I’m not a big follower of podcasts, but it’s been a pleasure to follow the nominated ones this past week. The Podcast category is fairly new to the Hugo Awards but at least judging from this year’s candidates the average quality is high. The differences between the various podcasts are small and a win for any of at least the first four listed would make me happy.
Below are the candidates in the order I’ll vote for them:
- The Writer and the Critic – Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond: insightful, reviews books I actually read.
- The Skiffy and Fanty Show – Shaun Duke, Jen Zink, Julia Rios, Paul Weimer, David Annandale, Mike Underwood, and Stina Leicht: nice chemistry, great subjects
- Galactic Suburbia Podcast – Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Presenters) and Andrew Finch (Producer): interesting, broad ranging.
- The Coode Street Podcast – Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe: Jonathan and Gary are amiable, chatty and knowledgeable about science fiction
- Verity! – Deborah Stanish, Erika Ensign, Katrina Griffiths, L.M. Myles, Lynne M. Thomas, and Tansy Rayner Roberts: Doctor Who is not my thing, but what this podcast does, it does well.
- Tea and Jeopardy – Emma Newman and Peter Newman: A decent steampunk setup, but not for me.
- SF Signal Podcast Patrick Hester: the least interesting of the bunch.
One thing I noticed and liked is how many women were involved in this category.
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