Nick Podehl Explained

Nick Podehl is an American voice actor. He has narrated more than 250 audiobooks,^[1] for which he has received 14 Earphone Awards and 2 Odyssey Award honors.

Biography

Podehl graduated from Grand Valley State University, where he studied Communications and Theatre.^[2] While at Grand Valley State University, he performed in multiple theatre productions.^[3]

He presently lives near Grand Rapids, Michigan with his wife and two daughters.^[4]

Awards and honors

Awards

Year	Title	Author	Award	Result	Ref.
2010	Masters of Disaster (2010)		Earphone Award	Winner	^[5]
	(2009)		Earphone Award	Winner	^[6]
	(2008)		Earphone Award	Winner	^[7]
	Swim the Fly (2010)		Earphone Award	Winner	^[8]
	Zombies vs. Unicorns (2010)	and Justine Larbalestier (eds.)	Earphone Award	Winner	^[9]
2011	Carter's Big Break (2010)		Earphone Award	Winner	^[10]
	(2008)		Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	Top 10	^[11] ^[12] ^[13]
			Odyssey Award	Honor	^[14]
	Will Grayson, Will Grayson (2010)	and David Levithan	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	Top 10
		and David Levithan	Odyssey Award	Honor
	(2011)	Patrick Rothfuss	Earphone Award	Winner	^[15]
2012	Carter's Big Break (2010)		Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	Top 10	^[16]
	October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard (2012)		Earphone Award	Winner	^[17]
2013	More Than This (2002)		Earphone Award	Winner	^[18]
	Personal Effects		Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	Top 10	^[19]
	Wonder		Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	Top 10	^[20]
	A New Approach to Embracing Life After Fifty (2013)		Earphone Award	Winner	^[21]
	Yesterday's Echo (2013)		Earphone Award	Winner	^[22]
2014	(2014)		Earphone Award	Winner	^[23]
	(2014)		Earphone Award	Winner	^[24]
2015	Fat Boy vs. the Cheerleaders		Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	Top 10	^[25] ^[26]
2016	(2016)		Earphone Award	Winner	^[27]
2017			Audie Award for Short Stories or Collections	Winner	^[28]
	Forgiving My Daughter’s Killer	and Nancy French	Audie Award for Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction	Finalist

Honors

Year	Title	Author	Honor	Ref.
2010			Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	^[29]
	Will Grayson, Will Grayson (2010)	and David Levithan	Booklist Editors' Choice Media	^[30]
2011	Beat the Band		Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	^[31]
	(2008)		Notable Children's Recordings	^[32]
	Seth Baumgartner’s Love Manifesto		Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
	Swim the Fly		Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
	Will Grayson, Will Grayson (2010)	and David Levithan	Notable Children's Recordings
2012	(2009)		Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
	After Ever After		Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	^[33]
	Bruiser		Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
	Paintings from the Cave		Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
	Wonder		Booklist Editors' Choice Media	^[34]
	Zombies vs. Unicorns (2010)	and Justine Larbalestier (eds.)	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
2013	Dancing Carl		Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	^[35] ^[36]
	Doll Bones		AudioFile Best Children's Titles	^[37]
	October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard (2012)		Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
	Wonder		Notable Children's Recordings	^[38] ^[39]
2014	(2014)		AudioFile Best Children's Titles
	Crazy Dangerous		Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	^[40]
2015	(2014)		Notable Children's Recordings	^[41]
	(2014)		Booklist Editors' Choice Audio for Adults	^[42]
	Sway		Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	^[43]
2016	(2016)		AudioFile Best Romance Titles
2018	Benjamin Franklin You’ve Got Mail by	and Alan Zweibel	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	^[44]
	Who Killed Christopher Goodman?		Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2007	Surviving Grandpop	John Thompson
2009	Already Happened	Johnny
2012		Narrator
2012	Three Faces of Me	Narrator
2018	How to Catch A Turkey	Narrator

