This is the fifth of several youth talk shows WFPL has planned as part of The Next Louisville, supported by the Community Foundation of Louisville and WE Day Kentucky. In it, students Fernanda Scharfenberger, Bayley Amburgey, Scotty Monteith and Nia Douglas talk about the environment, climate activism and what they'd like to see politicians do to address the climate crisis. This conversation was part of the Next Louisville, which is supported by the Community Foundation of Louisville and WE Day Kentucky...and by you! Click here to support our work.

This is the fourth of several youth talk shows WFPL has planned as part of The Next Louisville, supported by the Community Foundation of Louisville and WE Day Kentucky. In it, students Zina Alyasseri, Zainab Alyasseri, Sean Waddell and Tyce Hall talk education: what they think about what they’ve learned in schools, which teachers have gone above and beyond and where they feel the local education system has room for improvement. This conversation was part of the Next Louisville, which is supported by the Community Foundation of Louisville and WE Day Kentucky...and by you! Click here to support our work. +

This is the third of several youth talk shows WFPL has planned as part of The Next Louisville; it features two youth from our community talking about mental health.

We wanted to talk more about some of the issues raised in our recent story about youth homelessness, so we convened a panel for a discussion in front of a studio audience.

The complicated years between age 18 and 22 are a transformative time for many young adults. For those experiencing homelessness, it's especially challenging.

What was your first job? For this young Guatemalan immigrant, it was tending horses on the backside of Churchill Downs.

This is the second of several youth talk shows WFPL has planned as part of The Next Louisville; it features four youth from our community talking about the role volunteerism plays in their lives.

Kentucky youth are mobilizing to take action on climate change. Here's what they have to say.

This is the first of several youth talk shows WFPL has planned as part of The Next Louisville; it features four youth from our community talking about race and identity.

Traumatic experiences - like what the Tyus family in Louisville has been through - are associated with long-term consequences, including health problems and behavioral outbursts in school. And trauma can affect YOUNG people more severely than adults.