The "Slushno" Award Has Named the Nominees for 2025

The Ukrainian professional audio award "Slushno" has announced the shortlists of this year's nominees. The finalists are 62 podcasts that received the most votes from the MEGOGO editorial team.

From August 11 to September 5, the jury will evaluate the works in 12 categories, and listeners will vote for their favorite projects. The winners will be announced on September 30.

The shortlists include:

Interview podcasts:

• "Not on record";
• "UT-2";
• "The Alphabet of Ukrainian Cinema";
• "Who These People Are";
• "Love Never Passes";
• "A Person in a Pixel".

Podcasts about culture and art:

• "The Alphabet of Ukrainian Cinema";
• "Vertigo Film Weekly";
• "Sound Recording of Ukrainian Design";
• "Without Experts";
• "Cinema Regions";
• "Unzip".

Historical podcast:

• “Without bromine”;
• “Hot word”;
• “Founding fathers”;
• “Section”;
• “Terrorist attack near the Palace of Sports”;
• “Back to the roots”.

Informational podcast:

• “Born”;
• “Podcast about accessibility”;
• “Chronicles of the economy”;
• “When justice comes”;
• “In touch: occupied territories”;
• “Media”.

Podcast about health, relationships and self-development:

• “When he left”;
• “SilentlyAloud”;
• “Fighters who conquer the world”;
• “Podcast about accessibility”;
• “Safeplace”;
• “Podcast of a healthy person”.

Podcast about business:

• “Non-artificial intelligence”;
• “Conversation about brands”;
• “Closed the round”;
• “Women make money”;
• “Not for recording”;
• “Hard industry”.

Independent podcast:

• “Girls’ nights”;
• “Pay yourself”;
• “UT-2”;
• “A little (easier)”;
• “The power of the brave”;
• “F1Podcast”.

Podcasts about sports:

• “Olympic reserve”;
• “F1Podcast”;
• “UA-football”;
• “Eurofootball”;
• “Street Culture Podcast”;
• “Run&Jump”.

Podcast about reading and literature:

• “Truth and injustice”;
• “A book is better”;
• “When we talk about books”;
• “Voices of the frontier”;
• “Smell of the word”;
• “Social Tales”.

Podcast about science and technology:

• “Really?”;
• “The Wave is Coming”;
• “AI House Podcast”;
• “Sociology Showed”;
• “The Round is Closed”.

Entertainment Podcast:

• “Begonias in Agony”;
• “Freemasons Against Reptiloids”;
• “Self-Delivery”;
• “Trevelenki”;
• “Unzip”;
• “Cinema Regions”.

Podcast about professions:

• “Sound Recording of Ukrainian Design”;
• “Action. Podcast about Business”;
• “Marketing Chest”;
• “Inhale-Work-Exhale”;
• “People First Podcast”;
• “Man in a Pixel”.

Media partners of this year’s award are TET TV channel – a family, entertainment channel that creates and broadcasts high-quality Ukrainian content and makes you fall in love with life, as well as 1+1 media – one of the largest media businesses in Eastern Europe. Information partner – media about the life of the capital – TyKyiv.

Recall that the "Slushno" award was founded by the MEGOGO AUDIO team in 2021. Its goal is to collect the most relevant podcasts, contribute to the formation of a professional community, and stimulate the development of infrastructure - from production to content distribution.