Episodes
Feb. 13, 2024
Pop Culture Remix: League of Pigs
These pigs are in a league of their own—and with nary a content concern, at that. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .
Feb. 12, 2024
Movie Review: The Marvels
The Marvels has some of the MCU’s typical problems, including language and violence. But it’s got a surprisingly sweet side, too. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feed…
Feb. 9, 2024
Movie Review: Turning Red
This animated Pixar movie about adolescence and puberty originally streamed on Disney+ in 2022. Now it’s getting the theatrical release it never had, telling the story of a Chinese-Canadian teen who turns into a raging red p…
Feb. 8, 2024
TV Review: All Creatures Great and Small.
If you’re in the mood for a brief escape from modern life, welcome to the charming country world of Darrowby. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .
Feb. 7, 2024
The Screen in Your Pocket: Say, Yes!
Have you ever considered ways that you could creatively say yes to your kids’ requests? Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .
Feb. 6, 2024
Pop Culture Remix: The Labors of Hercules Beal
Hercules must reenact the labors of his namesake and consider their meaning along the way. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .
Feb. 5, 2024
Movie Review: Wish
Though filled with references to Disney’s past triumphs, Wish itself comes with unexpected problems and a lack of inspiration. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedbac…
Feb. 2, 2024
Movie Review: Argylle
Argylle is restrained compared to some of its cinematic brethren. But the content might still have families longing for an ejector seat. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us yo…
Jan. 31, 2024
The Screen in Your Pocket: Roblox Unsupervised
So, should you let your kids play the Roblox game unsupervised? Read the Plugged In Blog If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .
Jan. 30, 2024
Pop Culture Remix: SteamWorld Build
Those who enjoy building sims will find fun in them thar SteamWorld hills. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .
Jan. 29, 2024
Movie Review: Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
The final DCEU movie features action and heroism aplenty … as well as violence and profanity that feel anything but heroic. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .
Jan. 26, 2024
Movie Review: Freud’s Last Session
Psychologist Sigmund Freud and Christin thinker C.S. Lewis never met. But this movie imagines the kind of philosophical and theological conversation they could’ve had if they had connected in London in the late 1930s. Read t…
Jan. 25, 2024
TV Review: Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Mythological creatures and beliefs come center stage, along with friendship, family and purpose in Disney’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give u…
Jan. 24, 2024
The Screen in Your Pocket: TikTok’s Changing Rules
TikTok is changing its rules. Will that inform your choices? Read the Plugged In Blog If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .
Jan. 23, 2024
Pop Culture Remix: Smosh
The trailblazing YouTube channel Smosh is still around, and it’s still got some concerns parents will want to note. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .
Jan. 22, 2024
Movie Review: Maboroshi
Maboroshi raises questions about being alive and using one’s precious time. But the anime trip is a strange one. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .
Jan. 19, 2024
Movie Review: Lift
Kevin Hart stars in this PG-13 action-comedy heist flick that’s full of familiar genre tropes, as well as violence, profanity and suggestive content. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, plea…
Jan. 18, 2024
Tv Review: Dragons of Wonderhatch
For those searching for an epic, fantastical adventure, you could do a lot worse than this live action/animation hybrid. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .
Jan. 17, 2024
The Screen in Your Pocket: Kids’ Phone Use Increases
According to a new survey, 46% of teens say they’re are online “almost constantly.” Wanna know more? Read the Plugged In Blog If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .
Jan. 16, 2024
Pop Culture Remix: A First Time for Everything
Dan learns to be himself on a trip to Europe in this National Book Award winner. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .
Jan. 15, 2024
Movie Review: Journey to Bethlehem
Journey to Bethlehem is the Nativity story crossed with High School Musical. And it kind of works. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .
Jan. 12, 2024
Movie Review: Mean Girls
This remake of the 2004 cult-classic film of the same name satirizes high school girls vying for supremacy in their fiercely policed pecking order, mixing positive lessons about bullying with a lot of suggestive content alon…
Jan. 11, 2024
TV Review: My Life with the Walter Boys
This Netflix drama about a teen girl who has moved from NYC to Colorado features enough adolescent angst to electrify a small city Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your fee…
Jan. 10, 2024
The Screen in Your Pocket: The Right Age for Kids and Screens
When’s the best age for kids to get screens? Read the Plugged In Blog If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .