Saying the 2025 NPR School Podcast Problem Honorable Mentions : NPR

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And that is one other yr within the books! The fifth annual NPR School Podcast Problem acquired roughly 200 entries from college students in 31 states and the District of Columbia.

At the moment, we're asserting our 10 finalist entries, and with them, a further 35 podcasts that caught our ears, and that our staff thought had a robust story to inform.

Beneath are the honorable mentions. Congratulations everybody!

A metropolis divided: Oakland debates neighborhood security by Brianna SosaStanford College, Stanford, Calif.

A Winooski chef finds peace in fly fishing by Dylan Moody A'nessUniversity Of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.

After the Sentence by Tess BierlyDuke College, Durham, N.C.

Blissful Ignorance: The Novice Boxing Dilemma by Henry NichollsThe College of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Bread & Butter Farm: A Place to Belong by Cate MacDonaldUniversity Of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.

Classroom Confessions by Christina MuttavancheryFordham College, New York, N.Y.

Connecting routes by Kathleen LeslieUniversity of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nev.

Creativity as Foreign money: How Communities Are Responding to the Starvation Disaster by Cecilia PfliegerEndicott School, Beverly, Mass.

Topped and Proud: Extra Than Hair by Kitan AroleUniversity of Connecticut, Mansfield, Conn.

Deep Dive by Zach Lebowitz, Karina Kafka, Eli Dahmah and Findlay DrabantUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.

Ship U.S. by Krystal GuerraTexas Christian College, Fort Value, Texas

Desires With out Borders by Alondra Nolasco RojasHofstra College, Hempstead, N.Y.

Dropping In With Mo by Marissa DumaisUniversity Of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.

Schooling as a Turning Level by College students of Inside-Out Pathway-to-BA ProgramPitzer School, Claremont, Calif.

Elevator Escapades by Jack LynchThomas Extra College, Crestview Hills, Ky.

Discovering Household by Ava JohnsonPrinceton College, Princeton, N.J.

Friday Night time Lights And NIL Rights by Ainsley ElliotKent State College, Portage County, Ohio

Listening to My Household by Bunmi OmisoreDuke College, Durham, N.C.

it began with bananas by Leonella Abreu Garcia, Yanelyse Cruz, Hayley Garabitos, Katie Goris and Emily McDougallSUNY Oneonta, Oneonta, N.Y.

Okay-ALL: Large Ocean Interview | First Laborious-of-Listening to Okay-Pop Group Drops Christmas Single "RED-DY SET GO" by Angel PolitoStony Brook College, Stony Brook, N.Y.

Khmer Recountings by Kendrah SuPrinceton College, Princeton, N.J.

La Chamba Podcast Collection by Barbara Flores, Suni Salas and Maria GarciaUniversity of Arizona, Phoenix, Ariz.

One Individual by Samuel MansiDalton State School, Dalton, Ga.

PCCD Alert – how a staff of neighborhood school reporters investigated a capturing demise on campus by Desmond Meagley, Eliot Faine, Ivan Saravia and Erik BrackenLaney School, Oakland, Calif.

Rock Backside by John BarteeSouthern Illinois College Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Ailing.

Straddling Tints: Raised within the Areas Between by Sara MoralesFordham College, New York, N.Y.

The Value of Being Served by Gabriela ValladaresDalton State School, Dalton, Ga.

The Home That Raised Us by Hannah LoftisSouthern Illinois College of Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Ailing.

The Subsequent Misplaced Metropolis?: Evaluating How Rising Sea Ranges are affecting the San Diego shoreline by Michaela Habal, Martha Gonzalez Mejia, Alejandra Guio Perez and Aylen Ojeda LopezUniversity of California San Diego, San Diego, Calif.

The Story Behind Stickers by Jessica WattsNorthwestern College, Evanston, Ailing.

The Fact That Bothers Them by Victoria CuellarMiami Dade School, Miami, Fla.

Thief of Potential by Yanser Rodriguez Perez, Jennifer Santos, Soraya Guillet, Kawanza Nelum and Olivia CorreaMiami Dade School, Miami, Fla.

Via the Glass by Halee Provost, Daniela Ortiz, Daniel Leon and Valerie WilliamsMiami Dade School, Miami, Fla.

Thrown Away: Ready Outdoors New Jersey's Largest ICE Detention Facility by Koki OgawaPrinceton College, Princeton, N.J.

To Converse or Not To Converse by Sophia MarcianoHofstra College, Hempstead, N.Y.

Congratulations everybody! Thanks once more for sharing your tales with us. We beloved listening to each minute of them, and we hope to listen to from you once more this fall.

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