Youth Rights Podcast

NYRA President Zane Miller Interviews Otis, a young person telling his story about how having access to social media and online support systems benefited him. Listen as they discuss how KOSA, the KIDS act, and social media restrictions for minors will harm vulnerable teenagers by removing these support systems. Read more about the harms of KOSA and KIDS - https://www.youthrights.org/how-the-kosa-a...

NYRA President Zane Miller Interviews Joule, a 17 year old teenager in the UK about her personal story of parental privacy violation. Listen as she discusses room searches, location tracking, overbearing control of relationships, body shaming, and the harms that social media bans for minors would have on her. Learn more at: https://www.youthrights.org/ Read more about the Harms of the UK's Soc...

NYRA President Zane Miller interviews NYRA Volunteers and Cincinnati Students Wyatt, Coleman and Gabe about their personal youth rights stories. Listen as they discuss flaws in the school system, privilege in private schools, teachers not taking students seriously, child abuse, and the dangers of parental notification laws. If you a youth rights supporter in the Cincinnati area and would like to b...

NYRA Members Zane Miller and Bailey McCoy discuss the limited rights of youth in court proceedings, and the limited autonomy youth have over legal situations that affect them. Listen as they discuss why it is important for law enforcement and judges to take youth seriously. Learn more at: https://www.youthrights.org/

NYRA members Zane Miller and Bailey McCoy explain emancipation proceedings, the situations where youth would need to be emancipated, and the benefits of emancipation for youth. Listen as they discuss the flaws in the Emancipation process and what makes it so difficult for minors to acquire. For more Emancipation resources: https://www.youthrights.org/issues/juvenile-justice/emancipation/ Learn mor...

NYRA Members Zane Miller and Bailey McCoy tell personal stories of growing up in toxic home environments, and how it has negatively impacted them. Listen as they discuss how youth mental health services fail to address the root of the toxic home environment, while treating the young people like they're the problem. Learn more at https://www.youthrights.org/ Failures of CPS to Intervene: https:...

NYRA Members and Houston Residents Zane Miller and Kelsey Duskie discuss the recent youth curfews that have been launched by several Houston Malls including Willowbrook Mall and Memorial City Mall. Listen as they discuss the harms of these policies, and the negative impacts of banning youth from businesses. Learn more at https://youthrights.org Footage of Willowbrook mall original video: https://y...

NYRA Members Rimon-Hadassah, Susan Milton, Imogen Gannon and Annie Friday discuss their personal experiences with self directed education, and the way that this form of education can provide benefits for young people. Listen as they debunk the myths about self directed education, and explain the problems that traditional school systems can have for youth. Learn more at https://youthrights.org

NYRA members Zane Miller and Kelsey Duskie explain Parental Financial Exploitation - situations where high earning children (like child actors and social media stars) are robbed of their income by their parents. Listen as they discuss how financial discrimination against youth empowers parental financial exploitation, and the ageist flaws in state laws attempting to protect youth from exploitation...

NYRA Members Zane Miller and Kelsey Duskie discuss Age Discrimination in hotel booking age policies and how those policies can create safety concerns for youth and young adults. Listen as they discuss various discriminatory age requirements of hotels, including some that require parental consent for young adults to check in. Learn more at https://youthrights.org 11:23 Bailey's full story: http...

NYRA members Zane Miller and Kelsey Duskie discuss personal stories of the issues that young people face when their parents fail to provide them with their identification and documentation. Listen as they discuss all of the systemic flaws that come from identification policies, and how it negatively affects youth. Learn more at https://youthrights.org Texas ID list for voting https://www.votetexas...

NYRA members Zane Miller, Susan Milton, Imogen Gannon and Amaris discuss the history of colonialism's impact on youth oppression. Listen as they speak about pre-colonial practices of community and adolescence, and how it compares to today. Learn more at https://youthrights.org

NYRA members Zane Miller, Giselle Barajas and Jayla Davis speak with Xochtil Larios, a Youth restorative justice advocate. Listen as they speak about restorative justice policies in school and communities, and how to shift away from a punitive prison system. Learn more at https://youthrights.org Check out Curyj at https://curyj.org/ If you want to be a part of the NYRA east bay node, email Oakland...

