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Fact & React Special Episode: MAR-10 (Christopher & Seung Chul) Super Mario Bros. has somehow been a phenomenon that crosses both generations and different cultures. The characters from the Mario Franchise have transcended movies, toys, multiple platforms of video games, theme parks, and had a strange beginning in the classic game of Donkey Kong. In this podcast we try to find out just why...

POP Vs ROCK #003: Sending Out an S.O.S. For Taylor Swift + The Police (Laynie + Maya) Welcome to the Music Fan-made podcast where two hosts are fans of different music. One is a fan of Taylor Swift and the other is a fan of rock and the classics. On this episode we discuss Police Songs and three Taylor Swift songs. This is a student made podcast where two middle school teens share their love of th...

NPR Challenge: Will High School Clique? (James + Landen + Sarah) (This Podcast was submitted as an entry in the 2024 NPR Student Podcast Challenge 5th-8th Grade Competition) James, Landen and Sarah have a social experiment. They have watched so many movies and tv shows and have asked the question, why do some schools have a class where everyone hangs out and why do others have small cliques? They...

NPR Challenge: Word on the Street (Zainab) (This Podcast was submitted as an entry in the 2024 NPR Student Podcast Challenge 5th-8th Grade Competition) In this podcast, Zainab asks the question, how do different generations react to slang words. Zainab interviews a series of adults with slang terms that teens use. She asks the adults what they think a word means. After their responses, she reveals...

NPR Challenge: We Have a Swim Team? (Ashley) (This Podcast was submitted as an entry in the 2024 NPR Student Podcast Challenge 5th-8th Grade Competition) In this podcast, Ashley deals with the hard reality that swimming just doesn’t get the same love as other sports. Regardless of successes, some people either don’t realize that a team exists or don’t even realize it’s a sport that people actually...

NPR Challenge: A Hero's Journey (Maya) (This Podcast was submitted as an entry in the 2024 NPR Student Podcast Challenge 5th-8th Grade Competition) In recent years there has been a lot of controversy with famous individuals and statues of historical figures that have come under question. What if I took a similar lens to think about some of the most famous Marvel & DC superheroes. What clas...

NPR Challenge: Seattle Magic (Jessia & Abby) Two students find out that they both have been doing a rewatch of Grey's Anatomy. The show started before they were born and just keeps going. Some characters have flat lined and others have moved on to other things. What have our experiences of diseased characters said about the show? How does the show continue to live on for so long? (This Pod...

NPR Challenge: Media Lost N’ Found (Aditya) Aditya digs into how certain types of media can just kind of vanish from existence. There are places like the internet archive and even now google has removed website cache’s. Let’s dig into what this means for historians. Does this turn into revisionist history? (This Podcast was submitted as an entry in the 2024 NPR Student Podcast Challenge 5th-8th Gr...

NPR Challenge: Trying to Not Hate on Taylor Swift (Laynie and Maya) On this special episode of Pop vs Rock Podcast, we look back on the songs that have so much meaning to us. Did we change our opinion of music from the time we spent together making playlists for one-another?  (Can a Taylor Swift fan and Rock Music fan find a happy medium?) Links Pop vs Rock Playlist for this episode: https://open....

NPR Challenge: The Right Questions (Alex & Jay) We interview students to get to know them. We change it up on this episode of Podtalk and have our interviewees tell us what question we should ask them. If we wanted to get to know people better, what questions SHOULD WE be asking? (This Podcast was submitted as an entry in the 2024 NPR Student Podcast Challenge 5th-8th Grade Competition) This p...

NPR Challenge: Part-time Egyptian (AyaSophia) (This Podcast was submitted as an entry in the 2024 NPR Student Podcast Challenge 5th-8th Grade Competition) Did you ever wonder what it’s like for someone to have two homes? In this podcast, I explore and share what it’s like to have a strong cultural attachment to both Egypt and living in the US. Listen as I speak to my mom, my stepdad and my grandmo...

NPR Challenge: Hopes, Dreams, and Everything In-between (Austin & Aanya) (This Podcast was submitted as an entry in the 2024 NPR Student Podcast Challenge 5th-8th Grade Competition) What if we were to post a series of short questions in a google form to our 8th grade class about future careers? What would their responses tell us about our generation? In this podcast, we explore the results and...

NPR Challenge: Solo Match (Yucheng) (This Podcast was submitted as an entry in the 2024 NPR Student Podcast Challenge 5th-8th Grade Competition) What is it like training for MMA fighting? How would a person train for this type of sport? Yucheng explains first hand the intensity and aspects of MMA in Solo Match. This podcast was recorded in Herricks Studios with Michael Heit in the Content Creation...

