This year's winner in NPR's College Podcast Challenge is a letter to a grandparent that grapples with health issues including dementia. It's the story of a family learning to talk about hard things.
entry features his grandparents Kathy and Dick McCaskill (left) and discusses her dementia, something Colby had been scared to confront.'/Open
University still won't clarify whether it ever investigated student-run comedy show, or specify which "portions" of its jawboning statement it's retracting. Student newspaper editors were "browbeaten into submission," FIRE says.
From 75 campuses across 35 states, we've listened to hundreds of student entries to select the very best for NPR's College Podcast Challenge.
Here are some of the best entries in NPR's 2025 College Podcast Challenge.
Who's got it better in life, kids or adults? A group of fourth-graders in New Jersey did some serious reporting on this topic and sent us their findings as a part of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge.