Axis Conversations

A new cooperative game called Peak requires players to climb a mountain together, the psychological thriller We Were Liars has teens weeping on TikTok, and posts about going #monkmode are romanticizing the minimalistic life of the monastery. Resource of the Week - The Pour Over Elsewhere in culture: A new TikTok trend

Molly Worthen is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a freelance journalist. She teaches courses on North American religion and politics, global Christianity, and the history of ideas. She writes on these themes for The New York Times and has contributed to The New Yorker, Slat

Three Big Conversations: AI-generated videos of people cutting and eating glass fruit are trending on social media - 18:55 the movie 28 Years Later makes the 28-numbered zombie saga worse - 30:10 TikTokers are reminiscing about 90s summer—whether or not they actually experienced it - 52:38 Song of the Week: “Manchild”

AI-generated videos of people cutting and sometimes eating glass fruit are trending on social media, the movie 28 Years Later makes the 28-numbered zombie saga worse, and TikTokers are reminiscing about 90s summer—whether or not they actually experienced it.  Song of the Week: “Manchild” - Sabrina Carpenter Click here

"I’ve been struck lately about how much teenage boys are getting into poker and gambling, even from good Christian families. Unfortunately, some of them are doing well, and gaining money doing it… I feel that is dangerous. Is it just something fun to do, or is it a bad habit that will develop into something else? These

As we broaden the scope of this podcast to include some fun new things, you will see this feed has changed to Axis Conversations!   This will be the schedule you can expect: Interviews - Every other Tuesday Ask Axis (Our new show!) - Every other Tuesday (Alternating)  The Culture Translator (CT Audio) - Every Thursday