 people from the indie podcasting community gathered in London to find out who had won one of the coveted trophies.

It’s A Continent was a stand out on the night taking home two category awards, and the overall Independent Podcast of the Year title. The hosts Chinny Ukata and Astrid Madimba impressed the judges with their relaxed but informative style, and their in depth knowledge of their subject.

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder also wowed the judges, taking home the trophies for the Best Music Podcast and Best Jingle categories. The Apocalypse Players retained the title for Best Gaming Podcast.

The Book Review Podcast; For Kids By Kids was fronted by the youngest winner of the night. Ten year old Krishna Murali won the Best Educational: Children & Young Adults category for his podcast that encourages his peers to get off their devices and to read books instead.

Wrestling with the Champ won the Best Sports Podcast category, and probably the best on stage acceptance with host Ant McGinley ripping off his shirt in true wrestler style.

The judges said of It’s A Continent: “The coverage of African nations, culture and history in UK education is sparse, making this podcast essential listening. It’s instantly interesting, the hosts are charming and fun, and easily mix the serious nature of some of the topics they talk about with humour and wit. Each episode was fascinating and well researched, and was presented in a relaxed, informal style. And all done by the hosts themselves. A true indie show that deserves to be crowned the Independent Podcast of the Year.”

The show will see its name up in lights on billboards in Leicester Square and East London from Thursday 24th to Sunday 27th October thanks to the team at Spotify.

Winners are also being treated to a range of additional perks thanks to the sponsors, who are Acast, Adelicious, Advertising Week , AudioUK, Captivate, Kings Place, Pod Bible, Podnews, Podknows Podcasting, the Podcasting, Seriously Fund, Rusty Quill and Spotify.

Apple and Spotify have both created playlists for the winners on their platforms so you can listen to them all wherever you get your podcasts.