Episode 4 of the Global Young Academy podcast “Voices of Young Scientists” features interviews with GYA members and alumni presenting their concise overview of what the GYA is, what it does, and why it’s important to each of them.Interviewees include GYA member Lisa Herzog (University of Groningen, Netherlands), and alumni Connie Nshemereirwe (Actualise Africa, Uganda),Wibool Piyawattanametha (Michigan State University & King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand), Anindita Bhadra (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India), and Tolu Oni (University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, United Kingdom),