The 2026 Student Podcast Challenge for grades 4-12 is now open. Submissions will close on May 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST. You can submit here. Good luck! Calling all student storytellers: NPR's Student ...

Today we're announcing the best student podcasts in America as part of NPR's annual Student Podcast Challenge. Our judges reviewed thousands of submissions. NPR's Janet Woojeong Lee brings us ...

For the first time this year, NPR's Student Podcast Challenge handed the mic over to fourth graders. Here's two of our judges' favorite entries. NPR's Student Podcast Challenge has brought the voices ...

Editor’s note: This Q&A is lightly edited for clarity and style. University of Wisconsin student Jack Ohly’s podcast was named one of the top 10 best college podcasts in America. Ohly competed in ...

Here are the honorable mentions from the 2025 Student Podcast Challenge. You can listen to our middle school and high school finalists here. Thanks again to students, teachers and educators for being ...

The 2026 contest for grades 4-12 is now open. Submissions will close on May 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST. Working on an entry to the Student Podcast Challenge? Here's what you need to know. You can create ...

With a guitar in hand, Wilbur Cross junior Danyele McCrory strummed a Pearl Jam song she first heard in a video game — a musical discovery that sparked her interest in learning an instrument, and that ...

SPRINGDALE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The Tiger Talk podcast, produced by fourth and fifth-grade EAST students at John Tyson Elementary School of Innovation, is highlighting veterans helping veterans in ...