news
Hosted by Chalkbeat + The Bell · news · EN-US
This is the sound of the New York City school system. P.S. Weekly explores pressing issues facing students and teachers in the Big Apple. The Bell's team of high school audio producers work alongside Chalkbeat's seasoned education reporters to bring you stories, perspectives, and commentary you won't get anywhere else. Episodes air Thursday mornings.
Required Pod Score for this podcast. PitchCentric checks your profile against host openness, topical fit, and audience signals before you generate a pitch.
Contact path
Verified email
Booking probability
31%
Guest openness
Selective
Sign up to generate a grounded pitch for P.S. Weekly.
Signup to Generate a PitchThis is the sound of the New York City school system. P.S. Weekly explores pressing issues facing students and teachers in the Big Apple. The Bell's team of high school audio producers work alongside Chalkbeat's seasoned education reporters to bring you stories, perspectives, and commentary you won't get anywhere else. Episodes air Thursday mornings.
P.S. Weekly is hosted by Chalkbeat + The Bell. The show has published 37 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Live: Student Reporters Reflect on Covering NYC Schools" (30 June 2026, 78 minutes), "Inside the Diversity Program at One Selective NYC High School" (11 June 2026, 29 minutes), and "When the School Bus Doesn’t Come: One Family’s Saga" (4 June 2026, 22 minutes).
P.S. Weekly publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 26 minutes across 37 episodes.
Booking probability for P.S. Weekly is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. P.S. Weekly requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. P.S. Weekly's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for P.S. Weekly are Schools (K-12). P.S. Weekly has a news audience.
Chalkbeat + The Bell hosts P.S. Weekly, a news podcast with 37 episodes published.
Our AI reads these to draft pitches. Use them as grounding for a pitch that cites a real guest and a specific topic.
Episode #11
It’s a wrap on P.S. Weekly’s third season, and to cap it off, we have a special live-recorded episode from Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Branch. This season, P.S. Weekly student reporters investigated some of the...
Episode #10
A decade after NYC launched its Diversity in Admissions program, demographics have shifted at competitive campuses such as Bard High School Early College Manhattan. Bard now sets aside half of its seats for students...
Episode #9
Constant delays. No-shows. Missed class. Roughly 145,000 New York City students, 43% of whom have disabilities, rely on yellow bus service to get to school each day. It’s a sprawling system with 9,000 routes operated by...
Episode #8
New York City’s teachers don’t reflect the students they serve, but one recent public school grad is trying to do his part to shrink that gap. Students of color make up the vast majority of the nation’s largest school...
Episode #7
What if your high school doesn’t offer your favorite sport? Today’s disparities in access to sports teams stem from a policy pushed by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg to replace large high schools with smaller ones...
Episode #6
As Success Academy turns 20 this year, former students of New York City’s largest charter school network share their stories in this episode of P.S. Weekly. Success Academy reshaped what free education for low-income...
Episode #5
The nation’s largest school system is shrinking, and one way city officials are tackling the drop: ramping up school mergers . New York City schools enrolled 793,000 K-12 students this school year, down about 15% from...
Episode #4
This week on P.S. Weekly, we’re featuring an episode of Miseducation, a podcast about inequities in New York City schools also produced by The Bell. Several of our student reporters recorded this live conversation at...
Episode #3
To many New York City students, Advanced Placement Calculus feels impractical, full of information they won’t use in their day-to-day lives — though it’s become a status symbol for some high achievers. But reaching that...
Episode #2
With an acceptance rate below 10%, Hunter College High School is one of the most competitive public high schools in New York City. It’s also one of the least diverse. Hunter’s 15.3% student poverty rate was the lowest...
Episode #1
Welcome back to P.S. Weekly, a student podcast created in collaboration between Chalkbeat and The Bell ! In our first episode of Season 3, The Bell’s high school reporters landed an exclusive interview with schools...
P.S. Weekly
P.S. Weekly is back with Season 3! The Bell’s high school reporters have once again teamed up with Chalkbeat New York’s veteran education journalists to bring you pressing issues in New York City schools from the...
Episode #11
In this special back-to-school episode of P.S. Weekly, New York City schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos shared her thoughts on pressing education issues including the cellphone ban, restorative justice, mental...
Episode #10
What is happening with the youth vote during this year’s mayoral race? Are New York City’s young people tuning in? Are the candidates reaching out to young voters? And why hasn’t education been a centerpiece of the...
P.S. Weekly
The race for New York City’s next mayor is in full swing, but do teens know what’s going on? Next week on P.S. Weekly, student journalists Roberto Bailey and Jojo Fofana are delving into the upcoming primary election...
Episode #9
Why do so many young people lack the fundamentals of civics knowledge ? Is the education system adequately preparing future generations for active participation in democracy? Do New York City teens know there’s a big...
Episode #8
It’s been five years since COVID shut down New York City schools. How are kids faring with the aftermath? How do they talk about the pandemic – or not? The fallout is often framed around “learning loss” or dips in test...
Episode #7
What is the state of youth climate activism in New York City? The momentum of the climate protests at the start of the 2019-20 school year may have slowed since the pandemic, and many students remain apathetic, but...
Episode #6
Cutting class. Fights. Vaping. School bathrooms have long been notorious for all sorts of illicit behavior. And in response, many schools now significantly restrict access to bathrooms or are adding surveillance tools...
Episode #5
There’s no way to ignore the rise of AI in schools. Students are embracing it. Educators are battling it. Policymakers are trying to get ahead of it. There's no turning back. But are there some classes where AI just...
Recent guests on P.S. Weekly. Study who booked and why before you pitch.
Bard High School Early College Manhattan
High School of Telecommunication Arts & Technology
School for Human Rights
New York City Department of Education
PitchCentric classifies P.S. Weekly under these industries. Guests from them are the closest fit, and each links to the best podcasts in that industry.
Shows with the most semantically similar episode content. Pitch one, pitch all; producers cluster.
Is this podcast yours and you'd like to remove or correct details? Request removal or email privacy@pitchcentric.com.
Questions about the free trial? See the pricing FAQ
