The Culture Translator

Axis

We look into teen culture every week to help parents and faith leaders have meaningful conversations with Gen Z.

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Ian Cron on Finding Healing in an Addictive Culture
Ian Morgan Cron is a bestselling author, psychotherapist, Enneagram teacher, Episcopal priest, and the host of the popular podcast Typology. His books include the Enneagram primer The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery, which has sold over one million copies; the novel Chasing Francis; the spiritual memoir Jesus, My Father, the CIA, and Me; The Story of You: An Enneagram Journey to Becoming Your True Self, and now his most recent book which is called The Fix: How the Twelve Steps Offer A Surprising Path of Transformation for the Well-Adjusted, the Down and Out, and Everyone in Between, which we’ll be talking about today. For more parenting resources, go to axis.org.
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Ross Douthat on Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious
Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious Ross Douthat has been a New York Times Opinion Columnist, Author of Deep Places and to Change the Church. He Lives with his wife and 5 children in New Haven Conneticut. He Is discussing his new book, Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious. For more information, Visit axies.org.
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Roundtable: Mallrats and Content Restrictions
Shopping malls appear to be on the rise, the future of TikTok leaves users uncertain, and state legislation may be enforcing stricter age verification for online porn companies. Resource of the Week - Parents Guide to 2025: 0:28 All Y’all at the Mall: 01:15 Reports of TikTok’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated: 19:44 Age Verification, For Real: 35:55 For more written, audio, and video resources, go to axis.org Parents Guide to 2025 https://4066524.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/4066524/Axis%202025/Parent%20Guide/AXIS-PG-2025.pdf
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Mallrats and Content Restrictions
Welcome to The Culture Translator Audio Version. This week shopping malls appear to be on the rise, the future of TikTok leaves users uncertain, and state legislation may be enforncing stricter age verification for online porn companies. For more Axis resources, go to axis.org. Parents Guide to 2025 https://4066524.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/4066524/Axis%202025/Parent%20Guide/AXIS-PG-2025.pdf
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Melissa Dougherty on The Difference Between Manifesting and Prayer
Melissa Dougherty is a Christian apologist best known for her YouTube channel with over 285,000 subscribers and counting. Her videos, which primarily cover New Age and New Thought, have been viewed over 18 million times. Melissa is highly regarded and connected in the apologetics community. She has a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from Southern Evangelical Seminary, where she’s also pursuing her master’s degree in religious studies. We’ll be talking today primarily about her new book, Happy Lies: How a Movement You (Probably) Never Heard of Shaped our Self-Obsessed World. For more parenting resources, go to axis.org.
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