Youth Voice Amplified

About Youth Voice Amplified

What happens when we stop talking about young people and start listening to them? Join host Gennessa Fisher for Youth Voice Amplified, a youth-led podcast where youth share their lived experiences, their ideas, and the change they want to see in their communities. In Season 2, we meet young people who are turning their experiences into action and working alongside adults to make a difference. Through honest conversations about foster care, homelessness, advocacy, identity, and more, our guests share not only what they’ve been through, but what they’ve learned and what adults can do better. If you want to better understand, support, and work alongside youth or simply be inspired by what happens when youth are given the opportunity to lead...this is your show!

Publisher

Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office

Category

education · society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Feb 2023

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

52 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Youth Voice Goes to D.C.: Taking a Seat at the National Table

   In this special episode of Youth Voice Amplified, four members of Kern County’s Youth Action Board travel from Bakersfield to Washington, D.C., for the National Summit on Youth Homelessness. Come along from the 2 a.m. pickups and first flights to conference sessions, conversations with Youth Action Boards from across the country, snow in D.C., and a very cold nighttime tour of the national monuments. Along the way, the group reflects on homelessness, youth leadership, tokenism, and what it re...

2. 

   2 Sept 2026

   Fully You: Finding Identity and Purpose After Foster Care

   What does it take to feel fully like yourself after growing up in foster care? In this episode of Youth Voice Amplified, Gennessa sits down with Christian for an honest conversation about foster care, belonging, identity, and finding his voice. Christian shares what it was like to grow up feeling isolated, navigate the foster care system, and search for people who truly understood him. He also reflects on the mentors, siblings, and community supports that helped him move forward, and why be...

3. 

   5 Aug 2026

   Youth Know Best: Honest Advice from Youth with Lived Experience

   We're kicking off a brand-new season of Youth Voice Amplified with a conversation that every service provider, policymaker, and community member needs to hear. In this special episode, members of Kern County's Youth Action Board (YAB)—young adults with lived experience of homelessness—take the microphone to share what truly helps, what unintentionally causes harm, and how adults can build trust with youth experiencing homelessness. Through honest stories, practical advice, and powerful mome...

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

132,818

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

23 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100

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

Quality

29

Social presence

91

YouTube

82

Engagement

71