Olympic fencer Ysaora Thibus is the CEO of her career, and she’s fully in control. Ranked the number-one fencer in France and third in the world, Thibus has won 14 French championships and seven world championships—and this year, she’s off to her third Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. YTTP first planned to work with Thibus as part of our Beautiful People series alongside her partner and fellow Olympic fencer, Team USA’s Race Imboden, but travel restrictions kept her grounded in Paris—almost 4,000 miles from the shoot in New York. Ahead of the Olympics, she chats with To The People host Alyssa Shapiro about taking control of her career, building a platform for women in sports to share their stories, and what female athletes really need. To The People Podcast is a production of YTTP Studios. Find us online at @youthtothepeople or youthtothepeople.com.

Are you ready to go deep today? Maybe a little spiritual? For this episode, we’re pulling inspiration from the concept of deep ecology—an approach that involves reconfiguring our systems in order to preserve ecological and cultural diversity. We have a physical and energetic connection between ourselves and the planet, and our wellbeing and the earth’s wellbeing are inextricably tied, and we’ll talk about that—and the mutual healing of both the land and the communities who live there—today with Leah Penniman, co-founder of Soul Fire Farm.

Without dreams, we accept the world as-is. Dreams fuel the future. They give people power. To hope. To act. To unite. Together, we can build a world that’s inclusive of all—one where no matter race, gender, identity, expression, or sexuality, all are protected, valued, heard, seen, loved, and equal. ⁠⁠We're closing out Pride Month with stories from members of our community—Sean Garrette, V Go, Jessie Giammalva, and Drew Hazelhurst—about how they dream with pride and help others to do the same. To The People Podcast is a production of YTTP Studios. Find us online at @youthtothepeople or youthtothepeople.com.

Wellness, unity, love, and community are central to what we’re doing at YTTP—and those themes were at the heart of our limited-edition collaboration with Kids of Immigrants last month. This week on the podcast, we’re looking at the roles of wellness, unity, love, and community in the experiences of first-generation families—specifically those of three of our teammates. For more on the KOI collab, check out their episode of the podcast and Beautiful People. Find YTTP online at youthtothepeople.com.

[TW: This episode opens with a personal account of miscarriage.] Mental health is connected to every part of who we are. In this episode, we’re having an honest conversation about it with two leaders in the mental health space—Elyse Cohen, VP of Social Impact + Inclusion at Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez, and Tramaine EL-Amin, Assistant VP of Strategic Partnerships at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. Along with host Alyssa Shapiro, Cohen and EL-Amin discuss mental wellbeing, Rare Beauty’s commitment to bridging access to mental healthcare, Mental Health First Aid, and more.

To The People Podcast is a production of YTTP Studios. Find us online at @youthtothepeople or youthtothepeople.com.

We’re teaming up with Kids of Immigrants to create a limited-edition collection of skincare and apparel in celebration of KOI’s five-year anniversary. Both KOI and YTTP take pride in the journey it took to get to where we are today. We share in our goals, energy, and the importance of self-love—so it’s no surprise that the collaboration highlights self-care and how it shapes the way we connect with those around us. In this episode of To The People, YTTP co-founder Greg Gonzalez is joined by KOI co-founders Daniel Buezo and Weleh Dennis to discuss building their brands from the ground up, practicing self-care, and spreading love to those around us. To learn more about Daniel, Weleh, and Kids of Immigrants, click here to watch their episode of Beautiful People.

All skin is normal. And no matter your skin type, achieving your skin goals can be a delicate balance. Whether your skin is experiencing dehydration, dullness, or the changing atmosphere, it can be helpful to think of skincare regimens like recipes—with each ingredient chosen carefully to contribute to your desired skin goals. In conversation with host Alyssa Shapiro, Youth To The People’s Director of Education Laura Cline talks all things skincare—why we believe all skin is normal, what every skin type needs for healthy skin, and her favorite powerful, results-oriented routines.

Have you vibed out with a tree lately? Whenever you notice yourself feeling untethered, spending time among trees will help guide you back to where you need to be. It’s self-care, it’s being well, to be among trees. To breathe in the fresh air, to hear birdsong, of course—but also to just vibe out in the forest! Our guest today is Willow Defebaugh, editor in chief of Atmos, a digital platform and biannual magazine that explores the connection between climate and culture. Their work is always insightful, often full of deep quotes and imperative facts about the earth, its energy, and always bringing it full spiral back to our pure human experience—and for this episode, they've joined host Alyssa Shapiro in conversation about connecting with nature wherever you are.

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In Advice for You[th], we get to ask our friends to share their words of wisdom for our community, and create a space for intergenerational conversations. Last season, our Advice for You[th] episode featured Rhea Wolfram, a 101-year-old lifelong educator. For today’s, we’re joined by Alyia Gaskins—a candidate for city council in Alexandria, Virginia—who talks with Jade Walker from Gen Z Girl Gang about the road to running for leadership at the local level with the help of our friends at She Should Run.

Have you ever thought about mushrooms? Like, really thought about them.

In Youth To The People’s anti-racism, inclusion, and intersectional parity training, our instructor, Sarah Springer of Tissue LLC, spoke in so many words about the benefits of decay and how it’s an essential step to growth. It brought to mind a few things: one, how sometimes a bad trip is actually really good—sometimes the stuff that feels the hardest is often the most important. And the second, a quote from artist David Altmejd who said, “I think of decay not in a negative way, but in a sense of creating space for things to start growing.”

And the third? Mushrooms. They take what needs to be decomposed, decayed, and through their root systems, their mycelium, give us new life by turning that decayed matter into fruiting bodies. Not sure what mycelium are? No worries, you’ll understand why we’re talking about them soon. And if you’ll humor us, we’d like to take that thread through our conversation today, because there’s so much we can learn from nature.

To The People Podcast is a production of YTTP Studios. Find us online at @youthtothepeople or youthtothepeople.com.