Support the show: Long Shadow is Nominated for 3 Signal Awards

Through three seasons of Long Shadow the Garrett M. Graff-helmed podcast has won five Signal Awards. With the release of Long Shadow: Breaking the Internet, a sixth Signal would be good — but eight would be great!

Today the Signal Awards announced Long Shadow: Breaking the Internet is a finalist in three categories: Best History, Best Documentary, and Best Technology podcast. From today through October 9, Long Shadow listeners can help propel the show to titles by voting for the podcast here:

• Vote for Long Shadow for Best Technology Podcast

• Vote for Long Shadow for Best History Podcast

• Vote for Long Shadow for Best Documentary Podcast

These nominations mark Long Shadow's fourth time being honored by the annual podcast industry event.

Long Shadow: Breaking the Internet retraces 30 years of web history — a tangle of GIFs, blogs, apps, and hashtags — to answer the bewildering question many ask when they go online today: "How did we get here?" It's the story of mankind's greatest invention, a tool that gave everyone access to all the world's information and unlocked democracy across the globe. But it's also about the biggest crisis facing society today: how the web's unlimited feed of data morphed into a firehose of hoaxes, conspiracy theories, and lies that divided Americans over things we once agreed on, like science, diversity, and even democracy itself.

In addition to winning five Signal Awards, prior seasons of the Peabody Award-nominated show have been honored by RFK Human Rights for public service and the Society of Professional Journalists for best narrative podcasts.

Winners of the fourth annual Signal Awards will be announced on October 15, 2025.