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Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program
Sundays 2:00-4:00pm, Mondays 2:00-4:30pm, & Thursdays 7:00-9:00pm
Hosted by Your 8-18 Year-Old Friends & Neighbors from Aspen to Rifle

AZYEP empowers youth from diverse backgrounds to express themselves, build self-confidence, and develop leadership skills through community broadcasting. AZYEP offers an inclusive, safe space for students to discover and use their voice. We facilitate learning opportunities through four programs on KDNK: live music broadcast, public affairs, youth news team and classroom collaborations.

Latest Episodes
  • Dimensions in Diversity | Equity Speaker Series
    On this month's episode of Dimensions in Diversity, host Kaleb Cook talks with Bryan Alvarez-Terrazas from the Manaus Equity Project and Mads Partridge from Mountain Pride about an upcoming equity speaker series event to celebrate Disabled Employment Month and the work that local organizations are doing to uplift and provide visibility for LGBTQ and disabled communities.
  • Carbondale Summer Staycation - AZYEP Podcast
    Middle school students participated in a summer radio workshop with the Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program in July of this year. The topic: how to have a Carbondale staycation.
  • Chris Klug Foundation 2023 Award Winners - AZYEP Podcast
    Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program Intern Esmeralda interviews the 2023 Chris Klug Foundation Award Winners Katrina Fountain, Dave Galbenski and Maria Fernanda Filizola about their work in the organ transplantation community.
  • Brain Garden with Dylan
    On this month's episode of Brain Garden, host Jenell Hilderbrand talks with special guest Dylan Mangurian about drug addiction and recovery.
  • Soul Connection | Debriefing July's Mental Health Roundtable
    Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program Intern Zenobia Todd and Sarah Fedishen of the Aspen Hope Center discuss the second part of AZYEP's mental health roundtable discussion, "Reconnecting With Conversation: Relationships." The discussion was held on July 11 and aired on KDNK on August 3.
  • Dimensions in Diversity | Language Equity
    On this month's episode of Dimensions in Diversity, host Kaleb Cook talks with Bryan Alvarez-Terrazas from the Maunas Equity Project and Claudia Pawl from Convey Language Solutions about how access to language equity impacts that Latino and deaf communities.
  • Reconnecting With Conversation | Relationships
    The Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program, Aspen Hope Center and Aspen Community Foundation hosted the second part of a series focusing on teen mental health in the Roaring Fork Valley. The conversation took place on July 11th and focused on teen relationships with each other and with the adults in their lives.
  • AZYEP Leadership Change - AZYEP Podcast
    The Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program's outgoing leadership duo Beth Wysong and Adele Craft pass the torch to Aimee Yllanes and Megan Webber, incoming Executive Director and Program Director.
  • Soul Connection | Anxiety
    AZYEP Intern Zenobia Todd and Sarah Fedishen of the Aspen Hope Center discuss what it looks like to have normal anxiety versus a disorder, as well as strategies and resources.
  • AZYEP Interns Talk Mental Fitness with HeadQuarters
    Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program interns Zenobia Todd and Esmeralda Alverde Duarte talk with Angilina Taylor and Lindsey Lupow of HeadQuarters. They discuss the organization's mission and goals, mental fitness, and strategies.
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