Episodes
Aug. 21, 2025
Movie Review: Title: Washington Black
Washington Black has some heavy themes and gets pretty intense, but its TV-14 rating fits right in with a teenage audience. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.
Aug. 20, 2025
SiYP: 25 Days of Video
A new study reveals that internet users spend an average of 11-and-a-half hours a week watching online videos . . . that adds up to about 25 full days every year. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our po...
Aug. 19, 2025
Culture Remix: EA Sports College Football 26
Electronic Arts offers a brand-new college football video game with even tougher college football challenges. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.
Aug. 18, 2025
Movie Review: Mission: Impossible-The Final Reckoning
After 29 years and eight films as ‘Mission: Impossible’ super spy Ethan Hunt, is Tom Cruise really going to call it a day? Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.
Aug. 18, 2025
Movie Review: Mission: Impossible-The Final Reckoning
After 29 years and eight films as ‘Mission: Impossible’ super spy Ethan Hunt, is Tom Cruise really going to call it a day? Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.
Aug. 15, 2025
Movie Review: Freakier Friday
It’s been 22 years since Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis first swapped bodies. This time around, two teens get tossed into the mix too ... Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give u...
Aug. 14, 2025
TV Review: The Summer I Turned Pretty
Based on novel by Jenny Han, this series follows the complex love life of Belly, a young girl caught between two boys who are childhood friends as she joins the world of debutantes. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listen...
Aug. 13, 2025
SiYP: TikTok Skin Trends
There’s been a 21% rise in 11- to 16-year-olds using anti-aging moisturizers, which experts warn can cause lifelong skin damage to younger users. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please gi...
Aug. 12, 2025
Culture Remix: Wes Huff
Wes Huff provides ample evidence to believe in Christianity, and he does so with grace, patience and humility. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.
Aug. 11, 2025
Movie Review: Rust
There’s a redemptive story here, but like many modern Westerns, it’s a gritty one. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.
Aug. 8, 2025
Movie Review: Freakier Friday
It’s been 22 years since Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis first swapped bodies. This time around, two teens get tossed into the mix too ... Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give u...
Aug. 7, 2025
TV Review: Testament
Angel Studios’ Testament is a, ahem, testament to the incredible acts of Jesus’ earliest followers as it follows their stories after Jesus. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us ...
Aug. 6, 2025
SiYP: Parents and Digital Distress
Do you know how to recognize digital distress in your teen? Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.
Aug. 5, 2025
Culture Remix: Old School
After being homeschooled by residents in his grandma’s retirement community, Dexter attends school for the first time. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.
Aug. 4, 2025
Movie Review: Jurassic World Rebirth
The latest ‘Jurassic Park’ entry features Scarlett Johansson and cutting-edge CGI. But character development or big twists? Nah. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedba...
Aug. 1, 2025
Movie Review: The Bad Guys 2
‘The Bad Guys 2’ brings more high-stakes heists and musings on the nature of being good. It also comes with a couple content issues for families to consider. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcast...
July 31, 2025
TV Review: The Waterfront
The Waterfront has all of the content issues you’d expect in a Netflix drama about climbing the ranks of the drug trade. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.
July 30, 2025
SiYP- Yes, You Can Trend
What are the dangers with the “Yes You Can” trend? Read the Plugged In Blog If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.
July 29, 2025
Culture Remix: Tron: Catalyst
‘TRON: Catalyst’ incorporates some nice neon-lit visuals and heroic, mystery-solving gameplay with no major derezz issues. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.
July 28, 2025
Movie Review: Thunderbolts*
It’s got all the problems you’d expect from a superhero flick, and a few more besides. But it comes with a lot of heart, and hope, too. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your...
July 25, 2025
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Marvel’s so-called First Family takes it’s ‘First Steps’ in the official MCU canon in story that majors on family and dials down typical Marvel content concerns. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our pod...
July 24, 2025
TV Review: Not a Box
Through the power of imagination, Riley’s cardboard box can be anything from a dinosaur egg to a submarine on Apple TV’s children’s show, ‘Not a Box.’ Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, plea...
July 23, 2025
SiYP: Don’t Panic, Ask Questions
There are all sorts of odd things online that grab your kids’ attention. Can you make those things work in your favor? Read the Plugged In Blog If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.
July 22, 2025
Culture Remix: Jon Bellion- “Father Figure”
Jon Bellion’s honesty about parenting anxieties is admirable, but he ultimately leads listeners to misleading and profane reflections rather than helpful solutions. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our ...