NPR Challenge: MMA Rewind (Jason & Kyle) (This Podcast was submitted as an entry in the 2024 NPR Student Podcast Challenge 5th-8th Grade Competition) In this special podcast, we look back at our experiences with MMA including when we started, what we remember about our early days, and a lot more. We hope you find this podcast entertaining and you will watch more of our episodes. This podcast w...

NPR Challenge: What is the perfect getaway? (Lauren + Reva) (This Podcast was submitted as an entry in the 2024 NPR Student Podcast Challenge 5th-8th Grade Competition) Each episode we will pick one place and talk about it. We ask each other questions about the place. We ask questions like what was your favorite part, who did you go with, why do you like that place and what was your favorite memor...

NPR Challenge: Grappling Girlhood (Ava & Zara) (This Podcast was submitted as an entry in the 2024 NPR Student Podcast Challenge 5th-8th Grade Competition) In this episode of Girls Got This, we sit down with a group of girls that range from 6th-8th grade. In other words, middle schoolers. In this episode we ask them about their pressures and experiences. We listen and we question, do girls fee...

NPR Challenge: You Can’t Go Home to TV Again (Jimin & Nazeef) (This Podcast was submitted as an entry in the 2024 NPR Student Podcast Challenge 5th-8th Grade Competition) Jimin and Nazeef would like to explore their favorite shows when they were little and compare them to their shows now. What would it be like to rewatch something that they loved as children? Does nostalgia play a big enough f...

NPR Challenge: Dungeons & Decisions (Claude & Blake) (This Podcast was submitted as an entry in the 2024 NPR Student Podcast Challenge 5th-8th Grade Competition) In this podcast, Claud & Blake explore Dungeons and Dragons. We have always wanted to play D&D but truthfully don’t know where to begin. So what better way than to talk with people and get an understanding of how it works...

NPR Challenge: Daily Dose of Current Events (Prithav) (This Podcast was submitted as an entry in the 2024 NPR Student Podcast Challenge 5th-8th Grade Competition) A dose of some of the latest news. Not to mention, it's also completely devoid of all the things that make current events boring. This podcast was recorded in Herricks Studios with Michael Heit in the Content Creation Foundations 8th...

NPR Challenge: A Loathe of Reading (Daniel & James) (This Podcast was submitted as an entry in the 2024 NPR Student Podcast Challenge 5th-8th Grade Competition) Why do some students enjoy reading and others lose that love? We sit down to discuss it all and maybe we can come to an understanding of why reading is different for each person. This podcast was recorded in Herricks Studios with Micha...

NPR Challenge: Behind The Pixels (Tobey, Ethan, & Isaac) (This Podcast was submitted as an entry in the 2024 NPR Student Podcast Challenge 5th-8th Grade Competition) At the end of the day, why does a back story of a character matter in a video game? What keeps you coming back ? Just maybe, video games are more than a mindless waste of time. This podcast was recorded in Herricks Studios with Mi...

NPR Challenge: A Statistic Isn't a Story (Jessalynne) (This Podcast was submitted as an entry in the 2024 NPR Student Podcast Challenge 5th-8th Grade Competition) Jessalynne lost her mom at the start of COVID cases in NY. In the midst of this, she moved from Queens to Long Island to attend Herricks School District. This is an honest and raw retelling of her loss to spread awareness of COVID an...

Amazing Book Reviews #003: Interview With Ms. Thompson (Daniel + James) Our podcast is about book reviews about books that we like. Some are books that are more well known and some books are lesser known. We pick a book that we think you might enjoy and find something new to read. On this special episode, we jump out of order in our episodes to deliver a great discussion. Ms. Thompson talks about...

Daily Dose of Current Events #003: A Start To 2024 (Aditya + Prithav) A dose of all the exciting moments of the past three months chalked up into one sitting. Not to mention, it's also completely devoid of all the things that make current events boring. In a short span there has been a series of wild stories such as Alaska Airlines emergency exits opens mid-flight, a swim at a Bass Pro Shop, G...

The Taste Test #003: Peeps Marshmallow Candy On this episode of The Taste Test, we try some Peeps and compare them to the original yellow flavored ones. How will these new flavors compare? You'll have to listen to this episode to find out which ones were good as we make our way across this seasonal classic snack. This podcast is about trying different foods that you might not usually buy. Chec...