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This year, for the first time, NPR's Student Podcast Challenge offered a special prize for the best student podcasts about mental health. The finalists had important things to say.

The legendary showman didn't want to cancel his show in New Zealand despite a pneumonia diagnosis earlier in the day. "I played and sang my heart out, until my voice could sing no more," he wrote.

The Portland, Maine-based trio makes punchy, self-deprecating indie-rock about heavy feelings. Its debut album, Common Blah (featuring a guest appearance by J Mascis) is out in October.

Larkin got her start in radio as a newsroom volunteer in 2006. She went on to work for 90.5 as a reporter, Weekend Edition host, and Morning Edition producer. In 2009 she became 90.5's All Things Considered host, and in 2017 she was named Managing Editor. She moderates and facilitates public panels and forums, and has won regional and statewide awards for her reporting, including stories on art, criminal justice, domestic violence, and breaking news. Her work has been featured across Pennsylvania and nationally on NPR.

The duo comprised of Mary Bragg and Becky Warren deliver songs of nerdy solidarity on the new album Comeback.

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen went before reporters at the White House to defend the controversial practice, as more Republicans joined Democrats in criticizing the administration.

In the third part of a month-long series on leadership, NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg talks to Academy Award winning movie director Sydney Pollack, who reveals his leadership secrets. Pollack talks about what he's learned from other directors and actors. He says a leader should be knowledgeable, trustworthy, truthful, authentic, patient, persistent, and be able to live with frustration.

All Things Considered will air a special production in the first hour of the program. There will be a live broadcast of a "Town Hall" meeting from studio 4-A in Washington, D.C., to discuss the aftermath of the election. There will be a live studio audience from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Richmond Virginia and students from Catholic University in Washington D.C., as well as in-studio guests and reporters and guests from around the country.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with security expert Juliette Kayyem about the decision to send in law enforcement at schools like Columbia University and UCLA. What strategy can bring de-escalation?

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Tabitha Brown, who is popular for her videos on TikTok and other platforms that combine vegan cooking tips with warm affirmations.