For the first time ever, the 2026 Golden Globes will honor excellence in an audio medium, nominating six shows for the awards’ new best-podcast category. After announcing a short list of 25 podcasts eligible for the award this fall, the Golden Globes wound up nominating the following starry podcasts: Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard; Call Her Daddy; Good Hang With Amy Poehler; The Mel Robbins Podcast; SmartLess; and Up First. Notably, none of the right-wing podcasts that made the initial short list—like The Ben Shapiro Show, The Megyn Kelly Show, The Tucker Carlson Show, and The Joe Rogan Experience — ended up making the final cut .

That’s not necessarily for lack of trying. The road to winning the first-ever Golden Globe for best podcast has been paved with both

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