Birds Eye View and Life Uncut Win Best Australian Podcast of The Year Awards

In the year that has seen a rise in popularity of podcasts, the riveting Birds Eye View​ has just taken out the award for best Australian podcast of the year. The docu-series about life in a Northern Territory women’s prison. Life Uncut, hosted by The Bachelor alumni Laura Byrne and Brittney Hockley, missed out the top spot but was named the Listeners’ Choice after a public vote of 45,000 plus people.

Matt & Alex – All Day Breakfast​ ​won Moment of the Year for their excellent reaction to the Black Lives Matter protests, daily news show ​7AM​ won Best New Podcast and ​Science Vs​ took out the Spotlight Award for its remarkable foresight in imagining a fictional pandemic.

Hosted by Aussie comedian, presenter and podcast fan Froomes, the ceremony celebrated the best content and creators in the on-demand audio industry across 24 different categories.

Full list below:

Podcast of the Year supported by PodcastOne Australia
● Winner: ​BIRDS EYE VIEW​ (StoryProjects with women in Darwin Correctional Centre)

The Listener’s Choice
● Winner:​ ​Life Uncut Podcast​ (​Laura Byrne, Brittany Hockley & iHeartPodcast Network

Australia)

Podcast Champion supported by Nova Entertainment ● Recipient:​ Audiocraft Festival

The Spotlight Award supported by iHeart Podcast Network Australia

• ●  Winner: ​Science Vs​ (Gimlet Media)
• ●  Silver: ​The Last Voyage of The Pong Su​ (The Age and Sydney Morning Herald)
• ●  Bronze: ​The Lighthouse​ (News Corp Australia) Moment of the Year supported by Acast

• ●  Winner: ​Matt & Alex – All Day Breakfast​ – Black Lives Matter (PodcastOne Australia)
• ●  Silver: ​Coronacast​ (​Dr Norman Swan and Tegan Taylor for ABC​)
• ●  Bronze: ​Squiz Kids Q+A with Prime Minister Scott Morrison​ (The Squiz) The Bullseye Award supported by Acast

• ●  Winner: ​The Gays Are Revolting​ (Lipp Media)
• ●  Silver: ​Prof Joe Covid 19 Aged Care Podcast ​(Dignity of Risk Australia)
• ●  Bronze: ​All Ears​ (All Ears English) The Creativity Award supported by iHeart Podcast Network Australia

• ●  Winner: ​Science Vs: Pandemic!​ (Gimlet Media)
• ●  Silver: ​The Last Voyage of The Pong Su​ (The Age and Sydney Morning Herald)
• ●  Bronze: ​Tony Martin’s SIZZLETOWN​ (pots n pans productions) Best Lockdown Podcast

• ●  Winner: ​The New Social Contract​ (Impact Studios at UTS)
• ●  Silver: ​Busy Bodies with Mr Snot Bottom – Healthy Heroes Episodes​ (​Mr Snot Bottom for Kinderling Kids Radio​)
• ●  Bronze: ​Coronacast​ (​Dr Norman Swan and Tegan Taylor for ABC​) Best New Podcast supported by Acast

• ●  Winner: ​7AM​ (Schwartz Media)
• ●  Silver: ​Life Uncut Podcast​ (​Laura Byrne, Brittany Hockley & iHeartPodcast Network Australia)
• ●  Bronze: ​Who The Hell is Hamish?​ (News Corp Australia) Best Arts and Culture Podcast

● Winner: ​Bad Behavior ​(​Nikila Cranage, Rosalind Anketell, Namcheja Maghembe)

• ●  Silver: ​Margin Notes ​(Yen Eriksen and Zoya Patel)
• ●  Bronze: ​Eyes on Gilead​ (​Fiona Williams, Natalie Hambly, Sana Qadar, Haidee Ireland and Jeremy Wilmot for SBS​) Best Branded Podcast supported by PodcastOne Australia

• ●  Winner: ​That’s Incredible​ (Mamamia Podcasts)
• ●  Silver: ​Beyond Blue: Not Alone​ (Beyond Blue)
• ●  Bronze: ​This Girl Can – Victoria​ (VicHealth) Best Business Podcast supported by Nova Entertainment

• ●  Winner: ​Women are the Business​ (University of Melbourne)
• ●  Silver: ​Building A Unicorn​ (Lawson Media)
• ●  Bronze: ​She’s on the Money​ ​(Victoria Devine & iHeartPodcast Network Australia) Best Comedy Podcast supported by Spotify for Podcasters

• ●  Winner: ​A Rational Fear​ (​Dan Ilic for Downwind Media​)
• ●  Silver: ​Tony Martin’s SIZZLETOWN​ (pots n pans productions)
• ●  Bronze: ​Dragon Friends​ (Dragon Friends Podcasting) Best Current Affairs Podcast supported by Spotify for Podcasters

