Episode 210: Social Media, Addiction, and Self-Esteem, plus a Look at Bentkey
November 30, 2023
Episode 208: The Marvels & Female Heroes in Action Movies, plus Trolls Band Together
November 16, 2023
Episode 207: Journey to Bethlehem, plus A Holiday Video Game Guide
November 9, 2023
Episode 206: Focus on Parental Controls, plus Christian Board Games
November 2, 2023
Episode 205: The Worldview Hurricane, plus Loki
October 26, 2023
Episode 204: The Devil’s in the Entertainment Details, plus, Taylor Swift’s Eras Movie
October 19, 2023
Episode 203: How Pop Culture, Entertainment, and Technology Are Shaping Boys Growing Up Today
October 12, 2023
Episode 202: Helping Our Kids Deal With News-Induced Anxiety, plus A Look at Netflix's Barbie
October 5, 2023
Episode 201: Digital Detox Interview with Molly DeFrank, plus Ahsoka
September 28, 2023
Episode 200: The Influence of Podcasts and a Plugged In Show Retrospective
September 21, 2023
Episode 199: Social Media's Role in Cultural Polarization, plus The Bells of St. Mary's.
September 14, 2023
Episode 198: Baldur’s Gate 3 and Olivia Rodrigo’s “Bad Idea, Right?”
September 7, 2023
Episode 197: Surface Messages and Deeper Meaning, plus Plugged In Talks to Actress Leigh-Allyn Baker
August 31, 2023
Episode 196: How Pop Culture, Entertainment, and Technology Are Shaping Girls Growing Up Today, plus
August 24, 2023
Episode 195: A Look at This Year's Christian Movies, plus Transformers: Earthspark
August 17, 2023
Episode 193: A Conversation with The Hiding Place's Producer Pete Peterson, plus the Movie Theatre Camp
August 3, 2023
Episode 192: A Look at the Summer Blockbuster Movies—Haunted Mansion, Barbie, and Oppenheimer
July 27, 2023
Episode 191: The Promise and Peril of Nerd Culture, plus Olivia Rodrigo's Vampire
July 20, 2023
Episode 190: Plugged In Talks with Author David Murrow, plus Mission Impossible, Dead Reckoning, Part 1
July 13, 2023
Episode 189: Exploring Educational Video Games & The Island Book Review
July 6, 2023
Episode 188: A Conversation with Jim Caviezel and Jordan Harmon, plus Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
June 29, 2023
Episode 187: Our Romance with AI, plus Elemental
June 22, 2023
Episode 186: Transformers: Rise of the Beasts & An Interview with Flamin’ Hot Producer DeVon Frankli
June 15, 2023
Episode 185: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse & The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
June 8, 2023
Episode 184: Focus on Filters: What’s the Big Deal? Plus Jonas Brothers’ The Album
June 1, 2023
Episode 183: Screens, Teens & Porn, plus The Little Mermaid
May 25, 2023
Episode 182: Summer Movie Preview, plus Fast X and What You Need to Know About the Fast & Furious Franchise
May 18, 2023
Episode 181: Our Favorite Movie (and TV) Moms, plus The Way
May 11, 2023
Episode 180: What Parents Need to Know About Discord and Twitch. Plus: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
May 4, 2023
Episode 179: When Yesteryear Offends, plus Are You There God?, It's Me, Margaret
April 27, 2023
Episode 178: Learning to Love Reading in a Screen-Based World, plus The Flames of Hope
April 20, 2023
Episode 177: Thinking Through LGBT Issues in Entertainment, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie
April 13, 2023
Episode 175: Dungeons & Dragons Is Still a Thing!?
April 6, 2023
Episode 175: Dungeons & Dragons Is Still a Thing!?
