Giving Youth a Voice

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. 

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. 

The Giving Youth A Voice podcast was invited to the Day at The Capitol (DATC), hosted by the American Lung Association and the Tobacco Resistance Unit (TRU) PA on May 6th, 2025. This episode features our podcasters interviewing Deb Brown, Chief Mission officer of the American Lung Association, about the DATC and its mission in Harrisburg to advocate for a more comprehensive Clean Indoor Air Act policy. 

Students from Neshaminy interview Dr. Debbie Van Aken, a psychologist from New Hope, Pennsylvania, about how to navigate social media when addressing 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.

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.

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. 

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.

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 listen to CPA's executive director and interview the youth leaders as they champion coalition advocacy at the state level. 

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. 

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.

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.

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

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!

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