Meditative Story awards

Since its launch in 2019, Meditative Story has earned numerous awards, nominations, and honors, both for individual episodes and for the podcast series as a whole.

2023

At the 2023 Webby Awards, Meditative Story was nominated and honored in the following categories:

Best Episode, Health, Wellness & Lifestyle: The joy of being an unwilling traveler through life, by Maya Shankar

Honored:

Best Individual Episode: Heading halfway around the world to find myself, by Morgan Harper Nichols

Best Episode, Lifestyle: Finding magic in the quiet moments, by Jade Bowler 

In the inaugural year for the Signal Awards, Meditative Story received 10 awards, including 3 coveted Listeners’ Choice awards:

Best Inspirational Podcast:
GOLD: Meditative Story

Best Individual Episode – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:
GOLD: Franklin Leonard: Writing the main character

Best Health & Wellness Podcast:
SILVER: Meditative Story

Best Religion & Spirituality Podcast:
SILVER: Meditative Story

Best Individual Episode – Bedtime Podcast:
SILVER: Chad Sanders: Finding my flow state 

Best Individual Episode – Advice & How-to:
LISTENERS’ CHOICE SILVER: David Duchovny: When the student is ready, the master is long gone

Best Individual Episode – Health & Wellness:
BRONZE: Dallas Taylor: I focus on sensations that ground me 

Best Individual Episode – Best Commute Podcast:
BRONZE: Robert Reich: The accounting of this parenting business

Best Individual Episode – Driveway Moment:
LISTENERS’ CHOICE BRONZE: Silvia Vasquez-Lavado: Choosing compassion over conquest 

Best Individual Episode – Religion & Spirituality:
LISTENERS’ CHOICE BRONZE: Sharon Salzberg: How I found kindness as my compass

2022

At the 2022 Webby Awards, Meditative Story was nominated and honored in many categories:

Nominated:

Best Episode, Health & Wellness:


Best Episode in Television & Film

Honored:

Best Individual Episode 

At the 2022 Ambie Awards, given for excellence in audio, Meditative Story was short-listed for Best Personal Growth / Spirituality Podcast

2021

At the 2021 Webby Awards, Meditative Story was honored in three categories:

Podcasts: Health & Wellness

Meditative Story

Podcasts: Arts & Culture:

The Rev. Dr Otis Moss III: America’s jam session

Podcasts: Diversity & Inclusion

Ghuan Featherstone: Discovering the path to honor

At the 2021 Ambie Awards, given for excellence in audio, Meditative Story was named the Best Personal Growth / Spirituality Podcast

2020

At the 2020 Webby Awards, the first year we were eligible, Meditative Story was honored in the category of Best Health & Wellness Podcast