The Culture Translator Axis
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We look into teen culture every week to help parents and faith leaders have meaningful conversations with Gen Z.
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Star Wars and the Stagecoach Festival
This week we talk about May 4th, Stagecoach, and student protests.
We hope you'll take time to listen to the full interview with Ron Deal.
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Ron Deal on Blended Families, Stepfamilies, and Co-Parenting
Today we are reposting an interview with Ron Deal. Ron is one of the most widely read authors on blended families in the United States, and directs the international blended family ministry of FamilyLife out of Little Rock, Arkansas. Ron is a podcaster, bestselling author, conference speaker, and family therapist who specializes in marriage enrichment and stepfamily education. He is husband to Nan (since 1986) and father to three boys.
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Roundtable: The Cass Report and Sleepless Nights
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 Resource of the Week here: The Generosity Project
For more written, audio and video resources, go to axis.org
Resource of the Week: 1:16
1. Under Review: 4:41
2. Up All Night: 31:42
3. The Tik Tok Killer: 50:34 -
The Cass Report and Sleepless Nights
This week we talk about The Cass Review, Gallop polling about stress and sleep, and The Biden Administration and Tik Tok.
Check out our resource of the week here: The Generosity Project
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Deep Dive: "The Tortured Poets Department" by Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift is the biggest music artist in the world and maybe the biggest ever, and this week on the Deep Dive, we're joined by Kate to talk about her newest album "The Tortured Poets Department." We discuss Swift's celebrity and the way the album sometimes harmoniously, sometimes dissonantly, blends themes of audience, expectation, and artistic vulnerability. In our Shallow End, we discuss the NBA and NHL playoffs happening right now, MLB umpires being criticized, and women ruling in the desert at Coachella.
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Roundtable: Hozier, Caitlin Clark, and JoJo Siwa
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: 1:40
1. Instant Karma: 10:19
2. Paying the Piper: 28:09
3. She Shoots, She Scores: 40:03
Customer Reviews
Relevant and entertaining
I started following the show in December 2023, and I was skeptical at first. A Christian show that is fun and up with the times? Well, it is just that! I didn’t realize how much my own children and youth group are saying or talking about that I didn’t understand previously. Slang of the week, song of the week, weekly topics, deep dives…all super relevant. I love the various opinions and thoughts. Keep up the great work!
Great resources!
This podcast is great for anyone who has teens in their lives and wants to stay up on what’s going on in culture today. Their website has great visual resources to use with the teens in your circle of influence and it’s all FREE!!!
Great resource for parents.
All free too.