Giving Youth a Voice

The Meaning of Recovery: Brandon Novak

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2019445/fan_mail/new] 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

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2019445/fan_mail/new] 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

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2019445/fan_mail/new] 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

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2019445/fan_mail/new] 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 [https://handsholdinghearts.org].

Adults: Coping With Grief and Loss

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2019445/fan_mail/new] 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 [https://handsholdinghearts.org].