And that is one other yr within the books! The fifth annual NPR Faculty Podcast Problem obtained roughly 200 entries from college students in 31 states and the District of Columbia.
Right this moment, we’re asserting our 10 finalist entries, and with them, an extra 35 podcasts that caught our ears, and that our workforce thought had a robust story to inform.
Under are the honorable mentions. Congratulations everybody!
A metropolis divided: Oakland debates group security by Brianna Sosa
Stanford College, Stanford, Calif.
A Winooski chef finds peace in fly fishing by Dylan Moody A’ness
College Of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.
After the Sentence by Tess Bierly
Duke College, Durham, N.C.
Blissful Ignorance: The Beginner Boxing Dilemma by Henry Nicholls
The College of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Bread & Butter Farm: A Place to Belong by Cate MacDonald
College Of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.
Classroom Confessions by Christina Muttavanchery
Fordham College, New York, N.Y.
Connecting routes by Kathleen Leslie
College of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nev.
Creativity as Foreign money: How Communities Are Responding to the Starvation Disaster by Cecilia Pflieger
Endicott Faculty, Beverly, Mass.
Topped and Proud: Extra Than Hair by Kitan Arole
College of Connecticut, Mansfield, Conn.
Deep Dive by Zach Lebowitz, Karina Kafka, Eli Dahmah and Findlay Drabant
College of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
Ship U.S. by Krystal Guerra
Texas Christian College, Fort Price, Texas
Desires With out Borders by Alondra Nolasco Rojas
Hofstra College, Hempstead, N.Y.
Dropping In With Mo by Marissa Dumais
College Of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.
Training as a Turning Level by College students of Inside-Out Pathway-to-BA Program
Pitzer Faculty, Claremont, Calif.
Elevator Escapades by Jack Lynch
Thomas Extra College, Crestview Hills, Ky.
Discovering Household by Ava Johnson
Princeton College, Princeton, N.J.
Friday Evening Lights And NIL Rights by Ainsley Elliot
Kent State College, Portage County, Ohio
Listening to My Household by Bunmi Omisore
Duke College, Durham, N.C.
it began with bananas by Leonella Abreu Garcia, Yanelyse Cruz, Hayley Garabitos, Katie Goris and Emily McDougall
SUNY Oneonta, Oneonta, N.Y.
Ok-ALL: Massive Ocean Interview | First Arduous-of-Listening to Ok-Pop Group Drops Christmas Single “RED-DY SET GO” by Angel Polito
Stony Brook College, Stony Brook, N.Y.
Khmer Recountings by Kendrah Su
Princeton College, Princeton, N.J.
La Chamba Podcast Sequence by Barbara Flores, Suni Salas and Maria Garcia
College of Arizona, Phoenix, Ariz.
One Individual by Samuel Mansi
Dalton State Faculty, Dalton, Ga.
PCCD Alert – how a workforce of group faculty reporters investigated a capturing demise on campus by Desmond Meagley, Eliot Faine, Ivan Saravia and Erik Bracken
Laney Faculty, Oakland, Calif.
Rock Backside by John Bartee
Southern Illinois College Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Ailing.
Straddling Tints: Raised within the Areas Between by Sara Morales
Fordham College, New York, N.Y.
The Value of Being Served by Gabriela Valladares
Dalton State Faculty, Dalton, Ga.
The Home That Raised Us by Hannah Loftis
Southern 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 Lopez
College of California San Diego, San Diego, Calif.
The Story Behind Stickers by Jessica Watts
Northwestern College, Evanston, Ailing.
The Fact That Bothers Them by Victoria Cuellar
Miami Dade Faculty, Miami, Fla.
Thief of Potential by Yanser Rodriguez Perez, Jennifer Santos, Soraya Guillet, Kawanza Nelum and Olivia Correa
Miami Dade Faculty, Miami, Fla.
By way of the Glass by Halee Provost, Daniela Ortiz, Daniel Leon and Valerie Williams
Miami Dade Faculty, Miami, Fla.
Thrown Away: Ready Outdoors New Jersey’s Largest ICE Detention Facility by Koki Ogawa
Princeton College, Princeton, N.J.
To Communicate or Not To Communicate by Sophia Marciano
Hofstra 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.
NPR’s Faculty Podcast Problem will return Fall of 2026. Subscribe to our publication for the most recent updates. You may attain us at studentpodcastchallenge@npr.org.
