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Roosevelt Elementary sixth-grade students, from left, Raelynn Ray, Ayla Evinsky and Addison Gordon interview guest Naval Academy football coach Brian Newberry, on screen in front of desk, as other students work behind the scenes on “The Devil’s in the Detail” podcast. McDONALD — Offering a convenient way to indulge in a wide variety of subjects, podcasts have gained in popularity around the world. They are projected to reach nearly 600 million international listeners by 2026 with 115 million tuning in on a weekly basis in the United States this year.

In the three months leading up to 2025, nearly 488,000 new podcasts were launched globally, totaling more than 4.5 million programs. Students at Roosevelt Elementary added to that growing number with

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