March 30, 2023
Episode 174: ChatGTP and Deepfake—Tech and Trust, plus Got Questions? YouTube Channel
March 23, 2023
Episode 173: And the Oscar Goes To ... plus Southern Gospel
March 16, 2023
Episode 172: The 2023 Plugged In Movie Awards
March 9, 2023
Episode 171: The Thorn plus Creed III
March 2, 2023
Episode 170: A Look at Jesus Revolution
February 23, 2023
Episode 169: The Music Episode & Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
February 16, 2023
Episode 168: Screens, Teens & Consumerism plus Miley Cyrus’s Flowers
February 9, 2023
Episode 167: Plugged In Movie Award Misses & Granger Smith
February 2, 2023
Episode 166: Plugged In Movie Award Nominations & Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist
January 26, 2023
Episode 165: What James Cameron Knows About the Human Heart & What’s Coming in 2023
January 19, 2023
Episode 164: What Is Kidulting? Good or Bad? Plus, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Season 2
January 12, 2023
Episode 163: The State of Social Media 2023 Plus Women Talking
January 5, 2023
Episode 162: Holiday Fun Roundup & Netflix’s Wednesday
December 29, 2022
Episode 161: What Makes a Christmas Movie ‘Classic’?
December 22, 2022
Episode 160: Lurching Toward Transcendence & Avatar: The Way Water
December 15, 2022
Episode 159: Tech and Teen Motivation & Enola Holmes 2
December 8, 2022
Episode 158: The Wingfeather Saga and Disney+'s Willow
December 1, 2022
Episode 157: Plugged In Thanksgiving Special and A Look at Minno
November 24, 2022
Episode 156: Entertainment Conversation Starters and A Chat with Gloria Gaynor
November 17, 2022
Episode 155: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever & Taylor Swift
November 10, 2022
Episode 154: Adventures in Odyssey and Family-Friendly Video Games
November 3, 2022
Episode 153: Should We Just Forget About Screen Time Limits? plus Black Adam
October 27, 2022
Episode 152: Monster Movies for Kids? and A Conversation with David A.R. White
October 20, 2022
Episode 151: What Is a Worldview & Sam Smith’s “Unholy”
October 13, 2022
Episode 149: Blonde, Heartbreak High and Andor
October 6, 2022
Episode 149: Blonde, Heartbreak High and Andor
September 29, 2022
Episode 148: Pinocchio Reloaded & Sandman
September 22, 2022
Episode 147: Scripture & Entertainment, Plus: Eminem’s Conversion?
September 15, 2022
Episode 146: Amazon's Lord of the Rings and HBO's House of Dragon, plus Disney+'s Hamster & Gretel
September 8, 2022
Episode 145: The Kendrick Brothers, Kirk Cameron and Lifemark, plus She-Hulk
September 1, 2022
Episode 144: When Super Heroes Take a Break From Social Media & Secret Headquarters
August 25, 2022
Episode 143: Your Kid & YouTube Plus Out of My Heart
August 18, 2022
Episode 142: A Conversation With Parents Television and Media Council’s Melissa Henson, and Strong F
August 11, 2022
Episode 141: Our Complicated Relationship With Christian Celebrities, and Fanfiction
August 4, 2022
Episode 140: I Kissed Instagram Goodbye & Top Pro-Life Movies
July 28, 2022
Episode 139: Christian Values in Secular Movies and Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
July 21, 2022
Episode 138: The Summer I Turned Pretty: Jenny Han’s YA Empire, Plus Where the Crawdads Sing
July 14, 2022
Episode 137: The Fun and Fumble of Fantasy Sports and The Rise of Gru and Thor: Love and Thunder
July 7, 2022
Episode 136: The Never-Ending Scroll & Elvis
June 30, 2022
Episode 135: Virtual Babies and Lightyear
June 23, 2022
Episode 134: Interview with an Influencer & Jurassic World: Dominion
June 16, 2022
Episode 133: Navigate or Avoid? How Do We Decide? Plus: Ms. Marvel
June 9, 2022
Episode 132: A Look at Obi-Wan Kenobi and Stranger Things 4
June 2, 2022
Episode 131: I Kissed Disney+ Goodbye: Alternatives to Mainstream Streaming Services. Plus: LEGO Star Wars
May 26, 2022
Episode 130: Adult Animated Shows & Your Family, Plus: Top Gun: Maverick
May 19, 2022
Episode 129: Hobby, Habit or Addiction: Bingeing Under the Microscope
May 12, 2022
Episode 128: Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness: Why Is One Storytelling Universe Not Enough
May 5, 2022
Episode 127: Digging Into Disney’s New Worldview...and Father Stu
April 28, 2022
Episode 126: Exploring the New Common Sense Media Census
April 21, 2022
Episode 125: Morbius, Moon Knight and Murky Superhero Spirituality. Plus, Just What are Dumbledore’s
April 14, 2022
Episode 124: The Slap Heard ‘Round the World … Plus: Best-Picture Winner Coda
April 7, 2022
Episode 123: Social Media State of the Union … Plus: When Calls the Heart
March 31, 2022
Episode 122: And the Pluggie Goes to ... ?
