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Gen Z hits the track (and the tracking apps), a new Lord of the Flies adaptation hits home , and pop songstresses say they are manifesting their dream lives. Resource of the Week: F aith and Life Survey → Click here to watch our video about manifesting. In Other News: Teen boys and young men are turning to injectable peptide  stacks in order to achieve physical transformations and faster muscle re...

Jen Pollock Michel is the award-winning author of six books: A Rule for the Rest of US, Teach Us to Want (Christianity Today's Book of the Year), Keeping Place, Surprised by Paradox (Christianity Today's Book of the Year Award of Merit—Beautiful Orthodoxy), A Habit Called Faith, and In Good Time (Canada's Word Guild Book of the Year Award).  Jen is a sought-after contributor to publications like C...

Three Big Conversations: The jury is out for The Devil Wears Prada 2 - 06:18 The  Met Gala made people mad for different reasons - 21:00 Moms are ready to organize—so they can boycott school events - 29:06 Slang of the Week: "Chud" - 1:28 In Other News: - 42:58 The Savannah Bananas, an "exhibition baseball" team that includes comedy and choreographed dances in games of what they call Banana Ball,...

The jury is out for The Devil Wears Prada 2 , the Met Gala made people mad for different reasons, and moms are ready to organize—so they can boycott school events. Slang of the Week: "Chud" In Other News: The Savannah Bananas, an "exhibition baseball" team that includes comedy and choreographed dances in games of what they call Banana Ball, played in front of 102,000 fans this past Saturday with a...

Parenting right now just feels… different. We're doing it in the middle of smartphones, social media, and nonstop input. We're thinking about safety, screen time, mental health, cyberbullying… all of it, all at once aaand probably even before 9am. So this question keeps coming up: is it actually harder to raise kids now, or was it just a different kind of hard back then? Did previous generations h...

Three Big Conversations: Tweens are  grabbing an iced latte to get a hit of belonging. - 7:24 Third of Gen Z believe they have "psychic abilities." - 20:10 Nearly half of young adults say they'd  live in the past if they could. - 33:20 Slang of the Week: "You the birthday." - 1:57 → Click here to see the video  high school in the 90's → Click here to listen to our podcast episode Freya India on  H...

Tweens are grabbing an iced latte to get a hit of belonging, a third of Gen Z believe they have "psychic abilities ," and nearly half of young adults say they'd live in the past if they could. Slang of the Week: "You the birthday." →Click here to see the video high school in the 90's →Click here to listen to our podcast episode Freya India on How to Care for Teen Girls in a Digital Age In Other Ne...

Freya is the author of the Substack GIRLS, where she writes about the challenges girls and young women face in the modern world. She's also a staff writer for Jonathan Haidt's newsletter, After Babel. She has contributed to publications including The New Statesman, The Spectator, and The Free Press.  Today, we are going to be discussing her debut book, GIRLS, Generation Z and the commodification o...

Three Big Conversations: Teens are  birdwatching - 13:12 Posting on Snapchat - 26:50 Learning to slow down from John Mark Comer - 41:34 Song of the Week: "drop dead" by Olivia Rodrigo - 2:08 → Click here to read the lyrics (language). → Click here to watch The Conversation Starter on Offline Hobbies. In other news: - 58:36 Young people are speedrunning their Bachelor's or Master's degrees, finishi...

Teens are birdwatching , posting on Snapchat , and learning to slow down from John Mark Comer. Song of the Week: "drop dead" by Olivia Rodrigo → Click here to read the lyrics (language). In other news: Young people are speedrunning their Bachelor's or Master's degrees, finishing them in as quickly as three months, as less traditional forms of University attendance become more popular. Tomodachi Li...

This week, we're taking a break from the Axis Conversations podcast—including the Roundtable, Ask Axis, and our interview series. We are meeting with members of our Axis community to dream and pray together about this upcoming year and beyond. We appreciate your support, and we're excited to see you back here next Thursday and Friday, when our regular schedule will resume—including the CT Audio Po...

People are paying to talk to an AI avatar of Jesus , texts from teens make perfect emo songs , and Justin Bieber reminds everyone of why he became a pop star in the first place. But first:  Resource of the Week - Parent Guide to Gen Alpha Check out our YouTube Episode → What Christians Are Missing About Gen Alpha In Other News: In a strange TikTok trend (as opposed to a normal one), young men are...

Amy Amy Adamczykis Professor of Sociology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the  Programs of Doctoral Study in Sociology and Criminal Justice at The Graduate Center, City University of New York. Trained as a sociologist of religion, her research focuses on how different contexts (such as nations, counties, friendship groups), and personal religious beliefs shape people's deviant, moral,...

