This is it! After 11 weeks of grueling challenges meant to hone the skills of our contestants, we give them one last challenge: take a LOSING submission from the past several weeks of challenges, and remake it into a better show. How did they do, and who’s going to take the prize as America’s Next Top Podcaster? Find out in this episode! ANTP S4E11…

Ken Peleshok’s Entry for Challenge 11 – Podcast Re-Do Challenge America's Next Top Podcaster - Podcast Re-Do Challenge, Ken Peleshok https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E11B-Worlds-Most-Dangerous-Chemical-Asbestos.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

September McCrady’s Entry for Challenge 11 – Podcast Re-Do Challenge America's Next Top Podcaster - Podcast Re-Do Challenge, September McCrady https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E11A-Cheers-to-Brewing-Yeast.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

We’re down to just three players, and one huge two-week challenge. Booking, recording, and editing an interview with a guest you’ve always wanted to interview! Three strong contenders…Who’s going home? Find out on this episode! ANTP S4E09: Full Interview Challenge - Judging https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E10J-Full-Interview-…

Ken Peleshok’s Entry for Challenge 10 – Full Interview Challenge America's Next Top Podcaster - Full Interview Challenge, Ken Peleshok https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E10C-Our-New-Best-Friend-Stephen-Tobolowsky.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

Jason Peters’ Entry for Challenge 10 – Full Interview Challenge America's Next Top Podcaster - Full Interview Challenge, Jason Peters https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E10B-At-the-Beginning-Tom-McCarthy.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

September McCrady’s Entry for Challenge 10 – Full Interview Challenge America's Next Top Podcaster - Full Interview Challenge, September McCrady https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E10A-Geek-Grills-Wil-Wheaton-Interview.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

Once again, we give our contestants some rough (and I mean ROUGH) audio from an interview, and ask them to turn it into a podcast. The difference this season? It’s an episode of producer Hammond’s podcast, Beyond the Playlist! Which means, they’ve got a very strict set of guidelines that they have to follow to keep with the formatting of an existin…

September McCrady’s Entry for Challenge 9 – Beyond the Playlist Editing Challenge America's Next Top Podcaster - Beyond the Playlist Editing Challenge, September McCrady https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E09D-September-McCradys-Beyond-the-Playlist.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

Kelly Lynn Colby’s Entry for Challenge 9 – Beyond the Playlist Editing Challenge America's Next Top Podcaster - Beyond the Playlist Editing Challenge, Kelly Lynn Colby https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E09C-Kelly-Lynn-Colbys-Beyond-the-Playlist.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

Jason Peters’ Entry for Challenge 9 – Beyond the Playlist Editing Challenge America's Next Top Podcaster - Beyond the Playlist Editing Challenge, Jason Peters https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E09B-Jason-Peters-Beyond-the-Playlist.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

Ken Peleshok’s Entry for Challenge 9 – Beyond the Playlist Editing Challenge America's Next Top Podcaster - Beyond the Playlist Editing Challenge, Ken Peleshok https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E09A-Ken-Peleshoks-Beyond-the-Playlist.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

You’d think this would be an easy week, right? I mean, all each of our remaining contestants had to do was be a guest on another podcast. But they had to successfully promote their show, they had to jibe with the hosts, and fit their style in with the style of the show. Not so simple! How did they do? And who’s going home? Find out on this episode!…

Jason Peters’ Entry for Challenge 8 – Live TMS Challenge America's Next Top Podcaster - Live TMS Challenge, Jason Peters https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E08E-Jason-Peters.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

Kelly Lynn Colby’s Entry for Challenge 8 – Live TMS Challenge America's Next Top Podcaster - Live TMS Challenge, Kelly Lynn Colby https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E08D-Kelly-Lynn-Colby.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

Tripp Rogers’ Entry for Challenge 8 – Live TMS Challenge America's Next Top Podcaster - Live TMS Challenge, Tripp Rogers https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E08C-Tripp-Rogers.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

Ken Peleshok’s Entry for Challenge 8 – Live TMS Challenge America's Next Top Podcaster - Live TMS Challenge, Ken Peleshok https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E08B-Ken-Peleshok.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

