It’s not every day a political podcast takes over Times Square’s coveted digital billboards. So it goes with The Ben Shapiro Show , which, as media reporter Oliver Darcy documented in his Status newsletter last week, swarmed the heart of Manhattan with ads featuring the Daily Wire co-founder in a clean-cut jacket and shades, looking down at the pedestrians and tourists below. Shapiro is just one of several right-wing podcast hosts among the 25 eligible contenders for the Golden Globes’ inaugural Best Podcast Award — and, so far, the only one mounting a clear For Your Consideration campaign to break into the category. (The Globes will announce the six final nominees for the award on December 8.)
This isn’t the Daily Wire’s first run at Hollywood recognition. Last year, Matt Walsh

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