Entering into the Student Podcast Challenge can make ripples…

…even if you don't win.

View this email online Entering into the Student Podcast Challenge can make ripples…even if you don’t win. Our Student Podcast Challenge finalists will be revealed next week. With that in mind, we wanted to take the opportunity to check in on the final ten from this year’s College Podcast Challenge!  The Student and College Podcast Challenges are a great way to get student’s voices out there. But even if an entry doesn’t win, there’s a strong chance it’ll make waves. NPR member stations, local papers, and even school newspapers often pick up stories from early entries we loved, honorable mentions, and finalists. And with the Student Podcast Challenge finalists coming out next week, we wanted to take a moment to highlight news our College Podcast finalists have generated. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane… to about a month ago. Nameless, Faceless Monster in the Washington University in St. Louis’ The Source: Students’ work recognized in ‘College Podcast Challenge’ “A podcast created by two Washington University in St. Louis students was among 10 finalists in the “College Podcast Challenge” from National Public Radio. Two WashU sophomores in Arts & Sciences, Jared Adelman and Olivia Poolos, who collaborated on a short podcast titled “Nameless Faceless Monster,” made the cut. Adelmen, a political science major, first came across the contest last year when he was developing his own independent podcast, “Contested Politics.” However, the competition’s rules required a new project, so he reached out to Poolos, who is majoring in philosophy-neuroscience-psychology, to work on this collaboration.” Newsletter continues after sponsor message Mirror Talks in the Union Bulletin: Walla Walla University students’ podcast examines racial diversity in dolls Earlier this year, Naomi Pepper and Lindsey Gispert spoke about their American Girl dolls’ markedly different stories. Gispert hosts the Nachomonster 300 podcast, which was shared by kosu.org and NPR on March 12, 2022. They said their discussion turned to American Girl dolls and the accompanying books while at a slumber party-style gathering. For Gispert, who on the podcast said, “for context, I’m Black,” there was just one historical AG doll that resembled her — Addy Walker, a slave girl who escapes to freedom. “It never struck me that there was only one (historical Black doll) and in and of itself, that’s not great,” Gispert said. What’s In a Name on KQED: Changing Your Name to ‘Fit In’ in America Hosted by Mina Kim What’s in a name? The question originally posed by Shakespeare is also the title of New York University sophomore Aria Young’s winning entry to this year’s NPR College Podcast Challenge. Young changed her name from 杨沁悦, or Yáng Qìn Yuè, when she moved to Pennsylvania from Shanghai for high school because her original name was “too hard for the English tongue to pronounce,” she says in the podcast. But sometimes she feels her adopted last name isn’t quite right either. We’ll talk about what it means to change your name to “fit in” in America, or to have learned your family has done so, and we’ll hear from listeners about what their names mean to them.   See you next week. Listen to your local NPR station. Visit NPR.org to hear live radio from WBEZ (edit station). What do you think of today's email? We'd love to hear your thoughts, questions and feedback: studentpodcastchallenge@npr.org Enjoying this newsletter? Forward to a friend! They can sign up here. Looking for more great content? Check out all of our newsletter offerings — including Education, Health, Code Switch and more! You received this message because you're subscribed to Student Podcast Challenge emails. This email was sent by National Public Radio, Inc., 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 Unsubscribe  |  Privacy Policy