Congratulations to our 2025 winners!
Below are the winners of the third Independent Podcast Awards, along with the highly commended nominees.
The winners were chosen by our expert panel of judges, and were announced on Wednesday 15th October at Kings Place in London.
You can see the full list of nominees here.
You can listen to all of our winners on Spotify here and on Apple Podcasts here:
Arts
Elements: Breaking Down Classic Albums
Podcast logo/artwork
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
Arts Culture Clip 1.mp3
Host Name (if different from entrant)
Sumit Sharma and Chris Mitchell
Producer name(s)
Sumit Sharma and Chris Mitchell
Sonic Fields
Podcast logo/artwork
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
Indie Awards - Ep. 5.mp3
Host Name (if different from entrant)
Sam Tyler
Producer name(s)
Sam Tyler
Best Podcast Artwork of the Year
Up In Smoke
Podcast logo/artwork
Host Name (if different from entrant)
Mei Mac
Producer name(s)
Guy Larsen, Cambria Bailey-Jones
Anyone else that should get a credit?
Gabriela Jones, Dan Pugsley
Who created the artwork?
Guy Larsen
Best Podcast Jingle of the Year
The Failing Writers
Podcast logo/artwork
Your jingle
The Failing Writers - Betjeman.mp3
Host Name (if different from entrant)
Tom Turner and Jon Rand
Producer name(s)
Tom Turner and Jon Rand
Anyone else that should get a credit?
Katie Rand. (All female voices)
Who created the jingle?
Betjeman Parody Jingle "Allotment in Pinner" was written and performed by Jon Rand
Best Use of Video - NEW
Macabre London
Podcast logo/artwork
Your favourite three episodes - links and timestamps
Candid Convos with Jona Dance
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Producer name(s)
Carina Howard - Assistant Producer
Anyone else that should get a credit?
Christopher Thomas - Editor
Your favourite three episodes - links and timestamps
Wrestling With the Champ
Podcast logo/artwork
Host Name (if different from entrant)
Ant McGinley & Damien St John
Anyone else that should get a credit?
Ciaran Saward - Voiceover
Your favourite three episodes - links and timestamps
Books
The Failing Writers Podcast
Podcast logo/artwork
Host Name (if different from entrant)
Tom Turner & Jon Rand
Producer name(s)
Tom Turner & Jon Rand
Anyone else that should get a credit?
Katie Rand (All female voices)
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
Buckles Ep.mp3
Mostly Book Talk
Podcast logo/artwork
Host Name (if different from entrant)
Katy Donnelly and Alison Palmer
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
episode-24-interview-with-brogen-murphy-about-their-debut-book-wildlands.mp3
Branded Content
As the Season Turns
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Host Name (if different from entrant)
Lia Leendertz
Producer name(s)
Geoff Bird, Catriona Bolt
Anyone else that should get a credit?
Contributors: Zoe Gilbert, Sam Lee, Alice Boyd, The Breath
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
As the Season Turns - May 25.m4a
Business & Money
Women's Business
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Your favourite three episodes - links and timestamps
Children & Young Adults
Shelly & The Can-Do Kids
Podcast logo/artwork
Host Name (if different from entrant)
Josie and Jemma
Producer name(s)
Josie Taylor and Jemma Morphet
Anyone else that should get a credit?
Benjamin Gerstein (Editor)
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
BONNIE INDEPENDENT PODCAST AWARDS EXCERPT.mp3
The Seekers Podcast
Podcast logo/artwork
Producer name(s)
Jesse Meadows
Anyone else that should get a credit?
Helena Middleton, Jack Drewry, Ben Vardy
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
TSP Allotment Special Broadcast V4.mp3
Comedy
Dave Miller - The Battle of Death
Podcast logo/artwork
Host Name (if different from entrant)
Jamie Topp, Andy Green, Tom Rees Kaye, Sam Dudley
Producer name(s)
Jamie Topp
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
AwardsClip1.mp3
Culture
The Cockney Yiddish Podcast
Podcast logo/artwork
Host Name (if different from entrant)
Nadia Valmand and Vivi Lachs
Producer name(s)
Natalie Steed
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
IPA CYP AandC 0101.mp3
Environment & Natural World - NEW
Who Owns the Clyde?
Podcast logo/artwork
Producer name(s)
Jude Barber, Louise Welsh, Halina Rifai
Anyone else that should get a credit?
Halina Rifai - also recording, editing, sound design
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
EP1 Section.mp3
Your favourite three episodes - links and timestamps
Trees a Crowd
Podcast logo/artwork
Anyone else that should get a credit?
Ollie Guillou - editor
Your favourite three episodes - links and timestamps
Fiction
COLD TAPES
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Host Name (if different from entrant)
Too many actors to name! But the lead character DCI Tessa McCallister was played by Polly Frame.
Producer name(s)
Sian Williams, Robbie Ashcroft, Gemma Batterby, Chris Croucher, Emma Lamont, Thisbe Barnett
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
FILE 001 - OPERATION ANTELOPE.mp3
Films & TV
That's Not How It Went Down
Podcast logo/artwork
Host Name (if different from entrant)
Elliot Fitzpatrick & Lewis Howard
Producer name(s)
2020 Recordings (Oscar Erikson, Amelia Oliver, Jonny Firth)
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
Jaws - 15min Clip.mp3
Unequal Sequel
Podcast logo/artwork
Host Name (if different from entrant)
Dave Curtis and Rich Wiltshire
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
IPA Clip 1.mp3
Gaming
Dungeons & Dickheads
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Host Name (if different from entrant)
Mike Smith, Neil Knipe, Dave Scott, Vic Tewelde
Your favourite three episodes - links and timestamps
Health & Wellness
When Life Gives You Lemons
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Your favourite three episodes - links and timestamps
History
The Problematic Gaze
Podcast logo/artwork
Host Name (if different from entrant)
Dr Lee Arnott and Dave Moor
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
The Problematic Gaze The Naked Civil Servant.mp3
16 Sunsets
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Host Name (if different from entrant)
Kevin Fong
Producer name(s)
Rami Tzabar, Andrew Luck-Baker, Dave Giles
Anyone else that should get a credit?