September McCrady’s’ Entry for Challenge 8 – Live TMS Challenge America's Next Top Podcaster - Live TMS Challenge, September McCrady https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E08A-September-McCrady.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

Comedy isn’t easy, and every season we have a new batch of contestants who learn that the hard way. This time around, we help them by giving them a requirement: use archived audio! How will they do integrating an old recording into their shows? Find out on today’s episode! ANTP S4E07: Comedy Podcast - Judging https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.co…

Questionable Ivory Drinks’ Entry for Challenge 7 – Comedy Challenge: “Bernie LoveAtNight” America's Next Top Podcaster - Comedy Challenge, Questionable Ivory Drinks https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E07B-Bernie-LoveatNight.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

Unsolicited Manuscripts’ Entry for Challenge 7 – Comedy Challenge: “Raymond Clyborn’s Nighttime Theatre” America's Next Top Podcaster - Comedy Challenge, Unsolicited Manuscripts https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E07A-Raymond-Clyborns-Nighttime-Theatre.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

It’s about time we all learned something from this whole podcasting thing, and our three teams are going to teach it to us! Will they get the apple on the teachers’ desk, or will it all sound like nails on chalkboard? Find out on today’s episode! ANTP S4E06: Teaching Podcast - Judging https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E06J-Teac…

The Unsolicited Manuscripts’ Entry for Challenge 6 – Teaching Challenge: “This is a Science Podcast” America's Next Top Podcaster - Teaching Challenge, Unsolicited Manuscripts https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E06C-This%20is%20a%20Science%20Podcast.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

Three the Hard Way’s Entry for Challenge 6 – Teaching Challenge: “The World’s Most Dangerous Chemical” America's Next Top Podcaster - Teaching Challenge, Three the Hard Way https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E06B-The-Worlds-Most-Dangerous-Chemical.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

Questionable Ivory Drinks’ Entry for Challenge 6 – Teaching Challenge: “Hey Marie Molecule” America's Next Top Podcaster - Teaching Challenge, Questionable Ivory Drinks https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E06A-Hey-Marie-Molecule.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

What does it take to conduct a great interview? Planning, interaction, focus and listening more than you talk. We introduced our teams to Ali Spagnola this week for 15-minute recording sessions and asked them to pare those down into 10-minute podcasts. How did they do? Ali joins our judges this week for a critique session where someone will be goin…

Three the Hard Way’s Entry for Challenge 5 – Ali Spagnola Interview Challenge: “The Identified Podcast” America's Next Top Podcaster - Ali Spagnola Interview Challenge, Three the Hard Way https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E05C-The-Identified-Podcast.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

The Unsolicited Manuscripts’ Entry for Challenge 5 – Ali Spagnola Interview Challenge: “The Creative Life” America's Next Top Podcaster - Ali Spagnola Interview Challenge, The Unsolicited Manuscripts https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E05B-The-Creative-Life.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

Questionable Ivory Drinks’ Entry for Challenge 5 – Ali Spagnola Interview Challenge: “Where I’m From” America's Next Top Podcaster - Ali Spagnola Interview Challenge, Questionable Ivory Drinks https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E05A-Where-Im-From.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

We got lazy this week, and gave each team the choice of three genres, styles and tones of podcasts and let each one choose. What we ended up with was a Self-Help Game Show Comedy. I think we all learned something this week. What exactly? Listen and find out! ANTP S4E04: Podcast Mad Libs - Judging https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-…

Three the Hard Way’s Entry for Challenge 4 – Podcast Mad Libs Challenge: “Self-Helpless” America's Next Top Podcaster - Podcast Mad Libs Challenge, Three the Hard Way https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E04C-Self-Helpless.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

The Unsolicited Manuscripts’ Entry for Challenge 4 – Podcast Mad Libs Challenge: “America’s Next Top Self-Help Guru” America's Next Top Podcaster - Podcast Mad Libs Challenge, The Unsolicited Manuscripts https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E04B-Americas-Next-Top-Self-Help-Guru.mp3 Download…

Questionable Ivory Drinks’ Entry for Challenge 4 – Podcast Mad Libs Challenge: “Pop Culture Smarts” America's Next Top Podcaster - Podcast Mad Libs Challenge, Questionable Ivory Drinks https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E04A-Pop-Culture-Smarts.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