March 24, 2022
Episode 121: We Don't Talk About Uno: Board Games and Other Things
March 17, 2022
Episode 120: Swearing, Drinking & Plugged In
March 10, 2022
Episode 119: Just When You Think It's Safe to Go Back to the Batcave
March 3, 2022
Episode 118: Plugged In Talks to Focus on the Family's Jim Daly
February 24, 2022
Episode 117: Online Sports Betting Ads and Death on the Nile.
February 17, 2022
Episode 116: Thinking About Violence and Profanity in Movies, and The Legend of Vox Machina
February 10, 2022
Episode 115: Plugged In Talks Movie Review Content and the Movie Belle
February 3, 2022
Episode 114: Redeeming Love & the Question of How Edgy Is Too Edgy for Christian Movies
January 27, 2022
Episode 113: The Sacred/Secular Music Conversation … and ‘The Book of Boba Fett’
January 20, 2022
Episode 112: The Sacred vs. Secular Music Conversation and John Cooper/Dominion discussion
January 13, 2022
Episode 111: The Biggest Entertainment and Tech Stories of 2021
January 6, 2022
Episode 110: 'American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story' and the Enduring Appeal of the football movie
December 30, 2021
Episode 109: Spider-Man: No Way Home; Contributor or Consumer (with Danny Huerta)
December 23, 2021
Episode 210: Social Media, Addiction, and Self-Esteem, plus a Look at Bentkey
November 30, 2023
You’ve probably heard social media can negatively impact our mental health. The Plugged In team examines some of the studies that point to the harmful effects on tweens' and teens' self-esteem and mental health. Adam Holz then talks with Emily Tsiao about the new conservative streaming platform, Bentkey.
Episode 210: Social Media, Addiction, and Self-Esteem, plus a Look at Bentkey
November 30, 2023
Episode 208: The Marvels & Female Heroes in Action Movies, plus Trolls Band Together
November 16, 2023
Episode 207: Journey to Bethlehem, plus A Holiday Video Game Guide
November 9, 2023
Episode 206: Focus on Parental Controls, plus Christian Board Games
November 2, 2023
Episode 205: The Worldview Hurricane, plus Loki
October 26, 2023
Episode 204: The Devil’s in the Entertainment Details, plus, Taylor Swift’s Eras Movie
October 19, 2023
Episode 203: How Pop Culture, Entertainment, and Technology Are Shaping Boys Growing Up Today
October 12, 2023
Episode 202: Helping Our Kids Deal With News-Induced Anxiety, plus A Look at Netflix's Barbie
October 5, 2023
Episode 201: Digital Detox Interview with Molly DeFrank, plus Ahsoka
September 28, 2023
Episode 200: The Influence of Podcasts and a Plugged In Show Retrospective
September 21, 2023
Episode 199: Social Media's Role in Cultural Polarization, plus The Bells of St. Mary's.
September 14, 2023
Episode 198: Baldur’s Gate 3 and Olivia Rodrigo’s “Bad Idea, Right?”