Christian Lundberg (Composer) Richard Courtice (Sound designer/engineer), Kate Arkless Gray (Assistant Producer), Jago Lee and Stuart Coxe (Executive Producers)
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
16SS entry History ep 2 secret war.mp3
Horror or Supernatural
The Magnus Protocol
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Host Name (if different from entrant)
Created by: Alexander J Newall and Jonathan Sims
Producer name(s)
April Sumner, Alexander J Newall
Anyone else that should get a credit?
Director - Alexander J Newall. Dialogue editors - Nico Vettese and Lowri Ann Davies. Sound designers - Tessa Vroom and Meg McKellar. Mastering Editor - Catherine Rinella. Lead performers: Billie Hindle, Anusia Battersby, Shahan Hamza, and Lowri Ann Davies.
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
MAGP 30 - Dead End Job clip.mp3
Lifestyle
Floating Space
Podcast logo/artwork
Producer name(s)
Katie Stokes
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
FS EP1 IPASubmission.mp3
The Tyrekickers
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Host Name (if different from entrant)
Max & Matt
Producer name(s)
Maxim Flint and Matthew Smith
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
The Tyrekickers Episode 29.mp3
Music
Freshly Squeezed: A new music podcast
Podcast logo/artwork
Host Name (if different from entrant)
Jim Salveson
Producer name(s)
Ant McGinley
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
FS IPAS 2025 CLIP 1 from FS10 050525.mp3
Folk on Foot
Podcast logo/artwork
Producer name(s)
Natalie Steed
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
2025 IPA - Stolen From God.mp3
News & Politics
American Friction
Podcast logo/artwork
Host Name (if different from entrant)
Jacob Jarvis, Chris Jones and Nikki McCann Ramirez
Producer name(s)
Simon Williams
Anyone else that should get a credit?
Jim Parrett, designer
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
Trump 100 CLIP.mp3
The Hole Truth
Podcast logo/artwork
Host Name (if different from entrant)
Marnie Duke
Producer name(s)
Marnie Duke
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
IPA CLIP 1.mp3
Parenting
Parenting Teenagers Untangled
Podcast logo/artwork
Anyone else that should get a credit?
Susie Asli, Phoebe Richards, Amelia Richards
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
IPA Yeager mixdown.mp3
Science & Technology
16 Sunsets
Podcast logo/artwork
Host Name (if different from entrant)
Kevin Fong
Producer name(s)
Rami Tzabar, Andrew Luck-Baker, Dave Giles
Anyone else that should get a credit?
Christian Lundberg (Composer) Richard Courtice (Sound designer/engineer), Kate Arkless Gray (Assistant Producer), Jago Lee and Stuart Coxe (Executive Producers)
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
16SS entry Science ep 2 secret war.mp3
The Future of Skills
Podcast logo/artwork
Host Name (if different from entrant)
Nadejda Tatarciuc-Birca
Producer name(s)
Nadejda Tatarciuc-Birca
Anyone else that should get a credit?
Sergiu Birca
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
AI Ethics Shaping the Future Workplace F.mp3
Self-Improvement
The Scars
Podcast logo/artwork
Anyone else that should get a credit?
Micky Curling - Sound design
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
IPA THE SCARS CLIP 1 MELS STORY.mp3
Your favourite three episodes - links and timestamps
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Third Culture Therapy
Podcast logo/artwork
Anyone else that should get a credit?
Ned Sedgwick
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
IA clip actor writer activist Jassa Alhuwalia.mp3
Sex, Love & Relationships
The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast
Podcast logo/artwork
Host Name (if different from entrant)
Kate Moryoussef
Producer name(s)
Faith Howley
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
IPAs Moe-.mp3
Two Foreskins Walk into a Bar - Season Two
Podcast logo/artwork
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
IndieTwoForeskinsS2Ep1.mp3
Sport
Screamers
Podcast logo/artwork
Host Name (if different from entrant)
Maya Amin-Smith, Honor Wicks, Jessie Donnelly
Producer name(s)
Maya Amin-Smith, Honor Wicks, Jessie Donnelly
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
Ep12 clip for awards.mp3
Grand Pricks
Podcast logo/artwork
Host Name (if different from entrant)
Nav, Issy & Reem
Producer name(s)
Nav & Issy
Anyone else that should get a credit?
N/A
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
Independent Podcast Awards - China Clip.mp3
Green Jumper
Podcast logo/artwork
Producer name(s)
Marcus Alton
Anyone else that should get a credit?
Neil Kendrick hosted some of the live Green Jumper events
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
Green Jumper IPA 1.mp3
Travel & Adventure
TRIPOLOGY Podcast
Podcast logo/artwork
Host Name (if different from entrant)
Alun Davies, Adam Cousins
Producer name(s)
Alun Davies
Your favourite three episodes - links and timestamps
True Crime
Weird in the Wade
Podcast logo/artwork
Anyone else that should get a credit?
Tess Savigear for theme music and other music.
Independent Podcast of the Year 2025
Shelly & The Can-Do Kids
Podcast logo/artwork
Host Name (if different from entrant)
Josie and Jemma
Producer name(s)
Josie Taylor and Jemma Morphet
Anyone else that should get a credit?
Benjamin Gerstein (Editor)
Favourite Episode - Clip 1
BONNIE INDEPENDENT PODCAST AWARDS EXCERPT.mp3