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**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

Latest Episodes:

Roundtable: Project Hail Mary, Grace Through Tragedy, and AI Impersonating Mar 20, 2026

Show notes

Three Big Conversations:

The latest TikTok trend involves sounding like a brainless sycophant to mimic ChatGPT - 07:16
senior prank goes wrong in Georgia - 20:18
Project Hail Mary packs art, science, and Ryan Gosling into a family-friendly movie - 34:28

Song of the Week - "Choosin' Texas" by Ella Langley - 01:58

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→ Click here for reviews of Project Hail Mary

In Other News: - 44:30

The Oscars happened. Ryan Coogler was the second Black screenwriter to win Best Original Screenplay. Plus, for the seventh time in the history of the award show, there was a tie. youraislopbores.me is a new website where users can role-play as AI, with users playing the human or AI role. People are posting screenshots of the humorous human responses and bonding over their shared dislike for AI slop. It's time to make your brackets, because March Madness is here! The annual college basketball tournaments will be dominating TV screens until the national championship game in early April. NVIDIA announced a new feature that uses AI to make games look "better." Backlash ensued, with some users calling it a "slop" AI filter for games."Noah Kahan: Out of Body," a documentary following the singer-songwriter's mental health journey on tour, will be out in April.

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CT: Project Hail Mary, Grace Through Tragedy, and AI Impersonating Mar 19, 2026

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The latest TikTok trend involves sounding like a brainless sycophant to mimic ChatGPT, a senior prank goes wrong in Georgia, and Project Hail Mary packs art, science, and Ryan Gosling into a family-friendly movie.

Song of the Week - "Choosin' Texas" by Ella Langley

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→ Click here for reviews of Project Hail Mary

In Other News:

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Dr. Kara Powell on How Gen Alpha Does Faith Differently Mar 17, 2026

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Dr. Kara Powell is the Executive Director of the Fuller Youth Institute, the founder of the TENx10 Collaboration, and the Chief of Leadership Formation at Fuller Theological Seminary. We'll be talking today about some of the Fuller Youth Institute's new research on Gen Alpha—including how exactly they're different from previous generations of teens (including Gen Z), and what faith formation looks like for the world's youngest generation.

→ Check out Fuller's Research and Resources

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Roundtable: Timothée Chalamet Hates Opera, Harry Styles' New Album, and Donna Kelce's Remodel Mar 13, 2026

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Three Big Conversations:

Timothée Chalamet angers opera singers and ballerinas - 06:46
Harry Styles' new album debuts to middling reviews - 19:00
Donna Kelce's home renovation becomes the internet's favorite distraction - 30:26

Slang of the Week: "Big Chungus Life" - 01:34

In Other News: - 45:45

Miami Heat player Bam Adebayo scored 83 points in a game this week, passing Kobe Bryant's 81 points for the second-most points in a single game in NBA history. (Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game from 1962 still stands as the #1 record.) According to the Wall Street Journal (paywall), Gen Z is driving a resurgence in mall shopping, with many malls redesigning public spaces to be more "photogenic" and social-media friendly, as well as popular online stores like Edikted opening brick-and-mortar locations. For some middle schoolers, the word "burger" is now funny, thanks to a clip from Disney+'s show Just Beyond going viral, alongside absurd TikTok edits like this one. The controversial AI-generated "actress" Tilly Norwood was featured in a new music video, in which she was made to sing verses like "AI's not the enemy, it's the key." According to an article from Fortune (paywall), Gen Z is becoming more skeptical of TikTok, with 53 percent saying TikTok feels more commercial than it did a year ago, and 72 percent agreeing that content now feels more staged and performative.

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CT: Timothée Chalamet Hates Opera, Harry Styles' New Album, and Donna Kelce's Remodel Mar 12, 2026

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Timothée Chalamet angers opera singers and ballerinas, Harry Styles' new album debuts to middling reviews, and Donna Kelce's home renovation becomes the internet's favorite distraction.

Slang of the Week: "Big Chungus Life"

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The Big Conversation: Doubt, Discipleship, and Following Jesus in the Internet Age Mar 10, 2026

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"How do we talk to a skeptical generation about discipleship, and the reality of the spiritual world?"