September 7, 2023
Episode 197: Surface Messages and Deeper Meaning, plus Plugged In Talks to Actress Leigh-Allyn Baker
August 31, 2023
Episode 196: How Pop Culture, Entertainment, and Technology Are Shaping Girls Growing Up Today, plus
August 24, 2023
Episode 195: A Look at This Year's Christian Movies, plus Transformers: Earthspark
August 17, 2023
Episode 193: A Conversation with The Hiding Place's Producer Pete Peterson, plus the Movie Theatre Camp
August 3, 2023
Episode 192: A Look at the Summer Blockbuster Movies—Haunted Mansion, Barbie, and Oppenheimer
July 27, 2023
Episode 191: The Promise and Peril of Nerd Culture, plus Olivia Rodrigo's Vampire
July 20, 2023
Episode 190: Plugged In Talks with Author David Murrow, plus Mission Impossible, Dead Reckoning, Part 1
July 13, 2023
Episode 189: Exploring Educational Video Games & The Island Book Review
July 6, 2023
Episode 188: A Conversation with Jim Caviezel and Jordan Harmon, plus Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
June 29, 2023
Episode 187: Our Romance with AI, plus Elemental
June 22, 2023
Episode 186: Transformers: Rise of the Beasts & An Interview with Flamin’ Hot Producer DeVon Frankli
June 15, 2023
Episode 185: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse & The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
June 8, 2023
Episode 184: Focus on Filters: What’s the Big Deal? Plus Jonas Brothers’ The Album
June 1, 2023
Episode 183: Screens, Teens & Porn, plus The Little Mermaid
May 25, 2023
Episode 182: Summer Movie Preview, plus Fast X and What You Need to Know About the Fast & Furious Franchise
May 18, 2023
Episode 181: Our Favorite Movie (and TV) Moms, plus The Way
May 11, 2023
Episode 180: What Parents Need to Know About Discord and Twitch. Plus: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
May 4, 2023
Episode 179: When Yesteryear Offends, plus Are You There God?, It's Me, Margaret
April 27, 2023
Episode 178: Learning to Love Reading in a Screen-Based World, plus The Flames of Hope
April 20, 2023
Episode 177: Thinking Through LGBT Issues in Entertainment, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie
April 13, 2023
Episode 175: Dungeons & Dragons Is Still a Thing!?
April 6, 2023
Episode 175: Dungeons & Dragons Is Still a Thing!?
March 30, 2023
Episode 174: ChatGTP and Deepfake—Tech and Trust, plus Got Questions? YouTube Channel
March 23, 2023
Episode 173: And the Oscar Goes To ... plus Southern Gospel
March 16, 2023
Episode 172: The 2023 Plugged In Movie Awards
March 9, 2023
Episode 171: The Thorn plus Creed III
March 2, 2023
Episode 170: A Look at Jesus Revolution
February 23, 2023
Episode 169: The Music Episode & Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
February 16, 2023
Episode 168: Screens, Teens & Consumerism plus Miley Cyrus’s Flowers
February 9, 2023
Episode 167: Plugged In Movie Award Misses & Granger Smith
February 2, 2023
Episode 166: Plugged In Movie Award Nominations & Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist
January 26, 2023
Episode 165: What James Cameron Knows About the Human Heart & What’s Coming in 2023
January 19, 2023
Episode 164: What Is Kidulting? Good or Bad? Plus, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Season 2
January 12, 2023
Episode 163: The State of Social Media 2023 Plus Women Talking
January 5, 2023
Episode 162: Holiday Fun Roundup & Netflix’s Wednesday
December 29, 2022
Episode 161: What Makes a Christmas Movie ‘Classic’?
