Connectopod™
Episodes
Mind Matters Episode 8: The Generational Gap
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Nysha Prasad interviews mental health advocate, Mariyah Williams. They discuss the generational gap in understanding mental health, why Gen Z is more ...
restrictED Episode 01- Overview of Eating Disorders
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host, Melissa Peruch, discusses an overview of eating disorders and goals for this series with Betsy Foldes Meiman, from Connectopod....
Mind Matters Episode 7: Youth Mental Health in the Digital Age
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Nysha Prasad interviews Shriya Mittar, a physician’s assistant and fellow Gen Z, to unpack the rising prevalence of mental hea...
Mind Matters Episode 6: Youth & Trauma
29 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Nysha Prasad interviews Dr. Daisy Gomez, a forensic and counseling psychologist dedicated to supporting high-risk communities...
Mind Matters Episode 5: LGBTQ Teen Mental Health
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Nysha Prasad interviews Susanna Zoeckler, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with LAUSD's Human Relations, Diversity, and Equity ...
Mind Matters Episode 4: Art Therapy As a Healing Tool
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Mind Matters, we explore the power of art therapy in mental health with Ashley Resurreccion, an Associate Art Therapy Professional ...
Mind Matters - Episode 3: Coping Strategies for Stress & Anxiety
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Host Nysha Prasad discusses teen mental health. In this episode, host Nysha Prasad interviews Thurayya Hernandez, Business Control Specialist and Me...
Mind Matters- Episode 2 Wildfires
11 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Host Nysha Prasad discusses teen mental health. The wildfires in have ripped through Los Angeles communities causing traumatic destruction. Along wi...
Sound it Out 2024 - Sherry Meseid
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Connectopod is back at the Los Angeles Public Library Canoga Park Branch for Sound it Out 2024! This year's crop of imaginative teens met with Collage...
Sound It Out 2024 - Astrid Avalos
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Connectopod is back at the Los Angeles Public Library Canoga Park Branch for Sound it Out 2024! This year's crop of imaginative teens met with Collage...
Sound It Out 2024- Soren Vergara
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Connectopod is back at the Los Angeles Public Library Canoga Park Branch for Sound it Out 2024! This year's crop of imaginative teens met with Collage...
Sound It Out 2024 - Alondra Garcia
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Connectopod is back at the Los Angeles Public Library Canoga Park Branch for Sound it Out 2024! This year's crop of imaginative teens met with Collage...
Sound It Out 2024 - Savannah Chapman
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Connectopod is back at the Los Angeles Public Library Canoga Park Branch for Sound it Out 2024! This year's crop of imaginative teens met with Collage...
Sound It Out 2024 -Beyonce Johnson
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Connectopod is back at the Los Angeles Public Library Canoga Park Branch for Sound it Out 2024! This year's crop of imaginative teens met with Collage...
Sound it Out 2024- Ryosuke Sekoguchi
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Connectopod is back at the Los Angeles Public Library Canoga Park Branch for Sound it Out 2024! This year's crop of imaginative teens met with Collage...
Chinatown Oral History Project-Interview with the Teen Council
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Connectopod is back at the Los Angeles Public Library Chinatown Branch to visit with the Teen Council. The current Teen Council members are a mix of ...
restrictED Episode 06- A Sibling's Love Always Wins
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host, Melissa Peruch, interviews Georgeanna Gaines, an individual who had to juggle multiple worlds at once: her younger sibling’s ...
Changing the Narrative: Unhoused Youth season 2 ep1
20 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are back for Season 2 of CTN:UY! Producer Betsy Foldes Meiman talks with Gayle Alvarez, YDHP Resource Coordinator, and Olga Flores , director of ...
restrictED Episode 05- Coaching Recovery to Make It Possible
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host, Melissa Peruch, interviews Jennifer Mullaney, who introduces us to a newly discovered realm of eating disorder recovery. She sh...
Connectopod presents: Mind Matters
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet 11th Grader Nysha Prasad who will explore youth perspectives on mental health with her peers and health professionals as host of Mind Matters! Le...
restrictED Episode 04- The Pressure of Having to Look Sick for the Role
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host, Melissa Peruch, interviews an individual, who reflects on their years struggling with not just an eating disorder, but the negl...