Three Big Conversations: The Night We Met is BookTok's latest darling - 6:30 teenagers are  wearing pimple patches in public - 20:16 Super Mario Galaxy brought tweens to the box office on Easter weekend - 28:16 Slang of the Week - "Clipped" - 1:58 In Other News: - 41:34 A squishy stress-relieving toy has taken over the internet, and they are sold out everywhere. It's safe to say that teens and twe...

The Night We Met is BookTok's latest darling, teenagers are wearing pimple patches in public, and Super Mario Galaxy brought tweens to the box office on Easter weekend. Slang of the Week - "Clipped" In Other News: A squishy stress-relieving toy has taken over the internet, and they are sold out everywhere. It's safe to say that teens and tweens are obsessed .  Olivia Rodrigo announced her first si...

"Thanks for your awesome content. As a father of 3 girls in a hybrid homeschool setting (they are in a classroom two days a week), we are fairly sheltered from outside influences/influencers. I would love practical advice on how and when to guide my girls in developing good judgement and discernment regarding which influences to embrace and which to ignore." - Matthew 🎧 Listen / Follow / Connect...

Three Big Conversations: Teens are inspired by the fashion in Love Story - 08:22 Everybody, everywhere is  maxxing - 21:34 The meaning of Easter might feel lost somewhere in the baskets and plastic grass - 37:28 Song of the Week - "Babydoll" by Dominic Fike - 02:50 → Click  here for the lyrics In Other News: - 54:16 If you thought the popularity of KPop Demon Hunters wouldn't survive into 2026, lo...

Teens are inspired by the fashion in Love Story , everybody, everywhere, is maxxing , and the meaning of Easter might feel lost somewhere in the baskets and plastic grass . Song of the Week - "Babydoll" by Dominic Fike → Click  here for the lyrics In Other News: If you thought the popularity of KPop Demon Hunters wouldn't survive into 2026, look no further than your local McDonald's, which has Hun...

CJ Fant is one of our own team members at Axis. As basically our resident gaming aficionado, I wanted to bring CJ on to talk about how parents can understand this medium a little better and enter into some intentional conversation around video games with the next generation.  🎧 Listen / Follow / Connect → Become a monthly donor today, join the Table. → Check out the podcast now on our YouTube Cha...

Three Big Conversations: Epic Games lays off  1,000 employees - 04:31 Gen Z is posing like a  platypus - 15:61 BTS releases their  first album since 2020 - 43:24 Resource of the Week - The Pour Over - 02:21 In Other News: - 55:50 It's sequel season for Kirsten Dunst. The actress just signed on for the untitled Minecraft movie sequel and The Housemaid 2 alongside Sydney Sweeney. The actress said in...

Epic Games lays off 1,000 employees , Gen Z is posing like a platypus , and BTS releases their first album since 2020. Resource of the Week - The Pour Over In Other News: It's sequel season for Kirsten Dunst. The actress just signed on for the untitled Minecraft movie sequel and The Housemaid 2 alongside Sydney Sweeney. The actress said in an interview with Town and Country that she just wants to...

"My kids go to church because that is what we do as a family. They know God is good and Jesus is the Messiah because of what they have been taught and how my husband and I center our lives on Jesus. But how can I encourage them to seek a personal relationship with the Lord that isn't built on what they've done all their lives and been told? To instead, build it out of an independent, self-driven d...

Three Big Conversations: The latest TikTok trend involves sounding like a brainless sycophant to  mimic ChatGPT - 07:16 senior prank goes wrong in Georgia - 20:18 Project Hail Mary packs art, science, and Ryan Gosling into a family-friendly movie - 34:28 Song of the Week - "Choosin' Texas" by Ella Langley - 01:58 → Click here to read the lyrics → Click here for reviews of Project Hail Mary In Othe...

The latest TikTok trend involves sounding like a brainless sycophant to mimic ChatGPT , a senior prank goes wrong in Georgia, and Project Hail Mary packs art, science, and Ryan Gosling into a family-friendly movie. Song of the Week - "Choosin' Texas" by Ella Langley → Click here to read the lyrics → Click here for reviews of Project Hail Mary In Other News: The Oscars happened. Ryan Coogler was th...

Dr. Kara Powell is the Executive Director of the Fuller Youth Institute, the founder of the TENx10 Collaboration, and the Chief of Leadership Formation at Fuller Theological Seminary. We'll be talking today about some of the Fuller Youth Institute's new research on Gen Alpha—including how exactly they're different from previous generations of teens (including Gen Z), and what faith formation looks...