CT: Cigarettes Are Back, Wicked 2, and The Bible App

CT: Cigarettes Are Back, Wicked 2, and The Bible App

Celebrities are making cigarette smoking cool for a new generation, Wicked 2 is poised to blow the box office back to Kansas, and this year's runaway bestseller is the Bible.


Slang of the Week:
"Cracked"

In Other News:

The United States House of Representatives and Senate almost unanimously agreed to pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which now awaits President Trump's signature. A new study from Gallup found that in 2025, 40% of 15- to 44-year-old women would leave the U.S. permanently if given the opportunity (a slight decrease from 44% in 2024). The Game Awards has announced its nominations for 2025, with the turn-based role-playing game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 receiving 12 total nominations, more than any other game. Gaming company Valve has announced that it will release its own console, the "Steam Machine," which many expect to become a significant challenger to Xbox and PlayStation. The man who jumped the rope to embrace Ariana Grande at the Wicked: For Good movie premiere was sentenced to nine days in prison.

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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 ...

29 Jan 8min

Jenna Mindel on Slang, Cultural Trends, and Discipling the Next Generation

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

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

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?"

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

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

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?"

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

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