Roundtable: MrBeast Chains Exes Together, Cognitive Decline in Youth, and the Gen Z Dating Landscape

Roundtable: MrBeast Chains Exes Together, Cognitive Decline in Youth, and the Gen Z Dating Landscape

Three Big Conversations:

  1. Mr. Beast chains two exes together for 30 days. - 8:10
  2. A new study finds increasing amounts of cognitive decline in young people. - 19:52
  3. What terms like "sneaky links," "zombie," and "breadcrumbing" mean in the Gen Z dating landscape. - 41:02

Slang of the Week - "Bread" - 1:33

Elsewhere in Culture: - 57:22

K-Pop group HUNTR/X, of KPop Demon Hunters fame, will debut as a live band on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this coming week. Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco are officially married, with Vogue unveiling their first set of breathtaking wedding photos. Young people had many opinions about the union. JK Rowling sparked controversy after publishing a lengthy essay targeting Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe, igniting fresh backlash online. Gaming giant Electronic Arts, the studio behind The Sims and Madden, has been acquired in a record-breaking $55 billion deal. Taylor Swift's new album, The Life of a Showgirl, releases today. Look for our review next week!

Become a monthly donor today, join the Table.

And for more resources, go to axis.org.

Episoder(100)

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

CT: Thanksgiving Conversation Starters

CT: Thanksgiving Conversation Starters

Happy Thanksgiving from everyone here at Axis!  As part of our yearly tradition, instead of our normal issue of the Culture Translator, here are 15 conversation starters to help you make the most of t...

27 Nov 20252min

Ask Axis: How can we explain to our 2 girls the difference between venting and gossip?

Ask Axis: How can we explain to our 2 girls the difference between venting and gossip?

"Could you speak to the subject of gossip? As we raise 2 girls this is something my husband and I talk about often. How can we explain the difference between venting and gossip? When does sharing abou...

25 Nov 202511min

Populært innen For unge lyttere

min-barneoppdragelse
foreldreradet
er-det-noe-liv-med-nora-angeltveit
vitnemal
mamma-jobber
snipp-snapp-snute
gravid-uke-for-uke
jordmorpodden-om-graviditet-fodsel-og-barseltid
rss-maren-mina
familieliv
rss-the-molvar-maurstads
plutselig-barneteater
uroskolen
rss-det-ma-vi-snakke-om
rss-ifengsel-podden
rss-fertilitetsradet
fodepodden-2
fortell-meg-om
fantorangenfortellinger
rss-trygg-av-natur