Next Gen Convos

About Next Gen Convos

This podcast was created by young people as a project of Youth MOVE Colorado, a youth-led organization. This is meant to serve as a fun, educational, and community-building resource for youth with lived experience. We will be having organic conversations about everything from making friends to advocating for change, and interviewing other changemakers along the way!

Publisher

Next Gen Convos

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Aug 2023

Latest episode

20 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

73 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Sept 2026

   Season 3, Episode 16 - (Part 2) Colorado’s Graduated Income Tax (Amendment 87) & More Withith Joshua Mantell

   Colorado’s Graduated Income Tax (Amendment 87) and the Rise of Earned Wage Access Lending Host Carmen continues her Youth Empowerment Radio conversation with Joshua Mantell of the Bell Policy Center about Colorado’s high cost of living and wealth inequality, focusing on Amendment 87, a proposed graduated income tax on the November ballot. Mantell explains Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights and constitutionally mandated flat income tax, arguing the broader tax code is regressive and leaves th...

2. 

   15 Sept 2026

   Season 3, Episode 15 - (Part 1)Why Colorado’s Cost of Living Feels Unaffordable: Housing, Wages, and Economic Mobility w/ Joshua Mantell

   Why Colorado’s Cost of Living Feels Unaffordable: Housing, Wages, and Economic Mobility The host interviews Joshua Mantell, Director of Government Affairs at the Bell Policy Center, about economic mobility and Colorado’s rising cost of living. Mantell explains Bell is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide research and advocacy organization focused on improving economic mobility for all Coloradans through policy work at the Capitol and ballot guidance, using public data and community partner inp...

3. 

   26 Aug 2026

   Season 3, YAW Special - Youth Awareness Week: Social Impacts of Psychosis, Screening, and Reducing Stigma

   Youth Empowerment Radio: Social Impacts of Psychosis, Screening, and Reducing Stigma In a Youth Awareness Week episode of Youth Empowerment Radio, host Katie (a summer associate with Youth MOVE Colorado) interviews Dr. Schiffman of UC Irvine’s PREVENT Lab about the social impacts of psychosis, stigma, and early intervention. They discuss Youth MOVE Colorado’s mission and Colorado’s mental health challenges, highlight Mental Health America and its screening tools (including the PQ-B, Prodromal...

Who has been a guest on Next Gen Convos

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Tori
• Jordan
• Tori Schuler
• Derek Blake
• Trevor Williams

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

4.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 39 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

57

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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