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!
Moving up: Completing the School Transition
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Our Giving Youth a Voice hosts get to revisit the questions they had last year 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.
After High School Journeys: Bucks County Community College
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Our 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.
Why Rock at Neshaminy
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The 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.
The Meaning of Recovery: Brandon Novak
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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 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.
Interview with a Journalist
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Our podcasters interview Reporter June Portnoy, managing Editor of O'Rourke Media Group, about what it's like to become a writer and journalist.
Behind the Beats: How Teens Created Our Podcast Intros
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The 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!
Kids: Coping With Grief and Loss
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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 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.
Adults: Coping With Grief and Loss
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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, therapy resources and other events. For more information, check out handsholdinghearts.org.
Rapping About Prevention With Sterlen Barr
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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 Tobacco Resistance Unit PA, on May 6, 2025.
TRU Ambassador Advocates for Clean Air and Tobacco Prevention
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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 and the American Lung Association.
Moving up: Transitioning from High School to College
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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.
Moving up: Transitioning from Middle School to High School
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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.
Vaping Loopholes: How Your Voice Can Make a Difference
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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 recorded on May 6, 2025 during Day at the Capitol in Harrisburg, PA, hosted by the American Lung Association and the Tobacco Resistance Unit...
Mental Health Matters: Social Media
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Students from Neshaminy interview Dr. Debbie Van Aken, a psychologist from New Hope, Pennsylvania, about how to navigate social media when addressing mental health.
Mental Health Matters: Coping with 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.
Mental Health Matters: Talking to Parents
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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.
The Sunset Challenge: Stand Up Neshaminy
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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.
Young Lungs at Play in Core Creek Park
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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.
CPA Youth Summit 2024
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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.
Summer Stock: Summer Theater in Neshaminy
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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.
Peer Pressure: What Would You Do?
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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.
Student Assistance Program - Parents
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Student Assistance Program - Students
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Miss Pennsylvania Speaks on Mental Health
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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.
Ask a Cop (Part 2)
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Tune in to 'Ask a Cop' Part 2 to hear Officer Missy Robison being interviewed by students at Carl Sandburg Middle School.
Ask a Cop (Part 2)
Tune in to 'Ask a Cop Part 2' to hear Officer Missy Robison being interviewed by students at Carl Sandburg Middle School.
Ask a Cop (Part 1)
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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!
