Winter 2026 Finalist Spotlight ("Like hot sauce, it burns" by Paloma Moreno Jiménez, Sara Schleede, Luci Jones, and Vanessa Handy)

Summer 2026 Grand Prize Winner

Welcome to the Biannual Sonic Dash Podcast presented by the New York City Podcast Awards. The Sonic Dash is a 48-hour storytelling competition and we receive submissions from all over the world. The surprise prompt for this 2026 Summer Dash was “Go For Broke.”  This episode, we’ll be listening to our Grand Prize Winning piece "Go For Broke or Gopher Broke?" created by Long Island-based crack improv and podcast team, “Tales From the Cloud Sea” (Matt Silverman, Megan Leahy, Karen Cassady, Travis Sharp, Amanda Lee Williams, and Eve Krueger). Produced by Cory Choy, Emily Reeves, and Christian Cuciniello Edited by Zach Treanor Sound by Silver Sound

Summer 2026 2nd Place Winner

Welcome to the Biannual Sonic Dash Podcast presented by the New York City Podcast Awards. The Sonic Dash is a 48-hour storytelling competition and we receive submissions from all over the world. The surprise prompt for this 2026 Summer Dash was “Go For Broke.”  This episode, we’ll be listening to our second-place winning piece “Free Piano” by Michael Satow. Produced by Cory Choy, Emily Reeves, and Christian Cuciniello Edited by Zach Treanor Sound by Silver Sound

Summer 2026 3rd Place Winner

Welcome to the Biannual Sonic Dash Podcast presented by the New York City Podcast Awards. The Sonic Dash is a 48-hour storytelling competition and we receive submissions from all over the world. The surprise prompt for this 2026 Summer Dash was “Go For Broke.”  This episode, we’ll be listening to our third-place winning piece “Shooting My Shot” by Bronwen Livingstone from Scotland.  Produced by Cory Choy, Emily Reeves, and Christian Cuciniello Edited by Zach Treanor Sound by Silver Sound

Winter 2026 Finalist Spotlight ("Meddling Kids of NYC" by Amanda Kari McHugh and Kyle Studstill)

We're back with another finalist spotlight for the Winter 2026 Sonic Dash. Today we will be highlighting a piece entitled "Meddling Kids of NYC" by Amanda Kari McHugh and Kyle Studstill. Technical Director: Tom Fama Produced by Christian Cuciniello and Cory Choy Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Winter 2026 Finalist Spotlight ("Bo Ricky Banjo's Spiral to Hell" by Richard Kušan, Evan Sidio, and Ronnie Brown)

We're back with another finalist spotlight for the Winter 2026 Sonic Dash. Today we will be highlighting a piece entitled "Bo Ricky Banjo's Spiral to Hell" by Richard Kušan, Evan Sidio, and Ronnie Brown. Technical Director: Tom Fama Produced by Christian Cuciniello and Cory Choy Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves