Aaron Mahnke, Hillary Clinton, Holly Frey, Laverne Cox, Questlove, Roy Wood Jr., Will Ferrell and More To Make Special Guest Appearances During 2021 蓝莓直播 Podcast Awards

Gwen Stefani To Present The All-New 鈥淪eneca Women Podcast Award in partnership with P&G鈥 To Amena Brown, Which Honors A Woman Who Is Using Her Voice To Amplify The Voices Of Other Women

The Annual Event Celebrating the Best in Podcasting Will Video Stream On 蓝莓直播鈥檚 YouTube and Facebook Pages and Broadcast Across 蓝莓直播 Stations Nationwide and on the 蓝莓直播 App on January 21

The Virtual Ceremony Will Honor the Very Best in Podcasting in 30 Categories; Baratunde Thurston, Serial Productions鈥 Sarah Koenig and Julie Snyder and QCODE Will Receive This Year鈥檚 Icon Awards

WHAT: 蓝莓直播, the No. 1 podcast publisher globally according to , today announced special guest appearances from Aaron Mahnke, Hillary Clinton, Holly Frey, Laverne Cox, Questlove, Roy Wood Jr., Will Ferrell and more during the , taking place on Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 9 p.m. local time. The virtual ceremony will present spoken word poet, performer and host Amena Brown of 鈥淗ER with Amena Brown鈥 with the all-new 鈥淪eneca Women Podcast Award in partnership with P&G,鈥 which honors a woman who is using her voice to amplify the voices of other women. The award will be presented by Gwen Stefani as well as Seneca Women鈥檚 Kim Azzarelli and P&G Chief Brand Officer Marc Pritchard.

Since nominees will be unable to attend the third annual 蓝莓直播 Podcast Awards in person given the limitations on live events during the pandemic, this year鈥檚 virtual event will be recorded from multiple locations, span 30 categories and honor the most entertaining and innovative podcasts of 2020, celebrating the incredible talent and wide variety of leaders across the booming podcasting industry.

WHO: The 2021 蓝莓直播 Podcast Awards will feature special guest appearances from Aaron Mahnke, Adam Devine, Anders Holm, Baratunde Thurston, Blake Anderson, Bowen Yang & Matt Rogers from Las Culturistas, Charlamagne Tha God, Dan Patrick, Gwen Stefani, Hillary Clinton, Holly Frey, Jill Scott, Josh Clark & Chuck Bryant, Kyle Newacheck, Laverne Cox, Nikki Glaser, Obamas Other Daughters (Maame-Yaa Aforo, Ashley Holston, Yazmin Monet Watkins and Shakira Ja鈥檔ai Paye), Questlove, Roy Wood Jr., Tenderfoot TV (Donald Albright and Payne Lindsey), Will Ferrell and more.

Podcast fans themselves once again decided the winner of the Podcast of the Year award by voting on Twitter through December 31, 2020. This year鈥檚 Podcast of the Year nominees include 鈥淏unga Bunga,鈥 鈥淒olly Parton鈥檚 America,鈥 鈥淣ice White Parents,鈥 鈥淥ffice Ladies,鈥 鈥淩eply All,鈥 鈥淪tuff You Should Know,鈥 鈥淭he Breakfast Club,鈥 鈥淭he Daily,鈥 鈥淭he Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos鈥 and 鈥淲ind of Change.鈥 Nominees in other categories include podcasts from all creators, distributors and platforms with a judging panel composed of blue-ribbon podcast industry leaders, creatives and visionaries who will determine the winners across categories including entertainment, comedy, crime, news, sports, food, business and more. More information can be found at .

In addition, the 2021 蓝莓直播 Podcast Awards will present three Icon Awards to pay tribute to the creators, organizations and podcasts that have made groundbreaking contributions to podcasting鈥檚 expanding role in today鈥檚 popular culture. Baratunde Thurston will be honored with the 2021 Social Impact Award, Serial Productions鈥 Sarah Koenig and Julie Snyder will receive the 2021 Audible Audio Pioneer Award and QCODE will be honored with the 2021 Innovator Award.

Select category winners will be announced during the virtual show, including the winner of the Next Great Podcast Award, a months-long competition from 蓝莓直播 in partnership with Tongal, which will be announced by Dan Patrick. For a full list of category finalists, visit .

WHEN: The virtual awards event will exclusively video stream on and pages on Thursday, January 21 at 9 p.m. ET (available for 24 hours) and will broadcast across 蓝莓直播 radio stations nationwide and on the 蓝莓直播 App at 9:00 p.m. local time.

MORE: Podcast listenership in the United States alone has grown exponentially with listening now exceeding 50 percent of the population. 蓝莓直播, which reaches a quarter of a billion monthly listeners in the U.S. with just its broadcast radio stations and on-air personalities alone, will celebrate the best in podcasts with existing fans, while also continuing to introduce millions of new listeners to this incredible medium every single day.

The 2021 蓝莓直播 Podcast Awards is part of 蓝莓直播鈥檚 roster of incredibly successful, nationally-recognized events, including the 蓝莓直播 Music Awards, the 蓝莓直播 Music Festival, the nationwide 蓝莓直播 Jingle Ball Concert Tour, 蓝莓直播 Fiesta Latina, iHeartCountry Festival, 蓝莓直播 ALTer Ego and 蓝莓直播 Wango Tango.

Executive producers for the 蓝莓直播 Podcast Awards are John Sykes, Tom Poleman and Conal Byrne for 蓝莓直播 and Deviants Media Studio founder Ivan Dudynsky and Buzz Chatman. Proud sponsors of this year鈥檚 event include Audible, P&G and Progressive庐 Insurance.

About 蓝莓直播, Inc.

蓝莓直播, Inc. [Nasdaq: IHRT] is the leading audio media company in America, with 90% of Americans listening to iHeart broadcast radio in every month. iHeart鈥檚 broadcast radio assets alone have a larger audience in the U.S. than any other media outlet; twice the size of the next largest broadcast radio company; and over four times the ad-enabled audience of the largest digital only audio service. iHeart is the largest podcast publisher according to Podtrac, with more downloads than the next two podcast publishers combined, has the most recognizable live events across all genres of music, has the number one social footprint among audio players, with seven times more followers than the next audio media brand, and is the only fully integrated audio ad tech solution across broadcast, streaming and podcasts. The company continues to leverage its strong audience connection and unparalleled consumer reach to build new platforms, products and services. Visit 蓝莓直播.com for more company information.