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Hosted by Heidi Baskfield.

Should you pitch it?

Guest activity
Sometimes has guests
25% of recent episode titles look like interviews
Episode length
7 min
Median of recent episodes. That is the commitment you would be asking for.
Publishing
Dormant
29 episodes · last 2026-02-18
Language
English (US)
Declared in the feed as en-us.
Where it's from
Outside the UK
The feed declares en-us.
Reach
12
Percentile among shows you could realistically get on. Not a download count.
Check whether they charge. Some shows sell guest slots rather than booking them, and rates in some fields run to thousands. Nothing in a podcast feed reliably says so, so we do not claim either way. Ask before you write the pitch.
Worth a pitch. This show publishes its own contact, sits outside the national chart, is independently published, and its recent episodes show it books guests.

How this show compares to other health & wellness podcasts

It publishes less often than most Health & Wellness shows, so expect a longer lead time and fewer available slots.

Measured against every health & wellness podcast in the directory that has published in the last year.

This show Category average
Episodes featuring a guest 25% 20%
Episodes in the last 90 days 0 7
Typical episode length 7 min 36 min
Episodes published in total 29 96
Reach percentile 12 50

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What the show says about itself

The current youth mental health crisis continues to result in catastrophic outcomes. With suicide as a leading cause of death for our youth, record numbers of mental health providers closing up shop, and entire systems of care collapsing something drastic has to be done. Speak Our Minds host Heidi Baskfield helped organize a major classaction lawsuit against the state of Colorado for failing to provide a working system of youth mental health and won. Now the real work to build a working system begins. Learn more about the lawsuit, on-going efforts to work with Colorado state leaders, lessons l

Recent episodes

Straight from the feed. The quickest way to judge whether your angle fits.

  1. Breaking the Silence: Changing the Narrative on Youth Mental Health
  2. The Waitlist Wake-Up Call: Why Early Intervention Can’t Wait
  3. Keeping Kids Where Kids Belong
  4. The Missing Link: Why Care Guides and Coordination Change Everything
  5. Around the Table: Why Talking Openly About Youth Mental Health Matters More Than Ever
  6. Different Doors: What’s Changed in Youth Mental Health Care Since COVID
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Common questions

Does Speak Our Minds accept guests?

Sometimes has guests. Interviews appear alongside other formats. This is our reading of the show's recent episode titles, not a statement from the show itself.

How do I contact Speak Our Minds?

Yes. Speak Our Minds publishes a contact address in its own RSS feed, and it is the show's own inbox rather than a shared network desk. We hold it and release it to people on a plan. We never invent an address and never send a pitch on your behalf.

How often does Speak Our Minds publish?

It has not published in a long time, so there is no current schedule. There are 29 episodes in the feed. Episodes run about 7 minutes.

Is Speak Our Minds still active?

Yes. It has published within the last year.

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