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nick Podehl . 2022-09-18 . ACX.
2. Web site: Nick Podehl . 2022-09-18 . Spartamac Publishing, LLC . en-US.
3. Web site: About GVSF - Shakespeare Festival . 2022-09-18 . Grand Valley State University.
4. Web site: About . 2022-09-18 . Nick Podehl . en-US.
5. Web site: MASTERS OF DISASTER by Gary Paulsen Read by Nick Podehl Audiobook Review . 2022-09-18 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
6. Web site: THE ASK AND THE ANSWER by Patrick Ness Read by Nick Podehl Angela Dawe Audiobook Review . 2022-09-18 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
7. Web site: THE KNIFE OF NEVER LETTING GO by Patrick Ness Read by Nick Podehl Audiobook Review . 2022-09-18 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
8. Web site: SWIM THE FLY by Don Calame Read by Nick Podehl Audiobook Review . 2022-09-18 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
9. Web site: ZOMBIES VS UNICORNS by Holly Black Justine Larbalestier Eds Read by Ellen Grafton Nick Podehl Kate Rudd Julia Whelan Phil Gigante Audiobook Review . 2022-09-18 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
10. Web site: CARTERS BIG BREAK by Brent Crawford Read by Nick Podehl Audiobook Review . 2022-09-18 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
11. Web site: Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . 2010-12-27 . 2011 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210428165004/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2011-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults . 2021-04-28 . 2021-04-04 . American Library Association . en.
12. Web site: Finneke . Jaclyn . 2011-01-13 . YALSA names 2011 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults . 2022-09-18 . . en.
13. Web site: 2011-02-15 . Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults: 2011 . 2022-09-18 . Booklist.
14. Web site: Communications and Marketing Office . 2011-01-10 . Listening Library wins 2011 Odyssey Award for 'The True Meaning of Smekday' . 2022-09-18 . . en.
15. Web site: THE WISE MANS FEAR by Patrick Rothfuss Read by Nick Podehl Audiobook Review . 2022-09-18 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
16. Web site: Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . 2012-01-24 . 2012 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Top Ten . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20120424171145/http://www.ala.org:80/yalsa/audiobooks/2012/topten . 2012-04-24 . 2021-04-03 . American Library Association . en.
17. Web site: OCTOBER MOURNING by Lesléa Newman Read by Emily Beresford Luke Daniels Tom Parks Nick Podehl Kate Rudd Christina Traister Audiobook Review . 2022-09-18 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
18. Web site: MORE THAN THIS by Patrick Ness Read by Nick Podehl Audiobook Review . 2022-09-18 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
19. Web site: Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . 2013-01-31 . 2013 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Top Ten . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20130318094754/http://www.ala.org:80/yalsa/amazing-audiobooks/2013/topten . 2013-03-18 . 2021-04-03 . American Library Association . en.
20. Web site: 2013-03-15 . Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults: 2013 . 2022-09-18 . Booklist.
21. Web site: THE WONDER OF AGING by Michael Gurian Read by Nick Podehl Audiobook Review . 2022-09-18 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
22. Web site: YESTERDAYS ECHO by Matt Coyle Read by Nick Podehl Audiobook Review . 2022-09-18 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
23. Web site: THE BOUNDLESS by Kenneth Oppel Read by Nick Podehl Audiobook Review . 2022-09-18 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
24. Web site: THE CURSE OF THE BUTTONS by Anne Ylvisaker Read by Nick Podehl Audiobook Review . 2022-09-18 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
25. Web site: Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . 2015-02-03 . 2015 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150207082244/http://www.ala.org:80/yalsa/2015-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults . 2015-02-07 . 2021-04-03 . American Library Association . en.
26. Web site: Lam . Anna . 2015-02-05 . YALSA names 2015 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults . 2022-09-18 . . en.
27. Web site: THE CONSEQUENCE OF SEDUCTION by Rachel Van Dyken Read by Amy McFadden Nick Podehl Audiobook Review . 2022-09-18 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
28. Web site: 2017 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US) . 2022-09-18 . Audio Publishers Association.
29. Web site: The Killer's Cousin Awards & Grants . 2022-09-18 . American Library Association.
30. Web site: Beauregard . Sue-Ellen . 2011-01-01 . Booklist Editors' Choice: Media, 2010 . 2022-09-18 . Booklist.
31. Web site: 2010-12-27 . 2011 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults . 2022-09-18 . Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . en.
32. Web site: 2011-02-15 . Notable Children's Recordings: 2011 . 2022-09-18 . Booklist.
33. Web site: 2012-01-24 . Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 2012 . 2022-09-18 . Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . en.
34. Web site: Beauregard . Sue-Ellen . 2013-01-01 . Booklist Editors' Choice: Media, 2012 . 2022-09-18 . Booklist.
35. Web site: Dancing Carl Awards & Grants . 2022-09-18 . American Library Association.
36. Web site: 2013-01-31 . Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 2013 . 2022-09-18 . Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . en.
37. Web site: AudioFile Magazine Spotlight on Narrator Nick Podehl . 2022-09-18 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
38. Web site: Wonder Awards & Grants . 2022-09-18 . American Library Association.
39. Web site: 2013-03-15 . Notable Children's Recordings: 2013 . 2022-09-18 . Booklist.
40. Web site: 2014-01-30 . Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 2014 . 2022-09-18 . Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . en.
41. Web site: 2015-12-15 . 2015 Notable Children's Recordings . 2022-09-18 . Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) . en.
42. Web site: 2016-01-01 . Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Adults, 2015 . 2022-09-18 . Booklist.
43. Web site: 2015-02-03 . 2015 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults . 2022-09-18 . Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . en.
44. Web site: 2018-01-09 . 2018 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults . 2022-09-18 . Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . en.