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HeadStuff Scoops 7 Nominations at the 2023 Irish Podcast Awards

As the Irish Podcast Awards roll around again, here at HeadStuff we are celebrating seven nominations, including best network or publisher for HeadStuff Podcasts.

The event that celebrates the best in Irish podcasting will be taking place on Tuesday 21 November, at the fashionable House Dublin.

‘This year’s shortlist is a symphony of stories, a medley of musings, and a banquet of banter. From the uproarious chuckles of comedy podcasts, to the mind-bending twists of the thriller genre, and the insightful wisdom of factual storytelling, our shortlist has something for every kind of ear’ – Irish Podcast Awards

Podcasts on the network have been nominated across five categories including best comedy podcast, best entertainment podcast, best factual podcast, best wellbeing podcast and best interview. 

Fad Camp, a comedy podcast about the ridiculousness of fad diets hosted by Grace Mulvey and Conor Dowling, has been nominated for both best entertainment podcast and best wellbeing podcast. Fad Camp recently hosted their first live show as part of The Dublin Fringe Festival as their listeners are continuing to grow and grow. 

The nominations for best factual podcast include both Basically…with Stefanie Preissner and For Tech Sake. 

Preissner’s weekly podcast takes news stories and makes sense of them. Past guests include leading television host Ryan Tubridy, immunologist Luke O’Neill, and Tánaiste Micheál Martin. 

For Tech Sake is a co-production from Silicon Republic and HeadStuff Podcasts. The show is hosted by Elaine Burke and Jenny Darmody and with each episode they set out to ‘take a side-eye view of tech, not evangelising or demonising it, but definitely throwing a bit of shade when it’s deserved.’

Agony Rants are also celebrating a nomination in the best comedy podcast category. The podcast is hosted by Eurovision winner Niamh Kavanagh and comedian Gearóid Farrelly, who offer advice and unconditional support to their devoted listeners. The show has recently celebrated its 100th episode and are launching a new bonus series, exclusively for HeadStuff+ members, along with a merch drop. 

Personality Bingo with Tom Moran is nominated in the best interview category. Each episode Tom chats to a special guest using the medium of random questions as chosen by bingo balls. Past guests include Paul Mescal, Bressie and Michael Fry. 

The HeadStuff Podcasts has also been nominated in the best network category once again this year. It’s onwards and upwards for HeadStuff!

Don’t forget to check out these wonderful shows and their bonus content on HeadStuff+ at HeadStuff Podcasts. And we’ll see you at the 2023 Irish Podcast Awards.

Welcome to the new HeadStuff Podcasts!

Welcome!

You’ve probably noticed some changes around here! We’re delighted to be launching a major update to the HeadStuff Podcasts website with major improvements across the board. 

Some key feature updates include:

⛔️ Ad-free listening for members in their app! This is something we’ve been looking to give to our members for some time, you can now find personal ad-free RSS feeds for each of your favourite shows – you will also find your updated Bonustown RSS feed in there too!

⭐️ A new membership platform which makes it easier to manage your subscription and offers new features including referral bonuses so you can share the love and save some cash,

📻 A new and improved podcast player if you like to listen though the website.

😻 You can now save your favourite shows to your account by clicking the heart icon next to an episode when you are logged in.

👂We’re all ears! Please reach out to us if you have any issues with the transition to the new site or new platform and bear with us while we deal with any bugs that might arise in the coming days.

🛍 We have a new merch store coming very soon too so check back for even more goodies from more of your favourite shows.

We have big plans to keep improving the site over the next few months and with the new platform we hope that will keep things moving so we can offer more to our members.

Head over to our dedicated New Site FAQ that should cover the main queries you might have.

If you have any issues or questions that you can’t find an answer for send us a message in the chat box between 9-5GMT Monday – Friday during the transition phase – the team are on hand to get you up and running!