December 22, 2022
Episode 160: Lurching Toward Transcendence & Avatar: The Way Water
December 15, 2022
Episode 159: Tech and Teen Motivation & Enola Holmes 2
December 8, 2022
Episode 158: The Wingfeather Saga and Disney+'s Willow
December 1, 2022
Episode 157: Plugged In Thanksgiving Special and A Look at Minno
November 24, 2022
Episode 156: Entertainment Conversation Starters and A Chat with Gloria Gaynor
November 17, 2022
Episode 155: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever & Taylor Swift
November 10, 2022
Episode 154: Adventures in Odyssey and Family-Friendly Video Games
November 3, 2022
Episode 153: Should We Just Forget About Screen Time Limits? plus Black Adam
October 27, 2022
Episode 152: Monster Movies for Kids? and A Conversation with David A.R. White
October 20, 2022
Episode 151: What Is a Worldview & Sam Smith’s “Unholy”
October 13, 2022
Episode 149: Blonde, Heartbreak High and Andor
October 6, 2022
Episode 149: Blonde, Heartbreak High and Andor
September 29, 2022
Episode 148: Pinocchio Reloaded & Sandman
September 22, 2022
Episode 147: Scripture & Entertainment, Plus: Eminem’s Conversion?
September 15, 2022
Episode 146: Amazon's Lord of the Rings and HBO's House of Dragon, plus Disney+'s Hamster & Gretel
September 8, 2022
Episode 145: The Kendrick Brothers, Kirk Cameron and Lifemark, plus She-Hulk
September 1, 2022
Episode 144: When Super Heroes Take a Break From Social Media & Secret Headquarters
August 25, 2022
Episode 143: Your Kid & YouTube Plus Out of My Heart
August 18, 2022
Episode 142: A Conversation With Parents Television and Media Council’s Melissa Henson, and Strong F
August 11, 2022
Episode 141: Our Complicated Relationship With Christian Celebrities, and Fanfiction
August 4, 2022
Episode 140: I Kissed Instagram Goodbye & Top Pro-Life Movies
July 28, 2022
Episode 139: Christian Values in Secular Movies and Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
July 21, 2022
Episode 138: The Summer I Turned Pretty: Jenny Han’s YA Empire, Plus Where the Crawdads Sing
July 14, 2022
Episode 137: The Fun and Fumble of Fantasy Sports and The Rise of Gru and Thor: Love and Thunder
July 7, 2022
Episode 136: The Never-Ending Scroll & Elvis
June 30, 2022
Episode 135: Virtual Babies and Lightyear
June 23, 2022
Episode 134: Interview with an Influencer & Jurassic World: Dominion
June 16, 2022
Episode 133: Navigate or Avoid? How Do We Decide? Plus: Ms. Marvel
June 9, 2022
Episode 132: A Look at Obi-Wan Kenobi and Stranger Things 4
June 2, 2022
Episode 131: I Kissed Disney+ Goodbye: Alternatives to Mainstream Streaming Services. Plus: LEGO Star Wars
May 26, 2022
Episode 130: Adult Animated Shows & Your Family, Plus: Top Gun: Maverick
May 19, 2022
Episode 129: Hobby, Habit or Addiction: Bingeing Under the Microscope
May 12, 2022
Episode 128: Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness: Why Is One Storytelling Universe Not Enough
May 5, 2022
Episode 127: Digging Into Disney’s New Worldview...and Father Stu
April 28, 2022
Episode 126: Exploring the New Common Sense Media Census
April 21, 2022
Episode 125: Morbius, Moon Knight and Murky Superhero Spirituality. Plus, Just What are Dumbledore’s
April 14, 2022
Episode 124: The Slap Heard ‘Round the World … Plus: Best-Picture Winner Coda
April 7, 2022
Episode 123: Social Media State of the Union … Plus: When Calls the Heart
March 31, 2022
Episode 122: And the Pluggie Goes to ... ?
March 24, 2022
Episode 121: We Don't Talk About Uno: Board Games and Other Things
March 17, 2022
Episode 120: Swearing, Drinking & Plugged In
March 10, 2022
Episode 119: Just When You Think It's Safe to Go Back to the Batcave
March 3, 2022
Episode 118: Plugged In Talks to Focus on the Family's Jim Daly
February 24, 2022
Episode 117: Online Sports Betting Ads and Death on the Nile.
