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Two Pittsburgh high school students have been broadcasting the deepest truth of their hearts over the Internet. Their show, Acorns and Merlot, has grown in popularity as one of the only podcasts in the country produced entirely by high school students.

Lucian Baxter Wintrich IV, now a senior in high school, created his podcast about a year ago. According to Liberated Syndication, one of the largest podcast publishers that monitors downloads, 1000 to 2500 people listen to each episode of Acorns and Merlot.

“The show is really, really good,” said Becca Ridge, a sophomore at Schenley High School who has listened to the show since the summer. “It’s like a little treat at the beginning of the week.”

Wintrich began producing the show...

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