Travis Kelce’s New Heights podcast did not receive a nomination at the 2026 Golden Globes after the coveted awards show announced they would be adding a “Best Podcast” category. Notably, New Heights is hosted by brothers Travis and Jason Kelce. The brothers discuss sports, entertainment, pop culture, and occasionally their personal lives on the podcast. Famous celebrities like Taylor Swift have appeared as guests on the podcast in the past.
New Heights Podcast gets snubbed by Golden Globes
Travis Kelce’s New Heights podcast got left out of the 2026 Golden Globes’ nomination list. This comes after the podcast’s official X account reached out to the Golden Globes’ official X account after they announced they would be introducing a “Best Podcast” category.
The final list of nominations includes “Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard,” “Call Her Daddy,” “Good Hang with Amy Poehler,” and “The Megyn Kelly Show,” to name a few from the list of twenty-five nominations.
The snub came as a surprise to many fans of the podcast, as New Heights had a successful year. The episode with Taylor Swift set a Guinness World Record by achieving 1.3 billion concurrent YouTube views during her appearance. This is the highest-ever figure for a podcast livestream by any artist. (via PEOPLE)
The global pop icon appeared as a guest on her fiancé’s podcast to announce her twelfth studio album, The Life of a Showgirl. The episode featured a one-of-a-kind interview with both Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift.
In 2025, the New Heights podcast won the iHeartPodcast Award in the Best Sports category. The year before, it won Podcast of the Year at the iHeartPodcast Awards. It is among the best-ranked sports podcasts on the Apple Podcasts charts. Celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio and Adam Sandler have also appeared as guests on the podcast.
Originally reported by Anwaya Mane on Mandatory.
