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
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 132
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Christmas Break Message
From all of us here at Axis, Merry Christmas! We're taking a small break from our usual Culture Translator Interviews for the next two weeks, but we'll return in January with new content!
The 20 Biggest Cultural Events of 2024, #20-11
Welcome to The Culture Translator Audio Version. This week, we share what we believe were the top 20 biggest cultural events that shaped the world teens are growing up in. This is #20-11, tune in nex…
Roundtable: The 20 Biggest Cultural Events of 2024, #20-11
At the end of each year, we share what we believe were the top 20 biggest cultural events that shaped the world teens are growing up in. This year, we wanted to give readers a peek behind the curtain…
Dr. Derek Schuurman on AI and the Kingdom of God
Welcome to The Culture Translator podcast. Today, we are posting an interview with Dr. Derek Schuurman. Derek is the author of the book Shaping a Digital World and co-author of A Christian Field Guid…
Roundtable: Under Contract, Under Arrest
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.
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Under Contract, Under Arrest
Welcome to The Culture Translator Audio Version. This week The Mets welcome Juan Soto, the alleged murderer of the UnitedHealthcare CEO is celebrated online, and Sora is here to convert text to video…
Mike Novotny on 6 Steps to a Less Lonely Life
Welcome to The Culture Translator podcast. Today, we are posting an interview with Mike Novotny. Mike is an author, pastor, and speaker who holds a Master of Divinity from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary…
Roundtable: Australia votes for age limits on 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, aud…
Australia votes for age limits on social media
Welcome to The Culture Translator Audio Version. This week we talk about a short film about parenting teens, Australia votes for age limits on social media, and Wicked earns a lot of green.
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Kathy Gibbens on Mental Health and Logical Fallacies
Welcome to The Culture Translator podcast. Today, we are posting an interview with Kathy Gibbens, host of the Filter It Through A Brain Cell podcast, which is designed to teach listeners all about lo…
Roundtable is off this week!
The Roundtable is off this week, but we'll return next week. We hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
Roundtable: Boredom, Boxing, and Bad Role Models
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.
Check out our Resourc…
Boredom, Boxing, and Bad Role Models
Welcome to The Culture Translator Audio Version. This week Young men say they are modeling themselves on fictional characters, Tyson vs. Paul breaks Netflix, and boredom is on the rise.
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Tony DeWeese (XP Church) on Sharing the Gospel with Gamers
Welcome to The Culture Translator podcast. Today, we are posting an interview with Tony DeWeese from XP Church. XP Church exists to help share the gospel with gamers around the world, equipping them …
Roundtable: Who’s Cutting Onions?
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, aud…
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 lig…
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…
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, aud…
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 classe…
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, aud…