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 ...
29 Jan 8min
Jenna Mindel on Slang, Cultural Trends, and Discipling the Next Generation
Jenna is a writer and content creator based in Orange County, California. She works at Axis as a content specialist. She is currently working on a Master's in Spiritual Formation and Soul Care at Talb...
27 Jan 50min
Roundtable: 2016 Nostalgia, Mental Health Improvements, and Voice Memos
Three Big Conversations: Nostalgia for 2016 hits social media. - 8:54 Some hopeful, if complicated, mental health statistics about college students. - 24:40 Teens would rather send a voice note than ...
23 Jan 57min
CT: 2016 Nostalgia, Mental Health Improvements, and Voice Memos
Nostalgia for 2016 hits social media, some hopeful, if complicated, mental health statistics about college students, and teens would rather send a voice note than make a phone call. Slang of the Week ...
22 Jan 8min
Ask Axis: "Should we encourage teens to go to parties?"
A question on "camp skits not aging well." Libby asks, "We generally have just substituted current pop culture references into old skits to bring them up to date. But it's so necessary right now to he...
20 Jan 7min
Roundtable: Trade School, Grok Deepfakes, Fiber vs. Protein
Three Big Conversations: Gen Z heads to trade school en masse - 05:14 The controversy around Grok's creation of deepfake images - 21:26 Fiber is the new protein - 42:00 Slang of the Week: "Choppelga...
16 Jan 57min
CT: Trade School, Fiber vs. Protein, and Grok Deepfakes
Gen Z heads to trade school en masse, fiber is the new protein, and the controversy around Grok's creation of deepfake images. Slang of the Week: "Choppelganger" --> Check out the defenition in our re...
15 Jan 10min
Ask Axis: "How do I talk to my teens about swearing?"
"I recently had a conversation with my teen son about how words he (and everyone else) uses regularly were not considered ok when I was growing up. Can you speak to how language has changed and what i...
13 Jan 12min