February 17, 2022
Episode 116: Thinking About Violence and Profanity in Movies, and The Legend of Vox Machina
February 10, 2022
Episode 115: Plugged In Talks Movie Review Content and the Movie Belle
February 3, 2022
Episode 114: Redeeming Love & the Question of How Edgy Is Too Edgy for Christian Movies
January 27, 2022
Episode 113: The Sacred/Secular Music Conversation … and ‘The Book of Boba Fett’
January 20, 2022
Episode 112: The Sacred vs. Secular Music Conversation and John Cooper/Dominion discussion
January 13, 2022
Episode 111: The Biggest Entertainment and Tech Stories of 2021
January 6, 2022
Episode 110: 'American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story' and the Enduring Appeal of the football movie
December 30, 2021
Episode 109: Spider-Man: No Way Home; Contributor or Consumer (with Danny Huerta)
December 23, 2021
Episode 210: Social Media, Addiction, and Self-Esteem, plus a Look at Bentkey
November 30, 2023
You’ve probably heard social media can negatively impact our mental health. The Plugged In team examines some of the studies that point to the harmful effects on tweens' and teens' self-esteem and mental health. Adam Holz then talks with Emily Tsiao about the new conservative streaming platform, Bentkey.
Episode 210: Social Media, Addiction, and Self-Esteem, plus a Look at Bentkey
November 30, 2023
Episode 208: The Marvels & Female Heroes in Action Movies, plus Trolls Band Together
November 16, 2023
Episode 207: Journey to Bethlehem, plus A Holiday Video Game Guide
November 9, 2023
Episode 206: Focus on Parental Controls, plus Christian Board Games
November 2, 2023
Episode 205: The Worldview Hurricane, plus Loki
October 26, 2023
Episode 204: The Devil’s in the Entertainment Details, plus, Taylor Swift’s Eras Movie
October 19, 2023
Episode 203: How Pop Culture, Entertainment, and Technology Are Shaping Boys Growing Up Today
October 12, 2023
Episode 202: Helping Our Kids Deal With News-Induced Anxiety, plus A Look at Netflix's Barbie
October 5, 2023
Episode 201: Digital Detox Interview with Molly DeFrank, plus Ahsoka
September 28, 2023
Episode 200: The Influence of Podcasts and a Plugged In Show Retrospective
September 21, 2023
Episode 199: Social Media's Role in Cultural Polarization, plus The Bells of St. Mary's.
September 14, 2023
Episode 198: Baldur’s Gate 3 and Olivia Rodrigo’s “Bad Idea, Right?”
September 7, 2023
Episode 197: Surface Messages and Deeper Meaning, plus Plugged In Talks to Actress Leigh-Allyn Baker
August 31, 2023
Episode 196: How Pop Culture, Entertainment, and Technology Are Shaping Girls Growing Up Today, plus
August 24, 2023
Episode 195: A Look at This Year's Christian Movies, plus Transformers: Earthspark
August 17, 2023
Episode 193: A Conversation with The Hiding Place's Producer Pete Peterson, plus the Movie Theatre Camp
August 3, 2023
Episode 192: A Look at the Summer Blockbuster Movies—Haunted Mansion, Barbie, and Oppenheimer
July 27, 2023
Episode 191: The Promise and Peril of Nerd Culture, plus Olivia Rodrigo's Vampire
July 20, 2023
Episode 190: Plugged In Talks with Author David Murrow, plus Mission Impossible, Dead Reckoning, Part 1
July 13, 2023
Episode 189: Exploring Educational Video Games & The Island Book Review
July 6, 2023
Episode 188: A Conversation with Jim Caviezel and Jordan Harmon, plus Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
June 29, 2023
Episode 187: Our Romance with AI, plus Elemental
June 22, 2023
Episode 186: Transformers: Rise of the Beasts & An Interview with Flamin’ Hot Producer DeVon Frankli
June 15, 2023
Episode 185: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse & The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
June 8, 2023
Episode 184: Focus on Filters: What’s the Big Deal? Plus Jonas Brothers’ The Album
June 1, 2023
Episode 183: Screens, Teens & Porn, plus The Little Mermaid
May 25, 2023
Episode 182: Summer Movie Preview, plus Fast X and What You Need to Know About the Fast & Furious Franchise
May 18, 2023
Episode 181: Our Favorite Movie (and TV) Moms, plus The Way
May 11, 2023
Episode 180: What Parents Need to Know About Discord and Twitch. Plus: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
May 4, 2023
Episode 179: When Yesteryear Offends, plus Are You There God?, It's Me, Margaret
April 27, 2023
Episode 178: Learning to Love Reading in a Screen-Based World, plus The Flames of Hope
April 20, 2023
Episode 177: Thinking Through LGBT Issues in Entertainment, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie
April 13, 2023
Episode 175: Dungeons & Dragons Is Still a Thing!?
