The Grammy Awards were held on Sunday, Summit summer scholarships are available, and everyone’s talking about Justin Baldoni’s new “evidence” website in his countersuit vs. Blake Lively. Song of the Week: "Denial is a River" - Doechii Click Here to see the lyrics. Click to Here see the Summit summer scholorship video. For more Axis resources, go to axis.org.
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Ross Douthat on Why Everyone Should Be Religious
Ross Douthat has been a New York Times Opinion columnist since April 2009. Previously, he was a senior editor at the Atlantic. He is the author of The Deep Places; The Decadent Society; To Change the Church; Bad Religion; Privilege; and, with Reihan Salam, Grand New Party. He is the film critic for National Review, and lives with his wife and five children in New Haven, Connecticut. We’ll be talking today primarily about his new book Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious. For more parenting resources, go to axis.org.
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Roundtable: The Boys Who Want to Be Billionaires
DeepSeek makes waves with its innovative AI, teens are using Life360 to track each other, and one ninth-grade teacher hits a nerve with a TikTok about boys wanting to be billionaires. Song of the Week: "DtMF" Bad Bunny: 0:28 1. DeepSeeking: 07:36 2. How Teens are Rewriting the Rules of Life360: 27:23 3. Do 9th Graders Dream of Ten-Digit Wealth?: 42:25 For more written, audio, and video resources, go to axis.org
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The Boys Who Want to Be Billionaires
Welcome to The Culture Translator Audio Version. This week an emerging AI tool tops the app store, how teens are rewriting the rules of Life360, and do 9th graders dream of ten-digit wealth? Song of the Week: "DtMF" - Bad Bunny For more Axis resources, go to axis.org.
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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.