This month, we're spotlighting the work of discipleship that parents, youth pastors, and other adults do in the lives of the next generation. We've got an upcoming podcast conversation with Dr. Kara Powell about faith formation in Gen Alpha, a new episode of our YouTube show about how Gen Alpha processes life and faith, and another on the philosophical and theological question of why does God allow pain and suffering; we're promoting a new video Conversation Kit on the topic of miracles and what God's involvement in the world looks like today.

Resources → A Parent's Guide to Discipling Teens

A Conversation Kit on Miracles

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Roundtable: The Jim Carrey Clone Conspiracy, Resident Evil, and Alysa Liu Mar 06, 2026

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Three Big Conversations:

Jim Carrey reacts to being called a clone - 12:30
What parents should know about the new Resident Evil video game - 26:42
Why people are still talking about Alysa Liu's Olympic performance - 45:48

Slang of the Week: Moving in silence - 01:14

In Other News: - 1:02:00

Early reviews for the new game Pokémon Pokopia have been enthusiastic, with critics comparing it to a blend of Minecraft creative mode and Animal Crossing's relaxed village life. The game focuses more on building and exploration than traditional Pokémon battles. Apple is stepping into the budget laptop market with the new $599 MacBook Neo. The price places it much closer to the Chromebooks and Windows laptops that many schools recommend for students. Rumors that Zendaya and Tom Holland secretly got married started after Zendaya's stylist casually told reporters the wedding had "already happened." The couple hasn't confirmed anything, but fans online are already in full detective mode. About 40% of Gen Z and millennials say spiritual advice from AI can be just as trustworthy as advice from a pastor, according to a recent survey by Barna and tech platform Gloo. Many young adults say they already use AI tools for prayer, Bible study, and spiritual questions. Energy drinks were once marketed almost entirely to young men, with branding tied to extreme sports and masculinity. Now companies are launching pastel-colored cans and fruitier flavors aimed at women, including cotton candy, which is delicious at a carnival and deeply questionable as a beverage.

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CT: The Jim Carrey Clone Conspiracy, Resident Evil, and Alysa Liu Mar 05, 2026

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Jim Carrey reacts to being called a clone, what parents should know about the new Resident Evil video game, and why people are still talking about Alysa Liu's Olympic performance.

Slang of the Week: Moving in silence

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Ask Axis: "How do I create a home environment where my son feels safe to admit mistakes?" Mar 03, 2026

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"I have a newly 8 year old male. Honesty has been a major struggle in our home because he hides the truth in order to avoid punishment. I feel that I have created an environment at home that doesn't feel safe enough to express mistakes. How should dad and I proceed to raise 2 sons that have the fruit of The Spirit?" - Marie

→ Read about the "authoritative" parenting style

→ Click here for the Barna research for indicating resiliant familes

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Roundtable: Pokémon Cards, Punch the Monkey, and Family Resilience Feb 27, 2026

Show notes

Three Big Conversations:

A Pokémon card sells for $16.4 million - 3:15
Barna research sheds light on the three things resilient families prioritize - 19:04
Everyone seems to relate to an abandoned monkey in a Japanese zoo - 33:22

Resource of the Week - Conversation Starter - YouTube Video - 1:42

In Other News.. - 46:06

USA hockey set viewership records at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, with both men's and women's teams winning gold, setting hockey up to hang on to its place as the fourth most-followed sport in the US—at least, until the FIFA World Cup in Los Angeles enters the chat. The so-called "boy blush" trend is gaining traction, with artists like Sangwon and Bad Bunny wearing noticeable blush on major stages, and teen boys increasingly experimenting with makeup as part of their personal style. A TikTok meme called "baby boo" started with people dancing to a clip that repeats "she gon' call me baby boo" and has since morphed into users calling it "baby boo syndrome." Eric Dane, known for his roles in Grey's Anatomy and Euphoria, passed away on February 19, one year after announcing his ALS diagnosis. Since then, TikTok has filled with edits of his most emotional scenes. At the BAFTA film awards, a guest with Tourette's syndrome involuntarily shouted a racial slur while Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were onstage. The moment sparked conversations about the real harm that racial slurs carry for Black people, alongside questions about the awareness around Tourette's and the responsibility of live broadcasting.

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