Roundtable: Goodnight Phone Calls, Annabelle, and Gen Z Tech Restrictions
May 30, 2025•1 hr 5 min
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Episode description
Three Big Conversations:
- A new trend involves young men calling each other to say goodnight (11:22)
- A supposedly haunted doll named Annabelle is blamed for a plantation burning down (33:20)
- Gen Zers explain why they would give significant restrictions on technology to their own kids (48:28)
Meme of the Week: "Holy Airball" (0:26)
Elsewhere in culture (5:02):
- Lilo & Stitch had a bigger box office opening than the new Mission: Impossible movie
- A newly published study from JAMA found that social media use can predict depression but that depression doesn't necessarily predict social media use
- Transformers Director Michael Bay plans to direct a Skibidi Toilet movie
- Dr. Jordan Peterson debated 20 atheists simultaneously in a Jubilee video
- And, New York influencer @justjazzzyidk posted 20 TikToks on her own wedding day.
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