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The Kids Are All Right

Students behind the Flossy Podcast: Joshua Bovell, Jaheim Birch-Gentles, Brianna Johnson, Jamar Thompson, Ieszan McKinney, and Kamari Murdock in Canarsie, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Not pictured - Isaiah Dupuy.) Kholood Eid for NPR hide caption

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The Kids Are All Right

Adults often find it really hard to talk about race. But kids? Maybe not so much. NPR received more than 2,000 entries in this year's Student Podcast Challenge, and we heard from young people all over the country about how they're thinking about race and identity in these trying times.

The Kids Are All Right

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Coronavirus, Racism And Kindness: How NYC Middle-Schoolers Built A Winning Podcast

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Coronavirus, Racism And Kindness: How NYC Middle-Schoolers Built A Winning Podcast

The middle-school top prize for NPR's second annual Student Podcast Challenge goes to ... The Dragon Kids.

Coronavirus, Racism And Kindness: How NYC Middle-Schoolers Built A Winning Podcast

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'Climate Change Is Racial Injustice': Students Speak Their Truth In Winning Podcast

Students behind the Flossy Podcast: Joshua Bovell, Jaheim Birch-Gentles, Brianna Johnson, Jamar Thompson, Ieszan McKinney, and Kamari Murdock in Canarsie, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Not pictured - Isaiah Dupuy) Kholood Eid for NPR hide caption

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America Reckons With Racial Injustice

'Climate Change Is Racial Injustice': Students Speak Their Truth In Winning Podcast

A group of students from Brooklyn see every day how climate change disproportionately affects their community. They made a podcast that asked: Why?

'Climate Change Is Racial Injustice': Students Speak Their Truth In Winning Podcast

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Best Of The Best: Here Are The Finalists In The NPR Student Podcast Challenge
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Best Of The Best: Here Are The Finalists In The NPR Student Podcast Challenge

Despite the coronavirus pandemic that closed schools nationwide, students from 46 states and the District of Columbia submitted entries. We've narrowed those down to 25 finalists.

Best Of The Best: Here Are The Finalists In The NPR Student Podcast Challenge

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