The Podcast Crew

Are you Listening? Youth in Mind partnership special

Youth in Mind unites anyone working with children and young people across Oxfordshire. Drawing on cutting-edge research and the lived experience of young people, the conference aims to improve the mental health of Oxfordshire’s young people by equipping attendees with resources and toolkits to invigorate their practice.

89.42% of Youth in Mind delegates said that the conference deepened their understanding/awareness of children and young people’s mental health. 100% said that Youth in Mind 2023 helped them feel part of a wider network that supports children and young people and 91.38% said that Youth in Mind 2023 gave them tools to strengthen their work for positive change around children and young people’s mental health. Molly (she/her) expertly guides you through three episodes featuring our headline speakers, performers and young people.

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Are you Listening?: Health Watch Oxfordshire Special – Neurodiversity

Are You Listening? is now on season 4! We’re so excited to be starting off with Health Watch Oxfordshire supporting the beginning of this podcast and this third episode is all about Neurodiversity.

Hamzah (He/Him) is joined by Molly (She/Her) to explore Neurodiversity. This insightful conversation touches on topics such as the gender diagnosis gap, racism and ableism built into society. They specifically hone in on how professionals can support them and other young people. This is an episode that everyone should listen to, especially if you’re trying to dismantle the internalised ableism. With 1 in 7 people being neurodiverse (15%), this is an important conversation to be had.

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Are you Listening?: Health Watch Oxfordshire Special – Invisible and visible disabilities

Are You Listening? is now on season 4! We’re so excited to be starting off with Health Watch Oxfordshire supporting the beginning of this podcast and this second episode is all about Invisible and visible disabilities.

Molly (She/Her) is joined by Hamzah (He/Him) and Esah (He/Him) to explore invisible and visible disabilities. This insightful conversation touches on topics such as accessibility, education and ableism built into society. They specifically hone in on how professionals can support them and other young people. This is an episode that everyone should listen to, especially if you’re trying to dismantle the internalised ableism.

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Are you Listening?: Health Watch Oxfordshire Special – Mental Health

Are You Listening? is now on season 4! We’re so excited to be starting off with Health Watch Oxfordshire supporting the beginning of this podcast and this first episode is all about Mental Health.

Hosted by Darius (He/Him), Oxfordshire Youth’s Youth-Led Content Creator, Hamzah (He/Him), Syd (He/Him) and Esah (He/Him) explore mental health from the perspective of young men. This insightful conversation touches on topics such as stigma, cultural differences towards mental health, cancel culture, and how men across the generations can talk about mental health.

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Are you Listening?: Activism – the mini series

Let’s talk about activism. Starting off with women’s rights, you’re in for a four part mini-series that dives into some very interesting topics. In this episode, Nabila (she/her) is joined by Maryam (she/her) of Help the World Oxford, Molly (she/her) from the podcast crew, and Faustine (she/her) representing the Make it Mandatory Campaign that explores women’s rights. They cover themes such as intersectionality, the Lionesses winning the Euros, misogyny, iconic women and so much more. Enjoy!

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Are you Listening?: Queer History, Queer Present, Queer Future

Happy Pride Month! This month, our episodes will be led by the brilliant Jord Hailwood!

In this episode, Jord (he/him), Jas (she/her), and Molly (she/her) explore the importance of everyone knowing more about LGBTQIA+ history, who belongs at Pride, and the queer music icons that they are hoping have more success in the future!

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Are you Listening?: Heartstopper, Labels and Representation

Happy Pride Month! This month, our episodes will be led by the brilliant Jord Hailwood!

In this episode, Jord (he/him), Jas (she/her) and Molly (she/her) explore the importance of the Netflix hit Heartstopper and the impact it would have had on their lives if they had seen something like this at a younger age. They also discussed the importance of representation for queer youth and labels being something very personal.

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