Episodes
April 5, 2023
The Screen in Your Pocket: Gen Z and Facebook
We know grandma uses “the Facebook”…but does Gen Z? Read the Plugged In blog: https://www.pluggedin.com/tech-guide/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcast...
April 4, 2023
YouTube Review: Geography King
Want to learn all about U.S. geography? You might consider learning from the Geography King. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/youtube-reviews/geography-king/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, ple...
April 3, 2023
TV Review: Missing
You may enjoy the twists and turns in this unique desktop-based thriller, but you won’t be missing its content issues.
March 31, 2023
Movie Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
The latest big-screen adaptation of this famous fantasy role-playing game feels like one part Lord of the Rings, one part Guardians of the Galaxy. There’s some magic and violence, of course, but also some surprisingly nice me...
March 30, 2023
TV Review: Animal Control
Animal Control is yet another recycled comedy about public servants who can’t seem to do anything right. Read the Plugged In review: https:// www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/left-behind-rise-of-the-antichrist-2023/ If you've ...
March 29, 2023
The Screen in Your Pocket: TikTok Adding Limits
TikTok is adding some new time limits. Wanna know more? Read the Plugged In blog: https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/tech-trends-march-2023/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focuson...
March 28, 2023
Culture Remix: Drive: Thru History with Dave Stotts
It’s biblical history, and it’s fun! Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/youtube-reviews/drive-thru-history-with-dave-stotts/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://...
March 24, 2023
Movie Review: John Wick: Chapter 4
Keanu Reeves returns for another round of vigilante mayhem in John Wick: Chapter 4. If you’ve seen any of the first three films in this franchise, you know exactly what to expect here: an unremitting ballet of brutality and b...
March 23, 2023
TV Review: Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Despite some decent messages, Moon Girl can’t overcome its own questionable agenda. Read the Plugged In review: https:// www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/moon-girl-and-devil-dinosaur/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, pl...
March 22, 2023
The Screen in Your Pocket: Adventures in Odyssey
Have you considered putting Adventures in Odyssey on the phone in your kids’ pockets? Read the Plugged In review: https:// https://app.adventuresinodyssey.com/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your fe...
March 21, 2023
YouTube Review: : 8-Bit Music Theory
Though the occasional swear word brings disharmony to the channel, 8-bit Music Theory otherwise creates a decent composition. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/youtube-reviews/8-bit-music-theory/ If you've...
March 20, 2023
Movie Review: Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist
Rise of the Antichrist brings another iteration of the Left Behind books to the big screen. The results are mixed. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/left-behind-rise-of-the-antichrist-2023/ I...
March 17, 2023
Movie Review: Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Shazam is back. And this time Billy Baston isn’t the only one with super powers. Several of his fost-kid friends receive them, too. But they’ll need all the superpowers they can muster to combat the threat of three angry gods...
March 16, 2023
TV Review: Rubble & Crew
Paw Patrol’s Rubble sets out with his family on a new construction adventure in Rubble & Crew. Read the Plugged In review: https:// www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/creed-iii-2023/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, pl...
March 15, 2023
The Screen in Your Pocket: TikTok Bold Glamour Filter
Have you heard of the TikTok Glamour Filter? What do you need to know? Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/tiktok-glamour-filter-is-not-so-pretty If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give u...
March 14, 2023
Game Review: Hogwarts Legacy
As with every Potteresque venture, there’s dark and deadly peril along with the magical fun. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/game-reviews/hogwarts-legacy/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, pleas...
March 13, 2023
Movie Review: A Man Called Otto
Tom Hanks stars in this remake about a grieving, bitter man who gradually begins to see life from a brighter point of view. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/man-called-otto-2023/ If you've l...
March 10, 2023
Movie Review: Champions
Woody Harrelson stars in this sports comedy/drama about a struggling basketball coach who gets busted for a DUI, then assigned to coach a group of young adults with intellectual disabilities as community service—an event that...
March 9, 2023
TV Review: The Ark
The crew on this Syfy show may eventually reach the alien planet it’s aiming for. But it carries plenty of problems, too. Read the Plugged In review: https:// https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/ark/ If you've listened to an...
March 8, 2023
The Screen in Your Pocket: Social Media and the Brain
Whether we like it or not, we can confidently state that kids’ constant exposure to screens and social media is having a tangible impact on them. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/is-social-media-shap...
March 7, 2023
Game Review: River City Girls 2
A few light content punches mar River City Girls 2, an otherwise fun, colorful beat-‘em-up. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/game-reviews/river-city-girls-2/ If you've listened to any of our podcasts, ple...
March 6, 2023
Movie Review: Women Talking
Women Talking delves deeply and painfully into abuse: Abuse of people, of power and of faith itself. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/women-talking-2022/ If you've listened to any of our pod...
March 3, 2023
Movie Review: Creed III
Adonis Creed (the son of Rocky Balboa’s first opponent, Apollo Creed) is ready to hang up his gloves and become a boxing promoter. But this is a boxing movie, and so Creed soon finds himself back in the ring again. Read the P...
March 2, 2023
TV Review: Shape Island
Shape Island may charm little viewers and won’t bend their parents out of shape. But the show can also feel surprisingly flat. Read the Plugged In review: https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/shape-island/ If you've listened ...