A common style of daily podcasts is the news format, where headlines and editing are all done on a very rapid basis. We’ve asked out teams to create news stories based on headlines that are given to them just a day before! How did they do? Find out! ANTP S4E03: Tight Format News - Judging https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E03J-…

Questionable Champions’ Entry for Challenge 3 – Tight Format News Challenge: “Turbo Mode” America's Next Top Podcaster - Tight Format News Challenge, Questionable Champions https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E03C-Turbo%20Mode.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

The Ivory Microphones’ Entry for Challenge 3 – Tight Format News Challenge: “Ten Minute Tech Time” America's Next Top Podcaster - Tight Format News Challenge, The Ivory Microphones https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E03B-Ten-Minute-Tech-Time.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

One Last Drink’s Entry for Challenge 3 – Tight Format News Challenge: “Civic Snippets” America's Next Top Podcaster - Tight Format News Challenge, One Last Drink https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E03A-Civic-Snippets.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

We’ve asked our contestants to create scripted short-form non-fiction podcasts, and we got three excellent history lessons! Which one will reign supreme? Find out! ANTP S4E02: Scripted Non-Fiction - Judging https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E02J-Scripted-Non-Fiction-Judging.mp3 Download Clean up your audio with tools from Waves…

The Questionable Champions’ Entry for Challenge 2 – Scripted Non-Fiction: “Invisible History” America's Next Top Podcaster - Scripted Non-Fiction, Questionable Champions https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E02C-Invisible-History.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

The Ivory Microphones’ Entry for Challenge 2 – Scripted Non-Fiction: “A Sports History Podcast” America's Next Top Podcaster - Scripted Non-Fiction, Ivory Microphones https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E02B-A-Sports-History-Podcast.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

One More Drink’s Entry for Challenge 2 – Scripted Non-Fiction: “Cheers to Brewing” America's Next Top Podcaster - Scripted Non-Fiction, One More Drink https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E02A-Cheers-to-Brewing.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

It’s the first time our contestants meet our judges, Scott Johnson, Jennie Josephson and Justin Robert Young, to see how they did with their first challenge: Creating an Audio Drama that introduces us to who they are! ANTP S4E01: Getting to Know You - Judging https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E01J-Getting-to-Know-You-Judging.mp…

The Questionable Champions’ Entry for Challenge 1: Getting to Know You America's Next Top Podcaster - Getting to Know You, Questionable Champions https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E01C-Questionable-Champions.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

The Ivory Microphones’ Entry for Challenge 1: Getting to Know You America's Next Top Podcaster - Getting to Know You, Ivory Microphones https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E01B-The-Ivory-Microphone.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

One More Drink’s Entry for Challenge 1: Getting to Know You America's Next Top Podcaster - Getting to Know You, One More Drink https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S04E01A-One-More-Drink.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

It’s a brand new season of America’s Next Top Podcaster, and we’ve got new challenges, new twists, and the same judges you know and love. We’ve also got a brand new batch of contestants – let’s meet them! ANTP S4E00: meet the Contestants https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S4E00.mp3 Download Clean up your audio with tools from Waves…

Joe & Dusty’s submission for the Comedy Redemption Challenge: A History of Intemperance America's Next Top Podcaster - Comedy Redemption Challenge, Joe & Dusty https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP_AllStars_2021-Dusty-Joe-A-History-of-Intemperance.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

Diddi & Shane’s submission for the Comedy Redemption Challenge: Wastelands America's Next Top Podcaster - Comedy Redemption Challenge, Diddi & Shane https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP_AllStars_2021-Shane-Diddi-Wastelands.mp3 DownloadBy Brian Ibbott

Over the course of three seasons, our contestants would all agree that Comedy Week is the toughest week in the competition. And to date, it’s been the elimination week for four of our contestants. for this special All-Stars week challenge, we’ve brought back all four of those contestants to redeem themselves with a challenge that they’ll have to ta…

What have all the season 3 contestants been up to since the finals, and what were their favorite (and least favorite) challenges of the season? Find out the answers to these questions and more on this reunion episode! ANTP S3: The Reunion! https://www.americasnexttoppodcaster.com/audio/ANTP-S03E13-TheReunion.mp3 Download Clean up your audio with to…