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Axis Conversations

Each week on Axis Conversations, we survey cultural trends, host expert interviews, and answer listener questions to help parents and caring adults understand and disciple the next generation

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50:18

Special Roundtable: What do we do about smartphones?!?!

Axis Conversations ·

2025/09/01

It’s Smartphone September, and we’re releasing a whole suite of new content aimed at the glowing rectangles that dominate so much of our lives, and how families can navigate these devices with wisdom. Click here for the Everything Smartphone Guide on Amazon Or experience it here. Donate today through The Table. And for more resources, go to axis.org.

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56:04

Roundtable: Roblox Lawsuits, Laufey, and Taylor...

Axis Conversations ·

2025/08/29

Three Big Conversations: Roblox is getting sued for failing to protect children from online predators. - 6:58 Jazz-pop musician Laufey sings about self-worth on her new album (language). - 26:48 What the celebration of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement says about our culture. - 39:20 Slang of the Week - “41” (language) - 1:40 Elsewhere in culture: - 53:40 The music-streaming app Spotify will soon roll out a direct messaging function for app users. Forrest Frank created a video offering

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09:04

CT: Roblox Lawsuits, Laufey, and Taylor Swift’s...

Axis Conversations ·

2025/08/28

Roblox is getting sued for failing to protect children from online predators, jazz-pop musician Laufey sings about self-worth on her new album (language), and what the celebration of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement says about our culture. Slang of the Week - “41” (language) Elsewhere in culture: The music-streaming app Spotify will soon roll out a direct messaging function for app users. Forrest Frank created a video offering forgiveness to the other Christians—particularly Cory

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09:22

CT: The Queen of RichTok, Back to School Fashion, and...

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2025/08/21

The Queen of RichTok makes $500,000 necklaces seem boring, back-to-school trends come with a Y2K flair, and AI researchers are preparing for the worst. Slang of the Week - “6-7” Elsewhere in culture: Europe’s premiere gaming conference, Gamescom, kicked off this week, with new games being detailed and announced, including a new Lego Batman game. Christian musician Forrest Frank has surpassed Drake in terms of monthly listeners on YouTube Music. The Cambridge Dictionary has officially added the words

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11:03

Ask Axis: “How do my kids survive the AI-pocalypse?”

Axis Conversations ·

2025/08/19

"How do you think artificial general intelligence will affect our children? How do we prepare our families for AGI's advent in 2 to 3 years?" - Christina This podcast is entirely Q&A based! Send in your questions to ask@axis.org. And for more resources, go to axis.org.

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09:04

CT: GPT-5, The Stiletto Challenge, and The 30-Minute Ick

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2025/08/14

OpenAI released GPT-5 and users hate it, the “Nicki Minaj stiletto challenge” encourages influencers to film themselves balancing on one stiletto-clad foot, and why time (unfortunately) flies when we’re using social media. Slang of the Week - "Dogwater" Elsewhere in culture: Taylor Swift announced (on her boyfriend’s football podcast) that her 12th album will be titled The Life of a Showgirl, and available for pre-order soon. Popular TikTok couple Nick and Cassie, featured on @cassiesbooktok, are

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47:51

Lee Strobel on Seeing the Supernatural

Axis Conversations ·

2025/08/12

After earning a journalism degree at the University of Missouri, Strobel was awarded a Ford Foundation fellowship to study at Yale Law School, where he received a Master of Studies in Law degree. For fourteen years he was a journalist at the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers, winning Illinois’ top honors for investigative reporting (which he shared with a team he led) and public service journalism from United Press International. He is a New York Times bestselling author whose books have sold

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01:00:39

Roundtable: The Summer I Turned Pretty, News on...

Axis Conversations ·

2025/08/08

Three Big Conversations: The Summer I Turned Pretty is back for its 3rd season and is taking over Amazon Prime. - 3:00 What it means that 40% of 18 to 29-year-olds get their news from TikTok. - 25:32 Why it feels like most people aren’t paying attention to the same parts of culture this summer. - 46:04 Survey of the Week - The Miraculous- 01:18 Elsewhere in culture:- 58:28 Gen Alpha now drives almost half of household spending, at least in the US. Vodka seltzer company High Noon recently issued a

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08:09

CT: The Summer I Turned Pretty, News on TikTok, and...

Axis Conversations ·

2025/08/08

The Summer I Turned Pretty is back for its 3rd season and is taking over Amazon Prime, what it means that 40% of 18 to 29-year-olds get their news from TikTok, and why it feels like most people aren’t paying attention to the same parts of culture this summer. Survey of the Week - The Miraculous Gen Alpha now drives almost half of household spending, at least in the US. Vodka seltzer company High Noon recently issued a recall after some of their vodka products were mistakenly labeled as Celsius

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11:08

Ask Axis: "How do I talk about body image issues with...

Axis Conversations ·

2025/08/05

Pheba writes in to say: “Hi! I’m excited about the podcast. I’d like to hear about navigating body image issues with teen girls.” This podcast is entirely Q&A based! Send in your questions to ask@axis.org. And for more resources, go to axis.org.

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54:45

Roundtable: I Have One Daughter, Tea Dating Advice,...

