‘Slow Burn: Becoming Justice Thomas’ Wins Podcast of the Year at The Ambies
variety.comSelena Kuznikov “Slow Burn: Becoming Justice Thomas” took the honor for Podcast of the Year on Tuesday night at the fourth annual The Ambies awards recognizing excellence in audio.
The awards were handed out in 27 categories at a ceremony held Tuesday night at downtown Los Angeles’ J.W. Marriott LA Live Los Angeles and live streamed on The Podcast Academy’s YouTube channel.
The ceremony was hosted by Trixie Mattel, Season 3 winner of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” Trixie Mattel. “This is amazing,” said Joel Anderson, host of Slate’s most recent season of its “Slow Burn” podcast. “Becoming Clarence Thomas” follows the Supreme Court justice’s life story and his journey from youthful radical to conservative icon. “Weight For It,” hosted by Ronald Young Jr., earned the most wins, with three Ambies including Best Indie Podcast, Best Indie Podcast Host/Hosts and Best Society and Culture Podcast. “I can’t even lie — this feels good,” Young said on his third trip to the lecturn. “I’m so grateful to be here.
I’m grateful to do what I love mostly for a living.” Season 2 of “Weight For It,” in which Young explores the nature of body image and other weight-related topics, is bowing Aug.
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