From hundreds of entries, the judges have selected 80 Finalists across 23 categories in this year’s list for the Asia Podcast Awards.
It is an accomplishment to make it to the Finalist stage itself, considering the number of entries competing for the award – whose winners will be announced on Tuesday, September 2 at Radiodays Asia 2025.
Here are the Finalists of the Best Podcast Publisher Category:
The Future of Asia Podcast Series falls under McKinsey’s Future of Asia (FoA) multi-media publishing platform. The series is a prominent collection of 30-minute podcasts produced monthly, hosted on McKinsey.com with transcript articles, where influential leaders from across the region discuss key topics. The podcast caters to empower policymakers, business leaders, and curious minds alike by providing insights that inspire and help audiences navigate challenges and seize opportunities in a rapidly evolving world. Each episode offers a wealth of knowledge, strategically designed to engage the audience on key topics in Asia.
ZYRUP Media aims to foster thoughtful conversations that genuinely resonate with its audience through Zodapop, its podcast production arm. Its portfolio of video podcasts, includes Political Prude: The Podcast, What Do I Know? with Joanne Peh, and After the Bar with Shulin Lee. Each show explores complex topics with integrity and insight across various topics and industries. In the past year, all three podcasts have interviewed a slate of highly respectable guests, whose conversations helped shed light on everything from public policy and leadership to personal healing and identity.
CNA combines factual storytelling, insightful journalism and innovative audio production in the podcast industry. Through in-depth research, strong interviews and evocative audio soundscape, each narrative series brings listeners on an immersive journey. It offers five original podcasts each week – Work It, hosted by Tiffany Ang and Gerald Tan, Money Talks, led by Andrea Heng, CNA Correspondent, helmed by Teresa Tang, Climate Conversations with Jack Board and Liling Tan and Deep Dive, hosted by Steven Chia and Otelli Edwards.
SYOK, Malaysia’s leading digital audio platform, aims to give listeners a platform that reflects their stories, voices, and values while setting a high bar for podcasting excellence in the region.
Media Prima Audio Malaysia’s Audio+ + is Malaysia’s pioneering podcast publisher, offering 153 shows in three languages English, Chinese, and Malay. It brings together five major radio brands — Hot FM, Kool 101, Fly FM, Molek FM, and Eight FM — across 14 radio stations in Malaysia, and has expanded its reach to Indonesia. It has a growing library of original, local-language podcasts across genres like news, mental health, religion, lifestyle, and comedy.