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2025/08/01

Three Big Conversations: A TikTok creator named Lewky takes idiotic dating app exchanges and turns them into musical skits the social media app Tea which allows women to share red flags about specific men gets hacked Marvel’s Fantastic Four explores the power of family bonds in the face of total annihilation Slang of the Week - "Chopped" Elsewhere in culture: Memes about Ozzy Osbourne dying and being reincarnated as a baby named Aquaman started trending. Twitch streamer Ninja shared his Christian

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09:32

CT: I Have One Daughter, Tea Dating Advice, and The...

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2025/07/31

A TikTok creator named Lewky takes idiotic dating app exchanges and turns them into musical skits, the social media app Tea which allows women to share red flags about specific men gets hacked, and Marvel’s Fantastic Four explores the power of family bonds in the face of total annihilation. Welcome to the Roundtable. Slang of the Week - "Chopped" Elsewhere in culture: Memes about Ozzy Osbourne dying and being reincarnated as a baby named Aquaman started trending. Twitch streamer Ninja shared his

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54:58

Roland Warren on Why Being Pro-Life Is Not Enough

Axis Conversations ·

2025/07/29

After 20 years in the corporate world (with IBM, Pepsi and Goldman Sachs), Roland Warren spent 11 years as president of the National Fatherhood Initiative before joining Care Net in 2012 as president and CEO. A graduate of Princeton University and the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, Roland is an inspirational servant leader with a heart for Christ and a mind for business. His new book is called The Alternative to Abortion: Why We Must Be Pro Abundant Life. For more

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07:52

CT: KPop Demon Hunters, Porn Age-Verification, and...

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2025/07/10

An animated film called KPop Demon Hunters is dominating both music and video streaming charts, A new supreme court ruling could pave the way to federally mandated ID verification on all pornographic sites, and mourning the tragic losses in Texas’s Camp Mystic after their historic flash floods. Resource of the Week - The Conversaton Starter (Youtube) Elsewhere in culture: A new report claims that TikTok is building a U.S.-based app to launch in September, a 14-second video featuring Howie

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55:44

Roundtable: Peak, We Were Liars, and #monkmode

Axis Conversations ·

2025/07/04

Three Big Converserations: A new cooperative game called Peak requires players to climb a mountain together - 10:00 the psychological thriller We Were Liars has teens weeping on TikTok - 22:14 posts about going #monkmode are romanticizing the minimalistic life of the monastery - 31:40 Resource of the Week - The Pour Over- 9:07 Elsewhere in culture: A new TikTok trend involves saying the phrase “bacon avocado” as a prelude to your actual message, Jurassic Park: Rebirth debuts in theaters this week,

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08:01

CT: Peak, We Were Liars, and #monkmode

Axis Conversations ·

2025/07/03

A new cooperative game called Peak requires players to climb a mountain together, the psychological thriller We Were Liars has teens weeping on TikTok, and posts about going #monkmode are romanticizing the minimalistic life of the monastery. Resource of the Week - The Pour Over Elsewhere in culture: A new TikTok trend involves saying the phrase “bacon avocado” as a prelude to your actual message, Jurassic Park: Rebirth debuts in theaters this week, the humanoid robot Neo is learning how to do

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01:05:54

Roundtable: Glass Fruit, 28 Years Later, and 90s Summers

Axis Conversations ·

2025/06/27

Three Big Conversations: AI-generated videos of people cutting and eating glass fruit are trending on social media - 18:55 the movie 28 Years Later makes the 28-numbered zombie saga worse - 30:10 TikTokers are reminiscing about 90s summer—whether or not they actually experienced it - 52:38 Song of the Week: “Manchild” - Sabrina Carpenter - 0:35 Click here for the lyrics. Elsewhere in culture: - 12:38 AI-generated “Would You Rather?” videos involving fruit with special powers began trending on

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07:59

Glass Fruit, 28 Years Later, and 90s Summers

Axis Conversations ·

2025/06/26

AI-generated videos of people cutting and sometimes eating glass fruit are trending on social media, the movie 28 Years Later makes the 28-numbered zombie saga worse, and TikTokers are reminiscing about 90s summer—whether or not they actually experienced it. Song of the Week: “Manchild” - Sabrina Carpenter Click here for the lyrics. Elsewhere in culture: AI-generated “Would You Rather?” videos involving fruit with special powers began trending on TikTok, the live-action How to Train Your Dragon

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09:48

Ask Axis: "Will teen gambling lead to...

Axis Conversations ·

2025/06/24

"I’ve been struck lately about how much teenage boys are getting into poker and gambling, even from good Christian families. Unfortunately, some of them are doing well, and gaining money doing it… I feel that is dangerous. Is it just something fun to do, or is it a bad habit that will develop into something else? These boys come from very well to do families, so I feel that they don’t know how to work for money, or would prefer to just gamble in poker, or in the stock market to get their money.” -

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01:01

This Podcast Feed Has a New Name

Axis Conversations ·

2025/06/23

As we broaden the scope of this podcast to include some fun new things, you will see this feed has changed to Axis Conversations! This will be the schedule you can expect: Interviews - Every other Tuesday Ask Axis (Our new show!) - Every other Tuesday (Alternating) The Culture Translator (CT Audio) - Every Thursday The Culture Translator Roundtable - Every Friday We are excited to continue to provide engaging resources including our new show Ask Axis premiering tomorrow! For more Axis

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