Giving Youth a Voice
What social issues do youth care about today? Giving Youth a Voice, hosted by teens from Neshaminy School District, addresses youth-selected topics that are important to them right now. Tune in once a month for the latest!
Episodes
23 episodes
The Meaning of Recovery: Brandon Novak
For 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 t...
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9:12
Interview with a Journalist
Our podcasters interview Reporter June Portnoy, managing Editor of O'Rourke Media Group, about what it's like to become a writer and journalist.
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11:50
Behind the Beats: How Teens Created Our Podcast Intros
Meet the teens who created the new sound of our podcast. Neshaminy High School music production students took the challenge to compose a variety of intros and outros for the Giving Youth a Voice podcast. Along the way, they learned a lot about ...
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10:51
Adults: Coping With Grief and Loss
Coping 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 ...
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30:35
Kids: Coping With Grief and Loss
This 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 Holdin...
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32:22
Rapping About Prevention With Sterlen Barr
In 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. ...
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9:34
TRU Ambassador Advocates for Clean Air and Tobacco Prevention
Tobacco 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...
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13:47
Moving up: Transitioning from High School to College
Our Giving Youth a Voice hosts discuss their questions with a first year college student and a college graduate about what arriving to college entails, what resources are available, and chat about what high school graduates have to loo...
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15:32
Moving up: Transitioning from Middle School to High School
Our hosts discuss the realities of going from middle school to high school, and chat with a new ninth grader about what she has to look forward to in high school.
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13:16
Vaping Loopholes: How Your Voice Can Make a Difference
“I want young people to know what a difference they can make,” says Deb Brown, Chief Mission Officer of the national American Lung Association. In an interview with Giving Youth a Voice podcasters, she praises young people for taking a...
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9:57
Mental Health Matters: Social Media
Students from Neshaminy interview Dr. Debbie Van Aken, a psychologist from New Hope, Pennsylvania, about how to navigate social media when addressing mental health.
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19:50
Mental Health Matters: Coping with Mental Health
Students from Neshaminy interview Dr. Debbie Van Aken, a psychologist from New Hope, Pennsylvania, about how to cope with their mental health in this day and age.
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21:15
Mental Health Matters: Talking to Parents
Students from Neshaminy interview Dr. Debbie Van Aken, a psychologist from New Hope, Pennsylvania. Do you have a difficult time opening up to your parents and loved ones about your mental health? Learn what other teens are doing to prepare for ...
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20:56
The Sunset Challenge: Stand Up Neshaminy
This episode features information about the Sunset Challenge, a 2K and 5K race held in Neshaminy every year by Stand Up Neshaminy. There are interviews with the Sunset Challenge's organizers and attendees, and how they feel about Stand Up Nesha...
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16:06
Young Lungs at Play in Core Creek Park
In this episode, our podcasters interview Angie Nagel, Executive Director of Bucks County Parks and Recreation, about the installation of Young Lungs at Play signs around Core Creek Park's playground. These signs are a reminder that cigarette s...
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9:31
CPA Youth Summit 2024
The Commonwealth Prevention Alliance's Youth Summit day featured Neshaminy's Giving Youth A Voice podcast and Adam's county Kids With Coffee podcast to shine a light on Pennsylvania's youth leaders. Kids from across the state visited the state ...
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11:35
Summer Stock: Summer Theater in Neshaminy
An interview of the superstars behind the Neshaminy Summer Stock program, which is an intensive theater program open to Bucks County students, grades 2-12. Learn from main stage Director Josh Tull, Summer Fine Arts Coordinator Jan King, and act...
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11:12
Peer Pressure: What Would You Do?
What would you do when you are put into a pressured situation? Questions about peer pressure, posed by youth in Neshaminy, are answered by adults with diverse backgrounds.
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19:47
Miss Pennsylvania Speaks on Mental Health
In this episode, special guest Miss Pennsylvania, Alysa Bainbridge, raises awareness to eliminate the stigma around mental health illness, urging those with problems to seek help and to know they are so much more than a mental illness or a subs...
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