The Culture Translator Roundtable
The Culture Translator Roundtable
Axis
Tune in as the Axis team explores the top three cultural developments affecting your teens' world each week, helping you to start intentional, gospel-centered conversations with them. To receive the full Culture Translator email, go to axis.org, or search for "The Culture Translator" wherever you listen to podcasts if you prefer an audio version.
How Many Christians Will There Be in 2070?
This week we are taking a deeper dive into Christianity’s shrinking share in the religious landscape, the identity of young men and church altar calls. For more Axis resources, go to Axis.org.
Oct 10, 2022
44 min
👀 Matchmaking Goes Mainstream
 This week we are taking a deeper dive into a New York Times op-ed calling for a return to courtship, family set-ups, and paid match-makers,  how using tech to communicate can make our interactions more shallow, and the show "Cyberpunk: Edgerunners".  For more Axis resources, go to axis.org
Oct 3, 2022
56 min
Let's check out the "Mappiness Project" and talk about character building
This week we take a deeper dive into Notion templates, Twitch's announcement that they are banning streams featuring unlicensed gambling sites, and a new book on the Mappiness Project. For more Axis resources go to axis.org.
Sep 26, 2022
57 min
About That iPhone Update…
This week we are taking a deeper dive into Apple launching the ability to unsend text messages, the lingering stresses of the COVID 19 pandemic raising the prevelance of nightmares, and tips for how to spot a teen who may be headed for a mental health crisis. For more Axis resources, go to axis.org
Sep 19, 2022
48 min
Mr. Beast's Burgers, Rings of Sour, and Spoonies
This week we are taking a deeper dive into the Rings of Power taking over streaming, Mr. Beast's new burger joint, and some online communities rewarding posts about symptoms and sickness.  For more Axis resources go to axis.org.
Sep 12, 2022
57 min
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 What You Need To Know About Instagram's Close Friend Feature
This week we are taking a deeper dive into how Instagram's "Close Friends" feature is keeping people on the app, what makes a song or soundbyte go viral on TikTok, and a dark way some teens are alluding to not wanting to go back to school.  For more Axis resources go to axis.org.
Aug 29, 2022
43 min
🟡 Did Snapchat Just Empower Parents?
This week we are taking a deeper dive into an influencer campaign to boycott Amazon, the growing #NoSleepovers movement among parents, and Snapchat's new set of parental controls giving parents new visibility into how their kids are using the app.  For more Axis resources go to axis.org
Aug 22, 2022
44 min
TikTok Moderation Is Not a Minor Thing
This week we are taking a deeper dive into TikTok moderators being trained to spot child abuse using already censored content, hashtags being used to evade these content moderators to get more views, and why teens where sweatshirts in the summer heat.  For more Axis resources go to axis.org.
Aug 15, 2022
49 min
Bad Habits, Inflation Nation, and the Most Hated Man on the Internet
This week we take a deeper dive into talking with your kids about inflation and household budgets and a new documentary about a man who created a website specifically for posting explicit pictures of people without their consent. For more Axis resources go to axis.org.
Aug 8, 2022
38 min
The Wren Eleanor Effect
This week we are diving into why 40% of young people are using TikTok like google, why some parents are deleting posts of past children, and why Instagram is trying to be like TikTok, even though users just want it to be itself. For more resources, go to axis.org.
Aug 1, 2022
38 min
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