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Best In Show: Our Favorite College Podcasts

This year's finalists in the Student Podcast Challenge, College Edition, give us a glimpse at life on, and off, campus.
Source: LA Johnson

From quarantining in dorms to staring at the screen in online classes — it was a wild year to be a college student. And, it turns out, it was a good year for us to welcome college students for the first time to the NPR Student Podcast Challenge.

Today we're announcing our favorites! From podcasts submitted from college students across the country, we've narrowed the list down to 10 finalists. You.

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