Here are the honorable mentions from the 2025 Student Podcast Challenge. You can listen to our middle school and high school finalists here.

Thanks again to students, teachers and educators for being a part of our annual contest! Please share your experience, send us photos and give us feedback at studentpodcastchcallenge@npr.org . And if you haven't already, check out our newsletter for the latest updates.

Congratulations to all these outstanding podcasts! Hope to hear from you again next year!

Middle School Honorable Mentions

A humorous Reenactment of American Historical Moments: The American Revolution

Students: Sophia Schnick, Grace Hargrave, Granite Inouye and Ava Christoferson

Teacher: Lorenzo Worster, Sierra Expeditionary Learning School in Truckee, Calif.

A Late Star

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