Pittsburgh Westinghouse student, Curt Naddy, on his involvement in the music industry, creative writing contest winner, Megan Williams, with an excerpt of short prose, and a discussion on food deserts in Pittsburgh neighborhoods.

Pittsburgh-area 12th graders on their senior year, youth band Electric Army with an original song, and live interviews from the Southwestern PA BotsIQ robotics competition.    

This week’s Youth Express podcast features Brashear High School students and teachers celebrating National Hispanic Heritage month, youth band, The Lunch Club with an original song performed live at The Warhol, and Oakland Catholic High School students with a book review.

Marvin of Holy Family Academy, Darren, Christian, and Jashaun of Woodland Hills High School have a conversation about the responsibilities of being an older brother through a pen-pal style message exchange. Emily and Taylor are students at the Ellis School who wrote original poems about their personal identities. A group of Pittsburgh Public School students talk about achievement gaps at their respective schools.

Sienna Rodriguez of PA Distance Cyber Charter School and Demarre Evans of Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh on black student stereotypes. Sam, a student at CAPA, a City of Pittsburgh public school for the creative and performing arts, with an original poem “Pity of the metal draped in flowers”. A group of Brashear High School students, who recently relocated to the US from Yemen, Syria, Iraq and other Arabic-speaking countries, with thoughts on their move to a new community.