April 6, 2023
Episode 175: Dungeons & Dragons Is Still a Thing!?
March 30, 2023
Episode 174: ChatGTP and Deepfake—Tech and Trust, plus Got Questions? YouTube Channel
March 23, 2023
Episode 173: And the Oscar Goes To ... plus Southern Gospel
March 16, 2023
Episode 172: The 2023 Plugged In Movie Awards
March 9, 2023
Episode 171: The Thorn plus Creed III
March 2, 2023
Episode 170: A Look at Jesus Revolution
February 23, 2023
Episode 169: The Music Episode & Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
February 16, 2023
Episode 168: Screens, Teens & Consumerism plus Miley Cyrus’s Flowers
February 9, 2023
Episode 167: Plugged In Movie Award Misses & Granger Smith
February 2, 2023
Episode 166: Plugged In Movie Award Nominations & Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist
January 26, 2023
Episode 165: What James Cameron Knows About the Human Heart & What’s Coming in 2023
January 19, 2023
Episode 164: What Is Kidulting? Good or Bad? Plus, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Season 2
January 12, 2023
Episode 163: The State of Social Media 2023 Plus Women Talking
January 5, 2023
Episode 162: Holiday Fun Roundup & Netflix’s Wednesday
December 29, 2022
Episode 161: What Makes a Christmas Movie ‘Classic’?
December 22, 2022
Episode 160: Lurching Toward Transcendence & Avatar: The Way Water
December 15, 2022
Episode 159: Tech and Teen Motivation & Enola Holmes 2
December 8, 2022
Episode 158: The Wingfeather Saga and Disney+'s Willow
December 1, 2022
Episode 157: Plugged In Thanksgiving Special and A Look at Minno
November 24, 2022
Episode 156: Entertainment Conversation Starters and A Chat with Gloria Gaynor
November 17, 2022
Episode 155: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever & Taylor Swift
November 10, 2022
Episode 154: Adventures in Odyssey and Family-Friendly Video Games
November 3, 2022
Episode 153: Should We Just Forget About Screen Time Limits? plus Black Adam
October 27, 2022
Episode 152: Monster Movies for Kids? and A Conversation with David A.R. White
October 20, 2022
Episode 151: What Is a Worldview & Sam Smith’s “Unholy”
October 13, 2022
Episode 149: Blonde, Heartbreak High and Andor
October 6, 2022
Episode 149: Blonde, Heartbreak High and Andor
September 29, 2022
Episode 148: Pinocchio Reloaded & Sandman
September 22, 2022
Episode 147: Scripture & Entertainment, Plus: Eminem’s Conversion?
