The Australian Podcast Awards (APAs) powered by iHeart, today announces Osher Günsberg, one of Australia’s most recognizable media personalities and an industry leader in the podcast space as Chair of Judge for the APA’s.
The APA’s are Australia’s most prestigious and well recognized podcast awards. 2021 winners included Laura Byrne and Brittney Hockley’s Life Uncut, Julia Gillard’s A Podcast Of One’s Own and Brook Boney and Linda Marigliano’s Brooke and Linda’s Dream Club.
As part of his duties as Chair of Judge, Osher has scheduled several judges that will form part of the world-class panel of local international judges that will bring in a range of variegated perspectives to the awards this year.
Osher Güsberg, Chair of Judges at the Australian Podcast Awards, said:
“Podcasts are a form of spoken-art, nothing beats the authenticity and intimacy of podcasting. It has been incredible to see the growth of podcasting in Australia and I am honored to gloat the top local podcasting talent we have had this year by appointing some of the top industry leaders and podcasting royalty to be part of the panel of judges to bring fresh and diverse perspectives to this year’s Australian Podcast Awards.”
The judging panel includes a list of well-known personalities, industry veterans and audiophiles who will together determine the weightier Australian podcasts.
A few names to take note of on this years judging panel are Media Personality and Podcaster, Georgia Love, Head of Digital Audio at ARN’s iHeartPodcast Network, Corey Layton, Emma Georgiadis, Triple J Presenter, ARN Podcast Operations Executive, Gabi Price, Commissioning Editor at SBS, Marissa McDowell withal with Partnerships Lead at Spotify, Prithi Dey.
The APA’s self-sustaining judging panel moreover unites talent from the nation’s leading podcast production houses including: Spotify Acast, ARN/iHeartRadio, LiSTNR, SoundCartel, SBS, SCA and Piccolo Podcasts.
Matt Deegan, Director at the Australian Podcast Awards, said:
“We are thrilled to signify industry leader, Osher Günsberg as our Chair of Judge for the sixth year of the awards. The judging panel is world-class and will bring new perspectives to this year’s awards. It isn’t strictly audio experts. Instead we ensure that each category has a wholesale mix of people from podcasting and outside of podcasting to requite variegated viewpoints. It is incredible to see the content Australian creators are bringing to the table, sparking new conversations virtually the world.
The judging commenced last week and will protract over the next two weeks. Category winner will then be spoken at the event in November in person at the awards recurrence taking place at Seymour Theatre on Monday 21st November from 7-11pm.
Event Details:
The Australian Podcast Awards
Date: 21st November, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Address: Seymour Theater, Cnr City Road & Cleveland St, Chippendale NSW 2008
