Youth Voice Amplified
Join hosts Gennessa Fisher and Brian Johnson for this youth-led and youth-focused monthly interview series as they talk with young people about their life experiences with homelessness, foster care, disabilities, teen parenting, and more. Each conversation will uncover stories of hope and strength from youth storytellers who will share the best ways we can support youth in similar situations. If you want to know how to do better for youth or simply be inspired, this is your show! Every youth has a story to tell. Are you ready to listen?
Podcasting since 2023 • 43 episodes
Youth Voice Amplified
Latest Episodes
When Youth Lead the Way: Carter Beardsley Returns
Ever since launching Youth Voice Amplified, we dreamed of featuring a student who would take their passion for youth voice and turn it into real, lasting change. In this powerful follow-up to
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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Breaking the Cycle: Youth, Gun Violence & Hope with Assistant Chief Brent Stratton
In this powerful kickoff to 2026, Youth Voice Amplified sits down with Assistant Chief Brent Stratton of the Bakersfield Police Department for a raw and deeply hopeful conversation about how communities and the youth in them can break the cycle...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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Heart Work for the Holidays with Tina Tyler Smith
This December, Youth Voice Amplified heads to Delano, California, for a heartwarming holiday special featuring the beloved "Foster Youth Fairy Godmother" herself—Tina Tyler Smith.As the Director of Student Support Services and Foster &am...
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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50:48
A Youth Roundtable on Homelessness & Hope
In this powerful Homeless Youth Awareness Month episode, we sit down with members of the Youth Action Board (YAB), a group of young leaders with lived experience with homelessness who are driving real change in Kern County. From survival and st...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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39:16
Riding the Waves: Pablo’s Journey Through Struggle and Courage (Part 2)
We pick up right where we left off...at Pablo's turning point. After years of bouncing between foster homes, group homes, and incarceration, he shares what helped him break free from the cycle. In this episode, Pablo talks about his colle...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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28:59