Episodes
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 .
Jan. 9, 2024
Pop Culture Remix: Avatars: Frontiers of Pandora
Frontiers of Pandora lets you fly through its beautiful world. But it has plenty of angry things to say about … you. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .
Jan. 8, 2024
Movie Review: Soul
Soul strives to help us remember that life itself is a blessing, even when it doesn’t go as we planned. It tells us that lives of service can be just as rewarding as lives on stage. Read the Plugged In Review If you've liste…
Jan. 5, 2024
Movie Review: The Color Purple
This remake of Alice Walker’s critically acclaimed novel tells a redemptive story that’s also full of content concerns that push the boundaries of this movie’s PG-13 rating. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to a…
Jan. 4, 2024
TV Review: Julia
While Julia’s compelling story might entice some viewers, others will find the profanity, alcohol, and sexual content unpalatable. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your fee…
Jan. 3, 2024
The Screen in Your Pocket: Open AI Can Speak, Hear and See
Have you thought about how Open AI’s latest changes impact your family? Read the Plugged In Blog If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .
Jan. 2, 2024
Pop Culture Remix: Alisa Childers
Alisa Childers warns about the dangers of compromising the truth of God’s Word with contemporary cultural sentiment. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .
Jan. 1, 2024
Movie Review: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
It has a few wooden moments. But in Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro’s hands, Pinocchio, our puppet protagonist, dances. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .
Dec. 29, 2023
Movie Review: The Boys in the Boat
George Clooney directs this gritty underdog story about a team of rowers who make it to the Olympics in 1936. There’s lots to like here, but it still has some content ripples that families will have to navigate. Read the Plu…
Dec. 28, 2023
TV Review: Squid Game: The Challenge
Unlike the South Korean drama on which it’s based, no one dies in this reality show. But that’s almost the only good thing we can say. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your…
Dec. 27, 2023
The Screen in Your Pocket: The Disney and Hulu Reboot
There’s nothing special about Disney anymore. Just another media behemoth aiming images and messages at young minds and hearts. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedba…
Dec. 26, 2023
Pop Culture Remix: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods
Percy must complete yet another quest to get closer to being accepted to college. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .
Dec. 25, 2023
Movie Review: The Family Plan
Ironically, Mark Wahlberg’s True Lies-esque action flick The Family Plan may not be the best movie-night plan for families. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .
Dec. 22, 2023
Movie Review: Migration
The latest animated kids’ movie from Illumination Entertainment takes flight in theaters this week, and its old-fashioned storytelling thankfully won’t have families ducking for cover. Read the Plugged In Review If you've li…
Dec. 21, 2023
TV Review: Work It Out Wombats!
PBS presents a series designed for early preschool kids that focuses on computational thinking, kindness and problem solving–with one cultural glitch. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, ple…
Dec. 20, 2023
The Screen in Your Pocket: Bentkey
What Is Bentkey? The Daily Wire’s Newest Streaming Service Aimed at Kids. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .
Dec. 19, 2023
Pop Culture Remix: Super Mario Bros. Wonder
It’s new, it’s colorful, it’s bouncy and fun. But parents of younger players may need to bounce into the game themselves. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .
Dec. 18, 2023
Movie Review: Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget won’t make Chick-fil-A happy. But everyone else? This might be a film worth dipping into. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback .
Dec. 15, 2023
Movie Review: Wonka
This prequel starring Timothy Chalamet as Willy Wonka imagines, with only a few slightly sour moments, what the Candy Man’s origin story might have been. Read the Plugged In Review If you've listened to any of our podcasts, …