September 15, 2022
Episode 146: Amazon's Lord of the Rings and HBO's House of Dragon, plus Disney+'s Hamster & Gretel
September 8, 2022
Episode 145: The Kendrick Brothers, Kirk Cameron and Lifemark, plus She-Hulk
September 1, 2022
Episode 144: When Super Heroes Take a Break From Social Media & Secret Headquarters
August 25, 2022
Episode 143: Your Kid & YouTube Plus Out of My Heart
August 18, 2022
Episode 142: A Conversation With Parents Television and Media Council’s Melissa Henson, and Strong F
August 11, 2022
Episode 141: Our Complicated Relationship With Christian Celebrities, and Fanfiction
August 4, 2022
Episode 140: I Kissed Instagram Goodbye & Top Pro-Life Movies
July 28, 2022
Episode 139: Christian Values in Secular Movies and Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
July 21, 2022
Episode 138: The Summer I Turned Pretty: Jenny Han’s YA Empire, Plus Where the Crawdads Sing
July 14, 2022
Episode 137: The Fun and Fumble of Fantasy Sports and The Rise of Gru and Thor: Love and Thunder
July 7, 2022
Episode 136: The Never-Ending Scroll & Elvis
June 30, 2022
Episode 135: Virtual Babies and Lightyear
June 23, 2022
Episode 134: Interview with an Influencer & Jurassic World: Dominion
June 16, 2022
Episode 133: Navigate or Avoid? How Do We Decide? Plus: Ms. Marvel
June 9, 2022
Episode 132: A Look at Obi-Wan Kenobi and Stranger Things 4
June 2, 2022
Episode 131: I Kissed Disney+ Goodbye: Alternatives to Mainstream Streaming Services. Plus: LEGO Star Wars
May 26, 2022
Episode 130: Adult Animated Shows & Your Family, Plus: Top Gun: Maverick
May 19, 2022
Episode 129: Hobby, Habit or Addiction: Bingeing Under the Microscope
May 12, 2022
Episode 128: Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness: Why Is One Storytelling Universe Not Enough
May 5, 2022
Episode 127: Digging Into Disney’s New Worldview...and Father Stu
April 28, 2022
Episode 126: Exploring the New Common Sense Media Census
April 21, 2022
Episode 125: Morbius, Moon Knight and Murky Superhero Spirituality. Plus, Just What are Dumbledore’s
April 14, 2022
Episode 124: The Slap Heard ‘Round the World … Plus: Best-Picture Winner Coda
April 7, 2022
Episode 123: Social Media State of the Union … Plus: When Calls the Heart
March 31, 2022
Episode 122: And the Pluggie Goes to ... ?
March 24, 2022
Episode 121: We Don't Talk About Uno: Board Games and Other Things
March 17, 2022
Episode 120: Swearing, Drinking & Plugged In
March 10, 2022
Episode 119: Just When You Think It's Safe to Go Back to the Batcave
March 3, 2022
Episode 118: Plugged In Talks to Focus on the Family's Jim Daly
February 24, 2022
Episode 117: Online Sports Betting Ads and Death on the Nile.
February 17, 2022
Episode 116: Thinking About Violence and Profanity in Movies, and The Legend of Vox Machina
February 10, 2022
Episode 115: Plugged In Talks Movie Review Content and the Movie Belle
February 3, 2022
Episode 114: Redeeming Love & the Question of How Edgy Is Too Edgy for Christian Movies
January 27, 2022
Episode 113: The Sacred/Secular Music Conversation … and ‘The Book of Boba Fett’
January 20, 2022
Episode 112: The Sacred vs. Secular Music Conversation and John Cooper/Dominion discussion
January 13, 2022
Episode 111: The Biggest Entertainment and Tech Stories of 2021
January 6, 2022
Episode 110: 'American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story' and the Enduring Appeal of the football movie
December 30, 2021
Episode 109: Spider-Man: No Way Home; Contributor or Consumer (with Danny Huerta)
December 23, 2021
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About The Plugged In Show
The Plugged In team, led by Focus on the Family’s Director of Media and Culture, Adam Holz, comes together with humor and heart to deliver weekly insight on current media choices and culture-related topics. These media experts will shine a light on the world of popular entertainment and technology trends while giving you and your family the essential tools you need to understand, navigate, and impact the culture in which we live. You’ll be encouraged to engage with your children and dialogue about the media they are consuming, sparking intellectual thought and spiritual growth.
About Adam Holz
The Plugged In Show team is Adam Holz, Emily Clark, Paul Asay, Bob Hoose, Kristin Smith and Jonathan McKee
Contact The Plugged In Show with Adam Holz
Mailing Address
8605 Explorer Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80920
Phone Number
1-800-A-FAMILY (232-6459)
