Giving Youth a Voice

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

November 2, 2025 32 mins

This episode features our podcasters discussing grief and loss with social worker and thanatologist Amy Keiper-Shaw, the founder and president of Hands Holding Hearts in Newtown, Pennsylvania. This episode discusses the hard topic of loss through the lens of kids and how to cope while growing up.

Hands Holding Hearts is a non-profit that supports all ages going through grief, with camps, therapy horses and dogs, therapy resources an...

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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 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, therap...

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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. 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 Tobacc...

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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 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...

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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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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 look forward to in college. 

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“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 action to help close loopholes in the Clean Indoor Air Law and encourages teens to continue to talk with legislators about issues because their voices can really make a difference. This interview was r...

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May 28, 2025 19 mins

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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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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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 and have these important discussions.

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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 Neshaminy's mission. 

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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 smoke and vape clouds are dangerous to groups with sensitive lungs, which include children and the elderly. Our community hopes to keep the air around parks and playgrounds clean.

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December 19, 2024 11 mins

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 capital in Harrisburg to converse with their state representatives about the youth perspective of mental health and substance misuse prevention in their communities. We li...

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October 17, 2024 11 mins

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 actress and podcast host Brianna, about interest in summer theater. Registration will be available in November. 

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September 26, 2024 19 mins

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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September 8, 2023 24 mins
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September 6, 2023 22 mins
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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 substance use disorder, they are worthy of recovery, they are loved and they do matter.  She talks about her quest to be Miss America and range of issues including peer pressure.

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April 17, 2023 16 mins

Tune in to 'Ask a Cop' Part 2 to hear Officer Missy Robison being interviewed by students at Carl Sandburg Middle School. 

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December 14, 2022 15 mins

Tune in to 'Ask a Cop' to hear Officer Missy Robison being interviewed by students at Carl Sandburg Middle School.  Be sure to listen to Part 2 to hear more from Officer Missy and the students!

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