• ●  Winner: ​Background Briefing​ (​The Background Briefing Team for ​Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
• ●  Silver: ​Full Story​ (The Guardian)
• ●  Bronze: ​7AM​ (Schwartz Media) Best Documentary Podcast supported by PodcastOne Australia

• ●  Winner: ​BIRDS EYE VIEW​ (StoryProjects with women in Darwin Correctional Centre)
• ●  Silver: ​Inside the Big Day Out​ (​Double J​)
• ●  Bronze: ​Full Story​ (The Guardian) Best Entertainment Podcast supported by Podfollow

• ●  Winner: ​Just The Gist​ (R​ osie Waterland & Jacob Stanley​)
• ●  Silver: ​The Wellness Collective​ (​Natalie Kringoudis and Cecelia Ramsdale​)
• ●  Bronze: ​Matt & Alex – All Day Breakfast​ (​Matt & Alex – All Day Breakfast for ​PodcastOne Australia) Best Family Podcast

• ●  Winner: ​Squiz Kids​ (The Squiz)
• ●  Silver: ​Busy Bodies with Mr Snot Bottom​ (​Mr Snot Bottom for Kinderling Kids Radio​)
• ●  Bronze: ​Little Yarns​ (ABC Kids listen) Best Fiction Podcast

• ●  Winner: ​Destination: Earth​ (Patrick McGinley)
• ●  Silver: ​Six Cold Feet​ (​J.M. Donellan, D​ ead Eric Productions)
• ●  Bronze: ​Nocturnal Transmissions​ (Kristin Holland) Best Indigenous Podcast supported by SoundCartel

● Winner: ​Little Yarns​ (ABC)

• ●  Silver: ​Search Engine Sex​ (Spotify)
• ●  Bronze: ​My Mum Is A Pornstar​ (Miss Honey Analverkehr & Maz) Best Interview

• ●  Winner: ​In My Country​ (​Pia Perversi-Burchall & Adam Wood for That’s Not Canon Productions​)
• ●  SIlver: ​Shoes Off: Diana Nguyen​ (Jay Ooi)
• ●  Bronze: ​Genocide Apology​ ​Brett de Hoedt for Podcasts of Justice) Best Radio Podcast supported by Omny Studio by Triton by Triton Digital

• ●  Winner: ​Take 5​ (​Double J Radio)​
• ●  Silver: ​Studio 1​ (​Matthew Layton for Vision Australia Radio​)
• ●  Bronze: ​Background Briefing​ (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Best Sex & Relationship Podcast supported by Piccolo Podcasts

• ●  Winner: ​Search Engine Sex​ (​Rowdie Walden)​
• ●  Silver: ​Love Etc​. (Shameless Media)
• ●  Bronze: ​My Mum Is A Pornstar​ (Miss Honey Analverkehr & Maz) Smartest Podcast

• ●  Gold: ​She’s on the Money​ ​(Victoria Devine & iHeartPodcast Network Australia)
• ●  Silver: ​Ask the Specialist: Larrakia, Tiwi and Yolngu stories to inspire better healthcare (​Vicki Kerrigan, Stuart Yiwarr McGrath, Rarrtjiwuy Melanie Herdman, Bilawara Lee and Pirrawayingi Puruntatameri for Menzies School of Health Research​)
• ●  Bronze: ​Science Vs​ (​Kaitlyn Sawrey & Wendy Zukerman for Gimlet Media​) Best Sports Podcast supported by Whooshkaa

• ●  Winner: ​Ordineroli Speaking​ ​(Neroli Meadows & iHeartPodcast Network Australia)
• ●  Silver: ​The 19th Tee Podcast ​(Nathan Drudi & Kieran Marsh)
• ●  Bronze: ​Dyl and Friends​ (Dylan Buckley) Best True Crime Podcast supported by Whooshkaa

• ●  Winner: ​Unravel True Crime: Snowball​ (ABC Audio Studios)
• ●  Silver: ​The Lighthouse​ (​The Australian​)
• ●  Bronze: ​Nut Jobs: Cracking California’s Strangest $10 Million Dollar Heist​ (​Marc Fennell for ​Audible) Best Wellbeing Podcast

• ●  Winner: ​Curveball – The Club you didn’t want to be part of.​ (Beth Armstrong – Curveball Media/Luke Mynott – Unison Sound)
• ●  Silver: ​Young Blood – Men’s Health Matters​ (Callum MacPherson)
• ●  Bronze: ​Healthy-ish​ (B​ ODY + Soul, ​News Corp Australia) Best Network or Publisher supported by Omny Studio by Triton Digital

• ●  Winner: ​Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• ●  Silver: PodcastOne Australia
• ●  Bronze: The Squiz

About the Australian Podcast Awards: ​The Australian Podcast Awards is an annual celebration of the quality and breadth of Australian podcast content. Entries are self-nominated, and over 20 categories are judged by a panel of experts selected from across the podcast industry, alongside a public vote – the Listeners’ Choice. Entries come from independent podcasters, broadcasters, the business community and well as students and non-profit organisations.

You can watch the ceremony here