Student Podcast Challenge Student Podcast Challenge invites students from around the country to create a podcast and compete for a chance to have your work featured on NPR.
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Georgianna McKenny, 17, is the high school grand-prize winner in NPR's fifth-annual Student Podcast Challenge. Imani Khayyam for NPR hide caption
Budae jjigae or army stew is a Korean fusion stew that incorporates American style processed food. Lauren Migaki/NPR hide caption
Living with an eating disorder, a teen finds comfort in her favorite Korean food
Georgianna McKenny, 17, the high school grand-prize winner in NPR's fifth-annual Student Podcast Challenge, with her English teacher, Thomas Easterling. Imani Khayyam for NPR hide caption
Entries from NPR's Student Podcast Challenge explore mental health
Georgianna McKenny, 17, is the high school grand-prize winner in NPR's fifth-annual Student Podcast Challenge. Imani Khayyam for NPR hide caption
Norah Weiner (L) and Erika Young (R), the grand-prize winners in grades 5-8 of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge, at Presidio Middle School in San Francisco. Talia Herman for NPR hide caption
Student podcasters share the dark realities of middle school in America
Listening to high school finalists of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge
A 65-year-old college student shares wisdom on reinventing oneself
Middle school winners Harrison McDonald, Wesley Helmer, Kit Atteberry, and Blake Turley pose with librarian Misti Knight. Cooper Neill for NPR hide caption
These middle school students have a warning about teens and social media
Tegan Nam won the 2022 Student Podcast Challenge for high school with their story about using humor to process trauma. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption
After a lockdown, students found comfort in humor. But what are the jokes hiding?
Four years into her life in the U.S., Aria Young has realized she wants more balance between the two halves of herself — Yáng Qìn Yuè of Shanghai and Aria Young of New York City. Mohamed Sadek for NPR hide caption
A Chinese student Americanized her name to fit in. It took more to feel she belonged
