Giving Youth a Voice

Send us Fan MailOur Giving Youth a Voice hosts get to revisit the questions they had a year ago before they completed their first year at a new educational institution. Now they can answer whether the hopes and fears came to fruition or if there was nothing to fear after all. They discuss their successes as well as what they would change if they could do it again, and where they plan to take their second year. 

Send us Fan MailOur podcast hosts ask what options do they have after high school, what is the great journey after getting a high school diploma? In this episode, they interview Christine Harvey, a secondary education teacher who manages the building and construction trades pre-apprenticeship and the welding program at the center of advanced technologies on the Epstein campus in Bristol. She offers some after-high-school journey options available at Bucks County Community College.

Send us Fan MailThe Rock Bands of Neshaminy High School sit down with our podcast hosts to chat about what rock music does for their lives and what it means to be in a band. Why rock? Discover the many different ways to answer this question. 

Send us Fan MailFor the Bucks County Community College Bucks Collegiate Recovery Program Event in March of 2025, our podcasters prepared questions for the guest speaker and author Brandon Novak, a skateboarder known for the Jackass films, about what it means to recover. We also spoke to the event coordinator, Emily Sexton, on the purpose of the BCCC Bucks Collegiate Recovery Program, and with Demita Harvey from No Longer Bound and the Bristol Cares Coalition about helping youth with mental health.  

Send us Fan MailOur podcasters interview Reporter June Portnoy, managing Editor of O'Rourke Media Group, about what it's like to become a writer and journalist.

Send us Fan MailThe students of Neshaminy High school's music production class give their thoughts and insights about their project to create the music for the Giving Youth a Voice podcast. A big thanks to their talents!

Send us Fan MailThis episode focuses on the difficult topic of loss through the lens of kids and how to cope while growing up. Our podcasters discuss grief and loss with social worker and thanatologist Amy Keiper-Shaw, the founder and president of Hands Holding Hearts in Newtown, Pennsylvania. Hands Holding Hearts is a non-profit that supports all ages going through grief, with camps, therapy horses and dogs, therapy resources and other events. For more information, check out handsholdinghearts.org. 

Send us Fan MailCoping with grief and loss is different for every individual. Our podcasters interview social worker and thanatologist Amy Keiper-Shaw, founder and president of Hands Holding Hearts in Newtown, PA. This episode discusses the difficult topic of loss as an adult as well as how to see a child through their grief.Hands Holding Hearts is a non-profit that supports all ages going through grief, with camps, therapy horses and dogs, therapy resources and other events. For more information, check out handsholdinghearts.org. 

Send us Fan MailIn this interview, Sterlen Barr, motivational health educator and rap artist with RAP (Rapping About Prevention), says hopes people will encourage their friends and family members to not smoke or vape, and never to use these deadly substances. He also calls for legislation to restrict youth access to tobacco. This Giving Youth a Voice episode was recorded at Day at The Capitol, hosted by the American Lung Association and the Tobacco Resistance Unit PA, on May 6, 2025. 

Send us Fan MailTobacco Resistance Unit (TRU) Ambassador Amyrah Moumouni-Snyder, a student at Dauphin County Technical School, talks about what it means to be a TRU Ambassador, how she helped set up Day at the Capitol, and how adding vaping to the Clean Indoor Air Act would lead to huge changes in prevention and protect lives. This Giving Youth a Voice interview was recorded on May 6, 2025 during Day at the Capitol in Harrisburg, PA, hosted by TRU and the American Lung Association.