{"id":8241,"date":"2026-08-16T09:40:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T09:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=8241"},"modified":"2026-08-16T09:40:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T09:40:29","slug":"65-and-older-have-a-story-to-tell-hit-record-and-send-npr-your-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=8241","title":{"rendered":"65 and older? Have a story to tell? Hit ‘record’ and send NPR your podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hey, seniors! There are a lot of you out there and the numbers are growing: The roughly 60 million Americans age 65 and older make up the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population.<\/p>

Read more NPR Senior Podcast Challenge: Official Rules<\/a><\/p>

At this point in life you’ve clocked a lot of miles and gained some experience along the way. You’ve probably got some gray hair to show for it, and no doubt some stories to tell.<\/p>

Here at NPR, we’d like to hear those stories. And so this fall, we’re asking you to hit “record” and send them to us, in audio form. Stories of love, of family, of finance and health. Memories of the past \u2013 or fears and hopes for the future.<\/p>\n

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Sound Advice: The NPR guide to student podcasting<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

We’re calling it the Senior Podcast Challenge, and our judges will select the best ones and put them on our NPR shows.<\/p>

The grand prize winner? We’ll bring you and a guest to NPR headquarters in Washington to watch \u2014 and listen \u2014 as your story airs live on .<\/p>

The competition builds on the NPR Student Podcast Challenge<\/u>, which, since 2018, has introduced tens of thousands of young people to the world of audio storytelling. And in 2020, we launched the College Podcast Challenge<\/u>.<\/p>

What kind of stories will our judges be listening for? The simple answer is, almost anything \u2013 what we’ve found over the years is that the podcasts that stand out are entries where students are passionate about the story they’re telling.<\/p>

For seniors, podcasts might touch on:<\/p>