Axis Conversations

Each week on Axis Conversations, we survey cultural trends, host expert interviews, and answer listener questions to help parents and caring adults understand and disciple the next generation

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Who’s Cutting Onions?

Welcome to The Culture Translator Audio Version. This week Gen Z is enthralled by the taste and sounds of onions, threatening spam texts are being sent to Black teenagers, and parents are the new lighthouses. For more Axis resources, go to axis.org

Nov 15, 2024•7 min

Parker Hymas (Fight the New Drug) on How to Talk About Porn with Gen Z

Welcome to The Culture Translator podcast, today, we’re reposting our conversation with Parker Hymas from Fight the New Drug. Parker is the Director of Public Outreach at Fight the New Drug, which is a non-religious, non-legislative, educational organization that works with experts, researchers, celebrities, professional athletes, award-winning journalists, CEOs, authors, influencers, and advocates from across all industries to share about the harms of pornography, and how we can address it in o...

Nov 13, 2024•39 min

Roundtable: Robot Moms and Comfort Verses

In the Culture Translator Roundtable, we dive deeper into the context and nuance around the critical conversations and topics written about in the Culture Translator Newsletter. For more written, audio, and video resources, go to axis.org Slang of the Week: 0:22 1. The Death of a Squirrel: 7:55 2. Well Versed: 20:12 3. Wild Thing: 41:45

Nov 11, 2024•53 min

Dr. Julie Yonker on Mental Health for Boys vs. Girls

Welcome to The Culture Translator podcast. Today, we are posting an interview with Julie Yonker. Julie is a professor and Public Health Department Chair at Calvin University, where she teaches classes in psychology, gender studies, and public health. She received her B.A. from Calvin in Biology and Chemistry; then pursued teratology research (the study of birth defects) at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Procter & Gamble; received her Ph.D. from Stockholm University in cogni...

Nov 06, 2024•33 min

Roundtable: Breakup Songs and Baking Brits

In the Culture Translator Roundtable, we dive deeper into the context and nuance around the critical conversations and topics written about in the Culture Translator Newsletter. For more written, audio, and video resources, go to axis.org Song of the Week: 0:28 1. Crying for the Camera: 16:43 2. Baking Brits: 34:31 3. Peak Sports: 42:22

Nov 04, 2024•55 min

Breakup Songs and Baking Brits

Welcome to The Culture Translator Audio Version. This week Games for all four major sports leagues happened on the same night, breakup songs are going viral on TikTok, and a Gen Z competitor is winning hearts in the Great British Baking Show. For more Axis resources, go to axis.org

Nov 01, 2024•7 min

Lisa Fields on Doubt, Church, and Race

Welcome to The Culture Translator podcast. Today we’re reposting our conversation with Lisa Fields. Lisa is one of the world’s most sought-after Christian apologists, and combines her passion for biblical literacy with her heart for sharing God’s love with all those she meets. She has received several honors, including being recognized in Christianity Today for her work as an apologist in the African American community. She helped produce and create two documentaries, Unspoken, which is an in-de...

Oct 30, 2024•29 min

Roundtable: The Megachurch That Quit Social Media

In the Culture Translator Roundtable, we dive deeper into the context and nuance around the critical conversations and topics written about in the Culture Translator Newsletter. For more written, audio, and video resources, go to axis.org Song of the Week: 0:26 1. A Little Spooky: 12:30 2. So "Espresso": 28:49 3. Digital Detox: 46:30

Oct 28, 2024•1 hr 5 min

The Megachurch That Quit Social Media

Welcome to The Culture Translator Audio Version. This week Holloween is looking less spooky these days, an SNL spoof of "Espresso" is trending on TikTok, and one church in Nashville has leaned fully into digital fasting. For more Axis resources, go to axis.org

Oct 25, 2024•6 min

Derek Mason on Spiritual Warfare in the Modern World

Welcome to The Culture Translator podcast. Today, we are posting an interview with Derek Mason. Derek is the founder and president of Identity In Christ, Inc. and Identity In Christ Media. Since 2013, he has guided hundreds of people through extraordinary spiritual challenges, including overcoming the effects of sexual abuse, severe trauma, temptations, anxieties, and psychological barriers. His ministry has also helped individuals break free from enslavement to pornography, PTSD, schizophrenia,...

Oct 23, 2024•45 min

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