2022 Podcast Award Nominees

iHeartRadio is recognizing the top shows at the 2022 Podcast Awards in January, but for now check out the most listened to episodes of the year from some of the top nominated shows!

Episodes

Stuff You Should Know - 'How Hydropower Works'

November 4, 2021 • 58 mins

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https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-stuff-you-should-know-26940277/

"Humans have been stealing energy from flowing water for at least two thousand years. It wasn’t until the advent of electricity that things really got cookin’. All we need to do now is to work out the harmful environmental impacts of this green energy.

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Crime Junkie - 'SERIAL KILLER: Bruce McArthur'

November 4, 2021 • 60 mins

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https://www.iheart.com/podcast/270-crime-junkie-29319113/

For years, the LGBTQ community in Toronto, Canada worried there was a serial killer targeting men in the city’s Church and Wellesley neighborhood. Police disagreed and downplayed their concerns -- and all the while, more men vanished into thin air. But the truth, when it was finally revealed, showed just how complicated a relat...

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The Daily - 'A Union Drive at Amazon'

November 4, 2021 • 41 mins

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https://www.iheart.com/podcast/326-the-daily-28076606/

"Since its earliest days, Amazon has been anti-union, successfully quashing any attempt by workers to organize.
A group of workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., just might change that — depending on the outcome of a vote this week.
We look at how their effort came together and what it means for the nature of work in ...

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Dr. Death | S3: Miracle Man - 'Head Over Heels | 1'

November 4, 2021 • 38 mins

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https://www.iheart.com/podcast/272-dr-death-season-3-miracle-85434041/

"Benita Alexander thinks she’s found the perfect surgeon to feature in her documentary: he’s charming, talented, and the creator of a groundbreaking surgery that involves implanting biosynthetic organs into his patients. Then Benita falls in love with him. Will she get her fairy tale ending?

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SmartLess - '"George Clooney"'

November 4, 2021 • 69 mins

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https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-smartless-68519170/

George Clooney joins us this week for a hurricane of tears... of joy. Between his ridiculous horseplay and profound, prolific involvement in human rights issues and philanthropy, Clooney's got all bases covered. And he's definitely someone who you can trust with your cat. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and...

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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend - 'David Spade'

November 4, 2021 • 66 mins

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https://www.iheart.com/podcast/143-conan-obrien-needs-a-frien-29941225/

"Actor and comedian David Spade feels sort of excited about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.

David sits down with Conan to talk about learning the ropes while working at Saturday Night Live, texting with Norm Macdonald, and memories of his father. Plus, Conan and Sona go head-to-head with a Big Dick History pop...

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To Live and Die in LA - 'Meet Elaine [1]'

November 4, 2021 • 40 mins

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https://www.iheart.com/podcast/274-to-live-and-die-in-la-30594351/

What would you do if someone went missing in your neighborhood? When Elaine Park, a twenty-year-old college student with roles as an extra on ER and Crazy Stupid Love, disappeared in host Neil Strauss’s neighborhood of Malibu, California, he decided to use his experience as a reporter to help. Forming an unlikely team ...

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Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang - '"You Can't Tell Me Anything" (w/ Trixie Mattel)'

November 4, 2021 • 118 mins

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https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-las-culturistas-with-matt-31090140/

"Alright, well! It's a moment in Las Cultch history, readers, as the one and only Trixie Mattel joins Matt & Bowen to discuss Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the traumas and dramas of keeping a pet alive, submitting to the lifestyle that is watching 90 Day Fianceé and only 90 Day Fianceé, the power of Ms. Moj...

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2022 Podcast Award Nominees

Episodes

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The Daily - 'A Union Drive at Amazon'

Dr. Death | S3: Miracle Man - 'Head Over Heels | 1'

SmartLess - '"George Clooney"'

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend - 'David Spade'

To Live and Die in LA - 'Meet Elaine [1]'

Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang - '"You Can't Tell Me Anything" (w/ Trixie Mattel)'

Popular Podcasts

Stuff You Should Know - 'How Hydropower Works'

Crime Junkie - 'SERIAL KILLER: Bruce McArthur'