CT: TikTok Censorship, Popular Sad Music, and Antisocial Media

CT: TikTok Censorship, Popular Sad Music, and Antisocial Media

TikTok has a new US owner, which users worry is muddying the platform's approach to censorship; data shows that sad and angsty songs are ruling the streaming charts, and it's official: our algorithms are making us lonelier.

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Last week, Alex Honnold free-soloed Taipei 101 live on Netflix, with roughly 6.2 million people watching him climb a 1,667-foot skyscraper without a rope. The 2026 Oscar nominations dropped last week, with director Ryan Coogler's horror-thriller Sinners receiving a record-breaking 16 nominations. Speaking of awards season, after a long hiatus, Justin Bieber is slated to return to the Grammys stage this Sunday night. Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, took out a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal on Monday to apologize for his antisemitic comments and psychotic behavior. Athleisure is out for 2026. Some Gen Z creators are leaning into vintage (meaning 90s and early 2000s) sportswear and putting their matching workout sets out to pasture.

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CT: The 20 Biggest Cultural Events of 2025: Top 20-11

CT: The 20 Biggest Cultural Events of 2025: Top 20-11

At the end of every year, we take a few weeks to reset and reflect on everything that happened in culture over the past twelve months. We share our reflections with you in the form of our Top 20 Annua...

20 Des 202513min

Roundtable: The 20 Biggest Cultural Events of 2025, PART 1: Top 20-11

Roundtable: The 20 Biggest Cultural Events of 2025, PART 1: Top 20-11

At the end of every year, we take a few weeks to reset and reflect on everything that happened in culture over the past twelve months. We share our reflections with you in the form of our Top 20 Annua...

19 Des 20251h 17min

Ask Axis: "My 8th grader seems overly materialistic. Will this change?"

Ask Axis: "My 8th grader seems overly materialistic. Will this change?"

"Our oldest is a 14 year old boy so we're still newbies to parenting teens. Our 8th grader teen seems, in mom and dad's opinion, overly concerned with materialism (things like shoes and iphone model e...

16 Des 202511min

Roundtable: Pretty Little Baby, Netflix and Warner Bros., and Hollywood's God Moment

Roundtable: Pretty Little Baby, Netflix and Warner Bros., and Hollywood's God Moment

Three Big Conversations: TikTok's most-used sound in 2025 was a 63-year-old love song - 8:40  Netflix and Paramount are in a bidding war for Warner Bros. - 22:38 Hollywood might be having a "God mome...

12 Des 202555min

CT: Pretty Little Baby, Netflix and Warner Bros., and Hollywood's God Moment

CT: Pretty Little Baby, Netflix and Warner Bros., and Hollywood's God Moment

TikTok's most-used sound in 2025 was a 63-year-old love song, Netflix and Paramount are in a bidding war for Warner Bros., and Hollywood might be having a "God moment."  Song of the Week: "Santa Tell ...

12 Des 202510min

Justin Whitmel Earley on The Transformative Power of Habits

Justin Whitmel Earley on The Transformative Power of Habits

Justin Whitmel Earley is the creator of The Common Rule, a program of habits designed to form us in the love of God and neighbor. He is also a mergers and acquisitions lawyer in Richmond, Virginia. Ju...

9 Des 202540min

Roundtable: Stranger Things, Black Friday, and Christmas Wish Lists

Roundtable: Stranger Things, Black Friday, and Christmas Wish Lists

Three Big Conversations: Season 5 of Stranger Things is already Netflix's biggest English-language release. - 09:08 2025 Black Friday shopping cost more but yielded less. - 29:30 Making sense of expe...

5 Des 202556min

CT: Stranger Things, Black Friday, and Christmas Wish Lists

CT: Stranger Things, Black Friday, and Christmas Wish Lists

Season 5 of Stranger Things is already Netflix's biggest English-language release, 2025 Black Friday shopping cost more but yielded less, and making sense of expensive Christmas wish lists for Gen Z a...

4 Des 20258min

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