Talkhouse Celebrates Multiple Wins At 2026 Webbys

Talkhouse - the award-winning media company and podcast network that's home to leading titles in the worlds of music, art, food, politics and beyond - is proud to congratulate two members of its podcast network who were honored with wins at the 30th Annual Webby Awards this week. Produced in partnership with Higher Ground, Western Sound and Audible, 3x Peabody-winner Jad Abumrad's Fela Kuti: Fear No Man earned this year's Best Limited Series, while Sing For Science 's episode "The Magic of Mushrooms" (recorded live with guests Kacey Musgraves and Paul Stamets) took home Best Live Podcast Recording. The Webby Awards will be handed out in an in-person ceremony in New York on May 11th, 2026.

The result of three years worth of of travel, research and more than 200 interviews conducted with Fela Kuti's family, friends, closest collaborators and biggest fans, Fela Kuti: Fear No Man tells the story of one of music's greatest political awakenings: how a classically trained 'colonial boy' named Fela Kuti traveled to America in search of Africa, only to then return home to Nigeria, transform his sound into a battering ram against the state, and create a new musical language of resistance called Afrobeat. It wonders: In a world that's on fire, what is the role of art? What can music actually…do? Can a song save a life? Change a law? Topple a president? Get you killed? An uncategorizable mix of oral history, musicology, deep dive journalism and cutting edge sound design, the show was named the #1 Best Podcast of 2025 by The New Yorker, and is currently nominated for a 2026 Peabody Award.

A beloved podcast pairing musicians with scientists to explore the deeper ideas embedded in song, Sing For Science has built a reputation for bringing rigorous scholarship into conversation with some of today's most influential artists. Its Webby-winning episode, "The Magic of Mushrooms," recorded live at a sold-out Ryman Auditorium, brought together 8x GRAMMY winner Kacey Musgraves and world-renowned mycologist Paul Stamets for a wide-ranging discussion on psilocybin, mental health, creativity, and the hidden networks that shape both ecosystems and human consciousness, adding to a growing run of sold-out live tapings including Bryan Cranston on the chemistry of Breaking Bad at the Natural History Museum in London, David Byrne on eel ecology at the Museum of Science in Boston, and Questlove on developmental psychology at the NEW Museum in New York.