This year has been a remarkable journey for Arete Media, marked by tremendous growth and change. Can you believe that we started with just one podcast? Fast forward to today, and we now have 14 active podcasts with recurring episodes and even more on the way!
With this in mind, We decided last year to create the Arete Media Podcast Pantheon Awards, affectionately known as the Artie Awards. The inaugural year was a bit of a scramble, but this year, we went all out with formal voting and an academy to ensure every podcast was considered fairly. Speaking of consideration, let's give a shoutout to our friends at
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Funniest Podcast Episode of 2024
Let’s kick things off with our first category: the Funniest Podcast Episode of 2024. The nominees are:
The Arete Podcast #15: Godzilla x Kong x Godzilla Minus One featuring The Spur of the Moment Podcast
The Final Frontier: Do Androids Dream of Killing Red Shirts
The Goosebumps Crew Podcast: The Bumpy Side of YouTube
The Average Intelligence Podcast: Election Day Coverage
The Part of Your Broadway World Podcast: A Hocus Pocus Birthday Spectacular Celebration
Down the Middle Podcast #75: Cutting the AEW Roster
Tune Talk 2.0: Characters on Trial #1
The Spur of the Moment Podcast: R-Rated Comedies
Leading the Band Episode 6: Under the Influence of Music
And the winner for the 2024 Funniest Podcast Episode is... Tune Talk 2.0: Characters on Trial! Congratulations to everyone involved in that hilarious episode!
Best Thumbnail of 2024
Now, onto the next category: Best Thumbnail of 2024. The nominees are:
The Arete Podcast #16: Unveiled with Author Debbie Lynn
The Final Frontier Podcast: I'm Captain Kirk
The Complete Guide to Happiness with Dr. Fantastic: Jim Gale
The Goosebumps Crew Podcast: Halloween is Our Night
The Average Intelligence Podcast: Am I Racist? Part of Your Broadway World Podcast: Wicked Part One: Stage Page and Screen
The Down the Middle Podcast: Is All Elite?
Tune Talk 2.0: Countdown to Deadpool and Wolverine
The Spur of the Moment Podcast: A Deadpool Season Finale
The Method: Food and Cardio
Leading the Band: Meg Stars Russian Alter Ego
The Startup Corps Podcast: Episode One with Max Forand of Dry Splash
The Road to Stardom with David Firestone: Interview with Actor John Harmon
Classic Musica: Guitarist and Composer Herya Sukamoto
And the winner is... The Final Frontier Podcast: I'm Captain Kirk! If you're a Trekkie, you know how funny that is!
Best Guest of 2024
Next up, we have the Best Guest of 2024. The nominees are:
Rabbi Dovid Grossbaum - The Arete Podcast
John Paul DeJoria - The Complete Guide to Happiness with Dr. Fantastic
Katherine Long - The Goosebumps Crew Podcast
Teegan Early - The Average Intelligence Podcast
Papa D - The Part of Your Broadway World Podcast
Hola L - Tune Talk 2.0
Sean Harmon - The Startup Corps Podcast
Dragos Iler - Classic Musica with Dr. Peter Zissa
And the winner is... Katherine Long from The Goosebumps Crew Podcast! Congratulations, everyone had some amazing guests this year!
Best New Podcast of 2024
Moving on to the Best New Podcast of 2024. The nominees are:
Leading the Band
The Final Frontier Podcast
The Startup Corps Podcast
The Complete Guide to Happiness with Dr. Fantastic
Classic Musica with Dr. Peter Zisa
Road to Stardom with David Firestone
The Method
And the winner is... The Final Frontier Podcast! The growth this year has been beyond my expectations, and I can't wait to see what next year brings!
Best Podcast Episode of 2024
Now, let’s take a moment to recognize the Best Podcast Episode of 2024. The nominees are:
The Arete Podcast #22: Judaism with Rabbi Doid Gbow
The Final Frontier Podcast: Space Strippers
The Complete Guide to Happiness with Dr. Fantastic: Who is Dr. Fantastic?
The Goosebumps Crew Podcast: Dad's a Mad Scientist
The Average Intelligence Podcast: DBZ Narrator Passes and Dragon Ball Daima
The Part of Your Broadway World Podcast: Wicked Part One: Stage Page and Screen
The Down the Middle Podcast #83: PWI Top 500
Tune Talk 2.0: Path to Cobra Kai Season 6
Classic Musica with Dr. Peter Zissa: Classical Guitarist Dragos Ilie
The Method: The First Podcast El Premier Bcast
The Road to Stardom with David Firestone: Interview with Actress and Singer Aaron Gavin
The Spur of the Moment Podcast: The Gnarly Stuff
Leading the Band Episode 6: Under the Influence of Music
The Startup Corps Podcast: Sebastian Mourra of Alana.ai
And the winner is... The Part of Your Broadway World Podcast: Wicked Part One: Stage Page and Screen! Congratulations!
Podcast of the Year 2024
Finally, we come to the big one: Podcast of the Year 2024. In this category, every podcast is nominated, and we appreciate all the hard work that went into this year. The nominees are:</p>
The Average Intelligence Podcast
The Down the Middle Podcast
The Arete Podcast
The Part of Your Broadway World Podcast
Tune Talk 2.0
The Spur of the Moment Podcast
The Goosebumps Crew Podcast
Leading the Band
The Final Frontier Podcast
The Startup Corps Podcast
The Complete Guide to Happiness with Dr. Fantastic
Classic Musica with Dr. Peter Zissa
The Road to Stardom with David Firestone</li>
The Method</li>
And the winner for Podcast of the Year 2024 is... The Goosebumps Crew Podcast! You guys did an amazing job! We love and appreciate all of you, and we can’t wait for the 2025 Artie Awards!
Closing Thoughts
Remember, every podcast here is a winner! You’re all putting in hard work, and we appreciate the time and effort you dedicate to making these amazing shows. Here's to an exciting 2025!
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