Debbie Millman will receive Air Fests 2025 Audio Vanguard Award, Thewrap can reveal exclusively.
Millman values for the long and very acclaimed podcast “Design Matters” and the editor of printmag.com-will accept the award and interviewed by Ashley C. Ford on February 20.
“I’ve come to Air Fest since its inception,” Millman said. “During that time I have seen the festival grow from a passionate trunk of podcasts and fans to an industry phenomenon and then some. It is an honor to accept this magnificent award from this groundbreaking organization. “
On Air Fest has distributed the Vanguard Award since 2020 to celebrate a digital media thought leader whose work has advanced audio history and created a long -lasting heritage.
Millman started his podcast in 2005 on a telephone modem. “Design Matters” was the world’s first podcast on design and the first design podcast distributed free on iTunes. Millman joins a group of former recipients of the Audio Vanguard Award, which includes Malcolm Gladwell, Audie Cornish, Jad Abumrad, Terry Gross and Ira Glass.
“Debbie’s endless curiosity in humans is surprising. She always finds the magic in their stories and the real creativity of their work, ”said Scott Newman, founder and festival manager for On Air Fest. “Debbie Millman is a listener, thinker, designer and world -class soundmaker. A real foreground of podcast. “
At Air Fest 2025, February 19-21 and will also include Anderson Cooper, Anna Martin, Anna Sale, Audie Cornish, Bon Iver, Craig Finn, Daniel Lanois, Dan Taberski, Hunter Harris, Jad Abumrad, James Austin Johnson, Jemele Hill, Kareem Rahma, Krista Tippett, Laraaji, Lonnie Ali, Penn Badgley, Peyton Dix, Rosie Perez, Sam Sanders, Seth Meyers & Josh Meyers, Taylor Lorenz, The Kid Mero and Tonya Mosley.
