The annual contest for students in grades four through 12 is back for its eighth year — this time with a special prize for a podcast that marks the 250th anniversary of the United States.

Here are some of our favorite high school podcasts from this year's NPR Student Podcast Challenge. In its seventh year, the contest received nearly 2,000 entries from students all around the country.

Every year, when NPR opens up our Student Podcast Challenge, thousands of young people send us their stories. We get investigative journalism, heartfelt family interviews, and deeply personal stories.

NPR's Student Podcast Challenge received nearly 2,000 entries from all around the country. Here are some of this year's best middle school submissions. Today we're announcing the best student podcasts ...

NPR dominated the podcast space in the early years. And public radio remains influential, routinely holding several of the top 10 downloads. But podcasting has exploded with new voices, new shows and ...

NPR prides itself on bringing its listeners podcast programming for different tastes and sensibilities. Some bring the biggest news like Up First, NPR News Now, and the recently launched Sources & ...

When Ameya Desai won the fourth grade prize of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge last year, something surprising happened: A neighbor reached out asking if the 11-year-old journalist would interview his ...

It's not your mother's podcast — or your father's, or anyone else's. The Washington Post 's new offering, "Your Personal ...