In this episode, Rebekah and I discuss the newest crop of student-generated episodes. This season, we asked our eighth grade World History students to draw thematic connections between the decolonization of Africa to 20th century music. We talk about their struggles and triumphs, and why this is a such an awesome project...for high schoolers.

On this special season finale, we feature Sam O'Brien's episode that was selected as a runner-up in the New York Times Student Podcast Contest, placing in the top 15 out of almost 700 submissions!

In this episode, Lauren and Emma discuss the difficulties Syrians face when trying to access clean water and what role governments around the world play in their citizens' rights to basic human needs.

In this episode, Amani, Fran, and Avery analyze how large portions of Puerto Rico remain without power after hurricane Maria, when Puerto Rico has been the territory of the world's foremost superpower for over a hundred years.

In this episode, Corbin, Claire, Anne-Kinsey, and Camille explore the relationship between education and female empowerment in Pakistan.

In this episode, Skyler, Ruby, and Bacheler examine the Libyan slave trade and its symbiotic relationship with globalization.

In this episode, Alan, Sara, Taylor, and Gordon analyze the connections between at-risk youth in Syria and their tendency to join terrorist organizations.

In this episode, Rebekah O'Dell and Sam Futrell discuss their latest student podcasting experiment, in which students were asked to raise awareness about current crises in Latin America and the Middle East through podcasting.

In this episode, Page, Ben, Brooks, and Marlee evaluate America's involvement in World War II and the responsibility that Americans have as global citizens.

On this episode, podcast hosts Sam Futrell and Rebekah O'Dell share a final take on this season's student episodes, pedagogical takeaways and student comments on the WWII podcast project, shout-outs to awesome student work, and a preview of next season's new podcast experiment.