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2019 Student Podcast Contest

In alphabetical orderbytitle

Winners

“A Day in the Life of an Anxious High Schooler” by Cece Benz

“Alexa, The Start Of The Robot Revolution” by Silas Bartol and Mila Barnes-Bukher

“Black Ink” by Kaela Wilkinson and Jalen Lewis

“Depression Memes and Me: Why| Stopped Looking at Depression Memes”by ZuheeraAli

“How My 90-year-old Neighbor, a Holocaust Survivor, Sees America Today” by Lila Shroff

“My Incarcerated Family” by Samantha Zazueta

“Period Poverty” by Genevieve Schweitzer

“Rams Evolution” by Tomer Keysar

“Sexism at Lillian Osborne” by Kaia Janmohamed

“Teen Pregnancy Story” by Trinity Edwards

“The Ides of March: An Uprising to Save the Earth” by Madeleine Klass

“The Truth About Your Seat Belt” by Molly Cleary

Runners-Up

“A Tale of Two Lions” by Darran Shen and Chris Branch

“Catcalls and Caramel Frappuccinos by Karlee Van” by Karlee Van

“Eating Disorder Stories Coming Together” by Caroline Dixon

“Invictus — My Father’s Profile in Courage” by Khushie Shelat

“Is It Possible to Separate an Artist from Their Art?” by Moni Okuwobi

“Kaleidoscope, Episode 1: Metal Cage” by Heba Mahmood

“Lovecast” by Sophie Volpe

“Strange History - The DisappearanceofFlight 19” by Ethan Parideu

“Subsistence and Climate Change” by Jacob Dunlop

“The Caricature of Statue Men” by Baron Walker

“The Difference BetweenEvil, Evil, and Evil” by Anna Tang

“The Message Behind The Lyrics” by Sophie Marsden and Khrystyna Karpyn

“The Story of Emmy Noether” by Eva Reed

“The Taste of Beijing — Ep 3, Winter Sweets” by Kexin Yan

“When | Shout, but He Can’t Hear” by Zara Qizilbash

Honorable Mentions

“2 Peas in a Podcast” by Jason Hoopes

“50 Questions with Charlie Reed” by Charlie Reed and Sophia Sanders

“Are You Afraid of Math?” by Maya Viswanathan

“Colors of Our Lives” by Gracie Holmes and Ava Hunter

“Family and Legacy: The Story of a North Korean Escapee” by Zoe Lee

“Penitence” by Rose Alavi Toussi and Jenny Chen

“The Impact of Autism” by Katelyn Donoghue and Maddie Fryer

“The Insurrection of 1898: The Only Successful Coup in US History” by Sebastian Zagler

“The Life of a Plastic Bottle” by Rosie Meinzen

“The Moonlit Talk: Let’s Talk About The Uyghurs” by Itykin Uyghur

“Tobacco Road”by Liz Gately, Ava McKula, Adria Wilson and Alex Stamatakos

“Too Many Cooksin the Kitchen?” by Aggie Augustine

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Round 2 Finalists

“A High School Trend” by Teland L. and Yuto Nishida

“A Polish Teenager's Wartime Experience” by Helena Kondak

“A Tasty Bite of Foreign Foods” by Oscar Stachelberg and Evan Wacks

“AC Podcasts” by Alexander Ciano and Arden Collins

“All About Animals Podcast” by Addy O’Grady and Aeowyn Comissiong

“ASMR: What Is it and WhyIs it So Popular?” by Tessa Hodges

“Back to Basics in Business” by Lily Boyer

“Bigtime Spiorts” by Jake Gerenraich and Henry Brown

“Chronicles of The Teenage Mind” by Landon Araujo, Rhoda Oni, Delia Wasky and Elizabeth Fleming

“Culture Circus” by Mika Livne

“Do Cats Always Fight?” by Tori Kotalik

“Finding Her Roots” by Hannah Lennox

“Follow Me On...” by Aditya Namjoshi, Sabah Jamal and Julie Henry

“GBN (Ghost Busters Nightly)” by Lauren Hines and Blake Morin

“Growing Up in a Foreign Country” by JengusErcil

“Healing Heart of Broken Glass” by Arista Rutherford-Reed

“How Do You Handle Pressure?” by Ella Steinberg

“| Love You” by Charlotte Tickell

“| Promise, It Wasn't Me!” by Alec Wasserman

“Is Homework Necessary?” by Gianna Smolock

“Is Reality Real?” by Anika Kamat

“Is the College Acceptance Process Racist?” by Jiji Xu

“La Mia Famiglia” by Michelle Gargagliano

“Mars: The Next Frontier?” by Rohan Datta

“Our Immigrant Roots and Our Shared Experience” by Sugeily Alvarez, Devin Kassebaum, Gianna Vessey, Elizabeth Park

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“Our Stories” by Mallory Wilson, Cassidy Ochoa, Misato Fukui and Serafina Zolnoski

“Patriarchy” by Ashlyn Bobb Collins

“Phil Yu: A Conversation About Asian-American Politics and Identity” by Catherine Zhao and Sarah Feng

“Revealed from Ruins” by Serena Young and Isabella Delbakhsh

“School Lockdowns” by Emma Alexander and Samantha Darr

“Self Lauv” by Zunaira Khan and Ashten Bjornson

“Should Students Grade Teachers?” by Kassidee Bur

“Small Talks with Julia” by Julia Hsieh

“Spirit Talk — The Ghosts of Lake Compounce” by Ava Morin and Ariana Edgar

“Strength to the Synagogues” by Alexa Freedman

“The Book Is on the Table” by Marina Gasparetti, Catharina Janovitz and Paloma Minharro

“The Effects of Immigration on the Lives of Immigrants in Society” by Kaity Wang and Christina Jang

“The Film Club Podcast” by Aubrey Francis, RJ Marshall, Brandon Gassler, Matt Thomas and Anthony Cohen

“The ‘Hallmark’ of a Culture that Perpetuates Stereotypes” by Siobhan Hull

“The Hardships of Friendships — Tea Time” by Brenna Drews and Shaurya Kumar

“The Importance of Second Legs in the UEFA Champions League” by Cooper Knight and Joe Sanders

“The Romantic Story of Romeo and COWette” by Mason Edwards

“The Stigma” by Bailey Stanley

“The Truth About Mental Hospital Experience” by Alexis Nowell and Aidyn Narezo

“Through the Eyes, a Different Perspective” by Ryan Barton

“Tsunami Tales” by Sophia Sherin

“Until I'm Done” by Tiana Bolles

“Wave Goodbye?”by Britney Bang

“What Does Being a Female Mean to YOU?” by Sydney Feld

“What Does War Meanto Syria?: Engy's Story” by YuXin Michelle Wang and Antoni Hasiura

“Who Knew?”by Kaitlyn Newton

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