A complete list of nominees across 16 different categories including Beauty & Fashion, Celebrity, Comedy, Film, Gaming, Television and more.

LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, October 14, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Hollywood Creative Alliance announced today the nominees for the 2026 Astra Podcast Awards, recognizing a diverse range of voices and storytelling across 16 categories. All podcasts nominated today are eligible for the Podcast of the Year Award.

The 2026 Astra Podcast Awards will take place on Wednesday, November 11, 2026 at The Garland Hotel in Studio City. Tickets for the ceremony are now available and can be purchased by visiting AstraPodcastAwards.com

Among this year’s nominees are Good Hang with Amy Poehler, Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, Call Her Daddy, SmartLess, Crime Junkie, and The Daily. The nominations span 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.

From candid celebrity conversations and film commentary to immersive fiction and thought-provoking journalism, the nominees reflect the creativity and breadth of podcasting.

The complete list of nominees can be found below:

Best Beauty & Fashion Podcast
Breaking Beauty
Gloss Angeles
Let’s Get Dressed
The Skin Club Podcast

Best Book Podcast
Booked on Fantasy
Fantasy Fangirls
It Was A Book First
The Book Club

Best Celebrity Podcast
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Dear Chelsea
Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
Good Hang with Amy Poehler

Best Comedy Podcast
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

Best Film Podcast
2 Black Guys Talk Godzilla
Filmspotting
Happy Sad Confused with Josh Horowitz
You Must Remember This

Best Game Podcast
Critical Role Podcast
Giant Bombcast
No Chit Chat Trivia
Retronauts

Best Health & Wellness Podcast
Choosing Joy
In Heels with Keni Silva
Tony Mantor: Why Not Me?
Well to Do with Andi Lew

Best Member Podcast
Film Talk With AJ Dean
Hallmarkies
United By Rice
Visibility Ultd.

Best Pop Culture Podcast
Literally! With Rob Lowe
Pop Culture Happy Hour
The Black Guy Who Tips
The Toast

Best Science Podcast
DoctoRx Unscripted
Huge if True with Cleo Abram
Stuff to Blow Your Mind
The Rest is Science

Best Scripted Podcast
Midnight Burger
Table Read
The Dragoning
Violet’s Shadow Murder Mysteries

Best Sports Podcast
Born To The Game
Pardon My Take
The Bill Simmons Podcast
The Jenkins & Jonez Podcast

Best Topical News Podcast
404 Media Podcast
Interesting Things with JC
The AI Chatbot Drag Race
The Daily

Best True Crime Podcast
Black True Crime
Crime Junkie
Love Trapped
My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

Best TV Podcast
Pod Meets World
That’s Messed Up: An SVU Podcast
The Buzz - BuzzWorthy Radio
The Greatest Generation

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