PHAT LIP! You(th)Talk Radio

Season 01, Episode 17 [PART TWO] (originally aired on March 21, 2026)

The PHAT LIP! Team (Ana, 18; Elie, 12; Ezra, 16; Jasmine, 17; Joseph, 15; Kaysen, 16; Lorne, 10; Miguel, 17; Nova, 16; Phoenix, 16; Serenity, 17; Wesley, 17) discuss the youth mental health challenges in the second of a two-part episode, with special in-studio guest Dr. Quinyatta Mumford, DrPH, MPH of Village Public Health.
 
EPISODE PLAYLIST
* "Bury a Friend" by Billie Eilish
* "OK Not to Be OK" by Marshmello & Demi Lovato
* "What Was I Made For?" by Billie Eilish
* "Num Little Bug" by Em Beihold

Season 01, Episode 17 [PART ONE] (originally aired on March 7, 2026)

The PHAT LIP! Team (Ana, 18; Elie, 12; Hayden, 16; Lorne, 10; Miguel, 17; Naysa, 16; Phoenix, 16; Serenity, 17) discuss the youth mental health challenges in the first of a two-part episode.
 
EPISODE PLAYLIST
* "Hard Times" by Paramore
* "Breathin'" by Ariana Grande
* "The Monster (f. Eminem)" by Rhianna
* "1-800-273-8255 (f. Alessia Cara & Khalid)" by Logic
* "Float On" by Modest Mouse
* "Dog Days Are Over” by Florence + the Machine

Season 01, Episode 16 (originally aired on February 21, 2026)

The PHAT LIP! Team (Ana, 18; Jasmine, 17; Joseph, 15; Lorne, 10; Miguel, 17; Serenity, 17; and Wesley, 16) discuss the psychological effects of childhood poverty.
 
EPISODE PLAYLIST
* "Rise Up" by Andra Day
* "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
* "everything i wanted" by Billie Eilish
* "Royals" by Lorde
* "Hard Knock Life" by Jay-Z
* "Ghetto Gospel" by 2Pac

Season 01, Episode 15 (originally aired on February 7, 2026)

The PHAT LIP! Team (Elie, 12; Jasmine, 17; Lorne, 10; Miguel, 17; Serenity, 17; and Wesley, 16) discuss the statewide (and nationwide) high school walkouts and protests against ICE over the last week, with special guests from eStem Charter High, Little Rock Central High, and North Little Rock High, who all organized and/or participated in the walkouts and protests locally.  Also, team members Jasmine and Miguel, who are both 2nd generation Americans enrolled in the Air Force Junior ROTC program at Jacksonville High, emotionally recount how Lt. Col. Jake Sheddan (ret.) verbally attacked them and called them "illegal immigrants" because they voiced support for the walkouts and protests, and how MSgt. Chris Willingham (ret.) refused to intervene.
 
EPISODE PLAYLIST
* "DtMF" by Bad Bunny
* "Streets of Minneapolis" by Bruce Springsteen
* "They Call Me Illegal" by Alkimizta
* "El Hielo (ICE)" by La Santa Cecilia
* "Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)" by K'Naan
* "Bad News" by Zach Bryan

Season 01, Episode 14 (originally aired on January 17, 2026)

The PHAT LIP! Team (Ana, 17; Fallon, 12; and Miguel, 17) discuss the importance of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Day of Service and the National Day of Racial Healing in the State of Arkansas with special guest Kwami Abdul-Bey.
 
EPISODE PLAYLIST
* "A Change Is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke
* "Happy Birthday To You" by Stevie Wonder
* "Heal the World" by Michael Jackson
* "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye
* "Get Up, Stand Up" by Bob Marley
* "Show Them the Way" by Stevie Nicks

Season 01, Episode 13 (originally aired on December 20, 2025)

The PHAT LIP! Team (Ana, 17; Miguel, 17; Serenity, 17; and Wesley, 16) discuss the ways in which music impacts young people.
 
EPISODE PLAYLIST
* "Even If" by Mercyme
* "Chiquitita" by ABBA
* "Wake Me Up" by Avicii
* "Nobody" (f Matthew West) by Casting Clowns
* "Seventeen" by Alessia Cara
* "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons

Season 01, Episode 12 (originally aired on December 6, 2025)

The PHAT LIP! Team (Ana, 17; Elie, 12; Fallon, 12; Jasmine, 16; Miguel, 16; and Wesley, 16) discuss the realities of living as an ALICE (asset limited, income-constrained, employed) family in Arkansas, with their guest Sherra Bennett, Senior Program Officer at the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation.
 
EPISODE PLAYLIST
* "Working Poor" by Fantastic Negrito
* "Royals" by Lorde
* "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman
* "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton
* "The Message (f. Melle Mel and Duke Bootee)" by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
* "Po Folks (f. Anthony Hamilton)" by Nappy Roots

Season 01, Episode 11 (originally aired on November 15, 2025)

The PHAT LIP! Team (Ana, 17; Jasmine, 16; Lorne, 10; and Miguel, 16) discuss the commercialization and commodification of the holiday season and a response to such that has been successful internationally, but not so much in the United States: Buy Nothing Day.
 
EPISODE PLAYLIST
* "Price Tag (f. B.o.B.)" by Jessie J
* "Billionaire (f. Bruno Mars)" by Travie McCoy
* "Material Girl" by Madonna
* "C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)" by Wu Tang Clan
* "Can't Buy Me Love" by The Beatles
* "Money, Money, Money" by ABBA
* "Black Friday...Scam Friday" by Lil Donut
 

Season 01, Episode 10 (originally aired on November 1, 2025)

The PHAT LIP! Team (Ana, 17; Jasmine, 16; Lorne, 10; Miguel, 16; Serenity, 16; and Wesley, 16) talk with University of Arkansas at Fayetteville students Kevin Durden (sophomore) and Muskan Taori (junior) about their proposed constitutional "Amendment to Keep Arkansas Natural" and the importance of youth involvement in direct democracy.
 
EPISODE PLAYLIST
* "Thriller" by Michael Jackson
* "Elected" by Alice Cooper
* "My Vote Will Count" by YelloPain
* "Get Up, Stand Up" by Bob Marley & The Wailers
* "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy
* "A Change is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke
* "People Have the Power" by Patti Smith
 

Season 01, Episode 09 (originally aired on October 18, 2025)

The PHAT LIP! Team discuss war and how it impacts the youth of the world.