NYRA Members Zane Miller and Bailey McCoy discuss stories of bullying in schools, and ways that schools have handled it both positively and negatively. Listen as they discuss the connection between bullying and systemic youth rights issues such as phone bans, the freedom to record abuse, and taking young people seriously. Learn more at https://youthrights.org 6:00 and 39:13 - Watch Bailey's fu...

NYRA members Zane Miller, Rimon-Hadassah Walker, and Bailey McCoy discuss stories of parental discrimination and oppression of LGBTQ Youth. Listen as they discuss parental notification laws, runaway rights, failures of CPS to intervene, and more.

NYRA Board member Zane Miller interviews NYRA Volunteers Bailey McCoy and Rebecca Vigil about their experiences in the foster care system. Listen as they discuss flaws in the foster care system, child abuse, and failures of CPS to Intervene Learn more at youthrights.org

NYRA Colorado members Rebecca Vigil, Maddex Legler, and Rahman Arab Interview Colorado State rep democrat candidate: Gabriel Cervantes. Listen as they discuss youth rights issues such as curfews, affordability, and education. The Colorado Primary Election occurs on June 30th, 2026. Check out Gabriel Cervantes' website at https://www.gabrielforcolorado.com/ Learn more about youth rights at http...

NYRA Member Zane Miller interviews Edward Hasbrouck, an Anti-Draft advocate. Listen as they discuss the history of the anti-draft movement, how it relates to ageism, and the connection between a military draft and authoritarianism Learn more at https://youthrights.org Check out Edward Hasbrouck at https://hasbrouck.org/draft/

NYRA Member Zane Miller interviews Lauren Roberts, a former Texas CPS employee, who worked in investigations and conservatorship within the agency. Listen as they discuss the CPS process, the foster care system, potential harms and abuses, and rights for runaway teens. Learn more at https://youthrights.org

NYRA members Rimon-Hadassah Walker, Susan Milton, and Imogen Gannon interview PHD, author and social psychologist Devon Price on youth liberation. Listen as we discuss youth rights and its connection to queer and neurodivergent activism. Check out Devon Price on Substack: https://drdevonprice.substack.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drdevonprice/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@drdevon...

NYRA Members Zane Miller and Kelsey Duskie interview Ty Noorda, a Utah highschool journalist reporting on recent book bans in Utah schools. Listen as we discuss the risks of book bans, media censorship and how they relate to the rights of students and young people. Check out Ty Noorda on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ty_on_film?igsh=NDJrOTVscGlkMWkz

NYRA member Zane Miller interviews John Pane, Chair of Electronic Frontiers Australia, a digital freedom organization. Listen as they discuss the dangers of Australia's recent age based social media ban, which restricts minors under 16 from being able to access various social media platforms. Check out Electronic Frontiers Australia https://efa.org.au/

NYRA Colorado members Rebecca Vigil and Rahman Arab interview Colorado State representative Jacque Phillips of the Thornton District. Listen she as answers questions on Youth Rights issues including curfews, age discrimination, and youth involvement in schools and politics.

National Youth Rights Association members Zane Miller, Ian Golec and Rosa interview Youth rights YouTuber Nick Taber about Authoritarianism in schools, coercive mental health treatments, and the troubled teen industry. Listen as we discuss the struggles young people face from an oppressive system, and how to heal from it. Check out Nick Taber's: Website: https://imaginal-cell.org/ Youtube: htt...

National Youth Rights Association member Zane Miller interviews Dani, a teenager who has experience with the difficulty of running away. We also discuss the current problems with the CPS system and the restrictions young people face financially, including parental control of bank accounts.